- Egypt police arrest former Morsi PM Hisham Kandil
- Man dressed as Santa shot with pellet gun in US
- Turkish ministers resign over corruption probe
- Pope calls for peace in Central Africa, South Sudan
- Midnight Mass at noon marks Christmas in troubled CAR
- Dozens killed in Iraq Christmas bombings
- Survivors in South Sudan recall brutal atrocities
- Egypt declares Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group
- Turkish PM announces cabinet reshuffle amid graft scandal
- Bernard Guetta, columnist with Libération and France Inter Radio