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This screengrab taken from a video posted by US Southern Command on December 31, 2025, shows US forces striking a boat
US military says at least eight killed in new strikes on alleged drug boats
WASHINGTON — US military strikes against alleged drug boats have killed at least eight people over the past two days – the latest salvos in the United States’ escalating actions against what it says are drug traffickers.On New Year’s Eve, US Southern Command said the military struck two boats “operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations,” killing five people.The day before, Tuesday, the US struck what it described as a “convoy” of three boats participating in the trafficking of narcotics, SOUTHCOM announced in a post to X on Wednesday. Three people aboard one boat were killed, while those in the other two abandoned their vessel.SOUTHCOM said it notified the US Coast Guard after Tuesday’s strike to activate search and rescue efforts. It’s unclear whether any survivors...
January 01, 2026

US military says at least eight killed in new strikes on alleged drug boats

A massive boulder prop enters the stage at the Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular at Disney's Hollywood Studios. (Disney Parks)
Disney worker hurt stopping 180-kg fake boulder from hitting audience
LOS ANGELES — A worker at Walt Disney World was injured after a fake boulder rolled off its track during a live show at the Florida theme park, a Disney spokesperson said.The incident took place at the Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular! during a live recreation of a famous scene from the film.A video footage showed the 400-lb (180kg) runaway boulder rolling toward the audience and the staff member jumping into its path, preventing it from reaching the crowd.The staff member did not appear to stand up immediately, and other workers are seen running to his side."We're focused on supporting our cast member, who is recovering," Disney said in a statement on Wednesday. "Safety is at the heart of what we do, and that element of the show will be modified as our safety team completes a...
January 01, 2026

Disney worker hurt stopping 180-kg fake boulder from hitting audience

Palestinians watch as Israeli army excavators demolish buildings during a military operation in Nur Shams refugee camp, near the West Bank city of Tulkarem, 31 December 2025. — EPA
Israel escalates West Bank demolitions amid illegal settlement expansion
JERUSALEM — Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank watched as Israeli military bulldozers pulled down their homes Wednesday as part of a nearly year-long incursion into the territory's northern refugee camps.Israel has approved the construction of 126 illegal settler housing units in Nur Shams in the northern occupied West Bank, which was evacuated in 2005 under Israel’s unilateral disengagement plan.Israeli military bulldozers and cranes tore through residential blocks in the Nur Shams refugee camp on Wednesday, flattening homes that housed about 100 families. Thick clouds of dust rose over the camp as residents watched from a distance, according to an AFP journalist at the scene.“Being torn away from our homes, our neighbourhoods and our memories is deeply painful,”...
January 01, 2026

Israel escalates West Bank demolitions amid illegal settlement expansion

Trump
Trump says he is withdrawing National Guard from several US cities
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump has said he is withdrawing National Guard troops from several US cities, including Chicago and Los Angeles, after a Supreme Court ruling last week undermined his authority to use troops for policing.However, he left the door open to sending federal forces “in a much different and stronger form.”“We are removing the National Guard from Chicago, Los Angeles, and Portland, despite the fact that crime has been greatly reduced by having these great Patriots in those cities,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on New Year's Eve. He suggested the possibility of future deployments, writing, “We will come back, perhaps in a much different and stronger form, when crime begins to soar again.”In blocking the guard deployment to Chicago, the Supreme...
January 01, 2026

Trump says he is withdrawing National Guard from several US cities

People wait in line in front of an exchange office in Sofia, Bulgaria, 29 December 2025.  — EPA
Bulgaria joins the euro after rocky path to new currency
SOFIA — Bulgaria has become the 21st member of the eurozone, bypassing more obvious candidates like Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary.The lev has been the Bulgarian currency since 1881, but it has been pegged to other European currencies since 1997, first the Deutschmark, then the euro.Opinion polls put Bulgaria's 6.5 million population more or less equally divided on the new currency, and political turmoil is not making the transition easy.Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov's coalition government lost a confidence vote on 11 December, after mass protests against the 2026 budget. Bulgaria has held seven elections in the past four years - an eighth looks likely early next year."I don't want the euro, and I don't like the way it has been imposed on us," Todor, 50, a...
January 01, 2026

