December 2025 - World News

Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday his country was "10 percent" away from a deal to end the war with Russia, but cautioned that the most important issues were unresolved and warned against rewarding Moscow.

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The United States (US) has decided to impose sanctions on Venezuela with an aim to isolate its oil sector, said the Trump administration in a release on Wednesday (local time). In an official release, it said the sanctions are aimed at four companies and their oil tankers, which are accused on transporting the Venezuelan oil. 

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Tuesday, December 30, 2025

The twists and turns of the US economy and the artificial-intelligence boom both played a role. But much of it could be traced to the White House.

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Ukraine said Tuesday there was no "plausible" evidence it launched a drone attack on one of Russian President Vladimir Putin's residences, accusing Moscow of peddling falsehoods to manipulate talks on ending the war.

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Monday, December 29, 2025

PTI founder and former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi on Monday filed separate appeals before the Islamabad High Court (IHC), challenging their conviction in the Toshakhana 2 case.

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Hamas's armed wing confirmed on Monday the death of its spokesperson, Abu Obeida, months after Israel announced he had been killed in an air strike in Gaza.

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Sunday, December 28, 2025

A man stabbed to death nine people, including five children, overnight in Suriname's capital Paramaribo, police said Sunday, adding the suspect was wounded and arrested.

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Saturday, December 27, 2025

Russia's Defence Ministry said its air defence systems had intercepted and destroyed 111 Ukrainian drones in three hours over six Russian regions, including eight over Moscow.

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Members of the Indian and Bangladeshi Hindu communities in London staged a protest outside the Bangladesh High Commission on Saturday against the killing of Hindus in Bangladesh.

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Friday, December 26, 2025

After two Indian students in Toronto were killed in a span of one week, Canadian journalist Daniel Bordman has highlighted concerns over a culture of "anti-India sentiment" rising in the country.

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Thursday, December 25, 2025

A Powerball ticket purchased outside Little Rock, Arkansas, won a $1.817 billion jackpot in Wednesday's Christmas Eve drawing, ending the lottery game's three-month stretch without a top-prize winner.

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Bangladesh's deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has launched a sharp attack on the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus, accusing it of unleashing severe repression on non-Muslims across the country. In a strongly worded Christmas message, Hasina said the group that "seized power illegally" was interfering with people's right to freely practise their faith. Hasina said the current dispensation was responsible for "unspeakable atrocities" and claimed violence against minority communities had intensified since her ouster in August last year. Referring to the recent killing of a Hindu man in Mymensingh, she said the regime had set "horrific precedents such as burning religious minorities to death," adding that she believed the people of Bangladesh would not tolerate this "dark time" for long.

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Wednesday, December 24, 2025

An explosion ripped through a mosque in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri and killed at least seven worshippers Wednesday, witnesses and security sources told AFP.

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The Justice Department said Wednesday that finishing the release of all of the Jeffrey Epstein files could take a "few more weeks," further delaying compliance with a Dec. 19 deadline set by Congress.

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On the eve of Christmas, President Donald Trump has unleashed a fresh blast of vitriol at late-night comedy talk shows, saying comedian Stephen Colbert is a "pathetic trainwreck" who should be "put to sleep."

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Tuesday, December 23, 2025

New archaeological excavations at the Tower of London have uncovered over 20 mediaeval burials, including possible plague victims and rare grave goods, offering new insights into the people and structures linked to the historic site.

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Monday, December 22, 2025

For Ubair, a high-achieving student who held All India Rank 2 in the NEET exam, the dream of a medical degree is currently being tested by political instability in Bangladesh.

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Russia is ready to confirm in a legal agreement that it has no intention of attacking either the European Union or the U.S.-led NATO military alliance, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said

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Sunday, December 21, 2025

The US Department of Justice has reinstated a photograph of President Donald Trump that was released in a batch of Jeffrey Epstein documents. Notably, the image was briefly removed from its website without public explanation a day after it was posted. The DOJ said the photo was reposted after confirming that it does not depict any of Epstein’s victims.

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Friday's partial release of the Epstein files has led to a new crush of criticism from Democrats who have accused the Republican administration of trying to hide information.

