President of #Venezuela Nicolas #Maduro announced that he will be visiting oil-producing countries in order to finalize his formula for oil price stabilization for the next decade.

West #African leaders will attend the inauguration of the president-elect of #Gambia and "take all necessary actions to enforce the results" of the December 1 #election in the country, they announced.

Hundreds of members of dozens of activist groups shut down traffic in the heart of Los Angeles to #protest tomorrow's expected confirmation of Donald #Trump as president of the US. #LA

#Russia is not planning to attack #NATO but the alliance must provide reassurance to the members, says US Permanent Representative to NATO Douglas Lute.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) escorted five buses and one ambulance out of eastern #Aleppo, according to ICRC regional director for the Middle East Robert Mardini. #evacuation

President of #Lebanon Michel Aoun has approved the new government headed by Prime Minister Saad Hariri, local media reported.

The United States condemns the #attack against Jordanian #police officers on Sunday, which left at least 10 people dead and 22 wounded, according to Department of State spokesman John Kirby. #Jordan

The government of #Poland has filed a complaint with the European Court of Justice regarding the European Commission's decision allowing Russian energy giant Gazprom to have fuller access to Opal #pipeline.

Crisis talks between President Joseph #Kabila and the opposition in the Democratic Republic of Congo (#DRC) have been suspended until next week and social networks have been ordered blocked as the country prepares for what may become a violent political transition.

Lawmakers from opposition Polish parties have been blocking #Parliament for three days in a row since they took the podium at the Sejm, the lower house, on Friday. Their supporters have been protesting outside the building amid planned #media #restrictions in the parliament.

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (#IAEA) said #Iran has shown commitment to its end of the nuclear deal struck last year while visiting Tehran December 18.

The #evacuation of the remaining militants and their families from eastern #Aleppo was postponed on Sunday, according to the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC).

Senator John McCain on Sunday called for the investigation of alleged #Russian interference in the US presidential #elections.

More than half of the Americans in two recent polls said they were disturbed by allegations of Russian #hacking into the presidential race that ended last month and that they favored delaying the #ElectoralCollege #vote scheduled for December 19 until it can be looked into.