Dozens of high schools in Serbia are on lockdown, amid protests that have been organized for days in that country, and the Ministry of Education has proposed to the Government that the winter break for high and primary schools begin earlier than planned.
Ukraine has fired at least 13 missiles and 84 drones into Russian territory, causing a fire at an oil refinery in the southern Rostov region that burned for hours, Russian officials said.
The Israeli army announced this morning that it targeted Yemeni Houthi ports and energy infrastructure in response to a rocket attack on Israel, and rebel-controlled media in Yemen reported that nine people were killed in the strikes.
At least 32 children have died in a carnival stampede in southwestern Nigeria's Oyo state, officials said on Thursday.
At least 100,000 bodies of victims of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime are in a mass grave outside Damascus, said Muaz Mustafa, director of the Syrian Emergency Task Force (SETF).
He told Reuters that one of five mass graves is located in Al-Qutayfa, 40 kilometers north of Damascus.
Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp announced that the Netherlands will block Serbia's path to EU membership, citing concerns about Belgrade's readiness for the next stage in the accession process.
A senior general of the Russian army and head of the nuclear, biological and chemical defense forces, Igor Kirillov, has been killed in a blast in Moscow.
The Bundestag has voted no confidence in German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, world media reports.
Former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad has spoken out for the first time since he was ousted from power last week.
Police and intelligence services in Serbia are using advanced mobile forensics products and as yet untested spyware to illegally monitor journalists, environmental activists and civil rights activists.
Russia has for the first time allegedly begun using North Korean troops in significant numbers to carry out attacks on Ukrainian forces fighting to hold territory captured in Russia's Kursk region.
Heavy Drone Strikes by Both Ukrainian and Russian Forces. Russian Forces Advance in Capture of Kurakhovo, and the Russian Tricolor Flaunts on the City Council Building.
Two security agents and two migrants were killed in a shooting in the town of Lun Plage near Dunkirk in northern France today, French media reported.
The Moldovan parliament voted early this morning to impose a national state of emergency for 60 days, starting on December 16, due to the expected interruption of Russian gas supplies from January 1 next year, Al Jazeera Balkans reports.
French President Emmanuel Macron has named centrist leader Francois Bayrou as the country's new prime minister, in an attempt to end a political crisis that has rocked the country for months.
Pro-European demonstrations in Georgia, which gather several thousand people in Tbilisi every evening, entered their third week today, with no change in government so far.
The Chief of Staff of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview broadcast late last night that Kiev is not yet ready to start negotiations with Russia because it lacks weapons, security guarantees and the international status it seeks.
The Court of Appeals of Kosovo has confirmed the decision of the Basic Court, which ordered three Montenegrin citizens who went to the Visoki Dečani monastery with the plates "Kosovo is Serbia", to be detained for 30 days, Koha reported, and the KoSSev portal reports.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has warned that the Alliance is not ready for the threats it will face in the coming years, especially from Russia. During a speech in Brussels, Rutte stressed that Russia is preparing for a long-term confrontation with Ukraine and NATO.
The leaders of France and Poland, Emmanuel Macron and Donald Tusk, met in Warsaw today to discuss the possible sending of European military forces to Ukraine.
Slovenia and Germany have prepared a non-paper that will stipulate that there will be no possibility of veto and blockade due to bilateral issues with neighboring countries in the pre-accession process, announced Slovenian Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Tanja Fajon.
Police brigades with shields enabled Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić to leave the Presidency building, and the intersection of Kralja Milana and Kneza Miloša streets was blocked, reports N1 reporter. The gathered students let through ambulances and cars with small children.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić addressed the public tonight from Andrićev Venac in Belgrade, and during that time whistles were heard from students who had gathered in front of the Serbian Presidency building.
The left-wing Social Democratic Party (PSD) has reached an agreement to form a grand coalition with the center-right National Liberal Party (PNL), the reformist Save Romania Union (USR), and a small ethnic Hungarian party (UDMR).
