The head of Yemen’s Presidential Council, Rashad al-Alimi, has ordered all forces linked to the United Arab Emirates to leave Yemen within 24 hours.
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Russia accused Ukraine of trying to attack President Vladimir Putin’s residence on Monday, an allegation dismissed by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as a “complete fabrication” amidst sensitive peace negotiations.
The United States and Israel do not fully agree on the future of the West Bank, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday, without detailing the differences.
Roman Abramovich, the Russian billionaire and former Chelsea Football Club owner, has assembled a “top tier” legal team, including a former White House advisor, as he prepares for a legal battle in Jersey.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that negotiations with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to end the Russia-Ukraine war were “getting a lot closer, maybe very close,” while acknowledging that the future of eastern Ukraine’s disputed Donbas region remains unresolved.
Moldova has officially notified Russia that the Russian Cultural Centre in Chișinău will be closed, with the institution expected to cease operations within six months, Moldovan authorities said.
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Iran successfully launched three satellites on Sunday using a Russian Soyuz rocket from Russia’s Far East, marking the latest stage in growing Iran-Russia space cooperation.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi hosted Cambodian Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn and Thai Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow in Yunnan province on Sunday, following a ceasefire that ended nearly three weeks of clashes along the Cambodia-Thailand border.
More than 1,200 people have been newly displaced in Sudan’s South and North Kordofan states due to escalating insecurity, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) reported on Sunday.
Torrential rainfall across southern and eastern Spain over the weekend has left one person dead and two others missing, authorities said on Sunday evening, as overflowing riverbeds swept away vehicles and officials urged residents to stay indoors.
Türkiye on Sunday denied reports that a Turkish Airlines passenger flight diverted from Libya due to fears of retaliation following a Libyan military delegation plane crash near Ankara.
Gaziantep’s Panorama 25 December Museum, which commemorates the city’s resistance during Türkiye’s War of Independence, continues to attract strong public interest, with nearly 1.5 million visitors recorded in the five years since it opened.
Armenia will start construction work on the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP) project in the second half of 2026, Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said on Sunday, as economic dialogue with Azerbaijan advances.
Armenia is considering the possibility of exporting goods to Azerbaijan, as discussions between the two countries continue over potential trade supplies, officials said.
The fate of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has become one of the most contentious issues in U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposed peace plan to end the war in Ukraine, underscoring the complex mix of security, sovereignty and energy concerns surrounding Europe’s largest nuclear facility.
Strong winds and heavy rain battered tent camps in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis on Sunday, offering little protection to thousands of displaced Palestinians struggling to survive winter conditions in the war-ravaged enclave.
One person was killed and another critically injured on Sunday after two helicopters collided mid-air in the U.S. state of New Jersey, authorities said.
President Donald Trump said he held a “very productive” phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday, shortly before hosting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Florida for talks aimed at ending the nearly four-year war in Ukraine.
The year 2025 was marked by widespread protests and civil unrest across multiple regions, as citizens took to the streets to voice anger over political decisions, economic pressures, governance failures and social inequality.
Pipeline routes in Central Asia are a historically embedded and structurally constrained form of geopolitics. In this region, infrastructure serves as a means of transportation and a crucial instrument of power and strategic autonomy.
The U.S. on Saturday welcomed the ceasefire between Cambodia and Thailand, which ended weeks of deadly border clashes, and called on both countries to fully implement the Kuala Lumpur Peace Agreement.
Japan’s tourism sector has experienced a slowdown after China’s government advised its citizens to reconsider travel to Japan, following remarks by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi regarding Taiwan.
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