Dec 07 Explosion in a residential area of The Hague kills at least 3 people and injures others By Molly Quell, Associated Press An explosion and fire rocked a neighborhood in the Dutch city of The Hague on Saturday, killing three people and destroying several apartments, according to authorities. The cause of the disaster was unclear. Continue reading
Dec 07 Trump meets with France’s Macron and Ukraine’s Zelenskyy during visit to Paris By Sylvie Corbet, Adriana Gomez Licon, Jill Colvin, Associated Press The president-elect's visit to France, ahead of a celebration of the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral five years after a devastating fire, comes as Macron and other European leaders are trying to win Trump’s favor and persuade him to maintain… Continue reading
Dec 07 Syrian insurgents have reached the gates of the capital city of Damascus, reports say By Bassem Mroue, Zeina Karam, Associated Press Insurgents' stunning march across Syria accelerated Saturday with news that they had reached the gates of the capital and that government forces had abandoned the central city of Homs. The government was forced to deny rumors that President Bashar Assad… Continue reading
Dec 07 South Korean President Yoon avoids getting impeached over short-lived martial law By Kim Tong-Hyung, Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press South Korea's embattled President Yoon Suk Yeol avoided an opposition-led attempt to impeach him over his short-lived imposition of martial law, as most ruling party lawmakers boycotted a parliamentary vote Saturday to deny a two-thirds majority needed to suspend his presidential powers. Continue reading
Dec 06 Watch 5:46 News Wrap: Police believe gunman who killed healthcare CEO has fled New York In our news wrap Friday, investigators believe the gunman who shot and killed a healthcare CEO has fled New York, Syrian rebels are seizing more territory and closing in on the country's third-largest city of Homs and the leader of… Continue watching
Dec 06 Thousands flee as Syrian rebels advance on Homs, the country’s third-largest city By Bassem Mroue, Associated Press If President Bashar Assad’s military loses Homs, it could be a crippling blow. The city, parts of which were controlled by insurgents until 2014, stands at an important intersection between Damascus and Syria’s coastal provinces of Latakia and Tartus, where… Continue reading
Dec 06 Watch 5:36 Romania election results thrown out after Russian interference claims By Nick Schifrin, Lachlan Hyatt, Sonia Kopelev, Dan Sagalyn Romania’s constitutional court threw out the results of the election’s first round and delayed the second round. The sitting government says there was a vast influence effort by a foreign actor to boost the candidacy of a candidate dubbed as… Continue watching
Dec 06 PHOTOS: What to expect from Notre Dame’s reopening By John Leicester, Associated Press This weekend, a succession of ceremonies will breathe life back into the iconic cathedral and celebrate its recovery from a devastating fire in 2019. Continue reading
Dec 06 Trump picks former Sen. David Perdue to be ambassador to China By Colleen Long, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press During his time in the Senate, Perdue was labeled as “anti-China” in a 2019 Chinese think tank report. The former Georgia lawmaker advocated that the U.S. needed to build a more robust naval force to cope with threats, including from… Continue reading
Dec 06 Iran is poised to ‘quite dramatically’ increase stockpile of near weapons-grade uranium, IAEA chief says By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press The successful rocket launch comes as Iran's nuclear program now enriches uranium at 60 percent, a short, technical step from weapons-grade levels of 90 percent. Continue reading