France urges EU to delay vote on Mercosur trade deal
France has called on the European Union to postpone a planned vote on the long-negotiated trade agreement with the South American Mercosur bloc, citin...
Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa has offered condolences to President Donald Trump following an ISIS attack near the ancient city of Palmyra that killed two U.S. soldiers and a civilian interpreter, Syrian and U.S. officials said Sunday.
In a statement, the Syrian presidency said al-Sharaa sent a message to Trump expressing sympathy over the deaths of the three Americans, who were killed Saturday in Syria’s Homs countryside. He condemned the attack and expressed solidarity with the victims’ families.
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said the Americans were killed when an ISIS gunman ambushed a patrol in the Palmyra desert area. Three additional U.S. service members were wounded in the attack and are receiving medical treatment.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday promised significant consequences for those responsible for an ISIS attack in Syria that killed two American troops and a civilian near Palmyra.
“The people that did it… there’ll be big damage done,” Trump said, adding that the gunman had been engaged and killed.
Syrian authorities said security forces launched operations against suspected ISIS cells in the Homs countryside following the attack, arresting five people.
U.S. forces operate in Syria as part of an international coalition formed in 2014 to defeat ISIS. Syria formally joined the coalition in November 2025, following the establishment of a new government after the overthrow of former President Bashar al-Assad in December 2024.
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan reiterated his offer to host Ukraine-Russia peace talks in Ankara, at his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The talks took place on the sidelines of the international Forum for Peace and Trust in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, on Friday (12 December).
Iranian authorities have seized a foreign tanker carrying more than 6 million litres of smuggled fuel in the Sea of Oman, detaining all 18 crew members on board.
Russia’s Human Rights Commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova says the Kyiv authorities have still not provided Moscow with a list of thousands of Ukrainian children it claims were illegally taken to Russia, despite the issue being raised during talks in Istanbul.
An explosive device found in a vehicle linked to one of the alleged attackers in Bondi shooting has been secured and removed according to Police. The incident left 12 people dead.
At least 16 people, including students, were killed and 20 others injured after a school bus carrying students from Antioqueño High School crashed and fell off a cliff in northern Colombia on Sunday, local authorities said.
The U.S. condemned a drone strike on a United Nations base in Kadugli, Sudan, on Saturday that killed six Bangladeshi peacekeepers and injured eight others.
France has called on the European Union to postpone a planned vote on the long-negotiated trade agreement with the South American Mercosur bloc, citing insufficient safeguards for European farmers.
At least 14 people have died and 32 others were injured after flash floods swept through Morocco’s Atlantic coastal city of Safi on Sunday, authorities said.
At least 16 people have been killed and around 40 others wounded after a mass shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach during a public Hanukkah celebration, Australian police said, confirming the incident is being treated as a terrorist attack.
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