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Motorists drive along a street in the dark during a power outage in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, 30 December 2025. — EPA
Russia launches massive overnight attack on Ukraine's Odesa
KYIV — Russia launched a massive attack on the Odesa region in Ukraine overnight on Wednesday, injuring at least six people, including three children.The strikes hit residential, logistical and energy infrastructure. The attack sparked fires, forcing residents to evacuate. Firefighters rescued eight people, including one child.The State Emergency Service and the National Police were on site to offer assistance. The fire also damaged several multi-story residential buildings and nearby automobiles.Three civilians were killed and four were injured in the eastern Donetsk region, according to Governor Vadym Filashkin. Another civilian was killed in the Russian shelling of the Kharkiv region, regional authorities reported.In Zaporizhzhia, Russia struck civilian targets, killing one and...
December 31, 2025

Russia launches massive overnight attack on Ukraine's Odesa

Gen Mamady Doumbouya
Guinea coup leader wins presidential election by landslide
CONAKRY — Guinea's junta chief has won the presidential election by a landslide, according to provisional results published by the election commission.Gen. Mamady Doumbouya got 86.72 percent of the vote, held on ⁠December 28, an absolute majority that allows him to avoid a run-off.The general is hoping to legitimize his rule after seizing power in a coup in 2021.A civil society group calling for the return of civilian rule has condemned the election as a "charade" after Gen Doumbouya's main rivals were barred from contesting, while opposition candidates said the poll was marred by irregularities.The Democratic Front of Guinea's flagbearer, Abdoulaye Yero Balde, came a distant second with 6.6%, followed by the Liberal Bloc's Faya Lansana Millimono with 2%,...
December 31, 2025

Guinea coup leader wins presidential election by landslide

Cambodian Defense Minister Tea Seiha (C-L) and Thai Defense Minister Natthaphon Narkphanit (C-R) holding ceasefire agreement documents during a General Border Committee Meeting in Ban Pak Kard, Thailand, on December 27. — EPA
Thailand releases 18 Cambodian soldiers under new ceasefire deal
BANGKOK — Thailand said it released 18 Cambodian soldiers under an renewed ceasefire agreed by the two countries at the weekend, easing tensions after weeks of deadly border clashes.The Southeast Asian neighbors agreed to halt fighting at noon on Saturday, ending about 20 days of clashes that killed at least 101 people and displaced more than half a million civilians on both sides. The fighting included fighter jet sorties, exchanges of rocket fire and artillery barrages.Cambodian Defense Ministry spokesperson Maly Socheata said the soldiers were transferred at a border checkpoint at 10 a.m. on Wednesday (10 p.m. Tuesday, ET), after 155 days in Thai custody, according to Reuters news agency.The governor of Cambodia’s Battambang province, Sok Lou, described the returnees as “heroic...
December 31, 2025

Thailand releases 18 Cambodian soldiers under new ceasefire deal

Cars and coaches were queued up outside the Channel Tunnel terminal in Folkestone
Passengers stuck on Eurostar trains overnight as travel chaos continues
LONDON — Eurostar passengers are braced for a second day of possible disruption, after a power outage in the Channel Tunnel caused travel chaos for thousands of people on Tuesday.Some travellers spent hours stuck onboard trains overnight as they waited for them to move.Train services through the Channel Tunnel linking Britain and continental Europe were suspended for much of Tuesday after a power supply failure, bringing chaos to peak winter holiday travel.The disruption, caused by a fault in the overhead power supply, upended plans for thousands of passengers in London, Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam during one of the busiest travel weeks of the year.In a statement on its website at 1530 GMT, high-speed train operator Eurostar said that the 31-mile-long (50-km) tunnel was partially...
December 31, 2025

Passengers stuck on Eurostar trains overnight as travel chaos continues

Iranian shopkeepers and traders protest against the economic conditions, as tear gas is fired by anti-riot police in Tehran, Iran, 29 December 2025. — EPA
Government offers dialogue as protests spread across Iran for third day
TEHRAN — 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 42.5% in December in a country where unrest has repeatedly flared in recent years and which is facing US sanctions and threats of Israeli strikes.The protests began on Sunday after shopkeepers in Tehran's Grand Bazaar staged a strike when the Iranian rial hit a record low against the US dollar on the open market.Since then, videos have shown demonstrations in the cities of Karaj, Hamedan, Qeshm, Malard, Isfahan, Kermanshah, Shiraz and...
December 31, 2025

