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Yemen declares state of emergency as separatist conflict flares

NewsDecember 30, 2025

The leader of Yemen’s presidential council declared a state of emergency and cancelled a security pact with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Tuesday after Abu Dhabi-backed separatists seized swathe...

Australian police say Bondi Beach mass shooting suspects ‘acted alone’, were not part of terrorist cell

NewsDecember 30, 2025

A father and son accused of a mass shooting at Australia’s Bondi Beach “acted alone” and were not part of a wider terrorist cell, police said on Tuesday. Sajid Akram and his son Naveed allegedly...

China says to launch digital currency action plan

CryptoDecember 30, 2025

China will on January 1 launch an "action plan" for boosting management and operations of its digital currency, a deputy governor of the country's central bank said Monday."The future digital yuan wi...

Indian navy sails into history with wooden ship

NewsDecember 30, 2025

THE INSV Kaundinya, a wooden ship inspired by a fifth century design, lies anchored along the Arabian Sea coast in Porbandar, Gujarat.—AFP NEW DELHI: India’s navy boasts...

Netanyahu meets Trump in Florida for talks on Gaza, Iran

NewsDecember 29, 2025

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived at US President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence on Monday to hold crucial talks on Gaza and Iran. The US president will push the Israeli leader ...

Hamas confirms death of spokesman Abu Obeida, says he was killed by Israel in August

NewsDecember 29, 2025

Hamas’s armed wing confirmed on Monday the death of its spokesperson, Abu Obeida, months after Israel announced he had been killed in an air strike in Gaza. The Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades released ...

Bondi Beach attack hero says wanted to protect ‘innocent people’

NewsDecember 29, 2025

Bondi Beach shooting hero Ahmed al Ahmed recalled the moment he ran towards one of the attackers and wrestled the gun from him, saying in an interview published Monday with a US outlet he wanted to pr...

‘Shivering from cold and fear’ as winter rains batter Gaza

NewsDecember 29, 2025

KHAN YUNIS: It only took a matter of minutes after the heavy overnight rain first began to fall for Jamil al-Sharafi’s tent in southern Gaza to flood, drenching his food and leaving his blankets sop...

Man in Suriname stabs nine to death, including five children

HealthDecember 28, 2025

A man stabbed to death nine people, including five children, overnight in Suriname’s capital Paramaribo, police said Sunday, adding the suspect was wounded and arrested. The man appeared to be suffe...

Thais, Cambodians fear returning home despite border truce

NewsDecember 28, 2025

At a Thai university-turned-shelter for displaced people, Kanlaya Somjettana is reluctant to go home even after a truce halted weeks of border clashes with Cambodia, fearing the violence may not be ov...