Ukraine nuclear plants reduce power after military activities damage grid: IAEA
Vienna [Austria], December 24: Ukraine's Khmelnytsky and Rivne nuclear power plants reduced power output on Tuesday morning after extensive military activities affected energy infrastructure critical...
French parliament passes special law to ensure state funding pending 2026 budget
Paris [France], December 24: Lawmakers in France's National Assembly and Senate on Tuesday adopted a "special law" proposed by the government to extend the 2025...
Slovenia plans 1 bln Euros investment in public rental housing
Ljubljana [Slovenia], December 24: Slovenia plans to invest 1 billion euros (about 1.18 billion U.S. dollars) in the construction of public rental housing over the...
Germany resumes deportation of people to Syria after nearly 15 years
Berlin [German], December 24: Germany has deported a convicted criminal to Syria for the first time since civil war broke out in the country nearly...
Five people dead, one missing as Mexican Navy plane crashes off Texas
Mexico City [Mexico], December 24: Five people have died and one person is missing after a Mexican Navy plane carrying out a medical mission crashed...
Trump says US to keep oil and ships seized off Venezuelan coast
Washington DC [US], December 24: President Donald Trump on Monday said oil tankers seized by the United States off the coast of Venezuela would remain...
US needs Greenland for national security: Trump
Washington DC [US], December 24: President Donald Trump on Monday insisted that the United States needs the self-ruling Danish territory of Greenland "for national security,"...
Russell Brand faces two further charges including rape
Washington DC [US], December 24: Broadcaster, comedian and actor Russell Brand has been charged with two further offences including one count of rape, the Metropolitan...
Three killed as Russia strikes Ukrainian cities overnight
Moscow [Russia], December 24: Russia carried out a "massive" overnight attack on several Ukrainian cities, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said, a day after he warned...
Greta Thunberg arrested at London pro-Palestinian protest
London [UK], December 24: Climate activist Greta Thunberg has been arrested at a London protest in support of pro-Palestinian protesters on hunger strike in prison,...
NATO chief warns Europe's security depends on Ukraine's strength
Brussels [Belgium], December 24: NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte is urging continued support for Ukraine as 2025 comes to a close, warning that Europe would...
Terrorism ruled out after driver hits pedestrians in Germany
Giessen [Germany], December 24: Investigators believe a driver involved in an incident in central Germany in which several pedestrians were injured may be mentally ill.
Injured police officer wakes from coma after Bondi terror attack
London [UK], December 24: A police officer injured in the Bondi terror attack at a Hanukkah celebration in Australia has woken from a medically induced...
More tensions as M23 fights on in DRC despite deal
Doha [Qatar], December 24: When Qatar helped secure a peace deal to end ongoing conflict between the M23 rebel group and Democratic Republic of the...
Contact lost with jet carrying Libyan army chief near Ankara
Istanbul [Turkiye], December 24: Radio contact has been lost with a jet carrying Libya's army chief of staff, Mohammed Ali Ahmed al-Haddad, and four other...
Violence up in Myanmar ahead of military-controlled elections
Geneva [Switzerland], December 24: Violence is on the rise in war-torn Myanmar ahead of planned "military-controlled" elections in the country later this week, the UN...
Yemen's govt, Houthis agree to exchange 2,900 prisoners
Sana'a [Yemen], December 24: Yemen's government and their rivals, the Houthis, have reached a prisoner swap agreement which will see the release of 2,900 people,...
Gaza patients facing death as Israel blocks medical supplies
Gaza [Palestine], December 24: Gaza's health system is on the brink of an unprecedented collapse, with thousands of patients facing death or disability amid a...
Israel's Katz raises prospect of northern Gaza settlements
Jerusalem [Israel], December 24: Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has spoken of establishing settlements in northern Gaza, contradicting a peace plan by US President Donald...
Malay court denies former PM Najib Razak house arrest
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], December 23: A court in Malaysia has dismissed former Prime Minister Najib Razak's bid to serve the remainder of his jail sentence...
France to build new aircraft carrier: Macron
Paris [France], December 23: French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday said that France planned to build a new aircraft carrier.
US pursuing third oil tanker near Venezuela: Reports
Washington DC [US], December 23: The United States is pursuing an oil tanker in waters near Venezuela, according to multiple news agency reports.
Japan to restart world's largest nuclear power plant
Niigata [Japan], December 23: Japan is a step closer to restarting the world's largest nuclear power plant for the first time since the Fukushima disaster.
Thailand, Cambodia to discuss truce amid fierce fighting
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], December 23: Defence officials from Thailand and Cambodia agreed to meet on Wednesday to revive a collapsed ceasefire as deadly border fighting...
Ukraine calls Miami meetings "productive, constructive", discusses development of 20-point plan with...
Florida [US], December 23: Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine, Rustem Umerov, termed the Ukrainian delegation's meetings with American and European...
UAE Deputy PM meets Elon Musk, discusses technological transformations
Abu Dhabi [UAE], December 23: Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of...
Russian, Venezuelan FMs voice concern over U.S. actions in Caribbean
Moscow [Russia], December 23: Russian and Venezuelan foreign ministers on Monday voiced grave concern over "increasing escalatory actions" by Washington in the Caribbean Sea, the...