Trump says U.S. strikes in Nigeria delayed to give ‘Christmas present’
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he ordered a military strike targeting Islamic State (ISIS/Daesh) militants in Nigeria to be delayed by one...
Russian attacks on the cities of Kharkiv and Uman on 25–26 December 2025 killed at least two people and injured 14, local authorities reported.
In Kharkiv Oblast, three KAB guided bombs struck the region, one hitting a central road in the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kharkiv, Governor Oleh Syniehubov said. Two men, aged 55 and 40, were killed, one on the spot and the other in an ambulance, while eight others were injured, including a nine-month-old girl.
Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said the strike hit the city’s busiest road, causing several vehicles to catch fire and shattering windows in nearby apartments and private homes. Emergency services and police are inspecting the damage, and traffic on the affected road was temporarily blocked. Syniehubov emphasised that no military facilities were present at the site, only civilian buildings.
In Cherkasy Oblast, central Ukraine, the city of Uman was struck by a missile on 26 December, injuring six people, including two children, Governor Ihor Tabyrets reported. Preliminary assessments indicate that at least 50 houses were damaged.
The attacks follow Russia’s refusal to observe a Christmas truce suggested by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on 16 December 2025.
On 25 December, Russian forces also struck a market in Kherson and a residential building in Chernihiv, killing at least two people and injuring ten others. Overall, Russian attacks on 25 December killed five civilians and injured at least 23 across Ukraine, according to regional authorities.
A majority of Russians expect the war in Ukraine to end in 2026, state pollster VTsIOM said on Wednesday, in a sign that the Kremlin could be testing public reaction to a possible peace settlement as diplomatic efforts to end the conflict intensify.
In 2025, Ukraine lived two parallel realities: one of diplomacy filled with staged optimism, and another shaped by a war that showed no sign of letting up.
It’s been a year since an Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashed near Aktau, Kazakhstan, killing 38 people. Relatives and loved ones mourn the victims, as authorities near the final stage of their investigation.
Polish fighter jets on Thursday intercepted a Russian reconnaissance aircraft flying near Poland’s airspace over the Baltic Sea and escorted it away from their area of responsibility.
The United States carried out a strike against Islamic State militants in northwest Nigeria at the request of Nigeria's government, President Donald Trump and the U.S. military said on Thursday.
Russia is likely preparing to station its new nuclear-capable Oreshnik hypersonic ballistic missiles at a former airbase in eastern Belarus, a move that could extend Moscow’s strike reach across Europe, according to an exclusive Reuters report.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Friday that Russia is using territory in neighbouring Belarus to support attacks on Ukrainian targets and to circumvent Kyiv’s defensive positions, warning that the practice undermines Belarusian sovereignty.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he ordered a military strike targeting Islamic State (ISIS/Daesh) militants in Nigeria to be delayed by one day, calling the attack a “Christmas present” to the terror group.
At least eight people were killed and 18 others injured in an explosion at the Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib mosque in the Wadi al-Dhahab neighbourhood of Homs on Friday, Syrian authorities said.
China has opened the world’s longest expressway tunnel to traffic in the Xinjiang region, across one of the country’s most challenging mountain areas.
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