- + Seoul Reports First North Korean Soldier Captured By Ukraine Dies—Ukrainian forces have captured a wounded North Korean soldier, the Yonhap news agency reported, in what would be the first such capture since soldiers...
- + Ship Suspected Of Damaging Cables Off Finland Part Of Russia's 'Shadow Fleet,' EU Says—The European Commission said a cargo ship suspected of having deliberately damaged power and Internet cables in the Baltic Sea is part of Russia's so-...
- + Putin Says Slovak PM Ready To Offer 'Platform' For Possible Ukraine Talks—Russian President Vladimir Putin said on December 26 that Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is ready to offer a “platform” for possible peace talks be...
- + Iranian President To Visit Moscow For Talks In January—Iranian President Masud Pezeshkian is scheduled to travel to Russia on January 17, state-controlled media in Iran and Russia reported on December 26. ...
- + Bosnia's Security Minister Arrested On Corruption Charges—Bosnia-Herzegovina’s security minister has been arrested on charges of money-laundering, abuse of office, and accepting bribes, the Balkan nation’s pr...
- + Israel Strikes Huthis At Yemen Airport, Prompting Iranian Condemnation—Israel carried out large-scale air strikes on the main airport in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, on December 26 as it steps up attacks on the Iranian-backed ...
- + Pakistan Military Court Jails 60 Imran Khan Supporters Over Violent Protests—A Pakistani military court has sentenced 60 people to prison terms ranging between two and 10 years over violent protests that erupted after the arres...
- + Aviation Experts Due To Arrive At Kazakh Crash Site To Examine Black Box—As the first seven survivors arrived back in the country on December 26, Azerbaijan observed a national day of mourning 24 hours after a passenger pla...
- + Crew Struggled To Save Plane That Crashed In Kazakhstan—Experts say they believe the flight crew of an Azerbaijan Airlines jet that crashed on December 25 was struggling to control the plane in its last mom...
- + U.S., EU Slam Bosnian Serb Efforts To Block Bosnia-Herzegovina's EU Integration—The United States and European Union on December 25 condemned plans by ethnic-Serb leaders in Bosnia-Herzegovina to block efforts for closer European...
- + Kosovo Panel Overturns Commission, Clears Serbian List Party For February Vote—A special panel in Kosovo overturned a decision by the country’s election commission that had barred the country's largest ethnic-Serbian party from p...
- + State Of Emergency Declared In Russia's Krasnodar Region As Massive Oil Spill Spreads—Authorities declared a region-wide state of emergency in Russia's Krasnodar region on December 25, warning that oil was still washing up on the coastl...
- + North Korean Troops Take Pounding As Kim Reportedly Doubles Down—North Korea’s elite troops have faced severe losses Russia's war with Ukraine, with over 1,100 killed or injured in recent weeks, according to South K...
- + Authorities Seek Answers After Deadly Crash Of Azerbaijani Passenger Jet In Kazakhstan —The cockpit recorder has been recovered intact as authorities stepped up their investigation following the crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger j...
- + More Than 40 Killed In Pakistani Strikes Inside Afghanistan, Taliban Claims—Pakistani air strikes killed 46 civilians in eastern Afghanistan, the Taliban-led government in Kabul said on December 25, while Islamabad claimed it ...
- + Ukraine Recovers After 'Inhumane' Christmas Day Attacks; Biden Vows New Weapons 'Surge'—"Massive" Russian attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure showed no letup as night fell on Christmas Day following what President Volodymyr Zelenskiy call...
- + Russia Launches Another Major Missile Strike On Ukraine's Energy Infrastructure—Russia launched a major missile strike on Ukraine in the early hours of December 25, targeting the country’s energy facilities and other civilian infr...
- + Dozens Killed As Azerbaijani Passenger Plane Crashes In Kazakhstan—A passenger plane flying from Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku, to Russia has crashed near the city of Aqtau in western Kazakhstan with 67 people on board, ...
- + Serbian List Set To Appeal Kosovar Election Commission's Decision Barring It From February Election—The president of the largest ethnic-Serbian party in Kosovo on December 24 said that he will file an appeal with the Election Complaints and Appeals P...
- + Pakistan Launches Air Strikes On Suspected Militant Hideouts In Afghanistan—Pakistani military jets on December 24 conducted air strikes inside Afghanistan, targeting suspected hideouts of the Islamist militant group Tehrik-e ...
