Azerbaijan began a national day of mourning on Thursday, a day after a state-owned passenger plane crashed in western Kazakhstan, killing at least 38 people. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, who was on a visit to Russia, returned to Azerbaijan after hearing news of the accident, the presidential press service said. He was to attend an … Read more
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Ukraine’s military said on Thursday it shot down 20 out of 31 drones attacked by Russian forces overnight. The Ukrainian Air Force said the interceptions took place in the Chernihiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv and Kiev regions. Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Thursday it destroyed five Ukrainian aerial drones in the Volgograd, Voronezh and Belgorod regions. Belgorod … Read more
“Iran has found itself in a difficult situation for a long time and knows that there is no other way out except change.” This is how Iran expert Arash Azizi summarizes the current predicament for the Middle Eastern nation. Azizi, a historian and lecturer at Clemson University in the US, said the Islamic Republic’s leadership … Read more
South Korea’s main opposition party said it introduced a bill to impeach acting President Han Duck-soo on Thursday and would hold a vote on Friday, a move that could deepen the country’s constitutional crisis triggered by a short-lived martial law. Source link
Five journalists were killed in the Nuseirat camp in central Gaza in an Israeli airstrike early Thursday, Palestinian doctors said. Al-Quds Today television channel, which is affiliated with the Islamic Jihad militant group, said in a statement that a broadcast truck was hit and five of its employees were killed in the attack. The channel … Read more
At least 14 people were killed in clashes in Syria’s western Tartus province on Wednesday as new regime security forces clashed with a group of supporters loyal to the ousted Bashar Assad regime, according to a local war monitor and the new interior ministry. . What do we know so far? The unrest erupted when … Read more
Tearful mourners gathered Thursday across Asia to commemorate the 220,000 lives lost in the 2004 tsunami. The disaster devastated coastlines from Indonesia to Somalia, and left lasting scars on affected communities. Source link
French authorities rescued 107 migrants in the English Channel on Christmas Day during 12 operations along the northern coast as crossings reached a record deadly year. Source link
Dozens of people are feared dead after a plane crash in rural Kazakhstan. Kiev residents spent Christmas morning in bomb shelters amid Russian air strikes. Media freedom is under attack in Zambia, a new report says. As he prepares to take office in less than a month, President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to re-establish US … Read more