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The European Union has extended its sanctions against Russia for six more months to keep pressure on Moscow to respect the fragile peace agreement in Ukraine.

A fragile cease-fire was back on in Syria on Monday, as buses resumed evacuating those still remaining in eastern Aleppo following days of delays, and others departed with the sick and wounded from two rebel-besieged Shiite villages in the country's north.

Gambia's president-elect says he is ready to take office in January despite the refusal by the West African country's longtime ruler to accept his election loss.

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari is ordering an investigation of close allies accused of graft, including the head of the commission meant to fight corruption.

A state of emergency has been introduced in the Siberian city of Irkutsk on Monday after at least 33 people died of alcohol poisoning from consuming a bath lotion.

A court has convicted in absentia an Italian woman and her Albanian husband on terrorism charges for traveling to Syria to join the Islamic State group.

Israeli police have arrested billionaire businessman Beny Steinmetz on suspicion of bribing officials in the west African country of Guinea.

After years of strained relations with China, Norway's prime minister says the country has resumed ties with Beijing.

A court in northern Vietnam sentenced two activists to more than 10 years in prison each for attempted subversion.

A 101-year-old confessed sex offender has been jailed for 13 years for crimes committed against young children in the 1970s and 1980s.

An argument over whether German teachers at a school in Turkey can teach their students about Christmas appears to have been resolved after reports of a ban drew criticism from German politicians.

Somalia residents say African Union soldiers killed 11 civilians in two separate incidents over the weekend.

A schoolgirl's offer to replace Big Ben's familiar chimes when the London landmark is silenced for repairs has received a gentle rebuff from the BBC.

NATO and Russia ambassadors are meeting in a fresh attempt to improve relations, which have sunk to their lowest ebb since the Cold War.

The South African military says rebels in eastern Congo have attacked a South African unit that is part of a United Nations peacekeeping mission, killing one soldier and injuring two others.

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Jordanian troops with armored vehicles have blocked access to a popular tourist site — a Crusader castle — following attacks in the area that killed 10 people the previous day, including a Canadian visitor.

Chinese officials tell the Associated Press that U.S. assertions China is America's biggest source of deadly synthetic opioids are unsubstantiated.

Police say two girl suicide bombers blew themselves up at a checkpoint outside Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri and wounded three civilians.

The United States has delivered a new Cessna aircraft to the Lebanese army to help the tiny Arab country fight militancy and conduct border security missions.