- + Iran's Cyberspace Council Votes To Lift Ban On WhatsApp, Google Play —Iran’s council on safeguarding the Internet has voted to lift bans on the WhatsApp messenger and the Google Play apps, state media reported. [Category...
- + Russian Cargo Ship Under U.S. And EU Sanctions Sinks In Mediterranean Sea—A Russian cargo ship sank in the Mediterranean Sea, leaving two members of its crew missing, Russian and Spanish authorities said on December 24. [Cat...
- + YouTube Practically ‘Blocked’ In Russia, Expert Says, As Traffic Plummets— YouTube traffic in Russia has plummeted to just 20 percent of its “normal levels” in recent days, a leading Russian expert said, describing the situa...
- + Deadly Fire In Russia's Tatarstan Highlights Conditions For Migrant Workers—Six people died in a fire at a migrant workers’ temporary residence in the Russian republic of Tatarstan, highlighting the increasingly difficult cond...
- + Russia Sentences U.S. Citizen After Closed-Door Spy Trial—A Russian court has sentenced U.S. citizen Eugene Spector to 15 years in a penal colony for "espionage" amid accusations by several Western government...
- + Rights Watchdog Calls For Accountability For 'Brutal' Violence Against Georgian Protesters—Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called for Georgian security forces to be investigated for the “brutal police violence” against largely peaceful proteste...
- + Moldova's Pro-Western President Sworn In For Second Term—Final preliminary results show Moldova's pro-Western president, Maia Sandu, has won a second term, a critical milestone for the integration of one of ...
- + Russian Attack On Kryviy Rih Kills 1 Amid Intense Clashes And Russian Push Toward Pokrovsk—One person was killed and 11 were wounded by a ballistic missile strike on an apartment block in the Ukrainian city of Kryviy Rih, local officials sai...
- + Ukraine Supports Stabilizing Syria, Zelenskiy Says As He Again Warns Of Russia-North Korea Cooperation—Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukraine is interested in stabilizing the situation in Syria and believes it is essential for the country'...
- + Kosovo Election Authority Bans Ethnic Serbian Party From Elections—Kosovo’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has decided not to certify the main ethnic Serbian party, effectively barring it from competing in the Febr...
- + Zelenskiy Accuses Slovak PM Of Wanting To 'Help Putin' Through Gas Payments—Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy accused Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico of wanting to "help" President Vladimir Putin earn money to fund Rus...
- + Uzbek Authorities Keeping Tabs On Family Of Suspect In Russian General's Killing—Uzbek authorities are keeping a close eye on the family of the suspect in the high-profile assassination of a Russian general in Moscow last week, nei...
- + 5 Candidates Approved For Belarus Vote Lukashenka Seen Winning Easily—Belarus' Central Election Commission (CEC) said five candidates, including Alyaksandr Lukashenka, have been registered for a presidential election nex...
- + 'People Expect Solutions,' President Tells New Romanian Government —Romanian President Klaus Iohannis appointed leftist Social Democrat Marcel Ciolacu as prime minister to form a new government after three pro-Western ...
- + Georgian President Calls For New Election Date By December 29 —Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has called on the ruling Moscow-friendly Georgian Dream party to set a date for new parliamentary elections by ...
- + Kremlin Says No Plans Yet For Talks With Trump—The Kremlin said there are currently no plans for President Vladimir Putin to meet with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump amid a rise in talk of findi...
- + Protest In Belgrade Turns Up Heat On Government Over Railway Canopy Collapse—Students who have been blocking academic departments at the University of Belgrade for weeks staged a protest on December 22 to demand accountability ...
- + Putin Meets Slovak PM In Moscow For Talks About Natural Gas Deliveries—Russian President Vladimir Putin and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico met in the Kremlin on December 22 to discuss a soon-to-expire contract allowing...
- + Ukraine's Human Rights Ombudsman Accuses Russian Forces Of Executing 5 POWs—Russian forces executed five Ukrainian prisoners of war according to the latest war crime allegation against Russian troops raised by Ukraine's ombuds...
- + Iran's Supreme Leader Calls On Syrians To Resist Rebel Government—The supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Khamenei, has called on Syrians to resist the emerging rebel-led government after the ouster of former President...
- + Russia Launches Massive Drone Attack As Putin Vows Revenge For Kyiv's Attack On Kazan —Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed revenge over Kyiv's attack a day earlier on high-rise buildings in Kazan, the capital of Russia's oil-rich repu...
