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Ghana ruling party candidate concedes in presidential election

Vice president said Mahama won the presidency ‘decisively’

White House on guard against Islamic State resurgence in Syria

US has about 900 troops in Syria

Israeli strikes kill 6 in Lebanon's south, 34 in Gaza

Both Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah face accusations of having breached the truce that took effect on November 27

After dissolving government, leader of Burkina Faso junta names new PM

The country, along with its fellow junta-led neighbors in Mali and Niger, has turned away from former imperial ruler France and pivoted toward Russia

US announces nearly $1 billion in military aid for Ukraine

'Net is tightening' on man suspected of shooting executive, says official

Officers have confirmed that a cell phone as well as DNA from a coffee cup were recovered from near the murder scene

Power cuts, train cancellations as Storm Darragh batters UK

The nation's Met Office issued a rare red alert for high winds

France’s Notre Dame Cathedral reopens 5 years after shocking blaze

US President-elect Donald Trump among world leaders there to celebrate restoration

Romania's top court scraps presidential election

Move comes after allegations of Russian interference

North Gaza hospital director says Israeli strikes hit facility 

The army's storming of Kamal Adwan comes just days after the UN's World Health Organization said an emergency medical team had reached it for the first time in 60 days

Russia takes villages in key areas of east Ukraine front 

Iran launches heaviest space payload into orbit: media

It weighs 300 kilograms

China urges US to 'stop sending wrong signals' over Taiwan after Lai-Johnson call

US House speaker held a call with the self-ruled island's president

Death toll rises to 29 in southern Thailand floods

Mental health teams have been deployed to provide support and care for those affected

Second major Myanmar rebel group calls for talks with junta

Last year the allied rebel groups launched an offensive against the military and seized swathes of Shan state, including ruby mines and a lucrative trade highway to China

New militias sow future danger for war-weary Sudan

Sudan is on the brink of famine, according to aid agencies, and a UN investigation found both sides committed rights abuses with the RSF particularly implicated in sexual violence

Trump says he will 'block' Nippon Steel from taking over US Steel      

Embattled US Steel has argued that it needs the Nippon deal to ensure sufficient investment in its Mon Valley plants in Pennsylvania, which it says it may have to shutter if the sale is blocked

Taiwan launches hotlines for China travel 'safety risks'

Taiwan raised its travel warning for China to the second-highest 'orange' level earlier this year after Beijing published judicial punishments for supporters of Taiwan's independence

US unveils fresh export curbs targeting China's chip sector

Restrictions to affect semiconductors used in weapon systems and artificial intelligence as competition intensifies between the world's two biggest economies

German FM urges China to stop backing Russia, work for Ukraine peace

Speaking in Beijing, Annalena Baerbock she said the over 1,000-day war was impacting the whole world and urged China to help end the Ukraine conflict