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The article reports that the political crisis in Great Britain intensified on June 26, 2016 after the June 23, 2016 vote to leave the European Union (EU), known as Brexit. Topics include the opposition Labour Party splitting into warring factions and its leader, Jeremy Corbyn, facing a challenge from members of Parliament. Also mentioned are Prime Minister David Cameron of the Conservative Party being poised to resign as well as Boris Johnson and Michael Grove as leaders of the Leave campaign.

The article focuses on the declaration of the death of Richard John Bingham, the seventh Earl of Lucan, after High Court justice Sarah Asplin granted a request by George Charles Bingham, son of Richard, to issue a death certificate to inherit the title as the eight Earl of Lucan.

The article focuses on the long delayed elections being held in the Central African Republic peacefully and the elections represent the hope of reuniting the country after sectarian violence that displaced thousands of people. Topics discussed include stores were closes so that workers could cast their ballots, and presence of United Nations (UN) peacekeepers from Burundi, Egypt and France and election monitors from African Union to keep watch on the elections being held.

The article reports on the victory of Iraqi government forces over the Islamic State terrorist organization's occupation of Ramadi, Iraq. Emphasis is given to topics such as U.S. reliance on air power to assist the Iraqi government, cutting off of supply lines of the Islamic State, and the use of snipers to facilitate the escape of militants.

The article reports that Iraqi forces have engaged Islamic State fighters within the city center of Ramadi, Iraq to seize the western provincial capital. Topics discussed include views of General Sabah al-Numani, on clearing residential areas, heavy fire faced by the Iraqi forces which included soldiers and policeman along with Sunni tribal fighters and benefit of capturing Ramadi include morale lift to the Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and cooperation with the Sunnis.

The article reports on a United Nations (UN) climate accord in which nearly every country among the 195 represented nations agreed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in order to mitigate the effects of climate change. Poor nations as well as wealthier states have agreed to reduce emissions. Scientists warn, however, that the deal will only reduce emissions by about half as much as is needed to prevent devastating environmental effects. Topics discussed include environmental policy in China and the U.S. and the energy industry.

The article discusses the European Union's (E.U.'s) mandate that goods produced in Israeli-occupied regions of Palestine have product labels to reflect their status of being produced in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, within the context of the international boycott of commercial products made in Israeli settlements.The impact that the E.U.'s mandate has on Israeli businesses in the West Bank is discussed.

The article reports that Joseph Kabila, President of Democratic Republic of Congo, has announced that he would not stand for re-election, raising hopes the country might carry out a peaceful transition of power for the first time in its modern history.

The article reports on the imprisonment of real estate developer Ng Lap Seng for bribery and corruption in Macao, China.

The article discusses the conflict between Israel and Iran wherein the Israeli Air Force had destroyed the Iranian's military infrastructure in Syria.

The article discusses historical aspects of conflicts of Israelis and Palestinians in Jerusalem, and mentions topics like history of conflicts between Jews, Christians and Muslims in the region; conflicts during the Roman Empire and the Crusades; and wars on Gaza Strip and Sinai Peninsula.

The article focuses on the accident of Pedestrians by Vehicles in London and mentions the views of accident witness Mahroof Mohammed on the same.

The article reports that the government of Great Britain has taken direct control of the response to an apartment tower fire in London, England.

The article reports that U.S. President Donald Trump has spoke by phone with Muhammadu Buhari, the Nigerian president who left Nigeria for a vacation due to health reasons.

An obituary is presented for philosopher Tzvetan Todorov.

The article offers information on the assassination of Emmanuel Niyonkuru, Burundi's Minister for Water, Environment and Planning, while returning to his home in the Rohero section of Bujumbura, Burundi.

The article informs that around 39 people including film director Abis Rizvi were killed in December 2016 in a rampage by a gunman who entered a nightclub in Istanbul, Turkey.

The article offers information on several British politicians who were appointed by Prime Minister Theresa May in 2016 for their support in Brexit including Boris Johnson as foreign minister, David Davis, and Liam Fox.

The article an advisory opinion handed down by Juliane Kokott, an advocate general with the European Court of Justice, which cites that a company could ban a Muslim female employee to wear a head scarf at work as long as the policy does not single out Islam in 2016.

The article reports on the plan of the Polish government to revive an effort to extradite filmmaker Roman Polanski after his guilty plea for having sex with a 13-year-old girl in California in 1977 and fleeing to Europe after his sentence.

The article offers world news briefs in 2016 including research linking pollution to death, the European Union's aid suspension to the government of Burundi in Africa due to political crisis, and the methamphetamine laboratory constructed in Nigeria.

The article reports on the statement from president Donald Tusk of the European Council regarding the migrant crisis in Europe and his warning on economic migrants to stay away from Europe.

The article reports on the statement of the government officials in Malaysia on March 2, 2016 concerning the possibility that the debris discovered on the coast of Mozambique may belong to the Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which became missing in 2014.

