Middle East and Africa

Australia police charge alleged Bondi Beach gunman with 59 offences, including terror

Australian state parliament to be recalled to pass stricter gun laws

Germany wraps up Patriot air defence mission in Poland

Russia is main threat to peace in Euro-Atlantic area, eight northern and eastern European countries say

UK to review foreign interference in politics after ex-Reform member's Russia bribery case

Russia calls German broadcaster Deutsche Welle an 'undesirable organisation'

Leonardo denies liability for helicopter crash that killed Leicester City owner

Indian family of alleged Bondi gunman didn't know of 'radical mindset', Indian police say

BBC says it will fight Trump lawsuit over edited speech

Zelenskiy says Russia must be held responsible for 'crime of aggression'

European states flanking Russia push to keep defence high on EU agenda

Netherlands will host International Claims Commission for Ukraine, minister says

Polish student detained over suspected Christmas market attack plot

EU imposes sanctions on oil traders with links to Russia's shipping network

Israeli forces kill Palestinian teen in West Bank, health ministry says

Ukraine strikes Russian oil infrastructure in Caspian Sea for third time, source says

EU's von der Leyen, NATO's Rutte join Ukraine talks in Berlin

Azerbaijan's Aliyev plans a large-scale prisoner amnesty, Azertac reports

Slovak woman killed in Bondi Beach mass shooting, president says

Technical glitch cuts short Witkoff, Kushner's Gaza briefing to EU foreign ministers, EU's Kallas says

Yemen's main separatist group says it launched military operation in Abyan

Czech president appoints Prime Minister Babis' government

EU broadens Belarus sanctions to include hybrid activity

UK MI6 spy chief warns of 'aggressive' Russia threat in first speech

Australia police say father-son duo allegedly behind Sydney mass shooting

Syria arrests five suspects over shooting of US, Syrian troops in Palmyra

Tunisian opposition joins forces in protest against President Saied

Two U.S. soldiers, one interpreter killed in Syria, Pentagon says

Israel suspends strike on southern Lebanon village after Lebanese army request

Belarusian opposition politician Maria Kalesnikava freed by authorities, report says

Two US soldiers and an interpreter killed in suspected Islamic State attack in Syria

Israel says it kills senior Hamas commander Raed Saed in Gaza

Lukashenko frees Nobel winner Bialiatski and key Belarus opposition figures in deal with US

Iran detains 18 crew members of foreign tanker seized in Gulf of Oman

US forces raided ship headed to Iran from China in Indian Ocean, WSJ says

King Charles says his treatment for cancer can be reduced in the new year

Ukraine hits Russian oil infrastructure in Caspian for second time

Tunisia sentences top opposition figure Abir Moussi to 12 years

US accuses Rwanda at UN of leading region toward war