POLITICS

For the first time, the US Pentagon has admitted to funding a project investigating unidentified flying objects (UFOs): Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Programme.

Donald Trump becomes the least popular first-year president according to a new poll that shows his approval at 32%.

Indonesian capital Jakarta witnesses massive demonstrations, during which calls for boycott of American and Israeli goods were made.

Chan Han Choi, born in South Korea and now a naturalised Australian citizen, was suspected of helping North Korea to earn more money beating sanctions.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been issued a list of words which its employees will not be able to use in any documents being prepared for next year's budget.

Prime Minister previously committed to leaving the European Union on 29 March 2019 but a delay would appease MPs.

"You misspelled #NetNeutrality, you genetically altered butternut squash," one Twitter use fired back.

"Was this Trump's performance review?" one Twitter user questioned.

Moscow had dismissed hacking allegations as "baseless" while Trump has continued to denounce the ongoing Russia probe as a "witch hunt".

Former president of the United States, Barack Obama surprised children at an after-school club in Washington DC dressed as Santa with a large sack of presents.

His post to Instagram seemed to suggest Charles Dickens's novel A Christmas Carol is a book about Christmas hymns.

Israeli police troopers shot a man wearing what looked like a suicide bomb vest after he stabbed an officer near the Palestinian city of Ramallah in the West Bank.

EU leaders have agreed to move onto post-Brexit trade talks following months of negotiations in Brussels.

Toys are thrown out of the pram based on the notion that Jeremy Corbyn's rise to the summit of the Labour Party is some kind of coup.

On 14 December 2012, 20 children and 6 adults were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Five years later, school librarian Yvonne Cech and her daughter Ashley tell their story.

Nigel Farage has taken a swipe at career politicians in Westminster - but some have pointed out that he has spent nearly two decades as a MEP.

When asked whether he would impose a nationwide martial law to combat terror, the Phillipines president said "all options are on table".

Twitter couldn't stop taunting the president over his latest spelling error while ranting about "fake news."

Republican state lawmaker Dan Johnson accused of sexually assaulting teenage girl dies of "probable suicide".

"Come on Anderson. We're ok with you telling the truth..." one Twitter user said.

A top Israeli minister also warned that his country would not hesitate to take military action against Iranian facilities in Lebanon.

Representative Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) claimed Wednesday (13 December) that women's 'revealing' clothing is an invitation for harassment.

Tory rebel MPs have helped the government lose a key vote over a Brexit bill, which has been described by Labour as a "humiliating defeat".

Communist Helene Bidard wants to stamp out "grossophobia", or sizeism, from Paris with an event at City Hall.

Labour MP Jared O'Mara has been advised by his GP not to attend Parliament, his spokesperson has revealed.

"The tears I have right now are extraordinarily different from the tears last November," one Twitter user wrote. "Let's take our country back, America."

"After writing this, do you still want us to believe that wasn't you in the Access Hollywood video?" one Twitter user wrote.

The Philippines president argued martial law powers are necessary to root out the extremists who have been regrouping after the military campaign.

Senior FBI officials who had been investigating Trump's presidential campaign sent messages saying Hillary Clinton "just has to win".