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US President Joe Biden's pardon for his son Hunter (right) was among the most broad in history

Shock announcement

Biden's pardon for son angers rivals - and allies

A vial of the mpox vaccine on display during the vaccination campaign launch at the General Hospital in Goma in the DR Congo

Global agreement

'End in sight' to talks on pandemic treaty, says WHO chief

Kosovo police stand next the site of a blast on a vital canal, as workers attempt to repair the damage

Could escalate tensions

Canal blast sparks new stand-off between Kosovo and Serbia

Annalena Baerbock addressed journalists after meeting China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing on Monday

Annalena Baerbock

German FM urges China to stop backing Russia, work for Ukraine peace

The impeachment complaint adds to Vice President Sara Duterte's legal woes

Accused of corruption and misconduct

Philippine groups file impeachment bid against VP Duterte

If convicted, Najib Razak faces hefty fines and sentences of up to 20 years for each count of abuse of power

Former prime minister

Najib says bribery, power abuse charges 'politically motivated'

Terumi Tanaka (2nd R), co-chair of Japanese atomic bomb survivors' group Nihon Hidankyo, will join a delegation headed to Oslo to collect their Nobel Peace Prize

30-strong Japan A-bomb delegation to collect Nobel prize

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te kicked off his second day in the United States, as China fumed over more US arms sales to the island and Lai's stopover in Hawaii that is part of his Pacific tour

Infuriating China

Taiwan's Lai talks 'China threats' with ex-US House speaker Pelosi

The Russian submarine, pictured on November 28 by the Philippine military

Ferdinand Marcos

Philippine president says Russian submarine 'worrisome'

Ballot papers are counted in Dublin after the general election

Fianna Fail and Fine Gael

Centre-right parties set to hold power in Ireland

Romania's top court ordered a recount of the November 24 first-round presidential election

Recount ordered

Social Democrats set to win Romania vote, but far right makes big gains

Georgia has been rocked by turmoil since the ruling party declared victory in October elections

Post-election crisis

Tens of thousands rally in Georgia, PM rebuffs calls for new vote

A strike ruptured a key canal supplying numerous homes and Kosovo's two main power plants

Strategic canal

Kosovo, Serbia engage in war of words after canal blast

A war monitor said Russian air strikes hit the rebel-held city of Idlib

Syria's embattled Assad seeks to shore up support after Aleppo loss

Protesters in Bogota, Colombia, hold a demonstration in solidarity with the protests in Caracas, Venezuela

Venezuelans protest for release of prisoners held in post-election unrest

US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan's comments came a day after Israel hit Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, days into a fragile ceasefire in its conflict with the Iran-backed group

US National Security Advisor

White House says 'not there yet' on Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal

Georgia's northeastern Pankisi Gorge became a refuge for Islamist Chechen rebels

'Witnessed many horrors'

Near Chechnya, tracing the life of a Georgian-Ukrainian soldier

Zelensky made the comments after talks with visiting EU chiefs

A clear message

Zelensky says Ukraine needs arms, NATO invite before Russia talks

Social Democratic leader Kristrun Frostadottir speaks to supporters after the release of exit polls

Ahead in the vote

Social Democrats overtake PM's party in Iceland vote

Following the acquittals, defence lawyer S. M. Shahjahan (C) said none of the 225 witnesses had testified to seeing any of the accused hurl grenades

Further step in expected return

Bangladesh court quashes convictions for grenade attack on ex-PM

Joe Biden's upcoming trip to Angola will be the first time the US president will travel to Africa since he attended the COP27 conference in Egypt in 2022

At the last hour

With Angola trip, Biden fulfills his promise to visit sub-Saharan Africa

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te (L) shakes hands with Hawaii Governor Josh Green during his stopover visit to the US island state

First trip since taking office

We have to 'fight together to prevent war', Taiwan's Lai says in US

The US Senate will have to confirm Kash Patel as the leader of the FBI -- possibly an uphill task for the hard-liner and President-elect Donald Trump, who tapped him for the role

The next director

Trump announces loyalist Kash Patel as choice to lead FBI

An Australian snake handler captures a deadly tiger snake found by a driver on her leg

Shock of a lifetime

Driver in Australia finds deadly tiger snake on her leg

Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak (C) will begin his defence this week against more corruption charges, and appeal to have his sentence commuted to house arrest

Malaysia's jailed ex-PM Najib to argue appeal for house arrest

The rebels took Aleppo, Syria's second city, in a lightning offensive eight years after being forced out by the army

Jihadist rebels

Syria war monitor says rebels control most of Aleppo

Critics accuse Georgian Dream of moving the country away from Europe and closer to Russia

Clashes erupt outside Georgia parliament between pro-EU protesters, police

In 2004, Kushner, now 70, pleaded guilty to 18 counts of tax evasion, witness tampering and making illegal campaign contributions

Controversial pick

Trump taps Charles Kushner, father of his son-in-law, as envoy to France

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