Putin outlines 6 strategic tasks for Russia in 2026
Moscow [Russia], December 9: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday outlined six priorities for 2026 as he urged the government and regional authorities to intensify...
European Council gives final approval for Defence Industry Programme
Brussels [Belgium], December 9: The European Council has formally adopted the European Defence Industry Programme (EDIP), an instrument designed to boost the EU's defence readiness...
Paramount launches $108.4b hostile bid for Warner Bros Discovery
New York [US], December 9: Paramount Skydance (PSKY.O), opens new tab on Monday launched a hostile bid worth $108.4 billion for Warner Bros Discovery (WBD.O),...
Indonesia says more than $3 billion in recovery funds required after Sumatra...
Jakarta [Indonesia], December 9: Indonesia's Sumatra island will require 51.82 trillion rupiah ($3.11 billion) in reconstruction and recovery funds following a series of deadly floods,...
France, Germany, UK leaders discuss Russian asset use for Ukraine aid
London [UK], December 9: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and the leaders of France and Germany discussed the "positive progress" made to use frozen Russian...
Indonesia needs $3.1b for Sumatra flood recovery
Jakarta [Indonesia], December 9: Indonesia's Sumatra island will require 51.82 trillion rupiah ($3.11 billion) in reconstruction and recovery funds following a series of deadly floods,...
Thousands flee Thai-Cambodia border after deadly clashes
Phnom Penh [Cambodia], December 9: Residents on both sides of Thailand's and Cambodia's border evacuated in droves on Monday as fresh clashes erupted, killing at...
UN chief Guterres condemns Israeli raid on UNRWA compound
New York [US], December 9: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemned on Monday an Israeli raid on the East Jerusalem compound of the U.N....
Thailand launches air strikes at Cambodia as border tensions reignite
Bangkok [Thailand], December 9: Thailand has launched air strikes along its disputed border with Cambodia, the Thai military said on Monday, after both countries accused...
Senator Cotton: No objection to releasing U.S. strike video
New York [US], December 9: A video of a U.S. military strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean that killed two survivors of...
Community police among five killed in Michoacan explosion
Mexico City [Mexico], December 9: The number of victims killed in an explosion outside a police station in the western Mexican state of Michoacan over...
Vietnam's real estate attracts new generation FDI
Hanoi [Vietnam], December 8: Vietnam's real estate sector continues to consolidate its position as a major magnet for foreign investors, ranking second only after processing...
Korea's exports likely to decrease this year excluding semiconductor shipments
Seoul [South Korea], December 8: Korea's exports are projected to exceed a record $700 billion in 2025, but shipments excluding semiconductors are expected to post...
Egyptologists find 225 'exceptional' figurines in pharaoh's tomb
Cairo [Egypt], December 8: A French team of excavators found hundreds of funerary figurines in a pharaoh's tomb in Tanis, Egypt, in early October, uncovering...
7.0-magnitude earthquake strikes Alaska
Los Angeles [US], December 8: An earthquake measuring magnitude 7.0 struck the US state of Alaska on Saturday, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS).
Death toll rises to 627, several hundred missing after Cyclone Ditwah's fury...
Colombo [Sri Lanka], December 8: As Sri Lanka reels under the impact of Cyclone Ditwah, the death toll has soared to 627, with several hundred...
What Trump's immigration freeze means
Washington DC [US], December 8: United States President Donald Trump announced drastic measures against immigration in late November. All asylum procedures were suspended indefinitely "until...
Behind the scenes of Berlin's Pergamon Museum renovation
Berlin [Germany], December 8: As part of the UNESCO-listed Museum Island, the Pergamon Museum is one of Berlin's "must-see" attractions. But seeing it isn't so...
Japan says China military jet locked radar on its aircraft
Tokyo [Japan], December 8: Japan has recorded a protest with China on Sunday after Chinese fighter jets directed fire-control radar at Japanese fighter jets near...
Trump can use force "as he sees fit", Hegseth says on alleged...
Washington [US], December 8: US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Saturday defended recent military strikes on boats linked to alleged drug cartels, saying President...
Russian strikes kill four in Ukraine as new US policy released
Moscow [Russia], December 8: Russia on Sunday welcomed the Trump administration's new national security strateg y in comments by the Kremlin spokesman published by Russia's...
Man wounded in 2nd stabbing attack on North Carolina commuter train since...
New York [US], December 8: Police in North Carolina have charged a 33-year-old man with critically injuring another person in a stabbing on a Charlotte...
US fines New York firm $7.1m for sanctions breach over Russian oligarch
New York [US], December 8: The U.S. Treasury Department imposed a $7.1 million fine on a New York-based property management firm Thursday, accusing it of...
Netanyahu: Israel and Hamas near second phase of ceasefire
Tel Aviv [Israel]/Gaza [Palestine], December 8: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel and Hamas are "very shortly expected to move into the...
Russian strike on Kharkiv dam disrupts military supply route
Kiev [Ukraine], December 8: A Russian missile strike on a dam in Ukraine's north-eastern Kharkiv region has disrupted an important supply route for Ukrainian forces,...
UK's Blair met Netanyahu and Abbas on Gaza's future: Reports
Tel Aviv [Israel]/Gaza [Palestine], December 8: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former British prime minister Tony Blair held unpublicized talks on the future of...
Bodies of 17 migrants, asylum seekers found in boat off Greece's Crete
Athens [Greece] December 8: The bodies of at least 17 migrants and asylum seekers have been found in a partially deflated boat off the Greek...