Jonathan BealeDefence correspondent, Kyiv
Trains no longer run to Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region – part of the Donbas claimed in its entirety by Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. It’s another…

Jonathan BealeDefence correspondent, Kyiv
Trains no longer run to Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region – part of the Donbas claimed in its entirety by Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. It’s another…

Demonstrators urged that the prime minister be held accountable, emphasizing that the illegal Zionist entity is not “a Trump protectorate and not a banana republic,” alluding to US President Donald Trump’s request last month for a full…

Former EU diplomatic chief Federica Mogherini was one of the three people arrested by Belgian police on Tuesday, in a sprawling fraud investigation into the financing of a Bruges academy for young diplomats, two people with knowledge of the…

A shipment of German ammunition has been stolen from a delivery lorry in the eastern town of Burg, the country’s defence ministry has said.
Speaking to Germany’s DPA news agency, officials did not specify how much was taken. However, weekly news…

TEHRAN – Israel killed Palestinian photojournalist Mahmoud Wadi with a precise drone strike in Khan Younis, Gaza, on December 2, 2025.
Wadi, the owner of Alquds Studio, died instantly while filming in a street well inside Palestinian-controlled…

TEHRAN – Venezuelans took to the streets in Caracas and other cities this week to protest escalating U.S. military pressure. The demonstrations follow the continued presence of the USS Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group in the Caribbean and…

Talking to local Iranian media on Tuesday, the Speaker of the Parliament Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf assessed the current situation of some foreign actors and spoke about recent developments in the field of international politics.
“The assessment…

A Zambian-American influencer and political vlogger has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for hate speech for making insulting remarks about Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema.
Zambian-born Ethel Chisono Edwards, who also holds US…

BEIRUT—President Joseph Aoun’s description of Lebanon as a place where “all the Children of Abraham can meet” was portrayed as a gesture of coexistence during his address to Pope Leo XIV.
But in today’s West Asian geopolitical…

Pope Leo XIV led a silent prayer at the site of the Beirut port explosion and demanded justice for its victims, as he wrapped up his three-day visit to Lebanon.
He also met some relatives of the 218 people who were killed by the massive blast on 4…