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MIDDLE EAST
Daesh terror
attack kills 4, injures
3 in Iraq
Russian denies
allegations that Syrian
and Russian warplanes
bombed civilian targets
in Idleb
Billions locked
in troubled Lebanese
banks behind economic
crisis: Syria's Assad
US imposes
sanctions on Lebanese
politician Bassil,
alleges corruption
US pushes $2.9bn
armed drones sale to UAE:
Sources
Israeli minister
warns of war if Biden
wins, returns to Iran
deal
Likud officials
worry Biden victory
could damage Netanyahu,
Israel’s UN standing
Israeli
occupation forces
destroy Palestinian
village, leave 41
children homeless, UN
says
EU Urges Israel
to Stop Destroying
Palestinian Houses,
Schools in Occupied West
Bank
Israel To
Confiscate More
Palestinian Lands South
of Bethlehem
Palestinian
prisoner ends hunger
strike after 103 days:
AFRICA
Ethiopia PM:
Airstrikes target TPLF
military depots in
Tigray
Tigray: Ethiopia
PM claims army success
against TPLF
Four African
Countries Are at High
Risk of Famine, UN Warns
ASIA
Afghanistan- 88
Taliban rebels killed in
Kandahar: Report
United States
approves $600m sale of
armed drones to Taiwan
In COVID
clampdown, China bars
travellers from Britain,
Belgium, India
China Reportedly
Sends 'The World’s First
6G Test Satellite' Into
Orbit
Chinese Vice FM
Calls for Improving
China-U.S. Relations
EUROPE
How the US,
Turkey, and Israel are
fueling a forgotten war
between Armenia and
Azerbaijan
France condemns
Erdogan over Islam row,
threatens sanctions
Kosovo president
resigns to face war
crimes charges
COVID: U.K.
Extends Wage Support;
Greece Imposes Lockdown:
Bank of England
launches new £150bn
stimulus package
GLOBE
Julian Assange
will learn on January 4
whether he will be sent
to US to face hacking
charges
AMERICAS
At least 50
killed as Hurricane Eta
unleashes floods and
landslides in Central
America
Bolivia’s
President-Elect Luis
Arce Attacked With
Dynamite
Latin America
accounts for 1 of every
3 COVID-19 deaths
Coronavirus: US
reports more than 90K
new cases in a day, yet
COVID-19 is not top
issue for Americans
Counties with
worst virus surges
overwhelmingly voted
Trump
Biden takes the
lead in Pennsylvania,
putting him in position
to win the presidency
US House Speaker
Pelosi Calls Biden
'President-Elect' as
Trump Challenges
Election Result
Trump Team to
Enter Philadelphia Vote
Counting Center After
Winning Court Order
GOP Loses Bid To
Toss 'Flawed' Ballots In
PA; Biden Lead In
Arizona Shrinks
Court Order
Keeps Allegheny County
From Processing About
29K Ballots Until Friday
Postal Service
Processed 150K Ballots
After Election
Michigan judge
dismisses Trump’s push
to stop counting votes
Police arrest
two in alleged plot to
attack Philly voting
center:
Paul Craig
Roberts: Evidence Mounts
of a Stolen Election
Facebook Removes
Group Trying to Cast
Doubt on Vote
Post-election
protests in US cities
met with mass arrests
Nancy Pelosi
seeks reelection as
speaker of the House
751,000 seek US
jobless benefits as
virus hobbles economy
Riot declared in
Portland as rioters
smash windows
DC voters
approve decriminalizing
‘magic mushrooms,’ other
psychedelics
New Jersey
Residents Vote To
Legalize Recreational
Marijuana
Arizona voters
approve Prop to legalize
recreational marijuana