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Blue Origin Launch
Disabled engineer becomes first wheelchair user to blast off for space
A disabled engineer from Germany has blasted off on a dream-come-true rocket ride with five other passengers, leaving her wheelchair behind to float in space while viewing the Earth from on high.

Sat, 20 Dec, 2025

Pakistan Politics
Court sentences ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan and wife to 17 years over state gifts
A Pakistani court has convicted and sentenced former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife to 17 years in prison after finding them guilty of retaining and selling state gifts, officials and his party said.

Sat, 20 Dec, 2025

Russia Ukraine
Eight dead and dozens wounded in Russian strike on Ukraine’s Odesa port
Eight people were killed and 27 wounded in a Russian missile strike on port infrastructure in Odesa, southern Ukraine, Ukraine’s Emergency Service said.

Sat, 20 Dec, 2025

United States Syria
US military launches strikes in Syria targeting Islamic State fighters
The Trump administration launched military strikes in Syria to “eliminate” so-called Islamic State group fighters and weapons sites in retaliation for an ambush attack that killed two US troops and an American civilian interpreter almost a week ago.

Sat, 20 Dec, 2025

Rubio
Rubio hopeful about Ukraine and Gaza peace efforts but clear on challenges
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio was hopeful but clear about the challenges facing the Trump administration’s Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Hamas peace efforts and defended increasing US military pressure on Venezuela during an end-of-year news ...

Fri, 19 Dec, 2025

Jam Master Jay
Judge throws out conviction of man found guilty of killing Run-DMC star
A US judge has voided the conviction of one of the two men found guilty of the 2002 killing of Run-DMC star Jam Master Jay, ruling that there was not enough evidence that the man had a motive to kill the hip-hop luminary.

Fri, 19 Dec, 2025

Trump Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Centre starts work to add Trump’s name onto the building
Several blue tarpaulins were hung in front of the institution early on Friday to block views of the work under way

Fri, 19 Dec, 2025

Mideast Wars Hunger
Spread of Gaza famine has been averted ‘but strip still faces starvation’
The spread of famine has been averted in Gaza, yet the situation remains critical with the entire strip still facing starvation, the world’s leading authority on food crises said.

Fri, 19 Dec, 2025

Romania Wiz Khalifa
Romanian court sentences rapper Wiz Khalifa to nine months for drug possession
American rapper Wiz Khalifa has been sentenced by a court in Romania to nine months in jail for drug possession, more than a year after he took part in a music festival in the Eastern European country.

Fri, 19 Dec, 2025

Poland Ukraine
Zelenskyy signals good will to Polish president with Warsaw visit
Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s visit is intended to ensure that relations with key ally Poland remain stable, regardless of any change in power in Warsaw

Fri, 19 Dec, 2025

Russia Putin
Russian troops are advancing across Ukraine battlefield, says Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Moscow’s troops are advancing across the battlefield in Ukraine, voicing confidence that the Kremlin’s military goals willl be achieved nearly four years after he ordered troops into the neighbouring country.

Fri, 19 Dec, 2025

Brown University Shooting
Suspected Brown University gunman found dead
A man who is suspected of killing two and wounding several others at Brown University has been found dead in a New Hampshire storage facility where he had rented a unit, officials said.

Fri, 19 Dec, 2025

France Farmers Mercosur
EU delays massive free-trade deal with South American bloc
The European Union is delaying a massive free-trade deal with South American countries after fiery protests by farmers and last-minute opposition by France and Italy, the European Commission said.

Thu, 18 Dec, 2025

North Carolina Plane Crash
Retired Nascar driver Greg Biffle and family among seven killed plane crash
Former racing car driver Greg Biffle and members of his family were among seven people who died in a plane crash in North Carolina, state police said.

Thu, 18 Dec, 2025

Trump
Trump signs executive order to reclassify marijuana as less dangerous drug
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that would reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug and open new avenues for medical research. The move is a major shift in federal drug policy that inches closer to what many states have done.

