• Somalia's poets keep hope alive for storytelling and for peace
• The European Union moves ahead with toughening its migration system
• Protesting Greek farmers swarm onto apron area of international airport on Crete
• Bloomberg expands his support of mayors globally to help save democracy. And improve trash pickup
• 'One Battle After Another' leads Golden Globe nominations
• 100 schoolchildren abducted in Nigeria are released; more still being held
• Myanmar military air strike on a tea shop kills 18 watching a football match on TV
• Top EU official warns the US against interfering in Europe's affairs
• Indonesia sends home 2 Dutch nationals convicted of drug trafficking
• Pakistan's top general calls on Afghanistan to pick between ties with Islamabad or Pakistani Taliban
• United Arab Emirates-backed separatists tighten grip of southern Yemen, and airspace briefly closed
• Wall Street ticks modestly higher ahead of Wednesday's interest rate decision by the Federal Reserve
• Where things stand in the peace talks on the Ukraine war
• Washington's Mayor Bowser says the city's police chief, Pamela Smith, is stepping down
• UN Palestinian aid agency says Israeli police 'forcibly entered' compound in Jerusalem