FRANCE
France to deploy 100,000 forces during Xmas
France is set to deploy nearly 100,000 soldiers and police officers to ensure security during end-of-year celebrations.
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YEMEN
Saudi airstrikes kill nine Yemeni civilians
The civilians, all of them women and children, were killed in a Saudi airstrike on a residential area in Yemen’s southwestern province of Ibb.
BUSINESS
Oil edges up ahead of Christmas
Crude prices have edged up ahead of the Christmas with the global markets waiting to see how OPEC’s planned output cuts will affect oil prices in 2017.
EU
Catalan parties discuss independence vote
Political parties and social groups in Spain’s Catalonia region hold a summit in preparation for an independence referendum planned for 2017.
FOREIGN POLICY
Tensions grow after US rebuffs Israel at UN
Tensions have intensified between Washington and Israel after the US allowed the UN to adopt a resolution condemning Israeli settlement construction.
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Ukraine’s pro-Russians agree to ‘indefinite’ truce
The ceasefire, which took effect at midnight Saturday, is meant to to last through at least the holiday season in the conflict zone in eastern Ukraine.
SYRIA
Syria reinforces Homs push after Aleppo win
After purging Syria’s second city of Aleppo of Takfiri militants, the Syrian military is enhancing its counterterrorism push in Homs Province farther to the south.
POLITICS
Iran urges closer interstate relations in region
President Rouhani of Iran says the status quo in the region necessitates such ties.
FOREIGN POLICY
US extends sanctions amid Aleppo liberation
The US has added several senior Syrian officials and the leadership of a Russian bank to its sanctions blacklist.
INTERVIEWS
Trump’s arms race remarks ‘appalling’
A former US official says Trump’s call for the expansion of the country's nuclear arsenal shows his intemperate nature.
SOCIETY
FBI warns of Daesh attacks on Christmas
The FBI has warned that Daesh is ready to carry out attacks against American churches on Christmas.
PERSIAN GULF
UN urges Bahrain to release top activist
The UN calls on Bahrain to immediately release prominent rights activist Nabeel Rajab.
MILITARY
Obama signs $619bn military budget
President Barack Obama has signed the 2017 US military budget despite being ‘disappointed’ at it.
YEMEN
Yemeni forces kill 16 Saudi soldiers, mercs
Yemeni forces manage to kill three Saudi soldiers in the kingdom's Jizan province and 13 mercenaries in Yemen.
POLITICS
Jimmy Carter to attend Trump inauguration
Jimmy Carter is the only former US president to attend Donald Trump’s inauguration next month.
SYRIA
Militants 'pollute Damascus water with diesel'
Damascus has been forced to cut its water supplies after terrorists polluted the water with diesel.
SOCIETY
US cop’s son, 2, fatally shoots himself
A Cleveland police officer's son, 2, has died after shooting himself with his father's service weapon.
PALESTINE
UNSC adopts anti-Israeli settlement resolution
The UN Security Council passes a resolution censuring Israel for its settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territories after the US refused to veto it.
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