Thu, 18 Dec, 2025

Belgium Europe Summit
Farmers block roads in Brussels to protest over South American free trade deal
Farmers in tractors have blocked roads and set off fireworks in Brussels outside a European Union leaders’ summit, prompting police to respond with tear gas and water cannons as protesters rallied against a major free trade deal with South American ...

Thu, 18 Dec, 2025

Iran Rain
Rain creates crimson spectacle on Iran’s Hormuz Island
Rainfall on Iran’s Hormuz Island briefly transformed the coastline of its famed Red Beach into a striking natural scene this week, as red soil flowed into the sea and turned the water shades of deep red.

Thu, 18 Dec, 2025

Belgium Europe Summit
Belgium demands ironclad guarantees of protection as EU considers Ukraine loan
Belgium has insisted its European Union partners must provide ironclad guarantees that it will be protected from Russian retaliation before it would back a massive loan for Ukraine.

Thu, 18 Dec, 2025

Trump Epstein Congress
Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell seeks prison release
Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend and longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell asked a US federal judge on Wednesday to set aside her sex trafficking conviction and free her from a 20-year prison sentence, saying “substantial new evidence” has emerged ...

Wed, 17 Dec, 2025

Russia Putin
Putin: Russia will seek to extend gains in Ukraine if peace talks fail
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Wednesday that Moscow will seek to extend its gains in Ukraine if Kyiv and its Western allies reject the Kremlin’s demands in peace talks.

Wed, 17 Dec, 2025

France Louvre
Louvre workers vote to extend strike as security scrutiny intensifies
Employees at the Louvre Museum voted to extend a strike that has disrupted operations at the world’s most visited museum. The attraction in Paris partially opened on Wednesday to allow visitors to enjoy the “Mona Lisa” and other highlights.

Wed, 17 Dec, 2025

Trump
Donald Trump orders blockade of ‘sanctioned oil tankers’ into Venezuela
The move seemed designed to put a tighter chokehold on the South American country’s economy

Wed, 17 Dec, 2025

Matthew Perry
Doctor who helped sell ketamine to Matthew Perry avoids prison time
A doctor who pleaded guilty in a scheme to supply ketamine to actor Matthew Perry before his overdose death has been sentenced to eight months of home confinement.

Tue, 16 Dec, 2025

Iran-Nobel-Laureate
Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi taken to hospital after arrest
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi was taken to a hospital emergency room twice after her arrest last week by Iranian security forces, her family said on Tuesday, following what they described as severe beatings during her detention ...

Tue, 16 Dec, 2025

Sudan
Sudan tops global humanitarian crisis watchlist for third year as war continues
Sudan topped a watchlist of global humanitarian crises released on Tuesday by an international aid group for the third year in a row, as a devastating war grips the north-eastern African country.

Tue, 16 Dec, 2025

Europe Summit Trump
Envoys try to narrow gaps on a loan plan for Ukraine ahead of crunch EU summit
European Union envoys worked to narrow gaps in a plan to use billions of dollars in frozen Russian assets as collateral for a massive loan to cover Ukraine’s economic and military needs, ahead of a crunch summit of EU leaders this week.

Tue, 16 Dec, 2025

Netherlands Ukraine Zelenskyy
Zelenskyy says peace proposals could be presented to Russia within days
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says proposals being negotiated with US officials for a peace deal to end his country’s nearly could be finalised within days, after which American envoys will present them to the Kremlin before further ...

Tue, 16 Dec, 2025

White House Ballroom
White House ballroom project ‘must continue for national security reasons’
The Trump administration has said in a court filing that the White House ballroom construction project must continue for unexplained national security reasons and because a conservationists’ organisation that wants it stopped has no standing to sue.

Tue, 16 Dec, 2025

Brown University Shooting
Search for the Brown University gunman resumes after person of interest released
Police renewed their search for a gunman who killed two students and injured nine others a day after releasing a man they believed was a person of interest.

