German Chancellor Friedrich Merz called for “peaceful coexistence” as his nation marked the first anniversary of a deadly car-ramming attack at a Christmas market in eastern Germany that revived a debate about the influx of migrants from mainly Muslim countries.

The U.S. military carried out massive air and drone strikes against more than 70 Islamic State (ISIS) targets across central and eastern Syria, U.S. officials said, following a deadly December 13 attack on American personnel.

The president of war-torn Ukraine says the United States has proposed a format for peace talks that would place Ukraine and Russia at the same table — but he doubts such a meeting would bring real progress.

After hours of tense negotiations, European Union leaders agreed to provide Ukraine with a 90 billion euro loan (about $100 billion) to meet the wartorn nation’s urgent financial needs. However, they failed to reach a consensus on whether the loan should be secured using Russia’s frozen assets held in Europe.

The United States has approved $11.1 billion in new arms-sales packages for Taiwan, signaling continued security support for the island even as President Donald Trump’s administration emphasizes trade and economic engagement with China, The Wall Street Journal reported.

A day before President Donald Trump is set to address the nation, he releases an ominous social media post warning Venezuela, saying the country is “completely surrounded.”

The Trump administration is again saying Mexico will comply with a water treaty after claiming it would earlier this year and seven months later it still hadn’t.

Australia’s prime minister has visited an injured man who bravely disarmed one of two gunmen held responsible for killing at least 15 people attending Hanukkah celebrations at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, in what authorities have described as a terrorist attack targeting the Jewish community.

Jewish communities worldwide are impacted by one of the deadliest terror attacks against Jews outside Israel in decades, when gunmen opened fire on a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, killing 15 people, Worthy News established Monday.

President Donald Trump sharply escalated pressure on Venezuela on Tuesday by designating President Nicolás Maduro’s government a foreign terrorist organization and ordering a “complete and total” blockade of sanctioned oil tankers moving in and out of the country.

Chilean voters on Sunday delivered a decisive victory to conservative lawmaker José Antonio Kast, electing him president in what is being described as the country’s most sweeping political shift since its return to democracy in 1990. Kast defeated Communist candidate Jeannette Jara by a wide margin, campaigning on restoring public security, enforcing immigration laws, and reviving economic growth.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says proposals negotiated with U.S. officials on a peace deal to end Russia’s war in Ukraine could be finalized within days, after which American envoys would present them to the Kremlin. The announcement came ahead of the establishment of the International Claims Commission for Ukraine in The Hague, which will seek compensation from Russia for Europe’s deadliest conflict since World War Two.

Residents mourned and counted the cost Tuesday as Moroccan authorities confirmed that at least 37 people were killed after torrential rain and flash floods inundated about 70 homes and businesses in the coastal city of Safi, in what officials described as the deadliest such disaster in Morocco in at least a decade.

Jewish communities worldwide are impacted by one of the deadliest terror attacks against Jews outside Israel in decades, when gunmen opened fire on a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, killing 15 people, Worthy News established Monday.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has told U.S. envoys that Ukraine is willing to give up its bid to join NATO if it helps bring an end to the war with Russia, according to sources familiar with the discussions.