AnewZ Morning Brief - 22 December, 2025
Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief: here are the top news stories for the 22th of December, covering the latest developments you need to...
The Atlantic has published the full Signal chat between top U.S. security officials after a journalist was mistakenly included in the group.
The Atlantic has published the full Signal chat involving senior U.S. national security officials after a journalist was accidentally added to the group.
The conversation centered on planned strikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen, intended to reopen trade routes along the Suez Canal.
The new information includes a thread of messages apparently written by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, in which he shares specific timings of U.S. strikes in Yemen with officials — and inadvertently with The Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg.
U.S. National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, who created the chat, took full responsibility for the incident and described it as an embarrassment.
Hegseth stated that the information shared was not classified, as it did not include specific locations, routes, or methods.
Despite this, some Democratic lawmakers have criticized Hegseth, calling him unqualified and demanding his resignation.
The death toll from Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades has risen to 161, after forensic analysis confirmed one more victim among the charred remains at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po, more than three weeks after the blaze began, authorities said on Saturday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to meet President Donald Trump on 29 December in Florida, where he is expected to present a package of military options regarding Iran, Israel’s public broadcaster KAN reported on Saturday.
The U.S. Coast Guard is pursuing an oil tanker in international waters near Venezuela, officials told on Sunday, in what would be the second such operation this weekend and the third in less than two weeks if successful.
A major power outage swept across San Francisco on Saturday, leaving up to 130,000 customers without electricity, disrupting traffic and forcing some businesses to close temporarily, officials said.
The United States has proposed a potential new format for peace talks between Ukraine and Russia, which could include American and European representatives, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday, December 20.
ASEAN foreign ministers meeting in Malaysia are seeking to revive a ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia after two weeks of deadly border clashes that have killed at least 60 people and forced more than half a million from their homes.
Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief: here are the top news stories for the 22th of December, covering the latest developments you need to know.
The remaining 130 Nigerian schoolchildren abducted in November from a Catholic school in Niger state have been released, President Bola Tinubu's spokesperson said on Sunday, following one of the country's biggest mass kidnappings of recent years.
As pollution levels in New Delhi reached dangerously high levels over the weekend, residents of the Indian capital sought refuge in the cooler, cleaner air of northern India's hill towns.
Ukrainian negotiators are scheduled to hold another round of talks with U.S. officials on Sunday to discuss efforts to end the ongoing war with Russia. Top Ukrainian negotiator Rustem Umerov expressed hope for progress, highlighting that discussions have been both "constructive and substantive."
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