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Transport strikes disrupt Christmas travel in France
French travelers and tourists were struggling Saturday to get to their destinations as the Christmas season ramped up amid continuing strikes against the government's plans to raise the retirement age to 64.
Lebanon's new PM begins consultations over next Cabinet
Lebanon's newly designated prime minister began his consultations on Saturday with parliamentary blocs to discuss the shape of the future government.
Death toll in India citizenship law protests climbs to 17
Three people died during clashes between demonstrators and police in northern India on Saturday, raising the nationwide death toll in protests against a new citizenship law to 17.
Plans for impeachment trial get foggy before holiday break
President Donald Trump is in sunny Florida after his historic impeachment, while plans for his speedy trial back in Washington remained clouded. Senate leaders jockeying for leverage have failed to agree on procedures for the trial.
More protests as India grapples with citizenship law fallout
Police in the Indian capital charged more than a dozen people with rioting and the government asked broadcasters to refrain from using content that could inflame further violence as authorities grappled with growing opposition to a new citizenship law that excludes Muslim immigrants.
Man who used narwhal tusk to subdue extremist identified
A mysterious figure who used a rare narwhal tusk to help subdue a knife-wielding extremist on London Bridge last month has been identified as a civil servant in Britain's Justice Ministry.
Pakistani professor gets death sentence in blasphemy case
A Pakistani court on Saturday convicted a Muslim professor of blasphemy, sentencing him to death for allegedly spreading anti-Islamic ideas.
485 killed in protests in Iraq since early October
The casualty toll in protests since early October in Iraq has risen to 485 dead and some 27,000 wounded, an official from the human rights watchdog said Friday.
Political solution best way to denuclearization: Pentagon chief
U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said on Friday that a political solution is the best way to solve the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue while cautioning that U.S. forces are prepared "to fight and win."
UN, partners send medical supplies to Uganda for flood relief
The UN and its humanitarian partners have dispatched medical supplies to treat 10,000 people in Uganda affected by the heavy rains, a UN spokesman said Friday.