On January 1, Hungary will hand over the six-month rotating presidency of the EU to Poland, bringing to a close a tumultuous half year for the bloc. Instead of acting as a neutral mediator, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán set out on a collision course with Brussels and angered his allies with his willing “peace … Read more
Canada’s finance and foreign ministers flew to Palm Beach, Florida on Thursday to meet with officials of the incoming Trump administration to try to avoid a damaging trade war between Ottawa and Washington. Source link
A wounded North Korean soldier has been captured by the Ukrainian military, Seoul’s spy agency said Friday. Thousands of North Korean troops are believed to have been deployed in Russia’s Kursk region to repel a Ukrainian incursion. Source link
Seoul, South Korea – South Korea’s spy agency said Friday it has confirmed that a North Korean soldier sent to support Russia’s war against Ukraine has been captured by Ukrainian forces. Pyongyang has deployed thousands of troops to reinforce Russian forces, including in the Kursk border area, where Ukraine made a sudden border incursion in … Read more
A bus in northern Norway has crashed due to bad weather and partially submerged in a frozen lake. Police said three people were killed and four injured, with weather conditions making rescue difficult. Source link
More than 6,000 prisoners escaped from a high-security facility in Maputo on Christmas Day following a rebellion, during which at least 33 inmates were killed. The chaos erupted amid violent protests and riots triggered by the confirmation of the ruling Frelimo party’s victory in October’s elections. Source link
The United States military said Thursday it carried out an airstrike in southern Somalia, killing two members of the Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab group, including a senior commander. The strike, conducted in coordination with Somalia’s federal government, targeted an area southwest of Quyno Barrow on Tuesday, according to US Africa Command (AFRICOM). Source link
Authorities in Mali say a shipwreck off the coast of Morocco on December 19 left 70 people missing, including migrants from Mali. The vessel, carrying around 80 people, sank while en route to Spain. Eleven survivors were rescued. Source link
Former Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh, whose economic reforms made his country a global powerhouse, died at the age of 92. Camille Knight looks back at his life. Source link
Hamas says 5 journalists killed in Israeli air strikes in Gaza; Israel says they were Islamic Jihad terrorists masquerading as members of the press. Separately, another Israeli airstrike hit an airport in Sanaa, Yemen, following a missile launch by the Houthis. Some experts say that the plane crash in Kazakhstan was caused by Russian anti-aircraft … Read more