The US Treasury Department, in line with the Donald Trump administration’s maximum pressure against the Islamic Republic of Iran and Venezuela, announced sanctions on 10 individuals and entities based in the two countries, claiming that the…
Category: 2. World
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The ‘thorny’ issues that threaten to derail a Russia-Ukraine peace deal
Paul KirbyEurope digital editor
Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesUnlike Trump, Zelensky says he does not trust Russia’s Putin on peace talks Russia, the US and Ukraine agree that a deal on ending almost four years of full-scale war is edging closer but, in…
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UAE announces end to its military presence in Yemen
“Given the recent developments and the potential implications for the safety and effectiveness of counterterrorism tasks, the Ministry of Defense announces the termination of the remaining counterterrorism teams in Yemen of its own free will,…
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Venezuela air force destroyed 39 drug-carrying planes in 2025
“I want to congratulate our armed forces, our territorial defense complex, and especially our air defense and military aviation, because the 31st drug-carrying plane of this year was shot down yesterday in Apure State,” the Venezuelan leader…
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Thieves use drill to steal €30m from savings bank
Thieves used a large drill to break into a safe at a high street bank branch in western Germany and steal an estimated €30m (£26m; $35m) in cash and valuables, police have said.
A police spokesman likened the break-in to the Hollywood heist…
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Protests spread across Iran for third day after currency plummets
Protests and strikes in Iran over inflation and currency devaluation have spread from the capital, Tehran, to several other cities on a third day of unrest.
The protests began on Sunday after shopkeepers in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar staged a strike…
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2 tankers collide in Sea of Marmara near Istanbul
According to the channel, the signals came from ships under the flags of Azerbaijan and Turkey and are located in the Floria area, TRT Haber reported.
The Turkish Ministry of Transport reported that the 141-meter tanker Kalbajar and the…
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HTS imposes night curfew in Latakia after protests
The HTS-led regime’s interior ministry announced a “curfew in Latakia city, effective from 5 p.m. (1400 GMT) on Tuesday, December 30, 2025, until 6 a.m. (0300 GMT) on Wednesday, December 31, 2025.”
Armed groups backed by HTS-led regime’s…
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Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh’s first female prime minister, dies at 80
TEHRAN — Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh’s first female prime minister and a central figure in the nation’s politics for more than three decades, passed away on Tuesday at a hospital in Dhaka. She was believed to be 80. The Bangladesh Nationalist…
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Saudi ‘red line’ and UAE’s adventurism in Yemen
TEHRAN – Saudi Arabia has framed its national security as a “red line,” warning it will act decisively against any foreign military support for separatist groups in Yemen. The declaration on Tuesday came hours after Saudi-led coalition…
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