Israel's conduct of war in Gaza fundamentally wrong: UN chief
New York [US], December 5: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned the way Israel has waged its war on Gaza, describing it as "fundamentally...
Israel hits multiple towns in southern Lebanon as attacks intensify
Jerusalem [Israel], December 5: Israel's military has launched air strikes on at least three towns in southern Lebanon, Mahrouna, Jbaa, and al-Majadel, despite the ceasefire...
Putin says Russia will take full Donbas unless Ukraine withdraws
Moscow [Russia], December 5: President Vladimir Putin said in an interview published on Thursday that Russia would take full control of Ukraine's Donbas region by...
Congo, Rwanda leaders affirm commitment to Trump-backed peace deal
New York [US], December 5: U.S. President Donald Trump gathered the leaders of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda to sign a peace deal...
US lawmakers divided over Caribbean strike video briefing
New York [US], December 5: U.S. lawmakers split along party lines after being briefed on Thursday on a strike against a suspected drug boat in...
US Supreme Court revives pro-Republican Texas voting map
New York [US], December 5: The U.S. Supreme Court revived on Thursday a redrawn Texas electoral map designed to add more Republicans to the U.S....
ADB, World Bank launch Pacific islands projects under new cofinancing model
New York [US], December 5: The Asian Development Bank and the World Bank on Thursday launched two Pacific islands projects under a first-of-its-kind cofinancing model...
World Bank report forecasts UAE economy to grow by 4.8%
Washington [US], December 5: The latest edition of the Gulf Economic Update (GEU)- Fall 2025, issued today by the World Bank, forecasts that the UAE...
UN allocates 6 mln USD for displaced people in Mozambique
New York [US], December 4: The United Nations on Wednesday allocated 6 million U.S. dollars for people displaced by violence in a northern Mozambique province,...
Russia's GDP up 1.6 pct in October 2025
Moscow [Russia], December 4: Russia's gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 1.6 percent year on year in October 2025 after rising 0.9 percent in September,...
Ukrainian parliament approves 2026 budget
Kyiv [Ukraine], December 4: The Ukrainian parliament on Wednesday approved the state budget for next year, the country's Finance Ministry reported.
Trump launches immigration crackdown in New Orleans
Washington [US], December 4: U.S. immigration officials kicked off an operation in New Orleans to arrest immigrants in the U.S. illegally, federal officials said on...
YouTube says it will comply with Australia's teen social media ban
New York [US], December 4: Google's YouTube shared a "disappointing update" to millions of Australian users and content creators on Wednesday, saying it will comply...
US pauses all immigration applications from 19 non-European countries
Washington [US], December 4: The Trump administration on Tuesday said it paused all immigration applications, including green card and U.S. citizenship processing, filed by immigrants...
Trump pardons US Congressman Cuellar of Texas and his wife
Washington [US], December 4: U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he was granting a "full and unconditional pardon" to Democratic Representative Henry Cuellar of...
UN hopeful Grynspan vows to rebuild trust after Trump criticism
New York [US], December 4: One of the candidates to become the U.N.'s first female secretary-general, senior U.N. official Rebeca Grynspan, has pledged to restore...
Fed data suggests central bank has stopped losing money
New York [US], December 4: The Federal Reserve appears to have finally turned the corner on a three-year-long string of unprecedented loss-making tied to how...
UAE, Japan hold 3rd round of Subcommittee on Political Diplomacy & International...
Tokyo [Japan], December 4: The United Arab Emirates and Japan convened the third round of the Subcommittee on Political Diplomacy and International Cooperation under the...
European Commission revisits its economic doctrine
Brussels [Belgium], December 4: The European Commission on Wednesday unveiled a new economic security strategy meant to better anticipate risks facing the EU market amid...
UN Secretary-General proposes to reduce budget and staff in 2026
Washington [US], December 3: Speaking before the UN General Assembly's Committee on Budget and Administration on December 1, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres outlined the financial...
Trump in a difficult position regarding Venezuela
Washington [SU], December 3: US President Donald Trump's pressure campaign on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government is at risk of becoming a political and legal...
The White House's New Style of Foreign Political Interference
Washington [US], December 3: US President Donald Trump is increasingly pushing a diplomatic strategy of supporting right-wing allies in other countries.
President Trump threatens to attack any country that smuggles drugs into the...
Washington [US], December 3: On December 2 (Washington time), US President Donald Trump declared that any country smuggling drugs into the US could be attacked.
20,000 German army bullets stolen
Munich [Germany], December 3: The German Defense Ministry confirmed on December 2 that tens of thousands of bullets in a shipment for the army were...
Russia reveals results of negotiations with the US on the Ukraine conflict
Moscow [Russia], December 3: Russian President Vladimir Putin spent about five hours negotiating with US President Donald Trump's special envoys on possible outlines for a...
Mr. Trump posted 160 posts on social networks in one night.
Washington [US], December 3: During the 5 hours of December 1 (local time), US President Donald Trump's Truth Social social network account posted 160 articles...
The US has suspended all immigration applications and naturalization ceremonies for people...
This morning (December 3, Vietnam time), CBS reported that the US has stopped processing all immigration applications from citizens of 19 countries following the shooting...