Vietnam flood death toll rises to 13, with 11 others missing
The death toll from the heavy floods in central Vietnam has risen to 13, with 11 others still missing, the government said on Friday....
 
                Large parts of Kyiv were plunged into darkness early Friday as Russian missiles and drones battered Ukraine’s energy grid, cutting off power and water to over a million homes and crippling transport links across the capital.
Ukraine woke to another night of terror as Russian forces launched a fresh wave of strikes targeting the country’s energy infrastructure. The attacks, among the heaviest in weeks, left large areas of Kyiv and nine other regions without power, days after officials warned Moscow was escalating pressure ahead of winter.
In southeastern Ukraine, a seven-year-old boy was killed when his home was hit, while at least 20 others were injured. In central Kyiv, debris damaged an apartment block, and on the left bank of the Dnipro River, crowds gathered at bus stops and water stations after metro services were suspended.
Ukraine’s energy ministry said over 800,000 customers in Kyiv alone lost power at some point overnight. Nationally, more than one million households and businesses were temporarily cut off as emergency crews worked to restore supply.
The latest barrage follows repeated Russian efforts to cripple Ukraine’s power grid, a campaign that has intensified as temperatures drop and energy demand rises. Authorities have warned of rolling blackouts through the winter as they race to repair substations and rebuild stockpiles of equipment destroyed by months of bombardment.
Reliable sources have confirmed to AnewZ that the United States has asked Azerbaijan to join a Stabilisation Force in Gaza, as part of a proposed international mission to secure the territory.
Centrist liberal party D66, led by 38-year-old Rob Jetten, has made sweeping gains in the Dutch election, emerging neck and neck with Geert Wilders’ far-right Freedom Party (PVV) in early results — a stunning reversal just two years after D66 ranked sixth.
U.S. President Donald Trump agreed with President Xi Jinping to trim tariffs on China in exchange for Beijing cracking down on the illicit fentanyl trade, Trump said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Wednesday that the most difficult situation on the front line remains the eastern city of Pokrovsk, where fighting continues to be most intense due to a strong concentration of Russian forces.
Police in Dar es Salaam fired gunshots and tear gas on Thursday to break up renewed protests following a disputed general election, a Reuters witness said.
Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of Peru's late former President Alberto Fujimori, said on Thursday she will run for president in the April election, days after Peru's constitutional court dismissed a money-laundering case against her.
Britain's King Charles has stripped his younger brother Andrew of his title of prince and forced him out of his Windsor home, Buckingham Palace said on Thursday, seeking to distance the royals from him over his links to the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.
Hurricane Melissa's confirmed death toll climbed to 49 on Thursday, according to official reports, after wreaking destruction across much of the northern Caribbean and picking up speed as it headed past Bermuda in the North Atlantic.
China's Xi Jinping will take centre stage at an annual gathering of Pacific Rim leaders in South Korea on Friday, holding talks with Canadian and Japanese counterparts after securing a fragile trade truce with U.S. President Donald Trump.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Thursday warned that a prolonged government shutdown could cause severe disruptions to air travel during the busy Thanksgiving holiday period, urging Democrats to help pass legislation to reopen the government.
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