The spacecraft passed 3.8 million miles (6.1 million km) from the solar surface on Dec. 24, flying into the sun's outer atmosphere called the corona.

The attack was one of several in China in late October and November and caused Chinese leader Xi Jinping to order local governments to take steps to prevent future “extreme cases.”

Azerbaijan’s minister of digital development and transportation, told local media that “preliminary conclusions by experts point at external impact,” as does witness testimony.

The successive impeachments that suspended the country’s top two officials are unprecedented, and the deputy prime minister Choi Sang-mok is now South Korea's new interim leader.

Youssef Abu El-Rish, the Hamas-appointed deputy health minister, said Israeli forces had set fire to the surgical department and laboratory and a storehouse.

A news release Tuesday from India's Enforcement Directorate said a multi-city search has revealed "incriminating" evidence of "human trafficking."

The prisoners fled during violent protests after the country’s Constitutional Council confirmed the ruling Frelimo party as the winner of the Oct. 9 elections.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said the Slovakian authorities "...would be happy to provide their own country as a platform for negotiations".

The plane went down about 3 kilometers from Aktau. Cellphone footage circulating online appeared to show the aircraft making a steep descent before smashing into the ground.

The Israeli military said it attacked infrastructure used by the Houthis at the international airport in Sanaa and ports at Hodeida, Al-Salif and Ras Qantib.

Spain’s interior ministry says more than 57, 700 migrants reached Spain by boat until Dec. 15 this year, a roughly 12 per cent increase from the same period last year.

The journalists were working for the local news outlet Al-Quds Today, a television channel affiliated with the Islamic Jihad militant group.

Syria’s transition has been surprisingly smooth but it’s only been a few weeks since Assad fled the country and his administration and forces melted away.

In his third Christmas TV broadcast since becoming king, Charles struck an unusually personal tone for the royal seasonal message.

An Azerbaijani airliner with 67 people onboard crashed Wednesday near the Kazakhstani city of Aktau, killing 38 people and leaving 29 survivors, a Kazakh official said.