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Global news / 23 December 2025

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23 December 2025

GAZA

Peace movement / 23 December 2025

New freedom flotilla to sail for Gaza in the spring

23 December 2025

ukraine

Ukraine war / 23 December 2025

Russia claims conquest of new Ukrainian settlements after lethal overnight barrage

23 December 2025

venezuela

'Piracy' / 23 December 2025

US will keep oil it steals from Venezuela, Trump confirms

23 December 2025

Boliva

Protests / 23 December 2025

Bolivian trade unionists vow to besiege parliament until Paz reverses end to fuel subsidies

23 December 2025

Saudi Arabia and Yemen / 23 December 2025

Houthis and Yemeni government in exile agree biggest prisoner swap of the war

23 December 2025

clashes

Clashes / 23 December 2025

Aleppo clashes highlight controversy over Kurdish role in the new Syria

23 December 2025

In this photo released by the Semarang Search and Rescue Office, rescuers carry a survivor of a deadly bus crash on a stretcher, in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia, Monday, Dec. 22, 202

Round-up / 22 December 2025

World in brief: December 22, 2025

22 December 2025

Mohammed al-Neder, 21, mourns over the body of his 4-month-old brother Ahmed, who was killed by Israeli fire, during his funeral at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025.

Middle East / 22 December 2025

Israel's new NGO rules risk leaving hundreds of thousands of Gazans without healthcare in 2026, MSF warns

22 December 2025

This photo provided by Investigative Committee of Moscow shows an investigator working at the scene where Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov was killed by an explosive device placed under his car in Moscow, December 22, 2025

Russia / 22 December 2025

Car bomb kills third Russian general this year

22 December 2025

Investigators says Ukraine may be behind the attack

Thai resident cooks in a shelter while Thai military fires artillery towards Cambodia, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, in Surin province, Thailand

Southeast Asia / 22 December 2025

Thailand to resume ceasefire talks with Cambodia on Wednesday, foreign minister says

22 December 2025

A tribute for Bondi Beach mass shooting victim, 10-year-old Matilda, whose last name is being withheld at the request of her family, at the Bondi Pavilion in Sydney, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025

Australia / 22 December 2025

New South Wales drafts tighter gun laws after Bondi Beach attack

22 December 2025

Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance tour the U.S. military's Pituffik Space Base in Greenland, Friday, March 28, 2025

Neocolonialism / 22 December 2025

Denmark insists on respect for territorial integrity after Trump appoints envoy to Greenland

22 December 2025

A silent crowd follows the funeral procession of the 13 who

North of Ireland / 22 December 2025

People still suffering PTSD decades after Troubles, study finds

22 December 2025

Global news / 21 December 2025

World in brief: December 22, 2025

21 December 2025

Snippets of news from around the globe

ACCUSED: Luigi Mangione

USA / 21 December 2025

Mangione lawyers seek to rule out death penalty

21 December 2025

Jordan

Middle East / 21 December 2025

Jordan joined US air raids on Syria

21 December 2025

west bank

West Bank / 21 December 2025

Israel approves 19 new illegal settlements in occupied Palestine

21 December 2025

bolivia

Fuel prices / 21 December 2025

Bolivian unions announce indefinite strike to defeat ‘gasolinazo’ decree in first big battle with new president

21 December 2025

Venezuela

Washington / 21 December 2025

US seizes second tanker carrying Venezuelan oil in ‘act of international piracy’

21 December 2025

Chris Minns

Australia terror attack / 21 December 2025

New South Wales to debate sweeping crackdown ‘extremism’ following anti-semitic Bondi Beach massacre

21 December 2025

People walk past an empty gas station that ran out of fuel in La Paz, Bolivia, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, the day after Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz announced the end of fuel subsidies

Round-up / 19 December 2025

World in brief: December 19, 2025

19 December 2025

The Abdeen family performed the funeral prayer for their 29-day-old infant son, Saeed Abdeen, who died due to the cold weather, at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, December 18, 2025

Middle East / 19 December 2025

US to host new Gaza peace talks as Palestinian aid needs remain high

19 December 2025

Ukrainian soldiers Denis and Dmytro hug each other after their return from a position where they fought for 130 days near Kostyantynivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, December 16, 2025

World / 19 December 2025

Putin insists Kremlin's military goals will be achieved in Ukraine if peace not agreed

