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A drone view of the Church of the Nativity, in Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. — Reuters pic

No Christmas in Bethlehem as war, exodus, and empty streets grip the Holy City

The standoff in the government could come to a head as early as today if Barnier has to use aggressive constitutional powers to force a social security financing bill through, which would inevitably trigger a no-confidence motion from the left. — AFP pic

French far right party likely to back no-confidence motion against government

Philippine Vice-President Sara Duterte, the daughter of firebrand former President Rodrigo Duterte, has been embroiled in a bitter row with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr and is the subject of a house enquiry into her spending. She denies wrongdoing. — Reuters pic

Philippine groups to seek impeachment of Vice President Duterte

Experts say the court’s eventual opinion on climate change will likely be cited in climate change-driven lawsuits in courts from Europe to Latin America and beyond. — Reuters pic

World Court to open climate change hearings 

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te discussed 'China’s military threats' toward the island in a call with former US House speaker Nancy Pelosi yesterday. — Reuters pic

Taiwan’s Lai talks ‘China threats’ with ex-US House speaker Pelosi

Palestinians walk amid the rubble in front of a building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on December 1, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas fighters. — AFP pic

UNRWA stops aid delivery via key Gaza-Israel crossing

Protesters shoot fireforks towards the Parliament building as thousands took part in a fourth day of stormy nationwide protests against a government decision to shelve EU membership talks, as the prime minister rebuffed calls for new elections, in Tbilisi on December 1, 2024. — AFP pic

Tens of thousands rally in Georgia, PM rebuffs calls for new vote

Videos circulating on social media, which AFP was unable to immediately verify, showed scenes of chaos in the street outside the match and numerous bodies lying on the ground. — Picture via social media

Dozens killed in clashes at Guinea football match: doctors

US President Joe Biden is seen with his son Hunter Biden in this August 19,2024 picture. — AFP pic

In statement, Biden justifies pardoning son Hunter ahead of sentencing

In this photograph taken on November 26, 2024, a farmer burns straw stubble after harvesting a paddy field on the outskirts of Jind in India’s Haryana state. Burning strips the fertility of the fields, has a ruinous impact on India’s economy and sends plumes of acrid smoke packed with dangerous cancer-causing particles drifting over a densely-populated belt of northern India, including the 30 million people in the capital New Delhi. — AFP pic

‘We have no choice’: Why India’s farmers still turn to crop fires despite warnings, feeding toxic Delhi smog

People observe waves amid heavy winds and rainfall at Marina Beach in Chennai on November 30, 2024, ahead of the landfall of cyclone Fengal in Tamil Nadu, India. — AFP pic

Cyclone Fengal lands in India at 70-80kph, kills at least three

People carry banners during a demonstration to protest the regional government’s response and call for the resignation of Valencia regional president Carlos Mazon, a month after devastating floods in Valencia, eastern Spain, on November 30, 2024. — AFP pic

Spanish demonstrators chant ‘murderers’ after deadly floods as Valencian leader rules out resigning

Kash Patel is Trump’s pick to head the FBI. — AFP pic

Trump names loyalist lawyer to head FBI, replacing past pick who investigated him for illegal secret papers

French drug convict and death row prisoner Serge Atlaoui (left) is escorted by Indonesian police upon his arrival at Tangerang court, outside Jakarta on April 1, 2015. — AFP file pic

After Philippines and Australia, France asks Indonesia to return 60-year-old welder sentenced to death for 2005 drug crimes

​​Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (centre) says he is willing to with X boss Elon Musk who has been criticising Australia’s new ban on minors below age 16 from using socia media. — AFP pic

Albanese accuses Musk of pushing X agenda in criticising Australia’s under-16 social media ban

Hamas is open to discussing all ideas and proposals on a possible ceasefire in Gaza, a senior official of the Palestinian group said. — AFP pic

Hamas open to all ceasefire proposals in Cairo, but Israel must withdraw and aid must flow