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The Palestinians say they will introduce a draft U.N. Security Council resolution setting a deadline for Israel's withdrawal from the Palestinian territories, despite the U.S. warning it will block the move.

Pupil of a primary school class in Pakistan.

A destroyed house in Ahy Badr in the town of Mizdah in the Nafusa mountains in Libya after tribal conflict in March 2013.

A coordinated search for weapons and restricted items being undertaken at the Tomping POC site in Juba, South Sudan.

EP President Martin Schulz opens December plenary session

Turkey's government is facing growing international pressure following police raids on media establishments. But the Turkish president has dismissed criticism and said the country’s national security is at stake.

Myanmar, also known as Burma, says ethnic rebels attacked an army outpost near the border with China last week, killing seven soldiers and wounding 20 others.

Five people have escaped from a restaurant in Sydney, Australia's central business district where a gunman is holding an undetermined number of hostages.

In Ecuador, a sudden collapse at a construction site of a hydroelectric power plant being built by a Chinese company has killed 13 people.