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Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff, Field Marshal Asim Munir, has asked the Taliban government in Afghanistan to choose between the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Pakistan, asserting that a majority of the terrorist groups operating across the border include Afghan nationals.

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Saturday, December 20, 2025

Ten individuals have been arrested in connection with the brutal murder of Dipu Chandra Das, a 25-year-old Hindu youth, in Mymensingh, Bangladesh. The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) apprehended seven suspects, while the police arrested three others.

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At least 16 files disappeared from the Justice Department's public webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein - including a photograph showing President Donald Trump - less than a day after they were posted

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Security has been beefed up at Indian diplomatic facilities in Bangladesh’s Sylhet city following unrest linked to the death of youth leader Sharif Osman Hadi, PTI reported officials as saying.

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Friday, December 19, 2025

Sharif Osman Hadi, the radical student leader and aspiring lawmaker whose killing has triggered a fresh wave of violence in Dhaka, had had a meteoric rise in Bangladesh after the ouster of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina last year.

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"President Trump is making serious efforts to end this conflict," said Putin.

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Thursday, December 18, 2025

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has declined Pakistan's request to immediately scrap the 18 per cent General Sales Tax (GST) on contraceptives, dealing a blow to the government's push to make birth control more affordable.

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Sharif Osman Hadi, opposition leader who sparked a violent protest against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Bangladesh last year, died on Thursday. Following his death, violence and arson spread across several cities in Bangladesh. Osman Hadi was shot and injured a few days ago. He died while undergoing treatment at Singapore General Hospital.

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Naveed Akram, the younger of the two shooters who killed 15 people on Sydney's Bondi Beach, took training at a shooting club in "firearms safety" and "how to hunt".

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Wednesday, December 17, 2025

The Trump administration intends to dismantle one of the world's leading climate research institutions over what it said on Tuesday were concerns of "climate alarmism," despite opposition to the plan.

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Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Elon Musk, the chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., was an "avowed" ketamine user, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles said, among a series of candid and occasionally critical remarks she made about President Donald Trump's inner circle.

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India's exports leapt in November in defiance of US President Donald Trump's steep tariffs, providing fresh leverage in ongoing trade talks with Washington and easing pressure on New Delhi to strike a quick deal.

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Monday, December 15, 2025

Ukrainian underwater drones struck and disabled a Russian Kilo-class attack submarine in the Russian navy's most important remaining Black Sea base, in the first operation of its kind, Ukrainian officials said on Monday.

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Donald Trump faced a storm of condemnation Monday after posting what critics described as "perverse" and "sick" remarks suggesting Rob Reiner and his wife were murdered because of the celebrated filmmaker's criticism of the US president.

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Bangladeshi journalist Anis Alamgir has been arrested by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in a case filed under the country's Anti-Terrorism law.

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Sunday, December 14, 2025

Police in Australia's Tasmania said on Sunday they would join a privately organised search for a Belgian woman who went missing in wilderness more than two years ago, after her mobile phone was discovered in the southern island state.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday said he is ready to drop Ukraine's bid to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) if the West provides firm security guarantees. However, he firmly rejected any proposal that involves Ukraine ceding territory to Russia, as he arrived in Berlin for high-level talks aimed at ending the war. Zelenskyy reached the German Chancellery ahead of discussions with US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner. The meetings are part of a broader diplomatic engagement involving Ukrainian, American and European officials seeking a pathway to peace.

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Saturday, December 13, 2025

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has tightened its rules on photographs used for immigration paperwork, introducing stricter limits aimed at reducing identity fraud.

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Three Americans were killed Saturday in Syria in an ambush attack by an Islamic State group member, US Central Command said.

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Friday, December 12, 2025

US President Donald Trump announced that Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to renew their ceasefire following a series of deadly border clashes that threatened to spiral into a wider conflict. He revealed the development through a social media post after holding separate calls with Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet. In his Truth Social post, Trump stated that Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim once again played a key role in pushing both nations to halt hostilities. "They have agreed to CEASE all shooting effective this evening, and go back to the original Peace Accord made with me, and them, with the help of the Great Prime Minister of Malaysia, Anwar Ibrahim. It is my honour to work with Anutin and Hun in resolving what could have evolved into a major War between two otherwise wonderful and prosperous Countries!" The US President wrote.