19 December 2025

Victor Grossman

RIP / 19 December 2025

Victor Grossman, communist US soldier who swam the Danube to defect to the Soviets, dies at 97

19 December 2025

A cargo boat is docked below cranes at the seaport in La Guaira, Venezuela, December 17, 2025

Latin America / 19 December 2025

US warned its blockade of Venezuela violates international law

19 December 2025

Protesters rally in front of the premises of the Prothom Alo daily newspaper after news reached the country from Singapore of the death of a prominent activist Sharif Osman Hadi, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 19, 2025

South Asia / 19 December 2025

Protesters storm the offices of leading Bangladesh newspapers

19 December 2025

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Services on December 8, 2025, a rescue worker puts out a fire of a residential building damaged by a Russian strike in Sumy region, Ukraine

Germany / 19 December 2025

International Rosa Luxemburg Conference to address the rush to war

19 December 2025

Thai residents who fled homes from fighting between Thailand and Cambodia along the border rest at an evacuation centre in Surin province, Thailand, December 16, 2025

Southeast Asia / 19 December 2025

China offers to help resolve Thai-Cambodian conflict

19 December 2025

A demonstrator carries a sign with the phrase

Round-up / 18 December 2025

World in brief: December 18, 2025

18 December 2025

US President Donald Trump speaks during an address to the nation from the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House, December 17, 2025

Latin America / 18 December 2025

Venezuelan communists condemn Trump's ‘imperialist recolonisation offensive’

18 December 2025

Palestinians walk along a street past a tent camp, backdropped by buildings destroyed during Israeli air and ground operations in Gaza City, December 17, 2025

Middle East / 18 December 2025

Israel violates another truce as it launches air attacks in Lebanon

18 December 2025

Women displaced from El-Fasher stand in line to receive food aid at the newly established El-Afadh camp in Al Dabbah, in Sudan's Northern State, November 16, 2025

Northeast Africa / 18 December 2025

Over 1,600 people killed in Sudan health centre attacks this year, says UN

18 December 2025

An oil platform is seen in the Leviathan natural gas field in the Mediterranean Sea off Israel's coast, January 31, 2019

Middle East / 18 December 2025

Netanyahu approves multi billion natural gas export deal with Egypt

18 December 2025

Flames are seen in Cambodia as Thai military forces fire a flare during its fighting against the neighbouring country in Surin province, Thailand, December 17, 2025

Southeast Asia / 18 December 2025

No truce in sight as Cambodia accuses Thailand of casino hub bombing

18 December 2025

Protestors burn tires during a demonstration of European farmers outside the EU Summit meeting in Brussels, December 18, 2025

Belgium / 18 December 2025

Farmers block roads in Brussels to protest South American free trade deal

18 December 2025

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado waves at the Grand Hotel in Oslo, Norway, early December 11, 2025

Round-up / 17 December 2025

World in brief: December 17, 2025

17 December 2025

Palestinians collect their belongings ahead of a planned Israeli army home demolitions in the refugee camp of Nur Shams, in the West Bank city of Tulkarem, December 17, 2025

Palestine / 17 December 2025

Israel to step up plans for 9,000 houses in occupied East Jerusalem

17 December 2025

Sudanese families displaced from El-Fasher reach out as aid workers distribute food supplies at the newly established El-Afadh camp in Al Dabbah, November 16, 2025

Northeast Africa / 17 December 2025

Sudan's RSF trying to cover up mass killings in el-Fasher, say researchers

17 December 2025

US President Donald Trump speaks during a Mexican Border Defense Medal presentation in the Oval Office of the White House, December 15, 2025

Latin America / 17 December 2025

Campaigners slam Trump's oil blockade of Venezuela

17 December 2025

A family reacts during a menorah lighting ceremony at a floral memorial for victims of Sunday's shooting, at the Bondi Pavilion on Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, December 16, 2025

Australia / 17 December 2025

Suspected gunman in Bondi Beach shooting charged with 15 counts of murder

17 December 2025

Colombian President Gustavo Petro delivers a speech during a police ceremony in Bogota, Colombia, December 15, 2025

Latin America / 17 December 2025

Colombian ELN militia kill two police in protest against US military build up

17 December 2025

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reacts during a press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Dec. 15, 2025

