USA – A possible sale of Multi-Mission Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft P-8A and related equipment to Denmark was approved by the US State Department, according to the Pentagon on Monday. The estimated cost is $1.8…
UKRAINE – Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday said that he requested a 30 to 50 years of US security guarantees. Trump, according to Zelenskyy, said he would “think about” the proposal. The Ukrainian president, however, said that…
PALESTINE – At least 3 Palestinians were on Monday injured in various locations across the Gaza Strip by Israeli airstrikes, despite the ceasefire being in effect. A medical source said that three people were injured when…
CHINA – Chinese military exercises around Taiwan were on Monday launched in a stern warning against Taiwan independence separatist forces and external interference. The Eastern Theater Command of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) dispatched fighter jets,…
IRAQ – At least 19 people were trapped after heavy snowfall in Iraq’s Erbil Governorate, according to the local civil defense authorities. The director of Soran Civil Defense, Karwan Mirawdeli, told local media on Sunday that…
INDIA – A Tata-Ernakulam Express train fire in India’s Andhra Pradesh left a 70-years old passenger dead, according to authorities on Monday. The passenger was later identified as Chandrashekhar Sundar, a Vijayawada resident. The fire that…
USA – Republicans and Democrats are in high stakes contest, with each party seeking to secure the majority in Senate at the US midterms in 2026, on 10 key states. Democrats face the challenge of flipping…
INDONESIA – A Sunday night fire at a retirement home in Sulawesi Island in Indonesia left at least 16 people dead and 3 others injured, according to local reports on Monday. The blaze erupted late Sunday…
TURKEY – At least 3 police officers were killed in a counterterrorism operation targeting ISIS (Daesh) in Yalova province in Turkey on Monday, according to local sources. Police launched an operation against Daesh at a house…
SOUTH KOREA – In first anniversary of the Jeju Air crash on Monday Dec. 29, the South Korean president Lee Jae Myung offered a public apology for the accident that claimed 179 lives. In a video…
SOMALIA – Somalis on Sunday took to the streets in the country’s capital Mogadishu, to protest the recent Israeli recognition of Somaliland as an independent state. Demonstrators began by singing the Somali national anthem. Condemning Israel’s…
MEXICO – Interoceanic Train derailment in Mexico’s Oaxaca state left at least 13 people dead and 98 others injured, according to officials on Sunday. Thirty-six of the injured were hospitalized and the rest sustained non-serious injuries,…
USA – On Sunday, a Trump-Zelenskyy meeting at Mar-a-Lago in Florida was held, aimed at discussing ways to end the Russia-Ukraine war, with significant progress said to have been made. “We covered somebody would say 95%….
RUSSIA – Both Russia and Ukraine reported overnight airstrikes on Sunday. The Russian Defense Ministry claimed in a statement on Telegram that its air defenses downed 25 Ukrainian drones, 12 of which were shot down over…
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC – General elections in Central African Republic begun early Sunday Dec. 28, with the incumbent President Faustin-Archange Touadera seeking a third term. Voters were casting their ballots in presidential, legislative, regional and municipal…
PALESTINE – A woman was on Sunday December 28 killed and several of her family members injured after a building collapsed in Gaza due to storms. Medical sources said that the wall of a home that…
MYANMAR – The first phase of the 3-phased general elections in Myanmar begun on Sunday Dec 28, in 102 townships. This is the first election since 2021 military coup. The second and third phases will be…
GUINEA – In a move aimed at ensuring security in the Sunday Dec. 28 presidential elections, Guinea have temporarily closed its borders and imposed a nationwide vehicle movement curb. A government decree, issued Saturday by the…
SYRIA – Israeli forces launched incursions into southern Syria’s Quneitra countryside on Saturday, according to local reports. The state-run Al-Ikhbariya TV channel reported that Israeli troops entered the town of Jabata al-Khashab in the northern Quneitra…
LEBANON – Israeli army gunfire and bomb explosion in Southern Lebanon injured a UN peacekeeper, according to UNIFIL on Friday Dec. 26. The peacekeeping mission said heavy machine gunfire from Israeli positions south of the Blue…
ETHIOPIA – The African Union (AU) on Friday denounced the Israeli recognition of Somaliland as an independent state, reaffirming its firm commitment to Somalia’s unity, sovereignty, and territorial integrity. The bloc released a statement saying the…
THAILAND – The new Thailand and Cambodia ceasefire agreement took effect on Saturday noon Dec. 27, halting 3 weeks of border clashes. The agreement was announced in a joint statement issued after a meeting of the…
ISRAEL – The phase 2 of Gaza ceasefire agreement is scheduled to begin early in the New Year, according to people familiar with the matter. Israel’s Channel 13 on Wednesday cited an unnamed senior Israeli official…
CAMBODIA – Even after first round of peace talks, the Thailand and Cambodia border clashes continue, with Cambodia on Friday Dec. 26, accusing Thailand of intensifying attacks. Speaking at a press briefing in the capital Phnom…
USA – At least 3 people were killed by powerful storms in California on Thursday Dec. 25 – a storm that triggered power outages, floods and mudslides. Heavy rain driven by multiple atmospheric rivers swept across…
UKRAINE – Ukraine on Thursday said that its forces had taken back 5 villages in an over 100-day counteroffensive in Dnipropetrovsk region. “The operation to capture the settlements lasted more than 100 days in the autumn…
NIGERIA – Donald Trump on Thursday announced US airstrike in Nigerian northwestern region targeting ISIS targets. “Tonight, at my direction as Commander in Chief, the United States launched a powerful and deadly strike against ISIS Terrorist…
USA – Two people were injured in a shooting incident in Glen Burnie, Maryland on Wednesday Dec. 24, involving the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. Anne Arundel County Police said the incident occurred around…
SYRIA – Israeli raids in Syria’s Quneitra countryside was on Wednesday Dec. 24, reported, with Israeli forces targeting women and children with smoke grenades. A group of women and children were attacked by an Israeli unit…
SYRIA – The Syrian authorities on Wednesday Dec. 24, said that the ISIS leader Taha al-Zoubi, also known as Abu Omar Tibiya, was captured in Damascus during a joint operation between Syrian security forces and the…