* US President Donald Trump on December 25 reiterated that the US Federal Reserve was raising interest rates too quickly but added that US companies were "the greatest in the world" and presented a "tremendous" buying opportunity for investors. On December 24, Trump said "The only problem our economy has is the Fed." * Turkey is determined to cross to the east of the Euphrates river in northern Syria as soon as possible, Ankara's foreign minister was quoted as saying on December 25, signalling renewed intent to launch a military campaign delayed by the US withdrawal. * So far 17,447 people have been displaced by the volcano-triggered tsunami in Indonesia, Indonesian disaster management agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho told a press briefing in Jakarta on December 26. * German police said on December 25 they had found a flag of the Islamic State (IS) militant group near the site of a suspected attack on a railway track in Berlin and that investigators were examining whether the … [Read more...] about World News in Brief: December 26