Politics
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy traveled to Florida on Sunday to meet U.S. President Donald Trump to press for security guarantees, even as Russia struck targets in Kyiv.
U.S. forces struck suspected Islamic State positions in northwest Nigeria on Dec. 25, officials said, but local residents and analysts disputed that jihadists were present.
The UN Security Council called an emergency meeting in New York for Monday to discuss Israel’s recognition of Somaliland, which has drawn sharp criticism from regional and international actors.
Iranian President Massud Pezeshkian said Iran was facing a "comprehensive war" by the United States, Israel and European countries, which he called worse than the Iran–Iraq War.
Ukraine’s National Anti‑Corruption Bureau raided parliament in Kyiv and opened investigations into at least four lawmakers from President Zelenskyy’s party on bribery suspicions, saying investigators were obstructed.
Former President Jair Bolsonaro was temporarily released from prison to undergo surgery in Brasilia to treat chronic hiccups, his second medical intervention after a recent hernia operation.
Myanmar's military junta held tightly controlled elections Sunday that banned major opposition and excluded conflict zones, prompting condemnation from the UN and Western governments.
Former constitutional judge Di Fabio warned against blanket "Nazi" accusations against the AfD as the party's confrontational Bundestag conduct raised alarm, and an extremism researcher warned left-wing threats were downplayed.
Italian authorities, in a nationwide probe, arrested seven people and froze about €8 million, alleging charity networks covertly funneled donations to Hamas.
Kosovars voted in early parliamentary elections on Sunday after months of political deadlock that had prevented Albin Kurti’s Vetëvendosje from forming a government.
Saudi Arabia demanded that southern Yemeni separatists withdraw from seized positions or be "dealt with" after it conducted airstrikes on Friday, risking wider escalation.
