Dec 17 Watch 9:53 After fall of Assad, mother of Austin Tice has renewed hope son will be found in Syria By Amna Nawaz, Stephanie Kotuby, Alexa Gold Austin Tice, a former U.S. Marine and freelance journalist, is one of the longest-held American hostages abroad. The recent fall of Bashar al-Assad and his brutal regime in Syria has renewed hope that Tice will be found some 12 years… Continue watching
Dec 17 Canadian prime minister faces growing pressure from his own party to resign By Rob Gillies, Associated Press Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faces growing pressure to resign from his own Liberal Party after his top minister abruptly quit and criticized his handling of the budget. Continue reading
Dec 17 Mayotte imposes overnight curfew as France tries to rush aid to cyclone-ravaged island territory By Tom Nouvian, Adrienne Surprenant, Associated Press Mayotte struggles to recover from Cyclone Chido, the strongest storm to hit the French Indian Ocean archipelago in 90 years. Continue reading
Dec 17 Powerful magnitude 7.3 earthquake causes widespread damage in Pacific island nation of Vanuatu By Charlotte Graham-McLay, Associated Press A tsunami warning was called off less than two hours after Tuesday's quake. Continue reading
Dec 17 Netanyahu says Israeli troops will remain in buffer zone inside Syria By Associated Press Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israeli forces will stay in a buffer zone on the Syrian border “until another arrangement is found that will ensure Israel’s security.”… Continue reading
Dec 17 Battle erupts over South Korean Constitutional Court that will determine the fate of impeached president By Kim Tong-Hyung, Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press During a Cabinet Council meeting on Tuesday, acting leader and Prime Minister Han Duck-soo says he will "do my utmost to inform the international society that Republic of Korea is fast regaining stability."… Continue reading
Dec 17 A senior Russian general is killed in a Moscow bombing claimed by Ukraine By Associated Press Kirillov was under sanctions from several countries, including the U.K. and Canada, for his actions in Moscow's war in Ukraine. Continue reading
Dec 16 Watch 8:45 News Wrap: French territory of Mayotte devastated by cyclone In our news wrap Monday, officials in the French territory of Mayotte say the worst storm in almost a century has devastated the archipelago, health officials in Gaza say more than 45,000 Palestinians have now been killed since the start… Continue watching
Dec 16 Watch 6:53 City that fostered Syria's uprising celebrates life without Assad By Simona Foltyn In 2011, as the Arab Spring took hold across the Middle East, the seeds of Syria's revolution were sown by students and young people in the city of Daraa. Special correspondent Simona Foltyn reports on how the city that fostered… Continue watching
Dec 16 Watch 4:54 Syria's rebel leaders face critical decisions as they chart new path for the country By Leila Molana-Allen, Dan Sagalyn For the first time since he fled the country he ruled with an iron fist and a willingness to kill his own people to hold power, Bashar al-Assad was heard from. In a statement from exile in Moscow, Assad claimed… Continue watching