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Islamist rebels have been advancing through large swathes of the country's north-west in the past week, threatening the rule of Syria's long-time president, Bashar Al-Assad.

Before leaving the White House in January, President Joe Biden will provide Ukraine with military aid to bolster the government in Kyiv in its war with Russia.

The Philippine navy and air force were dispatched to monitor the submarine as it moved through the contested area.

As the US president-elect threatens to make it costly for a group of nine developing nations to drop the US dollar as their go-to currency for international trade, we look at whether they have the capacity to actually do so.

Thousands have taken to the streets in the capital Tbilisi in support of the country joining the European Union, after the government called off talks.

A government counterinsurgency recaptures several towns that had been overrun in recent days by rebels, the army says, as Russian strikes kill at least 19 people.

When Donald Trump re-enters the White House on January 20, he will find that Kim Jong Un, the man he so enjoyed meeting, has built for himself a new international status – and is now a major ally of Vladimir Putin. 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said for the first time he would be willing to cede territory to Russia to end the war in his country.

Russia is carrying out record mass drone attacks on Ukraine, and experts say its new foam decoys and thermobaric warheads were making them more devastating and difficult to defend against. 

Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened to use new Oreshnik hypersonic missile to attack "decision-making centres" in Kyiv in response to Ukraine's firing of Western missiles at Russian territory.

Australia's social media ban for children makes headlines around the world, including as far away as Russia, as articles question how it could work and whether similar laws would be introduced elsewhere.

Ukraine's Energy Minister German Galushchenko said "attacks on energy facilities are happening all over Ukraine," after a countrywide air alert was issued for incoming missiles.

During her 16 years in office, former German chancellor Angela Merkel served alongside countless world leaders. In her new memoir, she takes aim at Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump.

With evidence of war crimes emerging from occupied areas of Ukraine throughout Russia's full-scale invasion, there are fears for the fate of civilians if Trump-negotiated peace talks involve ceding territory.  

The Kyiv School of Economics’ associate professor Oleksandra Keudel says Kremlin is looking to undermine support for Ukraine.

The missile struck a military warehouse in the early hours of Thursday morning, sparking condemnation from world leaders who labelled the move as an escalation.

The US makes a second major shift in weapons support for Ukraine, agreeing to provide anti-personnel landmines, days after approving Western-made longer-range missile strikes in Russia.  

Vladimir Putin says the medium-range missile was launched in response to Ukraine's use of long-range missiles into Russia supplied by the US and UK.

Investigations have started after two underwater telecommunication cables were cut in the Baltic Sea in a possible act of "sabotage," according to European authorities.

The reports in British media come after US-supplied long-range missiles were reportedly used for the first time on Russian soil.