Britain has launched its first airstrike against ISIS in Syria after MPs voted overwhelmingly to authorize military action.

According to The Guardian, RAF Tornado jets were seen taking off from the Akrotiri base in Cyprus and the Ministry of Defence later confirmed that they had carried out the “first offensive operation over Syria and have conducted strikes”.

The four RAF jets carry a range of munitions including Paveway IV guided bombs and precision-guided Brimstone missiles. Defence officials refused to be drawn on the targets of their mission.

A total of 66 Labour MPs rejected the advice of their leader, Jeremy Corbyn, and voted with the government, but only seven Tories ignored the party’s three-line whip and voted to oppose airstrikes.

The law enforcements have revealed that the attackers were fleeing in a black SUV after the shooting.

San Bernardino Police Chief Jarrod Burguan said that a bomb squad was still examining a suspicious device believed to be an explosive at the service center, The Daily Mail reports.

The suspects were dressed in assault-style clothing and were carrying rifles and handguns.

The San Bernardino center was hosting a Christmas party for county employees Wednesday morning.

Pakistan has hanged four terrorists who were involved in Peshawar’s Army Public School attack that killed 144 people on December 16 last year.

They were hanged at the Kohat Central Jail on Wednesday.

The execution comes as the country prepares to observe the first anniversary of the attack on December 16.

The army chief had signed the black warrants of Maulvi Abdus Salam, Hazrat Ali, Mujeebur Rehman and Sabeel alias Yahya on Monday.

The terrorists stormed Army Public School in Peshawar on December 16, 2014, killing at least 144 people, most of whom were children.

“Tensions between two nuclear-armed countries was a cause of concern for the entire world. Peace in the subcontinent is obviously the first option.”

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi shook hands and sat down to talk to each other on Monday on the sidelines of the Climate Summit in Paris.

Backing the brief meeting, Asif said it indicated a positive side to the relations between the two nations and will ‘bring down the temperature which has been high since last year’.

NATO allies have decided to maintain troop levels in Afghanistan at around 12,000 next year and agreed to fund 3,50,000 Afghan troops.

the 28-member alliance had planned to slash troop levels by the end of 2015, but abandoned those plans over uncertainty about Afghanistan’s ability to fight Taliban militants who have taken over the northern city of Kunduz.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, said speaking at a meeting of NATO foreign ministers, that allied forces’ main objective is to prevent Afghanistan from becoming “a safe haven for international terrorists.”

He said that it is also in our security interest to make sure that does not happen.

Excluding U.S. counter-terrorism forces, NATO will have about 12,000 troops in Afghanistan for most of next year, made up of about 7,000 U.S. forces and 5,000 from the rest of NATO and its partners such as non-NATO member Georgia.

Pakistan has announced that it will renew its efforts, in collaboration with the US and China, to revive the Afghanistan peace process that has been stalled.

A statement issued by the Foreign Office and attributed to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said that Pakistan would like to make renewed efforts to resurrect the peace and reconciliation process.

“Since it has to be an Afghan-led process, we are confident that the Afghan government and the Taliban would step forward with concrete ideas and proposals and engage in meaningful reconciliation talks. Pakistan is prepared to extend its full support and assistance in promoting any such initiative,” the statement read.

During Army Chief Gen. Raheel Sharif’s visit to Washington last month, the US and Pakistan had come to an agreement to expedite the resumption of the reconciliation process

The Pakistan government is hopeful, that during President Ashraf Ghani’s trip to Islamabad on December 9, a ‘common roadmap’ will emerge for to the revival of dialogue between the nations.

At least five people were injured in a pipe bomb explosion near a metro station in Istanbul, said the district mayor.

The blast occurred near the Bayrampasa metro station at the height of the evening rush hour.

Bayrampasa is a residential and industrial area on the European side of Istanbul.

Turkey has been on high alert since more than 100 people were killed by two suicide bombers in the capital Ankara in October.

