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Putin says 2025 marked 'important stage' in Ukrainian conflict

India summons Bangladeshi ambassador amid tensions over diplomatic security

UN Command pushes back against South Korea move to control non-military access to Demilitarized Zone

Donations for Ahmed, hero who disarmed accused Sydney, Australia shooter, climb to over $1.5M

Syrian foreign minister phones Ahmed al-Ahmed, who heroically disarmed Sydney beach shooter

Maduro warns of ‘new Vietnam’ after Trump orders Venezuela blockade

Louvre to remain closed as staff vote to extend strike over security, staffing concerns

Ukraine says energy system under strain as Russia steps up attacks

Azerbaijan, UAE presidents discuss political, economic ties in Abu Dhabi

Russia claims to have captured another village in Ukraine

UPDATE - Children among 6 Palestinians rescued after storm causes roof collapse in Gaza

US Air Force tanker involved in 2nd near-collision near Venezuela in 2 days

UPDATE - Thai-Cambodia renewed clashes enter 11th day, death toll rises to 52

Israeli army raids Jenin in West Bank, launches large-scale arrest campaign

Israeli army shells several areas in Gaza despite ceasefire

Netherlands records 1st rise in poverty after 5-year decline, with half million living in poverty

Russia deploys intercontinental ballistic missile system Yars in Siberia

Australian beach shooter charged with 59 offenses, including terrorism, 15 counts of murder

White House chief of staff says Trump appears in Epstein files

Children among 6 Palestinians rescued after storm causes roof collapse in Gaza

Thai-Cambodia renewed clashes enter 11th day, death toll rises to 52

Doctors in England begin 5-day walkout amid 'super flu' surge

South Korean military sent propaganda leaflets to North Korea 23 times last year: Lawmaker

Another Israeli soldier commits suicide, taking death toll to 61

Diary

Japan records 1st trade surplus in 5 months of $2 billion in November

Morning Briefing: Dec. 17, 2025

Venezuela denounces US' 'total blockade' on oil tankers

US transfers 22 Cuban migrants to Guantanamo Bay for deportation: Report

Japan to monitor greenhouse gas emissions using passenger flights for 1st time

NASA observatory captures 1st images of Earth's invisible hydrogen crown

Honduran president alleges ‘coup attempt’ amid faltering election results

UPDATE - Trump orders oil tankers blockade in Venezuela, labels Maduro government 'terrorist'

Trump orders total blockade of sanctioned oil tankers to, from Venezuela

Muslim Uber driver targeted in Montreal, rights group says

US lawmakers urge repeal of Syria sanctions as annual defense bill awaits Senate vote

Top Burundian official says M23 rebels lying about pulling out from DR Congo’s border city of Uvira

Venezuela accuses US of 'maritime piracy' for seized oil shipment

Japan to monitor greenhouse gas emissions using passenger flights for 1st time

Syria arrests 8-member ISIS cell in Idlib

Berlin protesters hold torchlight march in solidarity with Palestinians

Israel denies Canadian lawmakers access to West Bank

Breaking with UN Security Council peers, US declines to condemn Israeli settler violence in West Bank

NASA observatory captures 1st images of Earth's invisible hydrogen crown

UK to rejoin EU’s Erasmus student exchange program in 2027: Report

Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant switches to single external power line after fire

30 bodies of single Palestinian family recovered from rubble in Gaza City

Sudan, South Sudan agree to ease oil trade via free zone