Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits US President Donald Trump.Image: keystone December 29, 2025, 10:15 p.mDecember 29, 2025, 10:20 p.m Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced that US President Donald Trump will be awarded the Israel Prize. Netanyahu said at a joint press conference with Trump in Florida that Trump had “broken many conventions.” […]
Continue ReadingWedaeli Chibelushi, Ameyu Etana,BBC Afaan Oromooand Farah Lamane,BBC Somali AFP via Getty Images Residents of Somaliland’s capital city, Hargeisa, have been celebrating Israel’s declaration Israel has taken the controversial decision to recognise the breakaway state of Somaliland as an independent nation, sparking condemnation from many other countries. China is the latest to condemn the decision, […]
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump waves before greeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his Mar-a-Lago club Monday, Dec. 29, 2025.Image: keystone December 29, 2025, 8:42 p.mDecember 29, 2025, 9:00 p.m According to its President Donald Trump, the USA has attacked an alleged “drug trafficking hub” in Venezuela. “There was a big explosion in the port area […]
Continue ReadingThe deal is the third in a sequence linked to the HOMAR-K program. The first contract, signed in November 2022, covered the supply of 218 Korean K239 Chunmoo launcher modules, along with their integration onto the Polish-made Jelcz truck chassis. The pact also included logistics and training packages, a stock of missiles (including larger 607-mm […]
Continue ReadingPresident Volodymyr Zelensky has denied allegations by Russia that Ukraine launched a drone attack on one of President Vladimir Putin’s residences, and accused Moscow of trying to derail peace talks. Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov claimed Kyiv had launched an attack overnight using 91 long-range unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) on Putin’s state residence in Russia’s […]
Continue ReadingThe United States has pledged $2 billion (£1.5bn) to fund United Nations (UN) humanitarian programmes, but has warned the UN it must “adapt or die”. The announcement was made in Geneva by Jeremy Lewin, President Trump’s Under Secretary for Foreign Assistance, and the UN’s emergency relief chief, Tom Fletcher. It comes amid huge cuts in […]
Continue ReadingThe European Commission must play a key role in ensuring fair competition among EU countries as they upgrade their power grid infrastructure to keep prices stable, Portuguese Energy and Environment Minister Maria da Graça Carvalho told Euronews. The Portuguese minister, who notably led political talks on the electricity market law, said that ensuring a level […]
Continue ReadingMariupol is a city in eastern Ukraine, near the Russian border.Image: keystone December 29, 2025, 5:17 p.mDecember 29, 2025, 5:17 p.m It is May 2022 in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol. Oleksandr Ivantsov is in an old steel factory. But there is little left of this. The buildings collapsed, burned or bombed. On May 16, […]
Continue ReadingCambodian Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn (left), his Thai counterpart Sihasak Phuangketkeow (right) and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Monday, December 29, 2025, in China’s Yunnan province.Image: keystone December 29, 2025, 3:50 p.mDecember 29, 2025, 3:50 p.m Thailand and Cambodia want to continue working towards easing their conflict after talks in China. China’s state news […]
Continue ReadingSpeaking at a joint press conference, both US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky were cautiously optimistic about negotiations over the 20-point peace plan for Ukraine. But progress made doesn’t include issues of security guarantees for Ukraine, nor the country’s eastern Donbas region. So what is blocking the negotiations?
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