#CNNWorld

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has temporarily scaled back relations with the nations who voted for the UN resolution to end construction of Israeli settlements in the West Bank. CNN's Elise Labott reports.

He was "the kindest, most generous soul and a brilliant artist," Elton John wrote on Instagram, leading tributes to George Michael who died aged 53 on Christmas Day.

Boeing's deal to sell $16.6 billion worth of aircraft to Iran may be worth only half that.

Since getting elected, Donald Trump has tweeted about America's nuclear arsenal, the competency of American intelligence agencies and trade with China. But he has not taken sustained questioning about anything in a live, impromptu news conference. We're left to speculate about what he really means, what it's based on, and where he's taking us.

Christmas carols aren't supposed to have lyrics like "revenge is like the sweetest joy, next to getting p***y."

A massive search and rescue operation is under way in the Black Sea after a Russian military plane crashed Sunday with 92 on board. Eleven bodies have so far been recovered.

On Christmas Day, 2016 gave us another blow. George Michael suddenly passed away of reported heart failure, aged 53.

Six months ago, Britain voted to leave the EU. How is it working out?

British pop star George Michael has died, his family said in a statement. The musician, who shot to fame with the 1980s duo Wham!, was 53 years old.

A fake news story led to threats of nuclear war between Pakistan and Israel on Christmas Eve.

Super typhoon Nock-ten made landfall in the Philippines on Christmas Day after authorities worked to evacuate thousands of residents from low-lying areas of the Southeast Asian country's eastern provinces.

More than 50,000 people had to be evacuated from a city in south Germany on Christmas Day after a 1.8-ton World War II bomb was found there.

It's a safe bet that 2017 will be a year for the history books.

A magnitude 7.7 earthquake occurred off the coast of southern Chile Sunday, 40 km (about 25 miles) southwest of Puerto Quellon, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

David Keyes, a spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, says Israel has "iron-clad information" that the US worked with the Palestinians on the UN resolution that was critical of Israeli settlements.

President-elect Donald Trump wished the world a Merry Christmas on Sunday -- on Twitter, of course.

A Russian military plane carrying members of the army's official choir traveling to perform in Syria has crashed in the Black Sea near Sochi. There are apparently no survivors, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.

Christmas celebrations around the world.

Carrie Fisher is in stable condition after suffering a cardiac event aboard a weekend flight from London to Los Angeles, her mother Debbie Reynolds said Sunday.

Russia is mourning its "cultural paratroopers" after more than 60 members of the world famous Alexandrov Ensemble were apparently killed in a plane crash Sunday.