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Germany's highest court has rejected a string of complaints against a decision by the country's parliament to label the killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks a century ago as genocide.

Indonesian police say they will take action against Islamic groups that use violence to enforce an edict from the country's leading Islamic body forbidding Muslims from wearing Christmas attire.

A leading Israeli think tank says its survey has found Israelis are increasingly losing faith in their government and most public institutions.

A high-profile North Korean defector has told South Korean lawmakers that he decided to flee because of disillusionment with what he describes as a "tyrannical reign of terror" by leader Kim Jong Un.

Ukraine is nationalizing its largest bank following concerns over its stability.

Ukrainian officials say five soldiers have been killed in the latest outburst of fighting with pro-Russia rebels in eastern Ukraine.

A closely watched survey shows that German business confidence has risen more than expected in December, with sentiment improving in the key manufacturing sector and elsewhere.

Iran's president has lashed out at the country's hard-liners, accusing them of ignoring human rights he said are enshrined in the constitution.

Poland's foreign minister has criticized anti-government protests of the past days, saying they are the work of frustrated opposition politicians who cannot accept their loss of power and the government's popularity.

Indian investigators say they've determined that the leader of a Pakistan-based militant group and three others should face trial for an attack on a military air base in northern India that left seven Indian soldiers dead last January.

Christine Lagarde, the International Monetary Fund's managing director, is awaiting the verdict of a special French court for alleged "serious negligence" over a huge payout to a business magnate while she served as France's finance minister.

Kenyan officials say two Iranian men who were found with video footage of the Israeli embassy have been deported after a deal was reached to drop charges against them.

In his first pre-Christmas address, the new top Roman Catholic cleric in the Holy Land has decried the destruction in Syria and Iraq.

Libyan security and health officials say a suicide bomber has killed eight army troops near the eastern city of Benghazi.

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has met with regional foreign ministers to tackle growing international criticism of her army's forceful treatment of the country's Muslim Rohingya minority, which some critics say constitutes crimes against humanity.

Military and police units are deployed across the capital of Congo amid fears of unrest on the last official day of President Joseph Kabila's mandate.

The Russian military says that one of its plane with 39 people on board crash-landed in the far north of the country, injuring 32.

The Latest on developments in the civil war in Syria where a cease-fire deal is back on and evacuations of civilians and rebels resume (all times local): 9:10 a.m.

Israel's attorney general has ordered the investigation of an Arab lawmaker on suspicion of smuggling mobile phones to Palestinian prisoners.

German authorities have arrested a 31-year-old Turkish citizen suspected of spying on Kurds in Germany.