Syria: legal measures will be taken against outlaws in Sweida province – SANA

The Interior Ministry said that at 11:30 am on Sunday, December 4, a group of outlaws , some of them carried individual arms , blocked the road with burning tires next to the al-Mashnaqa roundabout in Sweida governorate.

Venezuela's supreme court slams attack against gov't institutions

The president of Venezuela's Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ), Maikel Moreno, on Wednesday condemned an attack against the court's headquarters in Caracas, calling it terrorism.

Double Explosion in Rome by Post Office

Two bombs have exploded in Rome, Italy, close to a post office and United Nations building.

Turkey blames PKK rebels for government attack that injured official

Turkish security officials said a Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, rebel group attack injured a district governor in the southeastern Mardin province.

Syrians react to US flags displayed by PKK/PYD

U.S. flags displayed by PKK/PYD on a customs building in northern Syria for nearly a week has sparked reactions by Syrians who previously lived in the area.

3 More Killed as Caste Violence Escalates in India, Death Toll Rises to 19

Local officials said three more people were killed and nine others were wounded on Monday in the latest outbreak of violence in the state of Haryana, where members of the Jat community are demanding reservation in government jobs.

US casualties on special forces mission in southern Afghanistan

One US troop was killed and two wounded in fighting Tuesday in Afghanistan's southern province of Helmand, the US military command in Kabul said.

50 Talibans killed in Afghan southern Sangin district

Afghan security forces backed by aircrafts have killed around 50 Taliban militants in the besieged Sangin district of the southern Helmand province since Wednesday, provincial governor Mirza Khan Rahimi said Thursday.

Afghan Forces Push Taliban Out of Key District

Officials in Afghanistan say that national security forces backed by US airstrikes have regained control from the Taliban of a key district center in the volatile southern Helmand province.

Afghan reinforcements reach Helmand as Taliban advance

The Afghan government Wednesday rushed reinforcements to Helmand after Taliban militants captured large swathes of a strategic opium-producing district, prompting the first British troop deployment to the troubled province in 14 months.

Iraq: Daesh takes control of Anbar's Ramadi city

Daesh has taken control of Ramadi city, the capital of Anbar province, after overrunning the last stand made by Iraqi forces in the area, local sources told Anadolu Agency Sunday.

ISIL pulls out from key areas in Iraq's Ramadi

Fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group have withdrawn from the main government building in the Iraqi city of Ramadi, a day after the group raised its black flag over the building in the capital of Anbar province.

Greek anti-establishment protesters torch cars, clash with police

A small group of black-clad anti-establishment protesters clashed with riot police in central Athens on Tuesday, hurling petrol bombs and burning cars after a march against high-security prisons.

Massive power outage hits Detroit

A power outage forced the closings of several municipal buildings in downtown Detroit today, ranging from city hall to a criminal courthouse, dozens of public schools and more than three dozen buildings at Wayne State University, shortly after 10 am, officials said.

Power had been restored to some of the buildings by the afternoon and most of the affected customers were expected to have electricity by night, DTE Energy Co spokesman Scott Simons said.

Eight dead as snow expected to keep falling in western New York

Snowbound residents of western New York awoke to as much as another foot of accumulation today with possibly another 30 inches (76 cm) expected, meteorologists said.

Ukrainian forces retake rebel stronghold of Slaviansk (to “raise the government’s flag”)

Ukrainian forces recaptured the separatist stronghold of Slaviansk on Saturday after a military offensive sent pro-Russian rebels fleeing overnight, the country’s president and a rebel spokesman said Saturday.

Ukrainian forces succeeded in raising the national flag over City Hall in accordance with orders from President Petro Poroshenko.

Poroshenko said in an earlier statement that he had commanded the troops to “raise the government’s flag” over the city, which has been under rebel control since early April when they seized its administrative and police buildings.

Odessa residents block regional police building, demand punishment of those responsible for deaths

Some 150 residents in Odessa, a southern Ukrainian city blocked the regional police building to protest against police inaction during the clashes provoked by ultranationalist Right Sector militants and so-called “Maidan self-defense” force, which resulted in the death of 46 people.

The protesters were chanting "Nemirovsky the murderer", referring to the Odessa governor, and demanding his resignation, while threatening to storm the building if their demands were not met.

Separatists seize second building in east Ukrainian town, mayor suffers gunshot wound

KIEV - Armed pro-Russian separatists who took control of the police headquarters in the east Ukrainian town of Kostyantynivka also seized the town administration building on Monday, a spokesman for the regional government said.

Also on Monday, the city of Kharkiv's mayor was hospitalized after sustaining a gunshot wound.

Ukraine's military clashed with pro-Kremlin rebels in two eastern towns overnight. - Kiev's actions in east Ukraine will 'have consequences': Putin

Ukrainian soldiers retook control of the town hall in the southeastern port city of Mariupol and repelled an attack on an army base in the eastern town of Artemivsk, the ministries said.

Separatist sources confirmed the loss of the town hall in Mariupol, a city with a population of nearly 500,000. The city was the scene of a rebel attack on troops last week that left three militants dead. The separatists had held the town hall since April 13.

"The town hall is liberated and can function normally," interior minister Arsen Avakov said on his Facebook page.

Armed Pro-Russians Push into Ukrainian Towns. -- Some of the men claim they are Ukrainian soldiers who have switched sides to the pro-Russians

Armored personnel carriers with armed men riding on top and flying Russian flags rolled into the Ukrainian city of Sloviansk near the Russian border Wednesday.

Some of the men claim they are Ukrainian soldiers who have switched sides to the pro-Russians who already control several government buildings in town.

Also, armed pro-Russians have taken over the mayor's office and the city council building in Donetsk -- another city where separatists demand referendums on splitting with Ukraine to join Russia.