Italy’s populist government has stepped in to help guarantee struggling Banca Carige SpA, bending to pressure despite the ruling 5-Star Movement’s longtime anti-bank bailout rhetoric.

A sheriff’s office in South Carolina says a 3-year-old boy took a gun from inside a car and shot himself, leaving him in critical condition.

A former Mozambican finance minister has appeared in a South African court following a U.S. extradition request in connection with an alleged $2 billion fraud scheme.

Officials from Singapore and Malaysia have met and agreed to resolve disputes over airspace and territorial waters that have driven a wedge between the Southeast Asian neighbors.

The European Union has withdrawn its threat to ban Thai fisheries exports into the bloc after Bangkok pushed through reforms to contain illegal fishing.

The Latest on Britain’s impending departure from the European Union (all times local):

Authorities in South Africa say a train collision in the capital has killed three people and injured more than 200.

An Afghan official says at least 2 civilians were killed when a bomb went off in eastern Khost province.

French President Emmanuel Macron is facing a mountain of challenges in the new year — starting with yellow vest protesters who are back in the streets to show their anger against high taxes and his pro-business policies that they see as favoring the wealthy rather than the working class.

A British government minister working on the process of taking the country out of the European Union says the government will not seek to extend the two-year period in which its departure must happen.