Eastern Europe / 17 December 2025

China opposes use of frozen Russian assets by the EU to support Ukraine

17 December 2025

Malian refugees fleeing violence in Mali, sit in a makeshift camp where they found refuge in Douankara, Hodh El Chargui Region, Mauritania, November 9 2025

Northwest Africa / 17 December 2025

West is trying to destabilise Sahel nations, says Russia

17 December 2025

M23 rebels escort government soldiers and police who surrendered to an undisclosed location in Goma, Democratic republic of the Congo, Jan. 30, 2025

Round-up / 16 December 2025

World in brief: December 16, 2025

16 December 2025

A Palestinian civil defence worker carries a human skull found during a search for bodies at a collapsed building belonging to the Salim family on Jalaa Street, targeted by Israeli strikes early in the war, in Gaza City, December 15, 2025

Middle East / 16 December 2025

International court rejects Israel’s bid to block Gaza war crimes investigation

16 December 2025

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (left) and Steve Witkoff, special envoy of the United States, meet at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany December 15, 2025

Eastern Europe / 16 December 2025

New proposals to end war in Ukraine could be presented to Russia within days, Zelensky says

16 December 2025

The USS Gravely destroyer arrives to dock for military exercises in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, October 26, 2025

Imperialism / 16 December 2025

Trinidad and Tobago to open its airports to US military as Venezuela tensions grow

16 December 2025

Emergency workers transport a person on a stretcher after a reported shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney, December 14, 2025

Terrorism / 16 December 2025

Australian police allege Bondi Beach attack was inspired by Islamic State group

16 December 2025

Zaheerul Hassan Shah, the deputy chief of a radical Islamist party, speaks to his supporters during a gathering in Lahore, Pakistan, July 28, 2024

South Asia / 16 December 2025

Pakistani court sentences cleric from banned party to 35 years for inciting violence

16 December 2025

The symbol of the United Nations is displayed outside the Secretariat Building, Feb. 28, 2022

East Africa / 16 December 2025

South Sudan grounds UN aircraft and alleges spying and smuggling

16 December 2025

Workers display banners at an entrance of the Louvre museum after they voted to strike for the day over working conditions and other complaints, December 15, 2025 in Paris

World / 15 December 2025

World in brief: December 15, 2025

15 December 2025

A Palestinian boy walks through an area in a temporary tent camp after heavy rainfall in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, December 12, 2025

Gaza / 15 December 2025

UN reports more than a thousand patients have died waiting to be evacuated from Gaza

15 December 2025

Emergency workers transport a person on a stretcher after a reported shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney, December 14, 2025

Australia / 15 December 2025

Australian unions join the condemnation of Bondi Beach terror attack as politicians vow to tighten gun laws

15 December 2025

Members of a Thai Explosive Ordnance Disposal team inspect the site of a rocket attack during clashes between Thai and Cambodian soldiers in Kantharalak district of Sisaket province, Thailand, December 15, 2025

Southeast Asia / 15 December 2025

Thailand cuts Laos fuel route as border conflict rages

15 December 2025

Presidential candidate Jose Antonio Kast, of the opposition Republican Party, and his wife Maria Pia Adriasola wave to supporters after winning the presidential runoff election in Santiago, Chile, December 14, 2025

Chile / 15 December 2025

Far-right Kast wins Chile’s presidential election

15 December 2025

A TV screen shows a file image of South Korea's ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, December 15, 2025

South Korea / 15 December 2025

South Korea's ousted president plotted martial law to eliminate political rivals, say investigators

15 December 2025

Demonstrators protest a bill that looks to reduce former President Jair Bolsonaro's prison time, in Brasilia, Brazil, December 14, 2025

Brazil / 15 December 2025

Brazilians protest a bill that would reduce former president Bolsonaro's jail time

15 December 2025

A law enforcement official directs traffic in a neighborhood near Brown University, December 14, 2025, in Providence, R.I., following a December 13 shooting at the university

World / 14 December 2025

World in brief: December 14, 2025

14 December 2025

Police cordon off an area at Bondi Beach after a reported shooting in Sydney, December 14, 2025

Australia / 14 December 2025

Gunmen attack Hanukkah celebration on Bondi Beach, killing at least 12

14 December 2025

Supporters of Presidential candidate Jeannette Jara of the Unidad por Chile coalition attend a rally ahead of the presidential runoff election in Santiago, Chile, December 10, 2025

