Blast at mosque in Nigeria kills 5, injures over 30
Abuja [Nigeria], December 26: A bomb exploded during prayers at a mosque in Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri on Wednesday night, killing five people in...
Syria to launch new currency on January 1
Damascus [Syria], December 26: Syria is set to introduce a new national currency starting 1st January 2026, the Governor of the Central Bank of Syria,...
52 migrants rescued, child missing off Greek coast
Rome [Italy], December 26: The Greek Coast Guard today launched a wide-scale search operation, involving a military helicopter and patrol boats, for a child reported...
Zelenskyy discusses key ideas to end war in call with US envoys
Kiev [Ukraine], December 26: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy revealed that he held very positive phone talks today with US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner,...
Arab Parliament welcomes direct municipal elections in Somalia
Cairo [Egypt], December 26: Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Yamahi, President of the Arab Parliament, welcomed the holding of direct municipal elections in the Federal Republic...
Suez Canal Authority denies docking of ship carrying military equipment
Cairo [Egypt], December 26: Egypt's General Authority of the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE) has categorically denied reports circulated by some media outlets and social...
US lawmakers warn Bangladesh against party bans, flawed tribunal ahead of polls
Dhaka [Bangladesh], December 26: As Bangladesh heads toward general elections in February amid continued political tension, a group of United States lawmakers has warned the...
Bangladesh's Awami League banned from national elections in February 2026
Dhaka [Bangladesh], December 26: Amid political turmoil and a major shift in the country's political landscape, Bangladesh's interim government confirmed that the Awami League, led...
Tanzania: Five dead in helicopter crash on Mt. Kilimanjaro
Dodoma [Tanzania], December 26: Five people died after a helicopter crashed on Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro, the civil aviation authority said Thursday.
At least five killed in suicide attack in Nigeria
Abuja [Nigeria], December 26: At least five people have been killed and 35 injured, some of them seriously, in a suicide bombing in north-eastern Nigeria,...
Heavy rains drench Southern California, spawn flash flooding, mud flows
Los Angeles [US], December 26: Torrential rains unleashed widespread flash flooding and mud flows across Southern California on Wednesday, as authorities warned motorists to stay...
Powerball lottery in US to pay out top prize of almost $2...
Washington [US], December 26: A ticket holder to the Powerball lottery in the US state of Arkansas has won $1.817 billion in the second-largest prize...
Brazil's ex-president Bolsonaro undergoes successful surgery
Buenos Aires [Argentina], December 26: Brazil's jailed former president Jair Bolsonaro has undergone surgery for a bilateral hernia, his son Flavio said on Thursday.
Moscow cites slow but steady progress in Ukraine talks with US
Moscow [Russia], December 26: Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said there has been slow but steady progress in the talks with the US on...
British online campaigner vows to fight US deportation threat
London [UK], December 26: A British online campaigner hit by US sanctions has launched a legal battle against deportation by President Donald Trump's administration.
Palestinian actor, filmmaker Bakri dies
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 26: Acclaimed Palestinian actor and filmmaker Mohammad Bakri has died in northern Israel, ending a five-decade career that established him as...
Turkiye arrests more than 100 ISIL suspects plotting holiday attacks
Ankara [Turkiye], December 26: Turkish security forces have disrupted planned attacks on Christmas and New Year celebrations after arresting more than 100 suspected ISIL (ISIS)...
Saudi tells Yemeni separatists leave the seized governorates
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], December 26: Saudi Arabia has publicly called on Yemen's main southern separatist group to withdraw from two eastern provinces they seized this...
'Israel will never fully withdraw from Gaza'
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 26: Israel will never withdraw all its troops from the Gaza Strip, Defence Minister Israel Katz said during a conference arranged...
BNP leader Tarique Rahman returns to Bangladesh after 17 years in exile
Dhaka [Bangladesh], December 26: Tarique Rahman, leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and frontrunner to be the country's next prime minister, returned to Dhaka...
US Coast Guard pursues suspected sanctions evasion ship near Venezuela
New York [US], December 25: The US Coast Guard is in "active pursuit" of another vessel in international waters near Venezuela, an official has told...
Ecuador soldiers sentenced to decades in prison over disappearance of murdered boys
Quito [Ecuador], December 25: An Ecuadorean court has sentenced 11 of 17 soldiers to more than 34 years in prison over the forced disappearance of...
Three killed as Russia strikes Ukrainian cities overnight
Moscow [Russia], December 25: Russia carried out a "massive" overnight attack on several Ukrainian cities, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said, a day after he warned...
Russell Brand faces two further charges including rape
New York [US], December 25: Broadcaster, comedian and actor Russell Brand has been charged with two further offences including one count of rape, the Metropolitan...
Australia cancels British man's visa after charges of displaying Nazi symbol
Sydney [Australia], December 25: Australia cancelled the visa of a British national after he was charged with displaying a banned Nazi symbol, the immigration minister...
Algeria declares colonisation by France a crime
Algiers [Algeria], December 25: Algeria's parliament has unanimously passed a law declaring France's colonisation of the North African state a crime, and demanding an apology...
Pope calls for 24-hour worldwide ceasefire over Christmas
Rome [Italy], December 25: Pope Leo XIV has urged "people of goodwill" to implement a 24-hour ceasefire in all wars around the world over Christmas....