Gunmen kill eight bus passengers in northern Pakistan (www.aljazeera.com)
‘Despotic’ Maduro accused of risking Venezuela-Guyana conflict over oil-rich region (www.theguardian.com)
The foreign minister of the tiny South American nation of Guyana has said that neighbouring Venezuela is “on the wrong side of history” as it risks sparking conflict over an oil-rich and long-contested swath of rainforest....
More than 700 flights canceled as southern Germany sees heavy snowfall (edition.cnn.com)
Around 760 flights were canceled at Munich Airport on Saturday due to heavy snowfall, an airport spokesperson told CNN....
Three people killed in Catholic mass blast in southern Philippines (www.theguardian.com)
Police say the explosion at Mindanao State University gymnasium in Marawi could be revenge by pro-Islamic State militants...
Moscow boosts troop numbers, citing Ukraine war, NATO expansion (www.politico.eu)
Russia is boosting the number of troops in its military for the second time in 15 months, citing the war in Ukraine and the expansion of the NATO defense alliance....
One person killed and two others injured in central Paris attack (www.theguardian.com)
Police arrest 26-year-old man, who was on French intelligence watchlist, after passersby attacked near Eiffel Tower...
Family says Yuval Castleman, killed after taking out terrorists, was ‘executed’ (www.timesofisrael.com)
Castelman was hit by soldier who apparently mistook him for a terrorist during Jerusalem attack, but footage shows him unarmed, with his hands in the air prior to being shot
One dead, two injured in Paris attack, French interior minister says (edition.cnn.com)
…One man – a German tourist born in the Philippines – had been killed in the attack and two others sustained non-life threatening injuries, he added....
Abandoned babies found decomposing in Gaza hospital weeks after it was evacuated (www.nbcnews.com)
“No child should have to die alone,” a charity said in response to a widely shared TV report that has sent shockwaves on social media.
Lula says Brazil's participation in OPEC+ is to stop oil producers using fossil fuels (m.timesofindia.com)
SAO PAULO: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Saturday that Brazil’s participation in the OPEC+ group of oil- producing countries is to convince nations to transition away from the use of fossil fuels. Brazil indicated on Thursday that it was on the brink of joining OPEC+, a group of 23 oil- producing...
One dead and another injured in Paris attack near Eiffel Tower, minister says (www.standard.co.uk)
A person has died and another was injured after an assailant attacked passersby in central Paris near the Eiffel Tower, the French Interior Minister said on Saturday....
Milei appoints former minister with pro-Nazi past as head of state lawyers (english.elpais.com)
The president-elect of Argentina, the far-right Javier Milei, appointed Rodolfo Barra, a former Minister of Justice forced to resign in 1996 due to his past in pro-Nazi organizations, as the future head of the State’s Attorneys this Friday. The appointment, which will take effect on December 10, generated rejection from the...
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger look to form a federation (www.africanews.com)
The foreign ministers of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger recommended on Friday (Dec. 01) creating a confederation as part of a long-term goal of uniting the West African neighbours within a federation....
Top Hamas official says hostage negotiations are off until war ends (www.timesofisrael.com)
Saleh al-Arouri, deputy head of Hamas’s politburo, said in an interview with Al Jazeera on Saturday that negotiations with Israel for further release of hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners have halted, and that there will be no further exchanges until Israel ends its war in Gaza....
Harris says US will ‘under no circumstances’ permit forced relocation of Palestinians (www.cnn.com)
Vice President Kamala Harris said in a meeting Saturday with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi that Washington will not allow for the forced relocation of Palestinians or any redrawing of the current border of the Gaza Strip....
Abandoned babies found decomposing in Gaza hospital weeks after it was evacuated (www.nbcnews.com)
The cease-fire is over, but not before it offered a glimpse of the war’s horrors to Palestinians in Gaza and people around the world....
Air Force to retire F-35A damaged by bird strike (m-en.yna.co.kr)
US moves to choke China’s role in electric vehicle supply chain (www.ft.com)
UEFA leaves Russian football team out of Nations League for 2024/2025 season (kyivindependent.com)
The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) did not include the Russian national football team in its schedule for the Nations League draw matches, meaning that the team will automatically not qualify for participation in the 2024/2025 season, UEFA announced on Dec. 2....
Iran says two Revolutionary Guards killed in Israeli attack in Syria (www.reuters.com)
DUBAI, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Two Iranian Revolutionary Guards members who served as military advisers in Syria have been killed in an Israeli attack, Iranian state media reported on Saturday, in the first reported Iranian casualties during the ongoing war in Gaza.
Should Venezuela invade its oil-rich neighbor? Maduro will put it to a vote Sunday (www.miamiherald.com)
Venezuelans going to the polls Sunday will be asked to answer an unusually provocative question: Should their government be given a blank check to invade neighboring Guyana, and wrest away three-quarters of its oil-rich territory?...
'Hamas is a reality of Palestine': Turkey's Erdogan refuses to cut ties with terror group (www.firstpost.com)
The US Treasury’s top terrorism financing official conveyed Washington’s ‘profound’ alarm about Ankara’s past relations with Hamas during a visit to Turkey this week...
Video Emerges Appearing to Show Russian Soldiers Executing Surrendering Ukrainians (www.kyivpost.com)
The shocking footage was reportedly filmed near Avdiivka and was posted to social media by several Ukrainian bloggers....