Chile / 14 December 2025

Chileans head to polls in presidential run-off

14 December 2025

In this photo released by Belarusian presidential press service, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko (right) and U.S. Presidential envoy John Coale shake hands during their meeting in Minsk, Belarus, December 12, 2025. Photo: Belarusian Presidential Press Service via AP

Belarus / 14 December 2025

Belarus releases 123 prisoners in exchange for end to US sanctions

14 December 2025

The symbol of the United Nations is displayed outside the Secretariat Building, February 28, 2022, at United Nations Headquarters

Sudan / 14 December 2025

UN peacekeepers killed in Sudan

14 December 2025

Thai rescue team members move a body into a vehicle after a Cambodian artillery strike in Sisaket province, December 14, 2025

Southeast Asia / 14 December 2025

Thailand says Cambodian rocket fire has caused its first civilian death in new border fighting

14 December 2025

Palestinians looks at a destroyed car following an Israeli strike in Gaza City, December 13, 2025

Gaza / 14 December 2025

Hamas confirms death of senior commander in latest strike

14 December 2025

A young Malian woman is treated for her dangerously high fever and infection by doctors at the Douankaran health clinic in the Hodh El Chargui Region, Mauritania, November 7, 2025

Mali / 14 December 2025

Girls and women fleeing Mali describe sexual violence by Africa Corps forces

14 December 2025

Prominent Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi is seen in a meeting on women's rights in Tehran, Iran, on July 3, 2008

World / 12 December 2025

World in brief: December 12, 2025

12 December 2025

Palestinians walk through the rubble amid stormy weather in Gaza City, December 11, 2025

Gaza / 12 December 2025

Palestinian death toll from Storm Byron reaches at least 14 after a baby dies from the cold

12 December 2025

Evacuees take refuge in Banteay Menchey provincial town, Cambodia, December 12, 2025, after fleeing home following fighting between Thailand and Cambodia over territorial claims

Southeast Asia / 12 December 2025

Thailand-Cambodia border fighting continues to rage

12 December 2025

Women displaced from El-Fasher stand in line to receive food aid at the newly established El-Afadh camp in Al Dabbah, in Sudan's Northern State, November 16, 2025

Sudan / 12 December 2025

Women's rights group accuses RSF of systemic sexual violence

12 December 2025

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, looks back at the media in Downing Street, London, December 8, 2025

Russia-Ukraine / 12 December 2025

Zelensky claims the US is seeking a 'free economic zone' in eastern Ukraine

12 December 2025

This image from video posted on Attorney General Pam Bondi's X account, and partially redacted by the source, shows an oil tanker being seized by U.S. forces off the coast of Venezuela, December 10, 2025. Photo: U.S. Attorney General's Office/X via AP

Caribbean / 12 December 2025

Venezuela complains to maritime body over US Caribbean piracy

12 December 2025

Pint of Guinness

Northern Ireland / 12 December 2025

Workers walk out over pay at Belfast Guinness canning site

12 December 2025

Croatian police officers look from the shore of Sava river near the site where a boat carrying migrants from Bosnia overturned in eastern Croatia, in Slavonski Brod, December 11, 2025

World / 11 December 2025

World in brief: December 11, 2025

11 December 2025

President Nicolas Maduro waves a flag during a rally marking the anniversary of the Battle of Santa Ines, which took place during Venezuela's 19th-century Federal War, in Caracas, Venezuela, December 10, 2025

Caribbean / 11 December 2025

Activists slam US act of international ‘piracy’ as Trump continues military threats

11 December 2025

Palestinians ride in a cart pulled by a vehicle through a flooded street after stormy weather in Gaza City, December 10, 2025

Palestine / 11 December 2025

Winter storms rip through Gaza as the Israelis continue to block aid deliveries

11 December 2025

Evacuees wait for registration as they take refuge at Chonkal in Oddar Meanchey province, Cambodia, December 11, 2025, after fleeing from home following fighting between Thailand and Cambodia over territorial claims

Southeast Asia / 11 December 2025

Thailand reports first civilian deaths in Cambodian border conflict

11 December 2025

A police officer negotiates with striking workers blocking the movement of trucks at the gate to warehouses of the Portuguese postal services company, in Lisbon, December 11, 2025

