Pope Leo urges Ukraine and Russia to begin direct peace talks and calls for an end to global conflicts in his first Christmas Urbi et Orbi message at the Vatican
Nigeria and the US confirm joint strikes against Islamic State militants in north-west Nigeria after Donald Trump announced “powerful and deadly” attacks on IS targets
Venezuela has accused the United States of “greatest extortion” at the UN Security Council after Washington seized multiple Venezuelan oil tankers and deployed troops to the Caribbean
President Donald Trump has expanded a US travel ban, barring nationals of five additional countries and people travelling on Palestinian Authority-issued documents from entering the US
