President Joe Biden's administration will extend requirements for travelers to wear masks on airplanes, trains and buses and at airports and train stations through mid-March, sources briefed on the matter told Reuters

Tokyo has consistently voiced support for the status-quo in Taiwan Strait, sounding the alarm over “a sense of crisis” in the region.

In November alone, the lira lost nearly 30 percent of its value against the dollar – landing it well into currency crash territory.

A clash erupted in the afternoon between Iranian border guards and the Taliban following a misunderstanding at the border near the (Afghan) province of Nimroz.

The bill focused on protecting lives of journalists, saving them from harassment and torture and ensuring their welfare by giving facilities of life and health insurance.

The European model consists of both hard and soft infrastructure, as well as sustainable investments in digital, climate and energy, transport, health, education, and research.

Turkey's foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said he had spoken to the foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine and urged both sides to de-escalate the tensions that have recently flared up. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will also hold talks with his Russian counterpart.

All ten members of ASEAN, Southeast Asia's regional bloc, participated in Wednesday's drills. Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia, Myanmar and Brunei provided warships or aircraft, with the Philippines taking part as a virtual observer.

A four-month-old baby and his three-year-old brother died with their parents on Tuesday when a fire ripped through an abandoned bank in Barcelona where the family was squatting, in a blaze denounced as “horrific” by the Spanish city’s mayor..

The Chinese forces and their weapons are also now better acclimatized to the region than they were last year. As a response to all these developments, Indian forces have redirected significant military assets along the eastern Ladakh sector to counter any unexpected incursions along the border

Brent crude futures rose $1.90, or 2.7%, to $71.13 a barrel at 0504 GMT, after a 3.9% slump on Tuesday. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures rose $1.71, or 2.6%, to $67.89 a barrel, after a 5.4% drop on Tuesday. OPEC+ will meet on Thursday to discuss the developments.

A United Nations committee meeting on Wednesday (Dec 1) is unlikely to allow Afghanistan's Taliban or Myanmar's junta to represent their countries at the 193-member world body, say diplomats.