Christmas market gunman evades French police two days after attack
The death toll in an attack on Strasbourg’s Christmas market rose to three on Thursday as police searched through eastern France and manned checkpoints on the German border in a hunt for the fugitive gunman.
U.N. chief says Yemen’s warring parties agree to ceasefire in Hodeidah
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday that Yemen’s warring parties have agreed to a ceasefire in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah.
Up to 15,000 Syrian rebels ready to back Turkish operation in northeast
Up to 15,000 Syrian rebels are ready to join a Turkish military offensive against U.S.-backed Kurdish forces in northeast Syria, but no date has been set for the operation, a spokesman for the main Turkish-backed Syrian rebel group said on Thursday.
U.S. urges Hungary not to block Ukraine’s NATO engagement
The United States urged Hungary on Thursday to repair relations with neighboring Ukraine and not try to block Kiev’s cooperation with NATO, saying “if Ukraine fails, Hungary will be on the front line of Russian aggression”.
Sri Lanka top court rules parliament dissolution as illegal in setback for president
Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court on Thursday ruled President Maithripala Sirisena’s decision to dissolve parliament ahead of its term as illegal, in a setback for the embattled leader in his face off with an elected premier.
Turkey to target financing of Gulen followers abroad, Erdogan says
Turkey will start new initiatives abroad to target the financing of supporters of U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday.
Gunmen kill more than 40 Tuaregs in ongoing Mali violence
Gunmen on motorbikes have killed more than 40 Tuareg civilians this week in north Mali, where clashes over land and scarce water are common, an official said on Thursday.
Somali ex-militant running for regional presidency arrested, beaten: spokesman
A former Islamist militant in Somalia now running for a regional presidency has been arrested and beaten, precipitating clashes between supporters and security forces, his spokesman and witnesses said on Thursday.
NATO to deliver secure comms to Ukraine military by years’ end
NATO will deliver secure communication equipment to Ukraine’s military this month, its head Jens Stoltenberg told Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko at a meeting on Thursday over the escalation of its conflict with Russia.
Court ruling brings Indonesia closer to ending child marriage: campaigners
Indonesian groups pushing for an increase in the minimum age for girls to marry, from 16, said on Thursday it was encouraged by a Constitutional Court order that legislators should work on a change.
