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A Russian drone attack damaged power infrastructure in several Ukrainian regions overnight, Ukraine’s energy ministry said on Thursday. The ministry said a “significant number” of households in the Volyn and Odesa regions — in northwestern and southwestern Ukraine, respectively — were disconnected from power supplies by the strike, as well as
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The driver of a car carrying British boxer Anthony Joshua that was involved in a fatal crash in Nigeria has been held in police custody after he was discharged from hospital, a police spokesman told AFP on Thursday. The man was driving Joshua and two of his friends, Latif Ayodele
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US President Donald Trump on Friday said that if Iran shoots and violently kills peaceful protesters, the United States of America will come to their rescue. “We are locked and loaded and ready to go,” he said in a Truth Social post. This follows the deaths of several people as
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Hundreds gathered in silence in the freezing night in Crans-Montana on Thursday evening, laying flowers and lighting candles to remember those killed and injured in a horrific blaze as they celebrated the New Year. Around 40 people died and more than 100 were injured in the blaze that ripped through
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Libya said on Thursday that Britain had agreed to analyze the black box from a plane crash in Turkiye on December 23 that killed a Libyan military delegation, including the head of its army. General Mohammed Al-Haddad and four aides died after a visit to Ankara, with Turkish officials saying
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The Syrian Interior Ministry announced on Thursday that it had thwarted a Daesh plot to carry out suicide attacks targeting New Year celebrations and churches, particularly in Aleppo. The ministry said in a statement that, as part of ongoing counterterrorism efforts and careful monitoring of Daesh cells in cooperation with
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The season’s first heavy rains and snowfall ended a prolonged dry spell but triggered flash floods in several areas of Afghanistan, killing at least 17 people and injuring 11 others, a spokesman for Afghanistan’s national disaster management authority said Thursday. The severe weather also disrupted daily life across
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Chinese war games around Taiwan “unnecessarily” spiked tensions in the region, the US State Department said Thursday, calling on Beijing to “cease its military pressure.” “China’s military activities and rhetoric toward Taiwan and others in the region increase tensions unnecessarily. We urge Beijing to exercise restraint, cease its military
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At least nine people have died and more than 200 have been hospitalized in the central Indian city of Indore after a diarrhea outbreak that officials said was linked to contaminated drinking water, according to a lawmaker and local health authorities. Kailash Vijayvargiya, a lawmaker, said nine people had died
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A federal judge on Tuesday blocked plans by US President Donald Trump’s administration to end temporary protections from deportation that had been granted to hundreds of South Sudanese nationals living in the United States. US District Judge Angel Kelley in Boston granted an emergency request by several South Sudanese
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US President Donald Trump and his top advisers asked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to change Israel’s policies in the occupied West Bank during their meeting according to a US official and another source, both with direct knowledge, Axios said. Home to 2.7 million Palestinians, the West Bank has
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Protests over Iran’s soaring cost of living spread to several universities on Tuesday, with students joining shopkeepers and bazaar merchants, semi-official media reported, as the government offered dialogue with demonstrators. Iran’s rial currency has lost nearly half its value against the dollar in 2025, with inflation reaching 42.
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Russia launched an overnight drone attack on Ukraine’s Odesa region, damaging residential buildings and infrastructure and injuring four people, including three children, regional authorities said on Wednesday. Odesa, a major Black Sea port, has been repeatedly targeted by Russian missiles and drones during nearly four years of war, with
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Gulf and Arab countries on Tuesday offered their support for the internationally recognized government in Yemen, after the UAE withdrew its forces from the country. It came after the military coalition supporting Yemen’s government carried out airstrikes targeting a shipment of weapons and vehicles destined for southern separatist forces.
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The United Arab Emirates’ Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed received a phone call from US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, where they discussed regional developments, topped by situations in Yemen and Gaza, state news agency WAM reported on Tuesday. The call came after the latest developments in Yemen as
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Recently, an important investigative article was published in the famous German daily Die Welt (9 December 2025) and later republished in French by Le Figaro (13 December 2025). This investigation exposed in detail how Iran’s intelligence services have built and expanded a covert espionage and intimidation network in Germany,