Israel pressing ahead with settlements after U.N. vote
Israel is still fuming over resolution approved last Friday by U.N. Security Council that demands an end to settlement activity in occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem
A worker fixes an electric post after it was damaged during Typhoon Nock-ten, Iriga city, Camarines Sur
A worker fixes an electric post damaged byTyphoon Nock-ten, Iriga city, Camarines Sur, central Philippines December 27, 2016. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco
Pennsylvania professor under fire for 'white genocide' tweet
"All I Want for Christmas is White Genocide" tweet sparks outrage
Saudi Arabia launches campaign to collect funds for Syrians displaced by war
Saudi Arabia has been one of main supporters of rebels fighting to topple Syrian President Assad
EXCLUSIVE-Fresh advance in east Mosul to begin within days -U.S. commander
New phase will see American troops deployed closer to the front line in Mosul
Fearful Christmas in Baghdad after attacks on Christians
"We feel we're aliens in this country"
Aleppo Christians celebrate holiday in hope peace has returned
Some people who fled east Aleppo earlier in the war have begun returning to inspect homes in neighbourhoods reduced to rubble
Typhoon eases but Philippines braces for floods, mudslides; 2 dead
More than 300,000 people spent Christmas in shelter areas as typhoon lashed central Philippines
Major quake jolts Chile tourist region on Christmas Day
Tsunami warning issued for areas within 1,000 km (621 miles) of epicenter
Militia kill 34 in Congo; church leader makes appeal to Kabila
Hundreds of civilians have died in raids near Beni since October 2014