Israel has remained at the top of the global list of journalist killings for three consecutive years, according to the annual report published on Tuesday, December 9, by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), a global organisation advocating for press freedom, reports Al Jazeera.
At least 20 people were killed in a massive fire that swept through a seven-story building in Jakarta on Tuesday, authorities confirmed.
Saudi Arabia has taken further steps to relax rules around the sale of alcohol by allowing non-Muslim foreign residents with monthly earnings of 50,000 riyals ($13,300) or more to make purchases, according to people familiar with the matter.
At least 30 people were injured after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake hit north-eastern Japan on Monday night, forcing thousands of people to evacuate their homes.
A major earthquake rocked Japan's northern coast on Monday, with the country's meteorological agency recording two 40-centimetre tsunami waves and local media reporting injuries.
A joint force of the Nigerian army and police has rescued 100 students who were abducted last month from a Christian Catholic boarding school in the country. They were freed on Sunday, December 7.