Joint Syrian-US patrol comes under attack near Palmyra: State media
The gunman involved has been killed, with no information on motives as of yet.
Day: December 13, 2025
Chaos on flight over Spanish island as ‘woman goes into labour and 9 people arrested’
Spanish police were called to Majorca’s main airport to break up a fight between passengers and crew after a delay in getting in the air.
Belarusian leader pardons 123 prisoners including prominent opposition figures
Belarus on Saturday released 123 political prisoners, including protest leader Maria Kolesnikova and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski, in a US-brokered deal involving a partial lifting of Western sanctions, according to rights groups and sta…
Trump’s envoy to meet Zelensky, European leaders over US peace plan: WSJ
U.S. President Donald Trump’s Special Envoy Steve Witkoff will meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine and European leaders in Brussels over the weekend as discussions on Washington-proposed peace framework aimed at ending Russia’s war conti…
US withheld intelligence from Israel during Biden era: Reuters
US intelligence officials temporarily suspended sharing some key information with Israel during the Joe Biden administration over concerns about its conduct of the war in the Gaza Strip, six people familiar with the matter told Reuters news agency.
‘Responded well to treatment’: King Charles shares recovery update on cancer; calls progress a ‘personal blessing’
King Charles III shared encouraging news about his cancer treatment, revealing it’s progressing well and will be scaled back next year. He emphasized the importance of early detection, calling it a ‘personal blessing’ and a ‘significant moment’ in his …
UN chief visits Iraq to mark end of assistance mission set up after 2003 invasion
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has visited Iraq to mark the end of the political mission established in 2003 in the wake of the U.S.-led invasion and occupation as well as the fall of Saddam Hussein’s dictatorship.
How a scandal and a socialist MP broke the French state’s ties to the church
On 9 December 1905, France abolished Catholicism as the state religion after MPs voted to separate church and state, a move that redefined the relationship between the republic and religious worship and founded the principle of secularism seen in mode…
UN chief visits Iraq to mark end of assistance mission set up after 2003 invasion
United National Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was in Baghdad on Saturday to mark the end of the political mission set up in 2003 following the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq that toppled Saddam Hussein.
2 killed in Russia, Ukraine’s energy infrastructure targeted as peace talks press on
At least two people were killed in a drone attack in Russia’s southwestern Saratov region, and parts of Ukraine went without power following targeted assaults on energy infrastructure, local authorities said Saturday, as U.S.-led peace talks on ending …