International from Tuesday, January 7th, 2025

Jean-Marie Le Pen, an unabashed nationalist and founder of the French far-right National Front (Front National) party, has died aged 96, French media said on Tuesday.

International flights resumed at Syria's main airport in Damascus on Tuesday for the first time since rebels toppled President Bashar al-Assad last month.

A South Korean court has re-issued a warrant to arrest impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, the country's corruption investigation agency said on Tuesday.

Israeli forces killed at least three Palestinians n stepped-up operations across the occupied West Bank on Tuesday following the killing of three Israelis on Monday, the Israeli military said.

Three miners were feared dead inside a flooded coal mine in a remote district of India's northeastern Assam state, authorities said on Tuesday, and the men were part of a total of nine still trapped as rescue teams worked to reach them.

Donald Trump Jr. is expected to visit Greenland on Tuesday as his father, US President-elect Donald Trump, has again expressed interest in gaining control over the vast Arctic island.

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake rocked the northern foothills of the Himalayas near one of Tibet's holiest cities on Tuesday, Chinese authorities said, killing at least 95 people and shaking buildings in neighbouring Nepal, Bhutan and India.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a successful test of a new intermediate-range hypersonic ballistic missile (IRBM), state media KCNA said, pledging to accelerate the country's nuclear and missile capabilities.

The US Congress formally certified Republican President-elect Donald Trump's election victory during a session presided over by Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris, who lost the November contest.