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Congo Rwanda Conflict Explainer
Hundreds killed in fighting in DR Congo, despite US-mediated peace deal
More than 400 civilians have been killed as the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group continues its offensive in Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, regional officials have said, adding that Rwandan special forces were in the ...

Thu, 11 Dec, 2025

Russia Ukraine War
Zelenskyy to hold talks with 30 countries as Trump pushes for Russia peace deal
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was holding urgent talks on Thursday with leaders and officials from about 30 countries that are supporting effort to obtain fair terms for an end to the war with Russia.

Thu, 11 Dec, 2025

APTOPIX Norway Nobel Peace Prize
Venezuelan opposition leader Machado reappears in Oslo as a Nobel laureate
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado appeared in public for the first time in 11 months on Thursday, after a daring escape from her homeland, when she emerged from a hotel balcony in Norway’s capital and waved to an emotional crowd of ...

Thu, 11 Dec, 2025

Portugal General Strike
Major strike in Portugal expected to bring widespread disruption
A strike called by Portugal’s two main trade unions is expected to cause severe flight and rail disruptions, shut many government services and force the cancellation of medical appointments and classes on Thursday.

Thu, 11 Dec, 2025

United States Venezuela
Trump says US has seized oil tanker off coast of Venezuela
President Donald Trump has announced that the United States has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela amid mounting tensions with the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

Thu, 11 Dec, 2025

Canada G7 Rubio
Times New Roman ousts Calibri as Rubio bans font in latest anti-diversity move
US secretary of state Marco Rubio has ordered diplomatic correspondence to stop using the Calibri font and return to the more traditional Times New Roman.

Wed, 10 Dec, 2025

France-Louvre Robbery
Louvre thieves escaped with just 30 seconds to spare, inquiry finds
Thieves who stole more than 100 million dollars in crown jewels from the Louvre in October escaped with barely 30 seconds to spare, a French Senate inquiry has said, as politicians detailed a series of security failures that allowed the gang to slip ...

Wed, 10 Dec, 2025

France Sarkozy Prison Memoir
Soggy baguettes and deafening noise detailed in Sarkozy’s book on prison ‘hell’
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has described the prison where he spent 20 days as a noisy, harsh “all-grey” world of violence in a new book.

Wed, 10 Dec, 2025

Russia Ukraine War Elections Explainer
Ukraine to give revised peace plan to US as Kyiv readies for talks with partners
Washington’s goal of a swift compromise to stop the fighting that followed Russia’s all-out invasion in February 2022 is reducing Kyiv’s room for manoeuvre

Wed, 10 Dec, 2025

APTOPIX Norway Nobel Peace
Daughter accepts Nobel Peace Prize in Venezuelan opposition leader’s absence
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado’s daughter has accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on her mother’s behalf, saying in a speech written by Ms Machado that her country shows the world “we must be willing to fight for freedom”.

Wed, 10 Dec, 2025

Italy UN Cooking
Pizza and pasta celebrated as Italian cooking makes UN cultural heritage list
Foodies have been given another reason to celebrate their pizza, pasta and tiramisu as a UN agency listed Italian cooking as part of the world’s “intangible” cultural heritage.

Wed, 10 Dec, 2025

Morocco Fez Building Collapse
19 killed as two buildings collapse in Morocco
Morocco’s state news agency reported that the two residential buildings housed eight families

Wed, 10 Dec, 2025

Nigeria Abductions
Nigerian children reunite with parents after being released from abduction
Several parents welcomed the return of their children who were abducted last month when gunmen stormed their school in Nigeria.

Wed, 10 Dec, 2025

Thailand Cambodia
Renewed Thailand-Cambodia border fighting displaces hundreds of thousands
Renewed border fighting between Thailand and Cambodia showed no signs of abating, leaving hundreds of thousands of displaced people in both countries living in strained conditions as more flooded into temporary shelters.