Portugal / 11 December 2025

Portugal hit by first general strike for 12 years

11 December 2025

Supporters of the party LIBRE, Liberty and Refoundation, protest the general election results in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, December 9, 2025

Honduras / 11 December 2025

Pro-government protests in Honduras as electoral body vows not to validate presidential poll result

11 December 2025

Luis Arce listens to questions during a press conference at the presidential palace in La Paz, Bolivia, August 21, 2025

Latin America / 11 December 2025

Former Bolivian President Arce arrested on corruption charges

11 December 2025

Congresspeople attend a session to consider a bill to alter the sentencing guidelines for crimes including leading a coup d'état, for which former President Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced, in Brasilia, Brazil, December 9, 2025

Round-up / 10 December 2025

World in brief: December 10, 2025

10 December 2025

Displaced Palestinian children walk through a tent camp after stormy weather in Gaza City, December 10, 2025

Middle East / 10 December 2025

Israel's Gaza aid restrictions cutting children off from protection and support services, Save the Children warns

10 December 2025

Two women walk across an overpass as Milad telecommunication tower and residential buildings are seen in a high air pollution in Tehran, Iran, December 7, 2025

Middle East / 10 December 2025

Codir calls on Britain’s trade unions to back oil workers’ demands for basic rights and better conditions

10 December 2025

Northeast Africa / 10 December 2025

Dozens killed in drone strike near Sudan’s largest oil processing facility

10 December 2025

M23 rebels escort government soldiers and police who surrendered to an undisclosed location in Goma, Democratic republic of the Congo, January 30, 2025

Central Africa / 10 December 2025

M23 rebels take control of another city in DR Congo's east despite peace deal

10 December 2025

A school girl uses her phone as she walks with a group of kids in Sydney, December 8, 2025

Big Tech / 10 December 2025

Australia bans social media for children under 16

10 December 2025

An wounded Thai soldier is carried to be transferred to a hospital, in Surin province, Thailand, December 10, 2025, following clashes between Thai and Cambodian soldiers

Southeast Asia / 10 December 2025

Thousands of displaced as Thailand and Cambodia conflict shows no signs of abating

10 December 2025

People react after seeing recently freed students of St. Mary's Catholic School in Papiri community, Nigeria, December 9, 2025

West Africa / 10 December 2025

Parents reunited with kidnapped children in Nigeria

10 December 2025

Vendors warm themselves around a fire on a cold morning in Lahore, Pakistan, December 9, 2025

World / 9 December 2025

World in brief: December 9, 2025

9 December 2025

Hamas militants and Egyptian workers accompanied by members of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) head to Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza City to search for the remains of deceased hostages, December 8, 2025

Middle East / 9 December 2025

Hamas says next Gaza ceasefire phase will be impossible without more pressure on Israel

9 December 2025

Children sit near tents in Srey Snam, Siem Reap province, after fleeing from their homes with their families at Cambodia's border with Thailand, December 9, 2025

Southeast Asia / 9 December 2025

Renewed border fighting between Cambodia and Thailand kills at least nine

9 December 2025

Women displaced from El-Fasher stand in line to receive food aid at the newly established El-Afadh camp in Al Dabbah, in Sudan's Northern State, November 16, 2025

Sudan / 9 December 2025

Sudan's air force bombing of towns and markets has killed hundreds, says new report

9 December 2025

US President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable on farm subsidies in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Monday, December 8, 2025

Caribbean / 9 December 2025

Trump claims survivors of US Caribbean attack were trying to right the vessel before second strike

9 December 2025

Tufts University student from Turkey, Rumeysa Ozturk, who was arrested by immigration agents while walking along a street in a Boston suburb, talks to reporters on arriving back in Boston, May 10, 2025

United States / 9 December 2025

US court orders Trump to restore student status of pro-Palestinian campaigner

9 December 2025

Farmers protest against President Donald Trump's pardon of Honduras' former President Juan Orlando Hernandez in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, December 4, 2025

Honduras / 9 December 2025

Honduras seeks arrest of ex-President Hernandez after Trump pardon

9 December 2025

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Senate Palace of the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, November 28, 2025

World / 8 December 2025

World in brief: December 8, 2025

8 December 2025