By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council is due to vote on Thursday on a draft resolution that would demand that Israel "immediately and completely cease all settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem."

By J.R. Wu and Ben Blanchard TAIPEI/BEIJING (Reuters) - Taiwan accused China of using Sao Tome and Principe's financial woes to push its "one China" policy after the small West African state ended ties with the self-ruled island, with Taipei saying the move would not help relations across the Taiwan Strait. China's claims to Taiwan have shot back into the spotlight since U.S.

SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean court has issued an arrest warrant for Chung Yoo-ra, the daughter of President Park Geun-hye's friend, Choi Soon-sil, who is in custody and on trial in an influence-peddling scandal that led parliament to vote to impeach Park.

By Orhan Coskun and Daren Butler ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish police have detained six people over the killing of Russia's ambassador, security sources said, widening an investigation to relatives of the off-duty policeman who shouted "Don't forget Aleppo!" as he gunned the envoy down.

By Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israel's ambassador to the United States issued an impassioned endorsement on Tuesday of President-elect Donald Trump's promise to relocate the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, a move that would mark a break with longstanding U.S. foreign policy.

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian anti-terrorism police killed three suspects after a gunfight at a house south of the capital, Jakarta, where a bomb was found, a police spokesman said on Wednesday. "During the raid, we tried to be careful but they threw something from inside the house and it was a bomb but it did not explode.

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey-backed Syrian rebel forces besieging Islamic State-controlled al-Bab have gained full control of the highway linking the town to Aleppo with intense ground and air fire support, the Turkish military said on Wednesday.

By Josue Gonzalez TULTEPEC, Mexico (Reuters) - A series of massive, Technicolor explosions destroyed a fireworks market outside the Mexican capital on Tuesday, killing at least 29 people, injuring dozens and leaving the market a charred wasteland. Television images showed a flurry of pyrotechnics exploding into the early afternoon sky as a giant plume of smoke rose above the market.

By Yeganeh Torbati WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday targeted more Russian businessmen and companies over Russia's annexation of Crimea and the conflict in Ukraine, slapping them with U.S. sanctions in a move Moscow criticized as hostile. The measures come a month before U.S.

By Angus McDowall and Maria Tsvetkova BEIRUT/MOSCOW (Reuters) - As President Bashar al-Assad's army closed in on the last rebel enclave in Aleppo on Tuesday, Russia, Iran and Turkey said they were ready to help broker a Syrian peace deal.