The U.S. government says vital military aid runs out this month without congressional action. Find out what the holdup is in Congress, and what it means on the battlefield.
Every year, months of preparation go into the Christmas decorations for a house in Lantéfontaine, France. Lights are strung and each ornament, wreath and figure is carefully positioned. The finished product draws neighbours and visitors to marvel at the dazzling holiday display.
The bodies of 11 climbers were recovered Monday in Indonesia, a day after a furious eruption of the Mount Marapi volcano, but search efforts for 12 others were eventually called off due to a fresh eruption of hot ash.
The Philippine president blamed “foreign terrorists” for a bomb blast that killed four people Sunday, wounded dozens of other Catholic worshippers in the south, and sparked a security alarm, including in the capital, Manila, where state forces were put on alert.
A German tourist died and two other people, including a British citizen, were hurt after an attack by a man armed with a knife and hammer near the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Saturday, in what President Emmanuel Macron described as "a terrorist attack."
