Politics
Russia launched heavy airstrikes on Kyiv as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky traveled to Florida to meet U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday.
The United States carried out large-scale airstrikes in northwestern Nigeria on Christmas targeting ISIS-linked jihadists, the Nigerian government said, while villagers and analysts disputed whether militants were present.
The UN Security Council called an emergency meeting in New York after Israel, the first country to recognize Somaliland, prompting several states to allege a breach of international law.
Ukraine’s anti‑corruption bureau said it opened bribery investigations into several Kyiv MPs after officers were blocked from searching parliamentary offices during raids.
Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro underwent surgery in Brasília to treat chronic hiccups after being briefly released from prison, where he is serving a 27-year sentence.
Myanmar’s military junta held the country’s first parliamentary elections since the 2021 coup, and staged a widely condemned vote that barred major opposition and excluded large conflict-affected areas.
Italian authorities arrested seven people suspected of financing Hamas and provisionally seized more than eight million euros in assets, alleging charity donations were diverted to the group.
Voters in Guinea and the Central African Republic went to the polls on Sunday, with junta leader Mamadi Doumbouya running and President Faustin-Archange Touadéra seeking a contested third term.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned that if European soldiers were deployed to Ukraine, Moscow would treat them as "legitimate targets," escalating threats amid ongoing Russian strikes.
President Massud Pezeshkian said the United States, Israel and European countries were waging a "comprehensive" war against Iran, which he said was worse than the Iran‑Iraq War.
Voters in Kosovo held early parliamentary elections after months of failed coalition talks that prevented Albin Kurti’s Self-Determination party from forming a government.
Saudi Arabia warned southern Yemeni separatists to withdraw or be "dealt with" after it launched surprise airstrikes, while the separatists said they would not abandon their objectives.