Wed, 10 Dec, 2025

Australia Social Media
Social media ban for children under 16 begins in Australia
Parents reported distraught children discovering they had been shut out of platforms as the landmark law took effect

Wed, 10 Dec, 2025

Cambodia Thailand
Cambodia vows fierce fight against Thailand in escalating border conflict
Cambodia’s senate president Hun Sen has pledged a fierce fight against Thailand as a second day of widespread renewed combat between the Southeast Asian neighbours drove tens of thousands of people to flee border areas.

Tue, 09 Dec, 2025

Belgium EU Russia Ukraine War
EU leaders agree funding for Ukraine but using Russian assets poses major test
Almost four years into Russia’s full-scale war on Ukraine, European Union leaders have committed to funding Kyiv’s economic and military needs for the next two years, one way or another.

Tue, 09 Dec, 2025

France Croatia
Brigitte Macron faces backlash for using slur against feminist protesters
Brigitte Macron has faced criticism after video emerged of her using a slur to denounce feminist protesters.

Tue, 09 Dec, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza
Hamas says next Gaza ceasefire phase impossible without more pressure on Israel
A Hamas leader has threatened to not move forward into the next phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement until more pressure is placed on Israel to open up a key border crossing, cease deadly strikes and allow more aid into the Palestinian territory.

Tue, 09 Dec, 2025

Japan Quake
Japan assesses damage from 7.5-magnitude earthquake in which dozens injured
Japan was assessing damage and cautioning people of potential aftershocks after a late-night 7. 5-magnitude earthquake caused injuries, light damage and a tsunami in Pacific coastal communities.

Tue, 09 Dec, 2025

Indonesia Fire
Office building fire in Indonesian capital leaves 22 dead
A fire has ripped through an office building in Indonesia’s capital Jakarta, killing at least 22 people including a pregnant woman.

Tue, 09 Dec, 2025

Britain Russia Ukraine War
Zelenskyy refuses to cede land to Russia as he rallies European support
The Ukrainian president met early on Tuesday with Pope Leo at Castel Gandolfo, a papal residence outside Rome

Tue, 09 Dec, 2025

ICC Darfur
Sudanese militia leader jailed for 20 years for Darfur war crimes
Judges at the International Criminal Court have sentenced a leader of the Sudanese Janjaweed militia to 20 years in prison for crimes committed in the catastrophic conflict in Darfur more than 20 years ago.

Tue, 09 Dec, 2025

Japan Tsunami Warning
Magnitude 7.6 earthquake triggers tsunami off Japan’s northern coast
23 people have been injured

Mon, 08 Dec, 2025

Italy Pope
Pope steps into Christmas with prayer for peace at Spanish Steps
Pope Leo XIV has embraced a Roman tradition by praying for peace at a statue of the Madonna near the Spanish Steps on the December 8 feast day that kicks off the Christmas season.

Mon, 08 Dec, 2025

Mideast Wars
UN aid agency says Israeli police ‘forcibly entered’ compound in Jerusalem
Israeli police forcibly entered the compound of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees in Jerusalem early on Monday.

Mon, 08 Dec, 2025

APTOPIX Nigeria School Abductions
100 children abducted from school in Nigeria released
A total of 100 of the children abducted from a Nigerian Catholic school last month have been released, the Christian Association of Nigeria has said.

Mon, 08 Dec, 2025

South Korea Son Extortion Soccer
Woman jailed for blackmailing former Premier League footballer
A woman has been sentenced to four years in prison for blackmailing football star Son Heung-min, a South Korean court said.

Mon, 08 Dec, 2025

Cambodia Thailand
Thailand launches air strikes along border with Cambodia as tensions reignite
Thailand has launched air strikes along the disputed border with Cambodia as both sides accused the other of breaking a ceasefire that halted fighting earlier this year.

Mon, 08 Dec, 2025

Russia Ukraine War
Moscow praises new US security strategy as Russian strikes kill four in Ukraine
Dmitry Peskov said the updated strategic document was largely in line with Moscow’s vision

Sun, 07 Dec, 2025

Indonesia China Panda
Photos of first panda cub born in Indonesia released
A zoo on Java island released photos of Indonesia’s first locally-born giant panda cub, and said the male cub was showing signs of being in good health.

