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Obama vows to overcome terror threat

President Barack Obama addresses the country from the Oval Office

President Barack Obama tells the US that "freedom is more powerful than fear" as he makes a rare speech from the Oval Office on the San Bernardino killings.

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Venezuela opposition wins majority

An opposition coalition in Venezuela wins 99 out of 167 seats in the National Assembly, as President Maduro's Socialists lag behind.

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Sport FBI probes Blatter bribe scandal role

The FBI is investigating the role played by Fifa president Sepp Blatter in a $100m bribes scandal, Panorama has discovered.

  • 6 December 2015
  • From the section Football

Far right leads France regional polls

  • 6 December 2015
  • From the section Europe

Long-waited US supplies sent to ISS

Flights resume in flood-hit Chennai

  • 7 December 2015
  • From the section India

The Reporters

Obama's call for unity is a tall order

France's far-right taps into voters' disquiet

  • 6 December 2015
  • From the section Europe

Bomb shakes Tunisia's fragile democracy

  • 7 December 2015
  • From the section Africa

Features & Analysis

Beyond 'he' and 'she'

The rise of the gender-neutral pronoun

  • 7 December 2015
  • From the section Magazine

Making an exit

Why more than 1,000 men leave Nepal every day

  • 7 December 2015
  • From the section Magazine

Money talks

What a banknote tells us about Myanmar's next leader

  • 7 December 2015
  • From the section Asia

Africa's new look

Artistic visions of sci-fi architecture and fresh styles

  • 7 December 2015
  • From the section Africa
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Abandoned history

Urban explorers uncover Hong Kong's forgotten sites

  • 7 December 2015
  • From the section China
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Rugs to rags

How Kabul's Chicken Street fell on hard times

  • 6 December 2015

Explainers

Hilary Benn steps out of father's shadow

Pistorius and South Africa's gun obsession

  • 5 December 2015
  • From the section Africa

What is the Brimstone missile?

  • 4 December 2015
  • From the section Magazine