Government offers dialogue as protests spread across Iran for third day

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen attends the EU Council Summit in Brussels, Belgium. — EPA
Von der Leyen says Ukraine's EU accession is key to future security guarantees
BRUSSELS — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen insisted Ukraine's accession to the European Union is a key component of the country's future security guarantees after holding talks with European leaders to debrief peace talks on Tuesday.Von der Leyen said that accession to the 27-member bloc, which Ukraine aspires to join, represents "a key security guarantee in its own right," in a social media post following a call within the Berlin Format, which includes the leaders of Germany, France, and Poland, among others."Ultimately, the prosperity of a free Ukrainian state lies in the accession to the EU," Euronews quoted her as saying. "Accession doesn't only benefit countries that join; as the successive waves of enlargement show, the show of Europe benefits."Her...
December 31, 2025

Von der Leyen says Ukraine's EU accession is key to future security guarantees

A helicopter is used in a rescue operation to evacuate people stranded at high altitude following the failure of the Macugnaga cable car in Verbania, Piedmont region, northwestern Italy, 30 December 2025. — EPA
Six people injured and 100 evacuated after Italy cable car crash
ROME — A cable car crash in Italy's Piedmont region on Tuesday left at least six people injured, with helicopters deployed to rescue about 100 others, according to Euronews.The incident happened at around 11:25 am when two cabins collided with the cable car's upper and lower stations near the village of Macugnaga, the Italian fire service said.The nearby ski slopes were closed off, and the ski lift was suspended after the accident.The Civil Alpine Rescue Service, police and firefighters quickly arrived on the scene and helped to evacuate the people stranded on the mountain, mainly tourists.Filippo Besozzi, managing director of lift operator Macugnaga Trasporti e Servizi, said one of the cabins had failed to slow down as expected and had hit a station barrier."Fortunately there...
December 31, 2025

Six people injured and 100 evacuated after Italy cable car crash

Police officers guard a savings bank branch in the Buer district of Gelsenkirchen, 30 December, 2025
Thieves drill into German bank vault and steal millions 
BERLIN — Thieves stole tens of millions of euros worth of property from safety deposit boxes inside a German bank vault that they drilled into on Monday during the holiday lull, Euronews reported.Some 2,700 bank customers were affected by the theft in Gelsenkirchen, police and the Sparkasse bank said.Thomas Nowaczyk, a police spokesperson, said investigators believe the theft was worth between €10-€90 million.German news agency dpa reported that the theft could be one of Germany's largest heists.The bank remained closed on Tuesday, when around 200 people showed up demanding to get inside, dpa reported.A fire alarm summoned police officers and firefighters to the bank branch shortly before 4 am on Monday.They found a hole in the wall and the vault ransacked. Police believe a...
December 31, 2025

Thieves drill into German bank vault and steal millions 

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian
Iran promises harsh response after Trump’s new strikes threat
TEHRAN — Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday warned that his country would respond harshly to any attack, following remarks by US President Donald Trump linking possible Israeli action to Tehran's attempt to rebuild the country's nuclear and missile capabilities.“The response of the Islamic Republic of Iran to any oppressive aggression will be harsh and regrettable,” Pezeshkian said in a post on X, without referring to any specific nation.His statement came hours after Trump said he would support an Israeli strike if Tehran moves to revive its nuclear program. Speaking at his Palm Beach estate in Florida alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump claimed Iran was attempting to rebuild its nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities.The US had not...
December 31, 2025

Iran promises harsh response after Trump’s new strikes threat

A person watches a TV broadcast on recent developments in Yemen. (EPA)
UAE ends military presence in Yemen hours after al-Alimi demands withdrawal amid STC tensions
ABU DHABI — The United Arab Emirates said on Tuesday that it has ended its military presence in Yemen, saying all remaining personnel have now been withdrawn. In a statement, the UAE Ministry of Defence said the country had already ended its main military role in Yemen in 2019 after completing its missions within agreed frameworks. It added that any forces remaining afterward were limited to specialized personnel involved in counterterrorism operations. “In light of recent developments and their potential implications for the safety and effectiveness of counterterrorism missions, the Ministry of Defence announces the termination of the remaining counterterrorism personnel in Yemen of its own volition,” the statement said, adding that the withdrawal was carried out in coordination...
December 30, 2025

UAE ends military presence in Yemen hours after al-Alimi demands withdrawal amid STC tensions

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