Craig Taylor

Buckingham Palace denies “any suggestion of impropriety with underage minors” by Prince Andrew, after he was named in US court papers.
BBC News – UK

Former Democratic Governor of New York Mario Cuomo dies just after his son Andrew is inaugurated as governor for a second term.
BBC News – US & Canada

The deadly Ebola outbreak will be ended in 2015, although health teams face an “epic battle”, says the head of the UN team fighting the disease.
BBC News – Africa

It’s New Year’s Eve, so Thunder fans will be flocking to Chesapeake Energy Arena for the seventh-straight season to celebrate.
Oklahoma City Thunder

All night long, neither team in Chesapeake Energy Arena seemed to have an answer defensively for the other.
Oklahoma City Thunder

The administrators of collapsed delivery firm City Link announce 2,356 job losses after a bid to buy the company fails.
BBC News – Business

A suicide bombing in Yemen’s southern city of Ibb, targeting a Houthi religious celebration, has killed at least 33 people, medical sources say.
BBC News – Middle East

The US government says it is “deeply concerned” by reports that several high-profile Cuban dissidents were detained hours before a planned protest.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Almost 1,000 migrants have been rescued from a cargo ship found adrift in Greek waters, and the ship has safely docked in Italy, the Red Cross says.
BBC News – Europe

The number of victims claiming historical child abuse could reach the tens of thousands and is too many for the state to cope with, an MP says.
BBC News – UK

Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley has commuted the sentence of the state’s four remaining death row inmates to life in prison.
BBC News – US & Canada

Egypt’s highest court orders a retrial in the highly controversial case of three al-Jazeera journalists jailed on charges of spreading false news.
BBC News – Africa

When the doors open up at the INTEGRIS Thunder Development Center, there’s always a buzz of activity happening on the floor.
Oklahoma City Thunder

Inventor Trevor Baylis – who designed the wind-up Baygen radio – has been appointed a CBE in the New Year Honours list.
BBC News – Business

The UN Security Council rejects a resolution demanding an end to the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories within three years.
BBC News – Middle East

Haiti’s President Michel Martelly reaches a deal with lawmakers to extend the mandate of legislators and avoid a political vacuum.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is among 100 people detained at a Moscow rally, hours after being sentenced to house arrest for fraud.
BBC News – Europe

The creators of the World War One ceramic poppy display at the Tower of London join acting grandees Joan Collins and John Hurt on the New Year Honours list.
BBC News – UK

Police in the Canadian city of Edmonton, Alberta, find the body of a man after the shooting of eight people, including two children.
BBC News – US & Canada

The president of The Gambia says he remains in charge of the West African state after his security forces thwarted an attempted coup.
BBC News – Africa