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A former Cambodian opposition MP and French citizen was shot dead by a gunman on a motorcycle in Bangkok on Tuesday, Thai media reported.

"Lim Kimya... died at the scene. Officers with the Metropolitan Police Bureau have launched a manhunt for the assassin," the Bangkok Post reported, adding that the deceased was a dual Cambodian-French national.

President-elect Donald Trump wouldn't rule out a war with the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) and a hostile takeover of Greenland, owned by Denmark, during a press conference Tuesday.

In a rambling speech which was called to talk about bringing business to the U.S., Trump talked about inheriting a "world on fire," prompting reporters to ask about his stated foreign policy plan to acquire new "states."

President-elect Donald Trump claimed his representatives had received a "great" reception in Greenland as he hopes to take possession of the autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark.

In a Tuesday post on his Truth Social platform, Trump announced that his son Donald Trump Jr., right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk, and incoming White House Director of Personnel Sergio Gor had arrived on the island.

Here is a short history of the French far-right National Front, whose historic leader and co-founder Jean-Marie Le Pen died on Tuesday aged 96.

The party was later renamed the National Rally (RN) under the leadership of his daughter Marine Le Pen.

by Clare BYRNE

Jean-Marie Le Pen, who died Tuesday aged 96, was the far-right bogeyman of French politics, infamously dismissing the Holocaust as a detail of history and spending half a century whipping up anger over immigration.

by Hieun SHIN / Claire LEE

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un said it tested a new hypersonic missile this week aimed at deterring the country's Pacific rivals, state media reported Tuesday, as Washington's top diplomat visited the region.

by Javier TOVAR

Venezuela's embattled opposition on Monday vowed to overcome "fear" and thwart President Nicolas Maduro's plans to be sworn in for another term, with defiant leaders renewing calls for mass protests and visiting the White House to rally international support.

by Claire LEE

South Korean anti-graft investigators secured a new court-ordered arrest warrant Tuesday for impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, whose failed martial law bid threw the country into turmoil.

by Isabel Kua and Sam Davies

A devastating earthquake in China's remote Tibet region killed at least 95 people and collapsed "many buildings" on Tuesday, state media reported, with tremors also felt in neighboring Nepal's capital Kathmandu and parts of India.

South Korea's rival parties agreed Tuesday to form a joint task force to probe the recent Jeju Air plane crash that left 179 people dead, as the transport minister offered to resign over the tragedy.

The Boeing 737-800 plane was flying from Thailand to Muan, South Korea, on December 29 carrying 181 passengers and crew when it belly-landed at a South Korean airport and slammed into a concrete barrier in a fireball.

Canadian MP Charlie Angus responded to President-elect Donald Trump's proposal to make Canada the 51st U.S. state by noting that existing laws prevent "sexual abusers" from leading his nation.

In a Monday post on his Truth Social platform, Trump claimed that many "people in Canada LOVE being the 51st State."

President-elect Donald Trump on Monday used Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's resignation to once again taunt America's northern neighbor about potentially "merging" with the United States.

"Many people in Canada LOVE being the 51st State," Trump wrote on his Truth Social page. "The United States can no longer suffer the massive Trade Deficits and Subsidies that Canada needs to stay afloat. Justin Trudeau knew this, and resigned. If Canada merged with the U.S., there would be no Tariffs, taxes would go way down, and they would be TOTALLY SECURE from the threat of the Russian and Chinese Ships that are constantly surrounding them. Together, what a great Nation it would be!!!"