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1. Trump Meets With Cabinet Hopefuls, Outlines Plans for First Day in Office
US President-elect Donald Trump met Cabinet hopefuls at his Manhattan office tower and later outlined plans for his first day in office, including withdrawing from a major trade accord and investigating abuses of work visa programmes.
2. Tsunami Hits Japan After Strong Quake, Nuclear Plant Briefly Disrupted
A powerful earthquake rocked northern Japan, briefly disrupting cooling functions at a nuclear plant and generating a tsunami that hit the same region devastated by a massive quake, tsunami and nuclear disaster in 2011.
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3. Iraq Shi'ite Paramilitaries Close to Cutting Mosul Supply Route
Iraqi Shi'ite militias mass troops are close to cut remaining supply routes to Mosul, Islamic State's last major stronghold in Iraq, closing in on the road that links the Syrian and Iraqi parts of its self-declared caliphate.
4. ISIS Claims Attack That Kills Dozens at Shi'ite Mosque in Kabul
ISIS claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on a crowded mosque in Kabul that killed more than 30 people and wounded dozens, its third major attack on minority Shi'ites in the Afghan capital since July.
5. Police Fire Water Cannon at Dakota Pipeline Protesters in Freezing Weather
Police fired tear gas and water at hundreds of protesters in the freezing North Dakota weather, in the latest violent clash over a pipeline project running through the state.
6. Tensions Mount as Haiti Waits for Re-run Election Result
Election tensions spilled onto Haiti's streets with shots fired outside the presidential palace as various candidates claim victory in a re-run vote in the impoverished Caribbean country.
7. Hariri Sees Obstacles in Way of Forming New Lebanon Government
Lebanon's prime minister-designate Saad al-Hariri said his efforts to form a new government face "stumbling blocks", testing hopes he could quickly steer the country out of its political crisis.
8. Coalition Partners Attack Merkel Over "Feeble" Re-election Bid
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition partners accused her of running out of ideas and accelerating Europe's decline after the conservative leader announces she will stand for a fourth term in next year's parliamentary election.
9. After Trump and Brexit, French Voting Hard to Call
"The polls are still getting it wrong," a friend of deeply unpopular French President Francois Hollande said cheerfully after the latest voting upset to hit pollsters.
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