![Australia says 13 special forces soldiers face dismissal after a four-year long inquiry into alleged war crimes in Afghanistan delivered its report last week [File: Australian Department of Defence/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/000_Hkg2877602.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
![US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at the White House after a Thanksgiving video teleconference with members of the military on November 26 [Erin Scott/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2020-11-26T233016Z_414556534_RC2BBK9DPM06_RTRMADP_3_USA-ELECTION-TRUMP.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
![The news comes as AstraZeneca, and its partner the University of Oxford, has faced questions about its success rate [Justin Tallis/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/000_8VD3XE.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![Fans react after visiting Maradona's funeral chapel installed at the Casa Rosada [Juan Ignacio Roncoroni/EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/h_56522297.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![A police officer fires tear gas to stop farmers opposing the newly passed farm bills from entering the national capital Delhi at Singhu border [Danish Siddiqui/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Indiafarmersprotest2.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![Paris police officers suspended after the publication of videos showing them beating up music producer identified only by his first name, Michel [Thibault Camus/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/AP_20331542149938-1.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![Tensions were stoked on August 10, when Ankara dispatched the research ship Oruc Reis, centre, accompanied by Turkish naval vessels off the Greek island of Kastellorizo in the Mediterranean [File: Turkish Defence Ministry/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/000_1WG40X.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![Kylie Moore-Gilbert was released on Thursday after two years in prison in Iran on spying charges she rejected [Family of Kylie Moore-Gilbert via DFAT and AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/000_8VW9JB.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![Abiy's government set a 72-hour ultimatum on Sunday for the TPLF to lay down its arms or face an assault on Mekelle [Eduardo Soteras/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/000_8VV4Y4-1.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![The National League for Democracy (NLD), led by Aung San Suu Kyi, recorded another landslide victory in elections held earlier this month [File: Shwe Paw Mya Tin/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2020-11-09T115442Z_704081173_RC2NZJ9GZX9U_RTRMADP_3_MYANMAR-ELECTION.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at the White House after a Thanksgiving video teleconference with members of the military on November 26 [Erin Scott/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2020-11-26T233016Z_414556534_RC2BBK9DPM06_RTRMADP_3_USA-ELECTION-TRUMP.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
Coronavirus pandemic
![Advanced economies are in a race to develop, produce and distribute effective vaccine against the coronavirus, as part of their recovery effort following the pandemic [File: Ed Jones/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/000_1PS55G.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
![When he was diagnosed of the virus in July, the 65-year-old far-right leader said that he was taking the unproven medicine, hydroxychloroquine [Adriano Machado/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2020-11-26T205626Z_2132223472_RC28BK9G4KPK_RTRMADP_3_BRAZIL-POLITICS-1.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
![Health authorities are reviewing other options of enforcing stricter social-distancing rules nationwide as the cases continue to rise [Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2020-11-25T061629Z_1430321997_RC26AK93C3WR_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-SOUTHKOREA-1.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
![Bars in Hong Kong will be forced to close for a third time in Hong Kong because of COVID-19 [File: Anthony Wallace/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/000_1SI007.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
![The chief of Qantas said his carrier will likely require passengers to have a COVID-19 vaccine once the jabs are widely available [File: Matt Hartman/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/AP_20189090558309.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
China to impose anti-dumping measures on Australian wines
As political tensions rise between Canberra and Beijing, China has been blocking wide range of Australian imports.
![China is the top market for Australian wine exports and is also Australia’s largest trading partner [File: Martin Pollard/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2020-08-19T104241Z_1698660583_RC2YGI973ES3_RTRMADP_3_CHINA-AUSTRALIA-WINE-BEIJING-BAR.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Turkey jails hundreds for life over 2016 failed coup attempt
In one of the biggest cases related to the plot to overthrow the government, 337 ex-pilots and others sentenced to life.
![Riot police officers stand at the entrance of a courthouse during the trial of 475 defendants, including generals and fighter jet pilots, in Sincan, Ankara [AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/AP_20331383936563-e1606404514139.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Opinion
UK to hit Google and Facebook with tougher competition rules
Concentration of power in small number of tech firms is curtailing growth and innovation, says UK’s digital secretary.
![The growing power of big tech firms such as Google and Facebook is attracting intense antitrust scrutiny around the world [File: Chesnot/Getty]](/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/2434c0831a824404a56cdd8857de54ae_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
South Korea, China agree on North Korea talks, early Xi visit
China’s top diplomat visited South Korea and Japan as the two US allies prepare for change under a new US president.
![During his South Korea visit, Wang reiterated China's opposition to a US missile defence system installed in South Korea in 2017, according to a South Korean official [The Blue House handout photo/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/000_8VW9LC.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Meng defence lawyer accuses Canadian police officer of ‘cover-up’
Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou is fighting extradition to the United States, where she faces fraud charges.
![Huawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou leaves her home to attend a court hearing in Vancouver, British Columbia, on November 23 [Jennifer Gauthier/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2020-11-23T173023Z_259215926_RC259K9RSODO_RTRMADP_3_USA-HUAWEI-TECH-CANADA.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Burkina Faso president Kabore re-elected in landslide victory
President Roch Kabore received 1.6 million votes of the nearly 3 million cast, with voter turnout at 50 percent.
![Some analysts had expected a closer contest in the election held between Kabore, who was elected in 2015, and his 12 rivals [File: Sam Mednick/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/AP_20325329040167-e1606407602483.jpg?resize=570%2C380)