Bulgaria joins the euro after rocky path to new currency

Iranian banknotes displayed by a street money exchanger in downtown Tehran
Iran names new central bank governor after currency hits record low
TEHRAN — Iran named a new central bank governor on Wednesday as an economic crisis sparked mass protests following a record currency fall against the US dollar.President Masoud Pezeshkian’s Cabinet appointed a former economics minister Abdolnasser Hemmati as the new governor of the Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the official IRNA news agency reported.Hemmati succeeds Mohammad Reza Farzin, who resigned on Monday, the day after the start of some of the largest protests in the country in three years sparked by the decline of the rial, Iran's currency, to a record low.Experts say a 40% inflation rate led to public discontent. The US dollar traded at 1.38 million rials on Wednesday, compared with 430,000 rials when Farzin took office in 2022.Hemmati's agenda will...
January 01, 2026

Iran names new central bank governor after currency hits record low

President Volodymyr Zelensky
Zelensky says peace deal is 90% ready in New Year address
KYIV — In a New Year address on Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his country was "10 percent" away from a peace deal to end the war with Russia, but cautioned that the most important issues were unresolved.Zelensky said they were 90 percent ready but the remaining issues would determine the fate of the agreement to end nearly four years of conflict.In his own New Year speech, Russian President Vladimir Putin told his troops that "we believe in you and our victory".Earlier on Wednesday, Moscow also released what it said was evidence of Ukraine using drones to target Putin's private home on Lake Valdai in north-west Russia, allegations Kyiv has strenuously denied.It included a map allegedly showing that the drones were launched from the Sumy and Chernihiv regions...
January 01, 2026

Zelensky says peace deal is 90% ready in New Year address

Iranian shopkeepers and traders protest against the economic conditions in Tehran, Iran, 29 December 2025. — EPA
Iran’s Pezeshkian call for unity as protests over economic woes turn deadly
TEHRAN — President Masoud Pezeshkian has appealed for unity in the face of economic pressure from Iran's enemies, as protests over soaring living costs spread across the country, with at least one paramilitary officer killed and more than a dozen others wounded in the western province of Lorestan.Pezeshkian’s appeal on Wednesday came as security forces in the southern Fars province also opened fire on protesters who tried to break into a local government building.Confrontations were also been reported in the western provinces of Hamedan and Lorestan.The unrest marked the fourth consecutive day of protests in Iran since shopkeepers in Tehran took to the streets on Sunday as the rial plunged to record lows against the United States dollar, exacerbating economic hardship amid high...
January 01, 2026

Iran’s Pezeshkian call for unity as protests over economic woes turn deadly

Burkina Faso's President Ibrahim Traore, second left, walks alongside Mali's President General Assimi Goita during a summit of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) in Bamako, Mali, on December 23
Mali and Burkina Faso announce reciprocal travel ban on Americans
BAMAKO — Mali and Burkina Faso have said they are imposing a travel ban on US citizens in response to an equivalent measure announced by the Trump administration earlier this month.In statements issued by their foreign ministries late Tuesday, the two West African countries said they were acting in the name of “reciprocity” after the White House announced on December 16 that US President Donald Trump was adding them and five other countries to a list of those subject to a full travel ban.The White House said the expanded ban, set to take effect on January 1, applied to “countries with demonstrated, persistent, and severe deficiencies in screening, vetting, and information-sharing to protect the Nation from national security and public safety threats.”Mali said Washington’s...
January 01, 2026

Mali and Burkina Faso announce reciprocal travel ban on Americans

Fireworks are seen over Sydney Harbour during the New Year's Eve midnight display, at Mrs Macquaries Point in Sydney, 01 January 2026. — EPA
New Year welcomed with spectacular fireworks across world
SYDNEY — Crowds around the globe have gathered to ring in the new year with fireworks and street festivals often amid heightened security. Traditional celebrations were overshadowed by grief at least in some communities. Hong Kong adjusted its plans in honor of 161 people who recently died in a high-rise apartment fire, while public events in Sydney, Australia, paid tribute to the 15 people killed in a terror attack at Bondi Beach on December 14. Countries in the South Pacific were first to ring in the new year, as midnight struck in New Zealand a full 18 hours before the ball was scheduled to drop in New York City's Times Square.In Auckland, New Zealanders welcomed 2026 with a fireworks display launched from the country's tallest structure, Sky Tower, in a celebration that...
January 01, 2026

New Year welcomed with spectacular fireworks across world

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