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Taiwan's presidential and parliamentary polls on January 13 are expected to shape the island's relations with Beijing.

ANKARA: Eleven people were killed and more than 50 injured in a road accident in northwestern Turkiye on Thursday, local media reported. The crash involved seven vehicles, including three buses and a truck on the North Marmara highway near the Dagdibi neighborhood of Sakarya province, according to the state-owned Anadolu news agency. The cause of the accident has not yet been determined, Anadolu said. Private news channel NTV said the area was covered with heavy fog and visibility was low.

Casualties rise as Israeli forces pound central, southern areas of the enclave, including overcrowded refugee camps.

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron demanded a “lasting cease-fire” in Gaza during a call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, his office said, as an escalating humanitarian crisis grips the Palestinian territory. “France will work in the coming days in cooperation with Jordan to carry out humanitarian operations in Gaza,” the French presidency added in a statement.

Finding the 7,000 Palestinians believed buried under collapsed buildings is becoming increasingly difficult.

Party speech suggests record year of weapons testing will continue into 2024 in defiance of international sanctions.

As the war enters its 673rd day, these are the main developments.