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(CNN) — Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar announced the closure of the country's embassy in Ireland on Sunday, accusing Ireland of “extreme anti-Israel policies.”

CNN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz faces a confidence vote on Monday he is expected to lose, paving the way for a snap election early next year

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CNN — Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday accused Israel of “acts of genocide” against Palestinians in Gaza by depriving them of adequate water supplies

(CNN) — Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday accused Israel of “acts of genocide” against Palestinians in Gaza by depriving them of adequate water supplies

(CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia was making advances “along the entire frontline” of Ukraine as he began his year-end news conference – an event he uses to show his sweeping control of all aspects of his country.

President Vladimir Putin declined to say when Russian forces would retake the southern Kursk region from Ukraine, insisting that they were making advances “along the entire frontline,” as he began his year-end news conference.

(CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin put a positive spin on a spate of recent setbacks Thursday, insisting in a marathon news conference that Russia had accomplished its mission in Syria and was winning the war in Ukraine.

(CNN) — At least one person has been killed and several embassies have been damaged in an early morning Russian missile attack on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv.

What we're covering here • At least two people have been killed – an adult and a toddler – and scores injured, after a car plowed into a bustling Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, on Friday.