Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkana said on Friday that Estonia has started naval patrols to protect a power cable under the Baltic Sea from Finland. This comes after suspected sabotage of a similar cable earlier this week. “If there is a threat to critical maritime infrastructure in our region, there will be a response,” Tsahkana said … Read more
A new round of Israeli airstrikes in Yemen on Thursday targeted the Houthi rebel-held capital and multiple ports, while the World Health Organization’s director-general said the bombardment occurred nearby as he prepared to board a flight in Sanaa, with a crew member injured. Story by Luke Shrago. Source link
Aviation experts said that Russian air defense fire was likely responsible for the Azerbaijani plane crash the day before that killed 38 people and left all 29 survivors injured. Story by Luke Shrago. Source link
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said Friday that NATO will “enhance its military presence in the Baltic Sea” as Estonia’s navy began patrolling an undersea cable supplying energy from Finland. A different cable was disconnected from the power grid on Christmas Day in what Finnish authorities suspect is a case of deliberate sabotage. Source link
India announced seven days of state mourning on Friday after the death of former prime minister Manmohan Singh, one of the architects of the country’s economic liberalization in the early 1990s. Details by FRANCE 24 correspondent in New Delhi, Sarah Jacob. Source link
Syria’s new authorities on Thursday launched a security crackdown in a coastal region where 14 policemen were killed a day before, vowing to pursue “remnants” of the ousted Bashar al-Assad government accused of the attack. Story by Camille Knight. Source link
Seoul, South Korea – A North Korean soldier captured while fighting in Russia’s war against Ukraine has died of wounds, South Korea’s spy agency said Friday. Pyongyang has deployed thousands of troops to reinforce Russia’s military, including in the Kursk border area, where Ukraine made a sudden border incursion in August. One of those North … Read more
Two sailors have been killed in separate incidents in the treacherous Sydney to Hobart yacht race, officials said on Friday, as a string of yachts retired in powerful winds and high seas. Story by Liza Kaminov. Source link
Syria’s new security forces checked IDs and searched cars in the central city of Homs on Thursday, a day after protests by members of the Alawite minority erupted in gunfire and stirred fears that the country’s fragile peace could break down. Story by Liza Kaminov. Source link
A woman in her eighties has been killed in a stabbing in the coastal city of Herzliya, Israel, an Israeli hospital said Friday. A 28-year-old suspected of being the attacker was arrested by Israeli police in the occupied West Bank. Source link