BURUNDI – Burundian Foreign Minister Edouard Bizimana on Tuesday expressed doubt on an announcement of agreement by M23 rebels to withdraw from Uvira city in eastern DR Congo. This came after the Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC/M23),…
HONDURAS – The Honduran President Xiomara Castro on Tuesday said that there was a coup attempt underway to overthrow her government, as election results remain unknown two weeks after the poll. Castro alleged on social media…
USA – Pro-Israel and an Israeli-American donor Miriam Adelson wants Donald Trump to run for a third term in US presidential elections, suggesting that there may be legal avenues to do so. “She said, ‘think about…
RUSSIA – Russia on Tuesday said that its forces had captured the Novoplatonivka settlement in Kharkiv region. The Defense Ministry said in a statement that the village went under its control as a result of operations…
RUSSIA – An 11 years old boy was on Tuesday killed and a guard injured in a knife attack by a 15 year old teenager at a school in Moscow region, Russia. The incident took place…
BOLIVIA – At least 20 people were killed in Santa Cruz, Bolivia after heavy rains resulted to floods over the weekend. Vice Minister of Civil Defense Alfredo Troche told reporters on Sunday that severe flooding struck…
PALESTINE – Israeli army on Tuesday launched attacks across the Gaza Strip. Witnesses said that Israeli warplanes conducted intensive airstrikes in several areas of eastern Gaza City, which is part of the military-controlled yellow zone, while…
SOUTH AFRICA – South Africa have sought Russian help to return its citizens who were lured into jobs but found themselves fighting in the Ukraine war. Last month, South African police launched an investigation into allegations…
UKRAINE – Significant progress in the Ukraine peace talks was on Monday Dec. 15 reported, with European leaders hailing the efforts as a path to a just and lasting peace in Ukraine. In a statement signed…
USA – Eight people were on Monday killed in 3 US airstrikes targeting alleged “narco-terrorists” vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean, according to the US Southern Command. According to Southern Command, the operation took place under…
CAMBODIA – As the Thai-Cambodia border clashes continue, schools across parts of Cambodia and Thailand were on Monday forced to close, as hundreds of thousands flee the border regions. The death toll now is at least…
AUSTRALIA – Multiple bushfires in Western Australia on Monday Dec. 15, reached emergency levels, threatening lives and property, amid non-functioning communication system. On Monday, as five fires were at emergency level, the state’s emergency website crashed…
USA – On Monday Dec. 15, Donald Trump signed an executive order designating fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction. He signed the order during an Oval Office event decorating US military personnel involved in border…
RUSSIA – Russia has filed a lawsuit against the Belgian-based securities clearing and settlement company Eroclear. The Russian Central Bank filed a lawsuit against Euroclear on Dec. 12 demanding 18.2 trillion rubles (about $229.7 billion) in compensation….
PALESTINE – Despite Gaza ceasefire being in place since Oct. 10, Israeli forces on Monday Dec. 15, launched attacks across Gaza Strip, targeting the northern and southern areas. Witnesses said that the Israeli army carried out…
INDIA – Air traffic was on Monday Dec. 15, disrupted amid dense fog caused by air pollution in Delhi India. Airlines operating at Delhi airport wrote on social media company X that “poor visibility” due to…
LEBANON – Israeli airstrikes on Southern Lebanon targeting a motorbike and 2 vehicles on Sunday killed 3 people, according to local reports. The Health Ministry said in a statement that an Israeli strike targeted a motorcycle…
CHILE – Jose Antonio Kast of the far-right Republican Party on Sunday won the Chile presidential run-off, defeating Jeannette Jara. Kast won with 58.17% of the vote, while Communist Party member and former Labor Minister Jara…
USA – Filmmaker Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner, ages 78 and 68, were on Sunday found dead in their home in Los Angeles with stab wounds. The two were discovered inside their residence…
MOROCCO – The death toll from Morocco flash floods in the city of Safi have risen to 21. The Safi Governorate said in a statement late Sunday that 21 people lost their lives due to “exceptional…
INDIA – The air quality in India‘s capital Delhi worsened on Sunday Dec. 14, to new severe level, with authorities urging vulnerable people to stay indoors. The air quality index in Delhi hit a severe score…
SOUTH SUDAN – The Bangladesh’s interim government on Saturday said that 6 of its peacekeepers were killed and 8 others injured in a drone strike on a UN base in Abyei in southern Sudan. In a…
PALESTINE – According to the director-general of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Saturday, heavy rains in Gaza Strip killed at least 10 people in the last 24 hours. Thousands of displaced Palestinian families…
USA – Brown University shooting in the US city of Providence, Rhode Island, on Saturday left at least 2 people dead and 8 others critically injured according to authorities. “I can confirm that there are two…
CHINA – According to American officials speaking on condition of anonymity, last month the US raided a ship bound for Iran from China and seized its cargo. The operation was carried out in the Indian Ocean,…
VENEZUELA – The Venezuela oil tanker that was seized by the US was on a government support effort to Cuba, according to documents and sources within the Venezuelan oil industry. The tanker Skipper departed Venezuela on…
PALESTINE – Israeli army on Saturday shot dead a Palestinian teen in Jabalia, in an area outside Israeli control in northern Gaza Strip, according to medical sources. The victim, identified as Mohammad Sabri al-Adham, 18, was…
RUSSIA – A Ukrainian drone attack on Saturday killed 2 people and damaged several buildings in Russia’s Saratov region, according to the local governor. In a statement on Telegram, Roman Busargin said: “As a result of…
CHINA – China on Friday announced that it’ll start to regulate steel exports from 2026, using a licensing system. A statement by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce reported that 300 steel products will be affected by…
UK – Homelessness in the UK has grown 8% in a year, with “1 in every 153 people now either sleeping rough or living in temporary accommodation,” according to a latest analysis by the housing charity…