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For the first time since Partition, Sanskrit has quietly made its way back into classrooms in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

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Thursday, December 11, 2025

Time magazine named the "Architects of AI" as its Person of the Year on Thursday, highlighting the US tech titans whose work on cutting-edge artificial intelligence is transforming humanity.

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Wednesday, December 10, 2025

The Kremlin on Wednesday said US President Donald Trump's latest statements on Ukraine -- in which he said Moscow will win the war and that Kyiv will have to cede land -- align with Russia's view.

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Tuesday, December 9, 2025

Pakistan's Punjab Assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution to ban jailed former prime minister Imran Khan and his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party from politics for being what it described as "a tool of the enemy state".

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The sisters of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan held a protest outside Adiala Jail on Tuesday, voicing strong concerns over his health and safety in custody.

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Monday, December 8, 2025

Regions hit by floods that killed hundreds in Indonesia were suffering from food and medical shortages, authorities said, as elephants pitched in on Monday to help clear up debris.

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UK's former Prime Minister Boris Johnson celebrated his daughter Romy's birthday dressed as a pixie and performed the popular "Cha Cha Slide".

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Sunday, December 7, 2025

A water leak in late November damaged several hundred works in the Louvre's Egyptian department, the Paris museum told AFP on Sunday, weeks after a brazen jewel theft raised concerns over its infrastructure.

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Geopolitical conflicts, the growing influence of artificial intelligence (AI), and a rise in climate disasters like floods and cyclones - the year 2025 saw a lot of shifts globally, for good or bad.

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Saturday, December 6, 2025

US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Saturday (local time) justified the military strikes on boats linked to drug cartels in the Caribbean sea and said President Donald Trump has the authority to take actions 'as he sees fit' to protect the country. Hegseth made the remarks while speaking at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California. 

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A powerful, magnitude-7.0 earthquake struck in a remote area near the border between Alaska and the Canadian territory of Yukon on Saturday.

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A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 struck near the border between Alaska and the Canadian territory of Yukon early Sunday, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). Fortunately, as of 6:30 AM IST, no reports of injury or significant damage have been received.

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India's stricter pilot fatigue management rules hit IndiGo hard this week as it had failed to plan for changes in its rosters, throwing operations of the country's biggest airline into disarray and disrupting air travel across the country.

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Friday, December 5, 2025

Flavourful Assam black tea, Kashmiri saffron, a handcrafted silver horse, an ornate tea set and a Russian edition of the Bhagavad Gita are among the gifts Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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Thursday, December 4, 2025

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday picked his military secretary, a general with no background in intelligence, as the next head of the country's foreign intelligence agency Mossad.

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Meta Platforms Inc.'s Mark Zuckerberg is expected to meaningfully cut resources for building the so-called metaverse, an effort that he once framed as the future of the company and the reason for changing its name from Facebook Inc.

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Wednesday, December 3, 2025

Belgium on Wednesday rejected a plan to use frozen Russian assets to help prop up Ukraine's economy and war effort over the next two years, saying that the scheme poses major financial and legal risks.

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Tuesday, December 2, 2025

A group of US senators who have tried repeatedly to rein in President Trump's aggression against Venezuela said they would file a new resolution to force a congressional vote on the issue if the administration carries out a strike within the country.

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An Afghan man accused of shooting two members of the National Guard near the White House, killing one, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to murder charges, US media said.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Russia is 'ready' for war if Europe chooses escalation, accusing European allies of sabotaging US-led efforts to end the nearly four-year-old war in Ukraine. He claimed European leaders are no longer prioritising negotiations and are instead backing continued hostilities in Ukraine.

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Monday, December 1, 2025

The sons of Pakistan's jailed former prime minister Imran Khan fear authorities are concealing "something irreversible" about his condition after more than three weeks with no evidence that he is still alive, one of them said.

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