US President Barack Obama met his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris and reaffirmed their determination to work together and with others to achieve an ambitious climate agreement at the Paris climate negotiations.

According to a statement by the White House, both the leaders set priorities for U.S.-China relations in 2016 and committed to continue ‘narrowing differences and expanding practical cooperation on regional and global challenges’.

“The President emphasized the importance of full adherence to the U.S.-China cyber commitments from President Xi’s September 2015 State Visit, and he also stressed the need to address regional issues, including maritime differences, peacefully and in accordance with international law,” the statement said.

It added that both the leaders also recognized the threat posed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) to America and China and agreed to strengthen coordination.

“The President encouraged President Xi’s efforts to press forward with reforming and rebalancing China’s economy, while urging China to establish a level playing field for U.S. firms to compete fairly in the Chinese market,” the White House statement read.

Obama also expressed his support for China’s G-20 presidency in 2016 and said that he is looking forward to attending the G-20 summit in Hangzhou, China next September.

Recognising that sustainable development, universal energy access and energy security are critical to the sheer prosperity and future of the planet, Union minister of state for coal, power and renewable energy Piyush Goyal said on Monday that clean and renewable energy needs to be made affordable for all.

“We do, hereby, declare our intention to support India’s proposal to launch an International Solar Alliance as a common platform for cooperation among solar resource rich countries lying fully or partially, between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn,” Goyal said at the launch of the International Solar Alliance at the COP21 climate summit.

The Union Minister asserted that India affirms its intention to join the international solar alliance as a founding member to ensure promotion of green, clean and sustainable energy and to draw on the beneficiaries of the sun in this endeavor, with a united vision of bringing clean, affordable and renewable energy within the reach of all.

“We share the collective ambition to undertake innovative and consulted efforts with a view to reduce the cost of finance and cost of technology for immediate deployment of competitive solar generation capacity in all our countries and to pave the way for future solar generation, storage and good technology adapted to our country’s individual needs,” Goyal added.

He also stressed on the fact that the alliance intends to make joint efforts through innovative policies, projects, programs, capacity building measures and financial instruments to globalise more than a 100 billion USD of investments that are needed by 2030 for the massive deployment of affordable energy.

“We recognize that the reduced cost of finance would enable us to undertake more ambitious solar energy programs to bring development and prosperity for our people. We intend working together towards the development of appropriate benchmarks, facilitating resource assessment, supporting research and development and demonstration facilities in a view to encourage innovative and affordable applications of solar energy,” Goyal said.

Highlighting the targets that India has set for itself in regard for a safer planet, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced a 35 per cent cut in emissions by 2030 while putting the onus on developed countries to mobilize 100 billion US dollars annually by 2020 for ‘mitigation and adaptation’.

“By 2030 we will reduce emissions by 35% of 2005 levels, & 40% of our installed capacity will be from non fossil fuels. We will achieve it by expanding renewable energy, for example by adding 175 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity by 2022. We are reducing dependence on fossil fuels through levies & reduction in subsidies, switching sources where possible,” the Prime Minster said at the Climate Change Conference (COP21) Plenary.

Saying that over the next few days the fate of the planet will be decided, he called for genuine global partnership and added that India must grow rapidly to meet energy needs of everyone

“India must grow rapidly to meet the aspirations of 1.25 billion people of which 300 million are still without access to energy. The prosperous still have a strong carbon footprint but the world’s billions at the bottom of the development ladder are seeking space to grow. We will succeed if we have the wisdom to craft a collective partnership that balances responsibilities and capabilities,” the Prime Minister said.

Putting the onus on developed nations for taking the lead in the matter, he expressed hope that advanced nations will assume ambitious targets and pursue them as they have the most room for impact.

“The principles of equity and common but differentiated responsibilities must remain the bedrock of our collective enterprise. We look to the developed countries to mobilize 100 billion US Dollars annually by 2020 for mitigation and adaptation. We will succeed if we have the wisdom to craft a collective partnership that balances responsibilities and capabilities,” Prime Minister Modi said.