The article reports on the announcement by the World Health Organization (WHO) to use contraception in countries that are affected by Zika virus and to women that had an unprotected sex.

The article focuses on the excerpts of letters published by BBC News which portray the friendship between Pope John Paul II and Polish-American philosopher Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka that started in 1973.

The article reports that the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that the scientists are working on the development of a test for the Zika virus that is a mosquito transmitted infection and mentions that the development of vaccine for Zika virus is going to take time.

The article offers information on the efforts of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to deter human smuggling by sending ships to Aegean Sea to solve Syrian refugees crisis in Europe.

The article offers world news briefs including the panel ruling by the United Nations (UN) to founder Julian Assange of WikiLeaks website, the dismissal of surgeon Paolo Machiarini by Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, and the investigation on the plane crash in Russia in 2010.

The article reports on the commencement of the first freely elected Parliament of Myanmar after half a century of military rule which is considered as a critical milestone in the country's fragile transition to democracy.

The article reports that many Iraqi Kurds died in January 2016 after their wooden boat, which has a minimum capacity of 30, sank off the Greek island of Samos in the Aegean Sea.

The article reports that 6 people were hospitalized in France due to drug trials conducted by drug evaluation firm Biotrial and according to France's health minister Marisol Touraine, this is an uncommon incident.

The article discusses the support of European observers for Iran in the purview of execution of a Shiite cleric by the Saudi Arabia monarchy, as of January 2016, and notes Europeans' opposition to death sentences in Saudi along with association of the European Union with Iran regarding Syrian war.

The article focuses on evacuation of hundreds of workers from two oil platforms of a barge by oil companies BP and ConocoPhillips after experiencing extreme weather conditions while returning to Norway from Tunisia and presents the views of Georg Eide of Eide Marine Services.

The article focuses on the arrests of six men in Belgium including Belgian citizen Ayoub Bazzarouj in connection with the Paris, France terrorist attacks in November 2015 amid growing scrutiny of the motorcycle club Kamikaze Riders.

The article reports on celebration of Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on success of Iraqi military for liberation of Ramadi from Islamic State, statements by Obama administration to show success against Islamic State and next stage in war against ISIS militants out of Euphrates River valley.

The article reports that Syrian Journalist Naji Jerf has been killed in Turkey, suspected to be done by terrorist group Islamic State, as Jerf documented atrocities of Islamic State in Syria; and presents views of Aref Krez, Jerf's co-worker, on Jerf's fear of being killed by Islamic State.

The article reports on Bilal Hadfi, a participant in the Paris terrorist attacks in France who killed himself at the national soccer stadium near Paris, and role of his school in hiding his Radical behaviorism.

The article reports that a Belgian has been arrested due to his involvement in the Paris, France terrorist attacks and the man facing terrorism charges is being identified only as Abdoullah C., and Prime Minister Charles Michel has announced overhauls of the military and the police.

The article reports that fire at the maternity and neonatal intensive care unit of a hospital in Saudi Arabia has killed 25 people and injured 100 people and the hospital was cited for safety violations earlier and presents views of Health Minister Khalid al-Falih, on the accident.

The article offers world news briefs as of December 2015, including suicide committed by a French deliveryman Yassin Salhi in prison, conviction of a Sri Lankan maid for adultery and views of Canadian immigration minister John McCallum regarding Syrian refugees.

The article reports on a turmoil over U.S policy to restrict British Muslims from visiting the U.S after a large Muslim family including young children bound for a Disneyland vacation was stopped without explanation at London's Heathrow and Gatwick Airports in Great Britain.

The article discusses the opposition of Slovenian voters against a law favored by Slovenia's Parliament for same-sex marriage and child adoption by same-sex along with information on trend of legal equality for gay men and lesbians across the globe.

The article reports that Pope Francis has cleared the way for canonization of Mother Teresa, the Roman Catholic nun and states that Francis made the decision after meeting with Cardinal Angelo Amato, the prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.

The article discusses popularity of the film "Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens" directed by J.J. Abrams in several places around the world including Paris, France where Jérémy Forges, a 32-year-old security guard, took a day off from work so he could buy a ticket for the film.

The article reports that ruling of supreme court of Great Britain rejected an attempt by Donald J. Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, to block the construction of a wind farm near his luxury golf resort in Scotland and states that approval of the wind farm drew outrage from Trump.

The article reports that terrorist Salah Abdeslam of Paris attacks could have escaped because of a law banning police raids on private homes on nighttime in Belgium. It states that the decision to accept the law emphasized the tension between security and civil liberties that governments in Europe and the U.S. have struggled to balance. It mentions that Belgian prime minister, Charles Michel, proposed new security measures to Parliament that would allow police to conduct raids at any time.

The article reports on the clash between police and demonstrators occurred at the Place de la République in Paris, France on November 29, 2015.

An obituary for German photographer of industrial scenery Hilla Becher is presented.