TUESDAY, 30 DECEMBER 2025, 14:55
US President Donald Trump said on Monday it would be “smart” for Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to step down, as US naval forces pressed a blockade on the South American country’s oil wealth.
The Christmas homecoming of Jack Hibbert, who was shot in the head and shoulder, is a “miracle”, his family say.
Denmark has summoned the US ambassador after US President Donald Trump’s appointment of a special envoy to Greenland.
India’s rural jobs guarantee, a global model, faces controversy as a new law reshapes the original scheme.
People scrambled to safety as the ferry sank on the Mekong River, with a local woman and two children feared dead.
The BBC’s Analysis Editor Ros Atkins looks at what we know about the “active pursuit” of an oil tanker by the US Coast Guard off the coast of Venezuela.
The town of La Bañeza, which has a population of around 11,000, was badly affected by wildfires in the summer.
President Volodymyr Zelensky warned the attacks were an attempt by Moscow to block Ukraine’s access to maritime logistics.
El Salvador announced on Sunday prison sentences for hundreds of convicted gang members, with some of them receiving centuries-long terms.
The BBC’s diplomatic correspondent James Landale explains how Trump’s appoinment of a special envoy to Greenland has shaken diplomatic with Denmark.
International organisations not registered by 31 December face closure in Israel, but the Israeli government says aid delivery will not be affected.
The four boys were picked up by a military patrol and their bodies were later found mutilated and burned.
Former Israeli premier Naftali Bennett, widely regarded as a leading contender in next year’s legislative elections, called on Monday for the resignation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accusing his office of “treason” over alleged Qatari funding to his aides.
The BBC revisits one-year-old Siwar Ashour who was temporarily evacuated to Jordan for medical treatment during the Gaza war.
British singer Chris Rea, best known for the 1980s festive hit “Driving Home for Christmas”, has died.
Thomas M is accused of stealing solider silver and porcelain used for state banquets from France’s presidential palace.
The DOJ has released more files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. And, NPR finds a rise in the number of immigrants without legal status who aren’t showing up to immigration court.
The Trump administration continued its pressure campaign against Venezuela’s president over the weekend, enforcing a blockade of sanctioned oil tankers traveling to and from the country.
A local government in Japan voted Monday to restart the world’s largest nuclear power plant, which has been closed since 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.
New fighting has broken out along the Thailand-Cambodia border, hours before Southeast Asian foreign ministers are due to meet in Malaysia to find a resolution to the deadly conflict between the two neighbours.
The latest on the negotiations to end Russia’s war on Ukraine, as talks with representatives from Moscow, Kyiv and the Trump administration continue in Miami this week.