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The site is still a work in progress, so expect new countries to be added over time.
World News Headlines
- Mexican judge shot dead outside courthouseon December 12, 2024
Edmundo Román Pinzón, a senior judge, was leaving a courthouse car park when he was gunned down.
- Biden issues 39 presidential pardons and commutes 1,500 sentenceson December 12, 2024
The White House says it is the highest number of presidential acts of clemency in a single day.
- US man found near Damascus after being freed from Syrian prisonon December 12, 2024
Travis Timmerman told CBS that he was detained upon entering Syria seven months ago.
- Let me come home, teen sentenced in Dubai pleadson December 12, 2024
Marcus Fakana was sentenced to one year in prison over a sexual relationship with a British girl.
- Israeli strikes kill 12 guarding Gaza aid lorries, medics sayon December 12, 2024
The Israeli military says it targeted two groups of Hamas members who planned to hijack the lorries.
- Israeli boy killed in Palestinian gun attack on bus in West Bankon December 12, 2024
The bus was heading to Jerusalem from an Israeli settlement when a gunman opened fire.
- Ethiopia and Somalia agree to end bitter Somaliland port feudon December 12, 2024
Ethiopia's deal to build a port in Somaliland had infuriated Somalia, prompting fears of wider conflict.
- Moment of relief as Romania and Bulgaria join EU border-free zoneon December 12, 2024
Seventeen years after joining the EU, the two countries are given the green light to join the Schengen zone.
- Watch: Small plane split in two in crash on US highwayon December 12, 2024
Four people, including the pilot, have been taken to hospital in Victoria, Texas.
- Children as young as 10 will face adult jail time in Australian stateon December 12, 2024
Queensland's new laws will see children found guilty of serious crimes given harsher penalties.
- S Korea's President Yoon vows to 'fight to the end'on December 12, 2024
President Yoon Suk Yeol said that he declared martial law to protect the country's democracy.
- Selena Gomez announces engagement to Benny Blancoon December 12, 2024
The singer and actress wrote "forever begins now" as she posted an engagement ring picture on Instagram.
- Australia turns to rugby to curb China influence in PNGon December 12, 2024
Papua New Guinea will join Australia's rugby league in exchange for allegiance on security matters.
- Star luxury property brokers charged with sex trafficking in USon December 12, 2024
The Alexander brothers are accused of drugging, assaulting and raping dozens of women over more than a decade.
- Canada euthanasia now accounts for nearly one in 20 deathson December 12, 2024
For the first time, the annual report delved into race and ethnic data of those who underwent assisted dying.
- How Luigi Mangione's legal defence could take shapeon December 12, 2024
Police believe forensic and ballistic evidence ties the suspect to insurance CEO Brian Thompson's killing.
- Who is Luigi Mangione, CEO shooting suspect?on December 12, 2024
The 26-year-old was allegedly detained with a gun, bullets, fake IDs, cash and a handwritten "manifesto".
- Suicide bomb kills Taliban minister in Kabulon December 11, 2024
Khalil Haqqani is the Taliban's most high profile casualty since the group retook power in 2021.
- BBC sees crowd surge over rumoured execution of Assad henchmanon December 11, 2024
The BBC sees a crowd surge in Damascus as rumours spread that a hated Assad henchman is about to be executed.
- BBC sees crowd surge over rumoured execution of Assad henchmanon December 11, 2024
The BBC sees a crowd surge in Damascus as rumours spread that a hated Assad henchman is about to be executed.
- Israel seizing on Syria chaos to strike military assetson December 11, 2024
Israel has attacked Syrian military assets and has troops operating in the Golan buffer zone and slightly beyond.
- Russian ships move from Syria base amid doubts over futureon December 11, 2024
Satellite images show Russian ships off the Syrian coast, as Moscow mulls its military future after Bashar al-Assad's fall.
- Girl, 11, rescued in Med after three days clinging to tyre tubeson December 11, 2024
The girl from Sierra Leone said all the 44 migrants on board had died in the storms and high waves.
- Syria in maps: Who controls the country now Assad has gone?on December 11, 2024
A visual guide to the latest developments after Syrian rebels toppled President Bashar al-Assad 13 years after the start of the country's civil war.
- 'I want justice': Victims of Syria chemical attacks speak freely for first timeon December 11, 2024
The UN's chemical watchdog says dozens were killed in a chemical attack in Eastern Ghouta in 2018.
- The 50 men accused in mass rape of Gisèle Pelicoton December 11, 2024
The men accused of raping Gisèle Pelicot have been dubbed Monsieur-Tout-Le-Monde as they broadly represent a microcosm of French society.
- The Onion's purchase of Alex Jones's Infowars rejected by judgeon December 11, 2024
Judge Christopher Lopez ruled that an auction for Infowars did not result in the best bids possible.
- Syria's new transitional PM calls for stability and calmon December 11, 2024
Mohammed al-Bashir is tasked with governing until March by the Islamist-led rebels who ousted Bashar al-Assad.
- Germany's one million Syrians at centre of fierce debate over their futureon December 11, 2024
Some politicians question the future of Syrian refugees, with migration the big issue in February elections.
- More jobs and no 'nuisance taxes' - Ghanaians' great expectationson December 11, 2024
John Mahama was elected on his pledges to solve the economic crisis but won't find it easy, analysts say.