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France: President Will Not Run For Re-Election

President Francois Hollande has surprised French voters by declaring Dec. 1 that he will not run for re-election next year, the BBC reported. Read more…

Russia: Contact Lost With Resupply Space Craft Bound For International Space Station

Russian authorities lost contact with an unmanned spacecraft launched Dec. 1 to bring supplies to the International Space Agency, Russia's space agency said, The Verge reported. Read more…

South Sudan: Aid Convoys Blocked, Envoy Warns Of Ethnic Cleansing

Humanitarian convoys seeking to provide aid to civilians in South Sudan have been attacked and blocked from reaching their destinations, top U.N. officials in the country said, Reuters reported Dec. 1. Read more…

Thailand: Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn Becomes King

Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn ascended to the throne in Thailand on Dec. 1, Bangkok Post reported. Read more…

Ukraine: Kiev Begins Missile Tests

Ukraine has begun a round of of surface-to-air missile tests over the Black Sea, BBC reported. Read more…

Ethiopia: Opposition Leader Detained After Trip To Europe

Prominent Ethiopian opposition leader Merera Gudina was detained upon arriving at the Addis Ababa airport on Nov. 30, BBC reported Dec. 1. Read more…

Gambia: Internet Shut Down Ahead Of Elections

Gambian authorities shut down the internet and international phone calls in the country late on Nov. 30, as voters prepared to head to the polls for the country's Dec. 1 presidential election, Quartz and BBC reported. Read more…

Colombia: Congress Ratifies Revised FARC Peace Deal

Colombia's Congress ratified a revised peace agreement with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) on Nov. 30, AP reported. Read more…

Mali: Militants Attack Two Northern Airports

Militants in Mali attacked two airports in the country's north, a security source and local residents said Nov. 30, Reuters reported. Read more…

North Korea: U.N. Security Council Imposes New Sanctions

The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved new sanctions against North Korea on Nov. 30, Reuters reported. Read more…

Russia: Moscow Signs Military Deals With Armenia, Azerbaijan

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu met with Armenian Defense Minister Vigen Sargsyan on Nov. 30 and signed an agreement to establish combined forces, Vestnik Kavkaza reported. Read more…

Turkey: Minister In Brussels For Visa Liberalization Talks

Turkish EU Affairs Minister Omer Celik is in Brussels for negotiations with top European Commission officials over visa liberalization for Turkish nationals, Die Welt reported Nov. 30. Read more…

Ukraine: Kiev Hopes New President Will Provide Lethal Weapons

Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov voiced his hopes in a Nov. 30 interview that President-elect Donald Trump will provide Ukraine with lethal weapons while in office, Interfax reported. Read more…

OPEC: Member States Agree to Cut Production, Source Says

OPEC member states have agreed to finalize a deal initially drafted in Algiers to cut oil production to 32.5 million barrels per day in an effort to mitigate the global oil glut, a source with knowledge of the deal said Nov. 30, Bloomberg News reported. Read more…

Syria: Hundreds Detained After Fleeing Eastern Aleppo, Activists Say

The Syrian government has detained hundreds of people fleeing rebel-controlled areas of eastern Aleppo, the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Nov. 30, Reuters reported. Read more…

Spain: 2 Arrested For Terrorism Links

Spanish authorities arrested two Moroccan men on charges of having links to the Islamic State, the country's Interior Ministry said Nov. 30, AP reported. Read more…

Colombia: Senate Approves Revised Peace Deal

Colombia’s Senate approved a revised peace accord with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the country’s largest militant group, on Nov. 29, BBC reported. Read more…

Haiti: Preliminary Results Show Presidential Victory For Moise

Preliminary results from Haiti's recent presidential election show an overwhelming victory for Jovenel Moise, a businessman who was tapped to run by former president Michel Martelly, the Washington Post reported. Read more…

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