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Australia’s Auckland welcomed 2026 with a downtown fireworks display launched from the city’s landmark Sky Tower, making it the first major city to mark the new year despite rainy weather.The five-minute show featured 3,500 fireworks from various floors of the 240-meter tower, while smal...
The CIA carried out a drone strike last week on a dock in Venezuela believed to be used by drug cartels, according to sources familiar with the classified operation.The strike, the first known direct U.S. action on Venezuelan soil since September, represents a major escalation in Washington’s ...
Burglars made off with property worth tens of millions of euros after breaking into a bank vault in western Germany during the holiday period, authorities said.Police said the thieves targeted safety deposit boxes at a Sparkasse bank branch in Gelsenkirchen, affecting around 2,700 customers. Accordi...
Zohran Mamdani is set to assume office as mayor of New York City at the start of 2026, with inauguration events stretching from midnight into New Year’s Day.The Democratic mayor-elect’s team has arranged two swearing-in ceremonies on Thursday. The first will be a brief, private event wit...
Thailand on Wednesday released 18 Cambodian prisoners of war who had been held for five months, in line with a ceasefire agreement aimed at ending prolonged and bitter border clashes between the two neighbours.The release followed a ceasefire pact signed on Saturday by the defence ministers of Thail...
US President Donald Trump warned Iran on Monday that Washington could launch further military strikes if Tehran attempts to revive its nuclear program, as he held talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his Florida residence.Trump, who previously said US strikes in June had left Iran...
Saudi Arabia bombed Yemen's port city of Mukalla on Tuesday over what it described as a shipment of weapons for a separatist force there that arrived from the United Arab Emirates. The UAE did not immediately acknowledge the strike.The attack signals a new escalation in tensions between the king...
Human-driven climate change pushed 2025 into the ranks of the three hottest years ever recorded and, for the first time, the three-year global temperature average crossed the 1.5 degrees Celsius limit set under the 2015 Paris Agreement, scientists said.The findings by World Weather Attribution resea...
Families of victims of the deadly Bondi Beach attack in Sydney have called on Australia’s federal government to take stronger action against rising antisemitism and investigate security failures linked to the country’s worst mass shooting in three decades.In an open letter released on Mo...
An Interoceanic Train accident in southern Mexico has left at least 13 people dead and dozens injured, disrupting rail services along a key route linking the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico.According to officials, the train derailed on Sunday while negotiating a curve near the town of Nizanda, ...
World,Business & Commerce
Asian shares showed a mixed performance on Monday in light trading following a muted post-Christmas session on Wall Street, even as tensions escalated over Taiwan. U.S. futures were largely unchanged.The Chinese military said it dispatched air, naval, and rocket forces to conduct joint exercises nea...
Sixteen elderly residents were killed Sunday evening in a fire that broke out at a retirement home in Manado, North Sulawesi Province, police said.Authorities said the blaze, which engulfed the single-story facility while residents were asleep, left 15 survivors who received treatment at two local h...
At least 13 people were killed and dozens more injured after a train derailed in southern Mexico, authorities said, disrupting service along the rail line linking the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico.The Interoceanic Train, which connects Oaxaca and Veracruz, went off the tracks on Sunday while ...
World,ICT,Science & Technology
Russia has successfully placed three Iranian communications satellites into orbit, marking the second such launch this year, according to Iranian state television.The report said a Russian rocket lifted off from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in eastern Russia on Sunday, carrying the satellites into a rou...
North Korea on Monday said it launched long-range strategic cruise missiles into the sea as part of efforts to verify the effectiveness of its nuclear deterrent, days after revealing apparent progress in building its first nuclear-powered submarine.The missile launches on Sunday marked Pyongyang&rsq...
The foreign ministers of Thailand and Cambodia began two days of discussions in China on Sunday as Beijing moves to bolster its role in easing tensions between the two neighbors following the signing of a new ceasefire agreement.The ceasefire aims to end weeks of clashes along the disputed border th...
China’s military on Monday announced it would deploy air, naval and missile forces for joint exercises around Taiwan, describing the move as a strong warning to separatist elements and what it termed “external interference.”The announcement followed Beijing’s sharp criticism ...
Winter rain lashed the Gaza Strip over the weekend, flooding camps with ankle-deep puddles as Palestinians displaced by two years of war attempted to stay dry in tents frayed by months of use.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traveled for an expected meeting on Monday with U.S. President Don...
The number of monthly births in the Gaza Strip has fallen by 40 percent as health officials warn of a surge in miscarriages linked to malnutrition and the breakdown of medical services.Munir al-Bursh, director general of the Gaza-based health authorities, said in a statement on Sunday that the numbe...
A growing number of countries have rejected Israel’s recognition of Somaliland, Somalia’s breakaway region, as an independent nation, a day after Israel became the first country in over three decades to do so.The reason behind Israel’s move remains unclear, and it is not known whet...
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