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Ukraine strikes Russia in ‘major’ drone and missile attack, Russian media and officials report

Ukraine strikes Russia in ‘major’ drone and missile attack, Russian media and officials report

January 14, 2025
Ukraine struck Russian regions with a major drone and missile attack overnight, damaging at least two factories and forcing schools to close in a major southern Russian city, according to Russian officials and media. The Shot Telegram channel said that Russia had downed more than 200 Ukrainian drones and five US-made ATACMS ballistic missiles. “The […]
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Pope Francis tells in memoir how documents on abuse and corruption cases were handed to him

Pope Francis tells in memoir how documents on abuse and corruption cases were handed to him

January 14, 2025
One of Pope Francis’ lasting reforms will be his reshaping of the papacy to embrace simplicity and humility, as seen in his decisions to live in a Vatican guesthouse and carry his own briefcase onto the papal plane. With the release of a new autobiography Tuesday, titled “Hope,” Francis underlines this shift with a remarkable […]
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Netanyahu and Biden discuss progress in Gaza ceasefire-for-hostages deal talks

Netanyahu and Biden discuss progress in Gaza ceasefire-for-hostages deal talks

January 13, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has spoken with US President Joe Biden about the progress in negotiations for a Gaza ceasefire-hostage deal. “The prime minister discussed with the American president the progress in the negotiations to release our hostages and updated him on the mandate he gave to the negotiating team to Doha in order […]
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Croatia’s President Milanović wins another term after defeating ruling party candidate in runoff

Croatia’s President Milanović wins another term after defeating ruling party candidate in runoff

January 13, 2025
Croatia’s opposition-backed President Zoran Milanović, a critic of the European Union and NATO, overwhelmingly won reelection for another five-year term on Sunday, defeating a candidate from the ruling conservative party in a runoff vote, official results showed. Milanović won more than 74% of the vote compared to his challenger Dragan Primorac, who received nearly 26%, […]
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An Austrian woman has been kidnapped in Niger’s Agadez city, authorities say

An Austrian woman has been kidnapped in Niger’s Agadez city, authorities say

January 13, 2025
An Austrian woman has been kidnapped by gunmen in Niger’s Agadez city, local residents and the Austrian foreign ministry said on Sunday, the first time a European citizen is known to have been kidnapped in the conflict-hit West African nation since a military junta took power in 2023. The ministry said Austria’s embassy in Algeria, […]
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Russia forms emergency task force as Kerch Strait oil spill spreads

Russia forms emergency task force as Kerch Strait oil spill spreads

January 13, 2025
(AP) — An emergency task force arrived in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region on Sunday as an oil spill in the Kerch Strait from two storm-stricken tankers continues to spread a month after it was first detected, officials said. The task force, which includes Emergency Situations Minister Alexander Kurenkov, was set up after Russian President Vladimir […]
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Malala Yousafzai urges Muslim leaders to back gender apartheid legal push

Malala Yousafzai urges Muslim leaders to back gender apartheid legal push

January 13, 2025
Islamabad, Pakistan (Reuters) — Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai urged Muslim leaders on Sunday to back efforts to make gender apartheid a crime under international law, and called on them to speak out against Afghanistan’s Taliban over its treatment of women and girls. At a summit on girls’ education in Muslim communities attended by […]
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Ukraine losing ground on the battlefield as Trump team pushes ceasefire

Ukraine losing ground on the battlefield as Trump team pushes ceasefire

January 13, 2025
With just a week before Donald Trump re-enters the White House, Ukraine is bracing for some tough choices in the coming months. Its troops are on the backfoot against Russia along several parts of the long frontline, it is short of experienced soldiers and doubtful that military aid will continue to arrive at anything like […]
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Dramatic showdown looms in South Korea as Yoon faces impeachment trial and possible arrest

Dramatic showdown looms in South Korea as Yoon faces impeachment trial and possible arrest

January 13, 2025
South Korea looks set for a dramatic political showdown this week as impeachment proceedings kick off against suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol, who remains holed up in his fortified residence evading arrest for a separate criminal investigation. The embattled leader’s short-lived declaration of martial law in December triggered widespread public outrage and protests, and plunged […]
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Baby gorilla rescued from cargo hold of Turkish Airlines plane

Baby gorilla rescued from cargo hold of Turkish Airlines plane

January 13, 2025
A young gorilla rescued from a plane’s cargo hold is recovering at an Istanbul zoo, officials said Sunday, while wildlife officers consider returning him to his natural habitat. The 5-month-old gorilla was discovered in a box on a Turkish Airlines flight from Nigeria to Thailand last month. After a public competition, he has been named […]
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Taiwan sees threefold surge in suspected Chinese espionage cases

Taiwan sees threefold surge in suspected Chinese espionage cases

January 13, 2025
Taiwan has seen a “significant rise” in the number of individuals charged with spying for China in recent years, according to new data released by the island’s security bureau, amid escalating intimidation by Beijing. In a report released Sunday, Taiwan’s National Security Bureau (NSB) said the number of individuals prosecuted for Chinese espionage had increased […]
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Tsunami advisory triggered after 6.9 magnitude earthquake rattles southwest Japan

Tsunami advisory triggered after 6.9 magnitude earthquake rattles southwest Japan

January 13, 2025
Japan’s Meteorological Agency has issued a tsunami advisory after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake occurred off the coast of southwest Japan. The quake struck shortly after 9:19 p.m. local time (7:19 a.m. ET), the agency said, triggering an advisory for Miyazaki province, in the island of Kyushu, as well as Japan’s southern Kochi prefecture. Authorities have […]
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‘I’ll never call him dad again:’ Gisèle Pelicot’s daughter says she suspects her father also drugged her for sexual abuse

‘I’ll never call him dad again:’ Gisèle Pelicot’s daughter says she suspects her father also drugged her for sexual abuse

January 12, 2025
Caroline Darian, the daughter of Gisèle Pelicot who sustained years of horrific sexual abuse by her then-husband and other men, has described how she’s certain her father drugged her and strongly suspects she was raped too. In a wide-ranging interview with the BBC, Darian, aged 46, described the mental “burden” of being the daughter of […]
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Germany tows disabled Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tanker adrift in Baltic Sea

Germany tows disabled Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tanker adrift in Baltic Sea

January 12, 2025
Germany is working to secure a drifting Russian oil tanker, believed to be part of Moscow’s “shadow fleet” used to fund its war in Ukraine, after it lost control in the Baltic Sea. The Eventin tanker, carrying nearly 100,000 tons of oil thought to be from Russia, lost power near the German island of Rügen […]
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Venezuela’s Maduro starts another disputed term in office more isolated than ever

Venezuela’s Maduro starts another disputed term in office more isolated than ever

January 12, 2025
Venezuelans once again watched as Nicolás Maduro was sworn into office on Friday, donning the executive sash and declaring himself president despite irregularities and questions around his election. He repeated his attacks against the United States and any foreign leaders who did not recognize his return to power and vowed to squash all of those […]
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