Fez was caught up in a wave of protests against the government over deteriorating living conditions
Trump says he will speak to Thailand and Cambodia as fighting erupts months after US-brokered truce
Truce signed in October summit in Trump’s presence collapsed on 8 December after the two sides blamed each other for renewed clashes
Zelensky counters Trump criticism with offer of quick elections
Zelenskyy says Ukraine could hold elections within 60–90 days if the US and Europe provide security, responding to Trump’s criticism over the paused vote. Trump is pressuring Kyiv to accept a peace plan seen as favouring Russia, but Zelenskyy refuses …
Venezuela opposition leader Machado to miss Nobel Peace Prize ceremony
María Corina Machado, in hiding in Venezuela since August, will not attend Wednesday’s Nobel ceremony. Her daughter will accept the prize instead.
The Challenges to Europe’s Security Go Beyond Trump’s Lack of Support
Europeans find themselves stranded between hostile powers, Russia and the United States, with key decisions looming over the future of Ukraine.
Oklahoma man allegedly holds up liquor store with ‘old timey musket’
Local police say Dyllon Redfern, 24, brandished a derringer from the 19th century after being asked for his IDThe single-shot, percussion-style pistols known as derringers have almost certainly not been used in violent crimes since the 19th-century old…
Canada’s border agency says it protects staff who face work-related threats
The CBSA was responding to an officer who said the agency abandoned him amid an Indian disinformation campaign.
Australia’s under-16 ban sets a tough challenge for social media platforms
Australia now requires social media platforms to verify users’ ages, but without requesting official ID, pushing companies to use alternatives such as specialist firms like K-ID, bank-account checks, AI-based selfie analysis using tools like Yoti, or …
Feeling burned out? There’s a word for that in Mandarin Chinese
How an obscure term used in anthropology leaped from the pages of academia into the Chinese meme world and then became part of Chinese government policymaking.
Afghan CIA fighters, like National Guard attack suspect, face stark reality in U.S.
The fighters led by the CIA found themselves spiraling into despair because of what they saw as bureaucratic neglect and abandonment by the U.S. government. Among their ranks was Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the man charged with killing one National Guard soldier and seriously injuring a second after opening fire on them in Washington, D.C. on Thanksgiving Eve.