SUNDAY, 21 DECEMBER 2025, 01:37
Myanmar’s military is planning a general election this month, one critics call a sham that comes in the midst of a nearly five-year long civil war that’s left thousands dead and millions displaced.
The Kremlin has a new “Explanatory Dictionary of the State Language of the Russian Federation.” We look into some of the revised definitions of common words.
Pakistan’s most powerful military chief in decades faces the toughest test of his newly amassed powers as Washington pushes Islamabad to contribute troops to the Gaza stabilisation force, a move analysts say could spark domestic backlash.
This is the latest in a string of killings that have rocked the crime-ridden country in recent years.
A suspected gunman in Sydney’s Bondi Beach massacre was charged with 59 offenses including 15 charges of murder on Wednesday, as hundreds of mourners gathered to begin funerals for the victims.
The son of famed Hollywood director Rob Reiner was charged with two counts of first-degree murder over the brutal slaying of his parents.
The driver gets two penalty points but manages to clock the fastest lap of the session.
US President Donald Trump ordered a “blockade” of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela, in Washington’s latest move to increase pressure on Nicolas Maduro’s government, targeting its main source of income.
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday sharply expanded a travel ban by barring people from seven more countries.
Ex- Miss Universe contestant Sarah Dzafce has drawn backlash in East Asia and in her own country.
President Donald Trump says he is ordering a blockade of all “sanctioned oil tankers” into Venezuela, ramping up pressure on the country’s authoritarian leader Nicolás Maduro.
The BBC spoke to Jewish people at Bondi Beach about why the suburb is significant to their community.
NPR’s Scott Detrow talks with Francisco Monaldi, the director of the Latin American Energy Program at the Baker Institute at Rice University about the U.S.’s long interest in Venezuela’s oil industry.
People of all ages had been looking forward to celebrating — especially this year, as a ceasefire in Gaza has held since October and all but one of the hostages taken by Hamas-led militants have been returned.
Dr Mark Chavez, one of five people who pleaded guilty in the Friends star’s death, was sentenced to eight months of home detention.
In the interview, Wiles describes Donald Trump as having an “alcoholic’s personality” and JD Vance as having been a “conspiracy theorist” for a decade.
The move is seen as a further escalation of the Trump administration’s war on drugs in Latin America.
The US accuses Rwanda of backing the rebel advance in breach of a deal brokered by President Trump.
A storm has battered the Gaza Strip, creating misery for displaced Palestinians and delaying the search for the body of the last Israeli hostage held by militants there.
Sajid Akram had “limited” contact with his family in Hyderabad since moving to Australia 27 years ago, a police official said.
DTEK boss Maxim Timchenko says the intensity of Russian strikes is so frequent there is no time to recover.