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A party atmosphere will sweep across major cities in Asia, Europe, Africa and the Americas as the clock ticks past midnight
World
02.08.2024
Sydney to kick off global New Year parties with dazzling spectacle
In her New Year's address to Germans, Chancellor Angela Merkel (pictured November 2018) said long-held certainties about international cooperation were being put to the test
World
02.08.2024
Merkel says Germany must fight for 'our convictions'
A Maltese navy vessel was sent to aid the migrants after they sent out a distress call 117 nautical miles southwest of the island nation
World
02.08.2024
69 migrants rescued off Malta: navy
Queues built up at many polling stations as voters searched for their name on the electoral roll
World
02.08.2024
Voting winds up in volatile DR Congo's long-awaited election
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Thirty children belonging to Russian women who have been sentenced to life in prison on grounds of joining the Islamic State (IS) group (pictured in Baghdad's Central Criminal Court in April 2018) have arrived in Moscow
World 02.08.2024
Russian IS fighters' children return home from Iraq
Alexandre Benalla, a campaign bodyguard who got a senior job after Macron's election victory last year, has been caught up in scandal since July when accusations emerged he had roughed up some protestors
World 02.08.2024
Macron ex-bodyguard admits using diplomatic passports after dismissal
A Tunisian coast guard officer monitors the country's maritime borders during a patrol on March 30, 2017
World 02.08.2024
Tunisia coastguard rescues 45 migrants
President-elect Jair Bolsonaro, pictured speaking in a synagogue, has promised to be a leader for all of Brazil but there is no sign yet of a unifying agenda
World 02.08.2024
Bolsonaro's moment of truth arrives for Brazil
Classroom queue: Voters wait outside a polling station at the Institute Maendeleo in Kabare, South Kivu province
World 02.08.2024
In pictures: DR Congo's landmark elections
Outgoing White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, pictured with President Donald Trump in July 2017, told the Los Angeles Times that many migrants have been misled by traffickers
World 02.08.2024
White House chief voices 'nothing but compassion' for migrants
US military vehicles in the northern Syrian city of Manbij, which has long been held by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces but is the target of a planned offensive by pro-Turkish forces
World 02.08.2024
US flag flies in Syria's Manbij despite pullout notice
Danish student Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, 24, and 28-year-old Norwegian Maren Ueland were found dead at an isolated Moroccan hiking spot south of Marrakesh on December 17
World 02.08.2024
15 suspects brought before Morocco judge over hiker murders
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) is in Brazil for talks with far-right president-elect Jair Bolsonaro, who is to be sworn-in in a ceremony in Brasilia on January 1, 2019
World 02.08.2024
Brazil embassy move to Jerusalem a question of 'when' not 'if': Netanyahu
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