Israel's war on Hamas will last months, Israel's military chief said, as a string of incidents outside the Gaza Strip highlighted the risk of the conflict spreading.

Serbia's biggest opposition coalition said Tuesday (26 December) it will boycott election re-runs in parts of the country, after more than a week of protests against alleged electoral fraud.

The Turkish parliament's foreign affairs commission approved Sweden's NATO membership bid on Tuesday (26 December) in a key step towards enlarging the Western bloc after 19 months of delays in which Ankara demanded security-related concessions from Stockholm.