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Earlier, Trump had announced Kellyanne Conway would serve as counsellor to the president.

Yevgeny Dzhugashvili, son of Stalin's eldest child, Yakov, was found near to his Moscow home.

The president-elect previously said it is important to be 'unpredictable when it comes to nuclear weapons.

It comes at a time when many are singing Christmas songs.

They were thought to be planning bomb attacks in Australian's second largest city on Christmas Day.

The president-elect added that he had asked Boeing to "price-out a comparable F-18 Super Hornet".

The programme has been inactive since 2011 but there are fears Trump could based a Muslim registry on it.

The Syrian Army announced the 'turning point' on state-run television.

Gingrich apologised on Twitter after President-elect Donald Trump tweeted the phrase was still in use.

President Barack Obama, Nato, and former Defence Secretary Dick Cheney rank Vladimir Putin high on list of threats to west.

Operation Lafiya Dole resulted in recapture of several territories held by Isis-affiliated terrorists.

Prince Charles may still be backseat driver but the palace PR machine is firmly behind him.

President-elect says that peace between Israel and Palestine is only possible through direct negotiation

Entertainment editor Toyin Owoseje rounds up the celebrity stories of the week.

As Gambia's imminent future remains unclear, IBTimes UK looks at possible scenarios the country might face.

President-elect's former campaign manager gets top cabinet-rank post in new administration.

Around 34,000 have left rebel held areas of east Aleppo since start of ceasefire, said the charity.

The first flight took off from Haikou to Woody Island on 21 December.

Political parties could use this to embolden the idea that there's a link between refugees and terrorism.

Cybersecurity firm that investigated DNC hack offers more evidence tying Russia to US election intrusions

British royal also raised the plight of Christians in Syria in Christmas radio message.

In this gallery, IBTimes UK looks back at the year in four countries ripped apart by conflict: Syria, Iraq, Libya and Yemen.

Kim ordered special food for the soldiers "so that they would not envy a Chinese person".

The government has no mechanism to regulate the industry in the country, Duterte said.

People in Western nations need to urge their leaders to act on the violence.

Emergency declared in October following months of anti-government protests in Amhara and Oromia.

Rodney Syme was banned as he was planning to administer a lethal drug on a terminally ill patient.

Much of the decline is attributed to the shrinking population of women in their twenties and thirties.

Russian president postpones annual press conference to pay tributes to the late envoy.