Sun, 07 Dec, 2025

India Goa Nightclub Fire
At least 25 people dead after nightclub fire in India
At least 25 people including tourists have been killed in a fire at a popular nightclub in India’s Goa state, the state’s chief minister said on Sunday. The blaze occurred just past midnight in Arpora in North Goa, a party hub.

Sun, 07 Dec, 2025

Palestinians Daily Life Holiday Lights
‘Life coming back’ to Bethlehem as Christmas celebrations muted by war return
Christmas celebrations are returning to Bethlehem as the shaky ceasefire holds in Gaza. For the past two Christmases, most businesses in the traditional birthplace of Jesus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank were shuttered and eerily empty.

Sat, 06 Dec, 2025

Ireland Ukraine
Ukraine will ‘keep working in good faith’ to achieve peace, says Zelenskyy
The Ukrainian president said on Saturday he had been given an update over the phone by US and Ukrainian officials at the talks, which have entered a third day

Sat, 06 Dec, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza
Qatari leader says Gaza ceasefire is at a critical moment
Qatar’s prime minister has said the Gaza ceasefire has reached a “critical moment” as its first phase winds down, with the remains of just one Israeli hostage still held by militants in Gaza.

Sat, 06 Dec, 2025

Russia Ukraine War Servicewomen
Russia unleashes massive overnight attack on Ukraine as peace talks continue
Russia unleashed a major missile and drone barrage on Ukraine overnight into Saturday, after US and Ukrainian officials said they will meet for a third day of talks on Saturday.

Sat, 06 Dec, 2025

Close-up of SAPS Police officer's shoulder badge, Scenic route, Mpumalanga, South Africa.
Three children among 11 people killed in mass shooting at South African bar
At least 11 people, including three children, were killed in a mass shooting at a bar in a township near the South African administrative capital of Pretoria, police said on Saturday.

Sat, 06 Dec, 2025

Russia US
US and Ukraine officials to meet for third day after security framework progress
US President Donald Trump’s advisers and Ukrainian officials say they will meet for a third day of talks on Saturday after making progress on finding agreement on a security framework for post-war Ukraine.

Sat, 06 Dec, 2025

Obit Frank Gehry
Celebrated architect Frank Gehry dies aged 96
Frank Gehry, who designed some of the most imaginative buildings ever constructed and achieved a level of worldwide acclaim seldom afforded any architect, has died aged 96.

Fri, 05 Dec, 2025

Trump Epstein Takeaways
Grand jury transcripts from Epstein investigation in Florida ordered released
US District Judge Rodney Smith said a recently passed federal law ordering the release of records related to the cases overrode a federal rule prohibiting the release of matters before a grand jury

Fri, 05 Dec, 2025

Greece Farmers Protests
Greek police fire tear gas at farmers in airport road protest
Riot police have fired tear gas at farmers attempting to block the main access road to the international airport in Thessaloniki, Greece’s second-largest city, as protests escalated over delays in the payment of European Union-backed agricultural ...

Fri, 05 Dec, 2025

India Russia Putin
Putin and Modhi to discuss Russa-India trade and defence ties
Russian president Vladimir Putin is set to hold talks with Indian prime minister Narendra Modi at an annual summit aimed at strengthening bilateral ties on the second day of his state visit.

Fri, 05 Dec, 2025

FBI Pipe Bomb Investigation
Man charged after arrest connected to January 6 Capitol pipe bombs
The pipe bombs were placed on the evening of January 5 2021, near the offices of the Democratic and Republican national committees

Thu, 04 Dec, 2025

APTOPIX Vatican Pope
Vatican commission opposes ordination of women as deacons
A second Vatican study commission has determined that women should not be ordained as deacons, dealing another setback to Catholic women who hope one day to be able to preside at weddings, baptisms and funerals.

Thu, 04 Dec, 2025

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