- Green groups hail landmark ruling as Dutch Supreme Court mandates steep emission cuts
- 'We are at a turning point in war' against jihadism: French President Macron in Niger
- Eight West African countries agree to sever common currency from France
- Sudan opens Darfur investigation into crimes by Bashir regime
- Australian PM Morrison apologises for family vacation during deadly bushfires
- Thousands protest in Lebanon against new Prime Minister Hassan Diab
- Romania marks 30 years since revolt against Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu
- Preliminary tally shows Afghanistan's Ghani winning election, pending final results
- Macron calls colonialism a ‘grave mistake’ during visit to Ivory Coast
- Croatian president faces ex-prime minister in presidential election run-off
- Violent storms sweep through parts of Europe, claiming at least nine lives
- New currency ‘eco’ to replace CFA franc but will remain pegged to euro
- French fashion designer Emanuel Ungaro dies in Paris at age 86
- Cuba has first PM since 1976 as longtime tourism minister takes office
- No Christmas Mass at Notre-Dame for the first time in two centuries
- Anonymous British artist Banksy unveils dark nativity scene in Bethlehem
- Erdogan says Turkey cannot handle new migrant wave from Syria, warns Europe