Mon, 15 Dec, 2025

Germany Russia Ukraine War
US agrees security guarantees for Ukraine in peace talks, say officials
The news follows the latest discussions with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Berlin

Mon, 15 Dec, 2025

Germany Russia Ukraine War
Russia indicates it is open to Ukraine joining EU as part of deal – US officials
Russia has indicated it is open to joining the European Union (EU) as part of a potential peace deal to end the war, according to US officials.

Mon, 15 Dec, 2025

APTOPIX Germany Russia Ukraine War
Latest round of talks between Ukraine and US conclude as Trump seeks swift peace
The latest round of talks between Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky and US envoys have ended as they and European allies seek an end to Russia’s nearly four-year war.

Mon, 15 Dec, 2025

Japan Stabbing
Two stabbed at HKT48 pop group entertainment complex in Japan
Japanese police have arrested a man in connection with the alleged stabbing of two people at an entertainment complex housing the female pop music group HKT48 in the southern city of Fukuoka. The people suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

Mon, 15 Dec, 2025

France Louvre
Louvre workers vote to strike in another blow to the Paris museum
Workers at the Louvre Museum voted on Monday to strike over working conditions and other issues, a union said, dealing another blow to the Paris museum after an embarrassing jewellery heist in October.

Mon, 15 Dec, 2025

Germany Russia Ukraine War
European leaders expected to cement support for Ukraine as US pushes for peace
European leaders are expected to cement support for Ukraine on Monday as it faces Washington’s pressure to swiftly accept a US-brokered peace deal.

Mon, 15 Dec, 2025

India Delhi Air Pollution
Air quality at hazardous levels as toxic smog blankets New Delhi
Dense toxic smog blanketed India’s national capital on Monday, pushing air pollution levels to their worst levels in weeks, disrupting travel and causing authorities to impose the strictest containment measures.

Mon, 15 Dec, 2025

Brown University Shooting
Suspect released by authorities after Brown University shooting
A person of interest detained after a Brown University shooting which killed two students and injured nine will be released after an investigation took law enforcement authorities in a “different direction”, officials said on Sunday night.

Mon, 15 Dec, 2025

Brown University Shooting
Police have person of interest in custody over fatal US university shooting
Police in the US said they had a person of interest in custody after a shooting that rocked a Rhode Island university campus during final exams, leaving two people dead and nine others wounded.

Sun, 14 Dec, 2025

Russia Ukraine War
US envoys arrive in Berlin for another round of Ukraine peace talks
US envoys have arrived in Berlin for another round of talks intended to secure a deal to end the war in Ukraine.

Sun, 14 Dec, 2025

Brown University Shooting
Police search Brown University after gunman kills two and wounds nine on campus
A gunman dressed in black killed at least two people and wounded nine others at Brown University on Saturday during final exams on the Ivy League campus and police were searching for the suspect, officers said.

Sun, 14 Dec, 2025

Brown University Shooting
Two dead and several injured in shooting at US university
A shooting in the engineering building at Brown University on Rhode Island has left at least two people dead and eight injured.

Sat, 13 Dec, 2025

APTOPIX Israel Palestinians Gaza
Israel says it has killed top Hamas commander in Gaza
Israel said it killed a top Hamas commander in Gaza after an explosive device detonated and wounded two soldiers in the territory’s south. Hamas in a statement did not confirm the death of Raed Saad in the attack on Saturday.

Sat, 13 Dec, 2025

Russia Ukraine War
Two killed in Russia as Ukraine peace talks press on
At least two people were killed in a drone attack in Russia’s southwestern Saratov region, and parts of Ukraine went without power after targeted assaults on energy infrastructure, local authorities said on Saturday, as US-led peace talks on ending ...

Sat, 13 Dec, 2025

Turkey Tomb Fresco
Fresco of Jesus as the Good Shepherd uncovered in Turkish town visited by pope
Archaeologists in Turkey have uncovered one of the most important finds from Anatolia’s early Christian era, a fresco of a Roman-looking Jesus as the “Good Shepherd”.

Sat, 13 Dec, 2025

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