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12/21/2025

The U.S. Coast Guard on Sunday was pursuing another sanctioned oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea as the Trump administration appeared to be intensifying its targeting of such vessels connected to the Venezuelan government.

12/19/2025

Iran has said it did not halt missile production after the last war and claimed that its missiles successfully penetrated Israeli air defence systems and struck their intended targets.

12/19/2025

Egypt is doing all it can to prevent further escalation between Lebanon and Israel amid tension between the two neighbors over the disarmament process of the militant Hezbollah group, the country’s prime minister said Fr...

12/19/2025

A UN report released on Thursday said that the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) had killed at least 1,000 civilians during a three-day attack on the Zamzam refugee camp in Sudan's Darfur region last April.

12/19/2025

Honduras' National Electoral Council on Thursday began a long-delayed manual count of about 15% of the votes cast in last month's presidential election, a laborious task that could end up overturning the conservative can...

12/19/2025

The San Juan River offers a way to deliver the promised volume of water to the United States, but the prolonged drought is forcing the countries to reform their agricultural models to comply with the bilateral agreement...

12/19/2025

The Treasury Department notes that the boss of the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel manages the group’s operations from prison and even forged an alliance with the Gulf Cartel while behind bars.

12/19/2025

On November 5, the Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority issued an official license to Russia’s state-owned nuclear corporation, Rosatom, to begin construction of the country’s Paks‑2 nuclear power plant (NPP) project.

12/19/2025

The Danish government has accused Russia of being behind two “destructive and disruptive” cyber-attacks in what it describes as “very clear evidence” of a hybrid war.

12/19/2025

Angry protesters stormed the offices of Bangladesh’s two leading newspapers late Thursday after the death of a prominent activist in last year’s political uprising in Bangladesh. The crowds set fire to the buildings of t...

12/19/2025

Singapore's position as an air cargo hub makes it a critical transit point in the illegal rhino horn trade from South Africa to Southeast Asia.

12/18/2025

Argentina's main union federation led a massive demonstration on Thursday against a government labor reform bill that seeks, among other measures, to put limits on the right to strike and modify employee working hours an...

12/18/2025

Three governments that were central to South Sudan’s peace process urged leaders on Thursday to end renewed fighting and focus on implementing the peace agreement that ended a deadly conflict, warning against a return to...

12/18/2025

Israel carried out a series of airstrikes on southern and northeastern Lebanon on Thursday as a deadline looms to disarm the militant Hezbollah group along the countries’ tense frontier.

12/18/2025

Reinforcements from the Central African Armed Forces (FACA) have been deployed in the Vakaga region with the support of the UN peacekeeping mission MINUSCA to help secure the elections.

12/18/2025

The rebel movement M23 has announced its exit from the strategically important city of Uvira in eastern DRC. This reportedly comes at the request of American mediators in the conflict between the M23 and the armed forces...

12/18/2025

Brazil's Senate approved on Wednesday a bill to shorten the 27-year prison sentence of former President Jair Bolsonaro, although it is likely to face resistance from the Supreme Court and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Si...

12/18/2025

The United States and Mexico have agreed to step-up intelligence sharing on the growing use of unmanned aerial vehicles by transnational criminal organizations. The goal is to prevent or respond effectively to possible c...

12/18/2025

In a mission supported by units from a new fleet of armored military vehicles, a large detachment of Mexican Army and National Guard personnel is providing security to the avocado industry in and around Uruapan, the muni...

12/17/2025

Speaking for the Radio-Television of Serbia on Tuesday evening, President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić announced that no Serbian official would represent Serbia at the EU-Western Balkans Summit, which is taking place today...

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