1 min read
World News
1 min read
Venezuelan former opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia called for fresh presidential elections in Venezuela. The…
1 min read
1 min read
1 min read
1 min read
Latest News
1 min read
Venezuelan former opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia called for fresh presidential elections in Venezuela. The push comes around five months after US forces captured former President Nicolas Maduro.
1 min read
Prime Minister Peter Magyar and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced a deal that could free up over €16 billion in EU funds for Hungary. Now, Magyar’s new government needs to deliver.
1 min read
The recall comes a day after Putin warned Armenia against seeking EU membership and alluded to the "Ukrainian scenario." Armenia historically has strong ties with Russia but has pivoted toward the West in recent years.
Author Info
Editor Picks
1 min read
1 min read
1 min read
1 min read
1 min read
1 min read
Features and Events
1 min read
Venezuelan former opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia called for fresh presidential elections in Venezuela. The push comes around five months after US forces captured former President Nicolas Maduro.
1 min read
Prime Minister Peter Magyar and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced a deal that could free up over €16 billion in EU funds for Hungary. Now, Magyar’s new…
1 min read
The recall comes a day after Putin warned Armenia against seeking EU membership and alluded to the "Ukrainian scenario." Armenia historically has strong ties with Russia but has pivoted toward…
1 min read
Voting is underway in Malta’s parliamentary election. Opinion polls show Prime Minister Robert Abela on course for reelection in the shadow of the Middle East crisis.
1 min read
Three climbers fell to their deaths near a perilous pass on Mount McKinley in the US’s Denali National Park and Preserve. One mountaineer was rescued.
1 min read
Israel 20 December 2025
Israel 20 December 2025 gnada Tue, 12/23/2025 – 03:29 Israel Tue, 12/23/2025 – 12:00 20 December 2025 Israel’s military announced that it had captured a suspected Islamic State operative during a raid into a UN-patrolled buffer zone in southern Syria. The IDF seized several weapons and brought the militant back to Israel for interrogation.
1 min read
Lebanon 21 December 2025
Lebanon 21 December 2025 gnada Tue, 12/23/2025 – 03:28 Lebanon Tue, 12/23/2025 – 12:00 21 December 2025 Israel’s military said that it targeted two Hizbollah operatives, including a “terrorist who was involved in attempts to rehabilitate Hizbollah military infrastructure” in southern Lebanon.
1 min read
Israel 21 December 2025 #2
Israel 21 December 2025 #2 gnada Tue, 12/23/2025 – 03:27 Israel Tue, 12/23/2025 – 12:00 21 December 2025 Israel’s military said that it targeted two Hizbollah operatives, including a “terrorist who was involved in attempts to rehabilitate Hizbollah military infrastructure” in southern Lebanon.
1 min read
Israel 21 December 2025 #1
Israel 21 December 2025 #1 gnada Tue, 12/23/2025 – 03:26 Israel Tue, 12/23/2025 – 12:00 21 December 2025 The IDF chief of staff warned that Israel would strike “wherever required, on near and distant fronts alike”, adding: “At the centre of the longest and most complex war in Israel’s history stands the campaign against Iran. […]
1 min read
Washington 21 December 2025 #1
Washington 21 December 2025 #1 gnada Tue, 12/23/2025 – 03:25 Washington Tue, 12/23/2025 – 12:00 21 December 2025 The U.S. special envoy to Iraq welcomed “reported steps by Iraqi armed groups toward disarmament”, but stressed: “Statements of intent alone are not sufficient. Disarmament must be comprehensive, irreversible and implemented through a clear and binding national […]
Nine of our best climate stories from 2025
At Climate Home News, we found this year a pretty depressing one to cover, shaped as it was by Donald Trump’s attacks on climate science and action at home and abroad – and rounded off by the UN declaring global warming will break through the key 1.5C limit the world set itself in 2015. But […]
6 mins read
60 years ago, the world tried to outlaw racial discrimination. Global action is still needed
This month marks 60 years since the UN General Assembly adopted the International Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD), one of the first foundational international human rights treaties. The way the story is often told is that Western countries gifted human rights to the world and are the sole guardians of it. It may come as a surprise for some, then, […]
5 mins read
Myanmar: Repressive tactics intensify before junta-imposed elections
Preparations for this weekend’s first round of junta-imposed elections in Myanmar have resulted in unlawful attacks that may amount to war crimes as well as a drastic increase in arbitrary detentions and further crackdowns on freedom of expression, Amnesty International said today. The military’s passage in July of the Law on the Protection of Multiparty […]
2 mins read
Azerbaijan Intensifies Crackdown on Political Opposition
Click to expand Image Head of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan Ali Karimli (C) and his supporters hold an unauthorized rally to demand the right to freedom of assembly, in Baku, Azerbaijan, October 19, 2019. © 2019 Aziz Karimov/Reuters Azerbaijani authorities have intensified their long-running crackdown on the opposition Azerbaijan Popular Front Party, building […]
1 min read
Trump unveils new class of warship named after himself
The president said the new "Trump class" Navy vessels will be the largest in the history of the US. Trump wants to boost American shipbuilding as China expands its maritime fleet.