* French Prime Minister Michel Barnier arrived at the Elysee Palace on Thursday morning to hand in his government's resignation to President Emmanuel Macron after the government was overturned by a parliamentary no-confidence vote a day earlier.
* South Korea's opposition parties began early Thursday to report an impeachment motion against President Yoon Suk-yeol to the parliament over his declaration of an emergency martial law, local TV footage showed.
* Russian President Vladimir Putin attended the investment forum "Russia Calling!" in Moscow on Wednesday to present the current state and future development of the Russian economy.
* Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda signed a decree on Wednesday, approving the new cabinet line-up, excluding the environment and justice ministers.
* The Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Russia came into force, after the ratification instruments of the treaty were exchanged in Moscow on Wednesday, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Thursday.
* Several pro-European political parties in Romania have agreed to form a coalition, including the National Liberal Party (PNL), the Social Democratic Party (PSD), the Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (UDMR), the Save Romania Union (USR), and representatives of national minorities, according to PNL interim chair Ilie Bolojan on Wednesday.
* Russia said on Thursday it had decided to close Poland's consulate general in St. Petersburg in response to Poland's decision to close the Russian consulate in Poznan.
* Ukraine signed deals with the European Union (EU) to secure up to 35 billion euros (about 36.7 billion USD) in Macro-Financial Assistance (MFA), the Ukrainian Finance Ministry announced Wednesday.
* South America's Mercosur trade bloc will meet in Uruguay on Thursday with fresh signs the group could use the event to announce a long-delayed deal with the European Union after last-minute negotiations to get it over the line.
* French President Emmanuel Macron's office said on Thursday a draft agreement clinched between the European Union and South America's Mercosur bloc was "unacceptable".
* A total of 8.7 million people in Brazil were lifted out of poverty in 2023, bringing the poverty rate down from 31.6 percent in 2022 to 27.4 percent, the lowest level since 2012, according to a report released on Wednesday.
* Mexican authorities detained more than 5,200 migrants across the country on Tuesday, officials said on Wednesday, in a major sweep as the nation is under pressure from the incoming U.S. government to crack down on arrivals at the U.S.-Mexico border.
* Uzbekistan and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reached an agreement on adopting a joint roadmap for expanding multifaceted cooperation in the field of peaceful nuclear development, the press service of the Uzbek president announced Wednesday.
* Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi and his Egyptian counterpart Badr Abdelatty Wednesday exchanged views on the latest developments in Syria.
* Palestine and Germany signed two agreements on Wednesday on financial support totaling 23 million Euros (24 million USD) to improve roads, water, and waste management and provide emergency aid in Palestine.
* Israeli tanks pushed into northern parts of the Khan Younis area in the south of the Gaza Strip on Wednesday and Palestinian medics said further Israeli airstrikes had killed at least 47 people across the enclave.
* The Syrian army forces engaged in fierce fighting in the central province of Hama against rebel factions, mainly the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), killing at least 300 militants, according to the Syrian Defense Ministry.
* The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Wednesday said it has been making intensified efforts in order to revitalize the political process and move towards the holding of national elections in the country.
* Crude oil deliveries from Russia's Druzhba pipeline to the Czech Republic have currently ceased, Czech Industry and Trade Minister Lukas Vlcek said on Wednesday.
* OPEC+ has agreed to delay plans to raise oil output until April from January 2025 and the group will also take one extra year to fully unwind the cuts by the end of 2026, OPEC sources said.
* The Philippines' overall inflation rate increased to 2.5 percent in November, driven by higher inflation in food, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said Thursday.
* The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on Wednesday released data forecasting that Italy's economy would grow by just 0.5 percent this year, falling below estimates from other sources.
* Statistics Austria reported on Wednesday that the country's gross domestic product (GDP) contracted for the sixth consecutive quarter in the July-to-September period, signaling the country's continued recession.
