(Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump said he would sign an executive order imposing a 25% tariff on all products coming in to the U.S. from Mexico and Canada. Trump said the tariffs would remain in place until the countries clamp down on drugs and migrants crossing the border illegally.

(Reuters) - Russia says Ukraine has returned 46 Russian citizens who were taken there after Ukrainian forces seized a chunk of Russia's western Kursk region in August.

(Reuters) - A New York judge on Friday granted Donald Trump permission to seek dismissal of his hush money criminal case, in which he was found guilty earlier this year, in light of his victory in the Nov. 5 U.S. presidential election.

North Korea's Kim accuses US of stoking tension, warns of nuclear war, KCNA says

(Reuters) - Russia did not use an intercontinental ballistic missile during an attack on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Thursday, two Western officials told Reuters, contradicting the official account from Ukraine.

(Reuters) - China's defence ministry blamed the U.S. stance on Taiwan for scrapping a possible meeting with U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. "The U.S. side cannot undermine China's core interests on the Taiwan issue while engaging with the Chinese military as if nothing is wrong"

(Reuters) - The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants on Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence chief, as well as a Hamas leader, Ibrahim Al-Masri, for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza conflict.

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