![Mourners attend the burial ceremony of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh at the shrine of Imamzadeh Saleh in Tehran [Hamed Malekpour/WANA via Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2020-11-30T105639Z_511963894_RC2MDK9SFKR1_RTRMADP_3_IRAN-NUCLEAR-SCIENTIST.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
![Moderna is just behind Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech in seeking to begin vaccinations in the US in December [Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Reuter]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2020-11-25T184948Z_863392906_RC2IAK9LUCUP_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-CANADA-VACCINES.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
![Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed speaks during a question and answer session with lawmakers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, November 30, 2020 [Tiksa Negeri/Reuters] (Reuters)](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2020-11-30T115627Z_1777905645_RC2NDK93OR49_RTRMADP_3_ETHIOPIA-CONFLICT-e1606738699805.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![Food banks across the United States have seen an increase in people seeking help to put food on the table as the US recovery favours the wealthy and shifts into low gear [File: Mike Blake/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/foodbank-1.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![Unemployment is expected to be one of Macron's biggest challenges in the run up to the 2022 vote [File: Ludovic Marin/Pool via AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/AP_20322448023331-e1606736475873.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![In September, Qatar's ruler, Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, met with White House senior adviser Jared Kushner in Doha, Qatar [File: Qatar News Agency via Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/412a2af00b9649a88b32b5efe60cd4e4_18.jpeg?resize=120%2C80)
![To help businesses and consumers weather the pandemic, the Turkish government pushed banks to ramp up lending [File: Nicole Tung/Bloomberg]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/366356191.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![In this still from a video by the Turkish Energy Ministry on August 12, 2020, Turkey's research vessel, Oruc Reis, is heading west of Antalya on the Mediterranean [Turkish Energy Ministry via AP, Pool]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/f1210701887a49b88c20640f416232f1_18.jpeg?resize=120%2C80)
![A woman wearing a face mask walks over Millennium Bridge near the Tate Modern in London, England [File: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/f3f32e9fcc444f46a258c12e63174849_18.jpeg?resize=120%2C80)
![Southall in London is home a significant Punjabi population, most of whom are Sikh [Frank Augstein/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/AP_20318472861547.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![Moderna is just behind Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech in seeking to begin vaccinations in the US in December [Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Reuter]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2020-11-25T184948Z_863392906_RC2IAK9LUCUP_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-CANADA-VACCINES.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
Coronavirus pandemic
![Children play in the vapour as a civic worker fumigates a slum area as a preventive measure against malaria and dengue in Mumbai in June. India has made great progress in tackling the mosquito-borne disease, according to the WHO [File: Punit Paranjpe/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/000_1TB1PI.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
![Dr Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has warned of a 'surge upon a surge' of infections in coming weeks [File: Susan Walsh/The Associated Press]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/AP_20324801069874.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
![The United States has reported more than 13.04 million cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began, according to Johns Hopkins University [File: Callaghan O'Hare/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2020-11-24T121145Z_2140364911_RC2O9K9ERDXL_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-HOSPITALS.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)
French police charged over Black man’s beating
The assault of Michel Zecler has become a new rallying cause for activists fighting against police brutality.
![The assault of Michel Zecler has become a new rallying cause for critics who accuse the police of institutionalised racism and brutality [Thibault Camus/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/AP_20331542149938-1.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Australia demands China apology over ‘repugnant’ Twitter post
Australia demands removal of fake photo of soldier posted by official government spokesman, as ties deteriorate.
![Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison is demanding the removal of a 'repugnant' post by a senior Chinese official and an apology [File: Issei Kato/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2020-11-17T020621Z_1282423997_RC2M4K94VMXE_RTRMADP_3_JAPAN-AUSTRALIA.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Houthis claim killing of several Saudi soldiers in Marib
No comment from Saudis but its media reported death of a military official on the battlefield in Yemen.
![Yemen has been beset by violence since 2014, when the Houthis overran much of the country, including the capital Sanaa [File: Khaled Abdullah/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/47a207369407462fb0a6f654cab1697f_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
Opinion
Somalia expels Kenyan envoy in row over alleged poll interference
Somali gov’t accuses Kenya of interfering in electoral process in one of Somalia’s five semi-autonomous states.
![Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo, left, and Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta in this February 22, 2017 photo [File: Feisal Omar/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/RTSZT5N.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
India farmers vow to intensify protests, reject gov’t talks offer
Thousands of farmers continue to block highways connecting the capital as they demand gov’t repeal farms laws.
![Protesting farmers at the Delhi-Haryana border [Bilal Kuchay/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Protesting-farmers-at-the-Delhi-Haryana-border.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Brexit deal in sight? UK urges EU to move on fishing rights
The UK’s foreign secretary says he sees a deal on competition rules and state aid as likely if the EU is ‘reasonable’.
![Even though fishing only forms a small part of the British economy, it has proven to be a stumbling block in trade negotiations with the EU [File: Luke MacGregor/Bloomberg]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/366345528.jpg?resize=570%2C380)