- + Russian Pensioners, Tricked by Scammers, Carry Out Risky Stunts—Several Russian pensioners were allegedly tricked by scammers into carrying out risky stunts in crowded places in Moscow and St. Petersburg on Decembe...
- + Pakistani Militants Kill 16 Near Afghan Border As Violence Grows—Pakistani militants carried out a daring early-morning raid near the northwestern border with Afghanistan, killing over a dozen officers in the latest...
- + Orban Says Higher NATO Defense Targets Would Cripple The Hungarian Economy—Hungary's right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's recent reported proposal for NATO members states to...
- + Pakistani Military Courts Sentence 25 People For 2023 Unrest—Pakistani military courts have sentenced 25 people for their part in attacks on military facilities in May 2023. [Category: Pakistan, News, The Rundow...
- + Air-Raid Warning Declared Across Ukraine As Russian Strikes Continue—An air-raid warning has been declared in all regions of Ukraine due to possible ballistic missile strikes, Ukraine's air force said. [Category: Ukrai...
- + Ukraine Hits Kazan Buildings In Latest Display Of Drone Power—Ukraine struck high-rise buildings in Kazan, the capital of Russia's oil-rich republic of Tatarstan, in the latest display of its growing drone capabi...
- + At Least 2 Killed In Car Ramming At German Christmas Market—At least two people were killed and more than 60 injured after a car drove at high speed into a busy outdoor Christmas market in the German city of Ma...
- + Georgian Elections: OSCE Flags Vote-Buying, Violence, And 'Instrumentalized' Media In Final Report—The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) said in its final report on the October 26 parliamentary elections in Georgia that nume...
- + Poland Outraged Over Hungary's Decision To Shelter Politician Wanted On Corruption Charges —Poland has summoned Hungary's ambassador over Budapest's decision to grant political asylum to a Polish opposition politician who is wanted for allege...
- + Georgia Promises Changes To 'Foreign Agents' Law Amid Mounting International Pressure—The Georgian government has pledged to amend its controversial "foreign agents" law following discussions with the secretary-general of the Council of...
- + Russian Islamic Council Approves Polygamy For Muslim Males, Contrary To Legal Code—Russia's top Islamic body has approved a religious edict that allows Muslim men to practice polygamy, which contradicts Russian law that prohibits ind...
- + Kyiv Hits Kursk After Massive Wave Of Deadly Russian Strikes On Ukraine—Ukraine launched a deadly missile attack on the Russian region of Kursk on December 20, just hours after Russia carried out a massive air assault on K...
- + U.S., Britain Impose Sanctions On Georgian Interior Ministry Officials—The United States and the United Kingdom have announced sanctions on Georgian Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri and other senior officials in the m...
- + 'In His Own Bubble': Zelenskiy Slams Putin Remarks, Urges More EU Military Aid—Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told EU leaders gathered in Brussels on December 19 that continued support in the fight against Russia's invas...
- + Lawmaker Shot Dead In Parliament Of Georgia's Breakaway Abkhazia—One lawmaker was killed and another injured in a shooting at the de facto parliament in Georgia's Abkhazia, a breakaway region supported by Russia. [C...
- + Romanian Court Sends Case Against Tate Brothers Back To Prosecutors—A court in Romania has accepted an appeal filed by controversial Internet influencer Andrew Tate and his brother and sent his case on human traffickin...
- + Uzbek Man Charged With Terrorism In High-Profile Assassination Of Russian General—A court in Moscow charged Uzbek citizen Ahmat Qurbanov on December 19 with terrorism and other charges in the high-profile killing of Lieutenant Gener...
- + Crimean Tatar Leader Applauds Czech Recognition Of Soviet Deportations As Genocide—Crimean Tatar leader Mustafa Dzhemilev has praised the Czech Republic after it adopted a resolution recognizing the deportation of Crimean Tatars by S...
- + Putin, In Annual Televised Show Of Control, Says Russia Nearing 'Primary Goal' In Ukraine War—President Vladimir Putin said Moscow is nearing its primary goal in the war against Ukraine and challenged the United States to a missile "duel" invol...
- + Last Holdouts Cling To Life In Ukrainian Frontline Town—The eastern Ukrainian town of Siversk has been bombed nearly flat by Russian artillery, but two residents of a badly damaged home are refusing to leav...
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