US needs Greenland ‘for national security’

President Donald Trump on Monday reiterated that the United States needed Greenland for “national security” after his appointment of a special envoy to the Danish Arctic island triggered a new spat with Copenhagen.
23 December 2025

Thailand-Cambodia border talks in doubt

Thailand yesterday rejected a request by Cambodia to hold bilateral talks in a neutral country, leaving a planned meeting to negotiate an end to deadly border clashes in doubt.
23 December 2025

Greta Thunberg arrested in London

London police yesterday arrested Swedish activist Greta Thunberg at a demonstration in support of pro-Palestinian hunger strikers, Palestinian activist groups said.
23 December 2025

Junta using ‘brutal violence’ to force people to vote: UN

The UN said yesterday Myanmar’s junta was using violence and intimidation to force people to vote in upcoming military-controlled elections, while armed opposition groups were using similar tactics to keep people away.
23 December 2025

5 Pakistani cops killed in ‘gun, bomb’ attack

Five Pakistani police personnel were killed yesterday when their van was ambushed in a bombing and shooting attack in the country’s northwest, provincial police said, as Pakistan struggles with a resurgence of militant violence.
23 December 2025

Russian air strikes cut power across Ukraine

Russia hammered Ukraine with missiles and drones in a new air attack yesterday, authorities said, killing at least three people including a child and triggering emergency power cuts across the country as Ukrainians gear up to celebrate Christmas.
23 December 2025

China implies US hypocrisy over nuke disarmament

China yesterday urged the United States to fulfil its nuclear disarmament responsibilities after a draft Pentagon report said China was likely to have loaded more than 100 intercontinental ballistic missiles in sites near the Mongolian border and showed no desire for arms control talks.
23 December 2025

Germany deports man to Syria for first time since 2011

Germany deported a man to Syria for the first time since the civil war broke out in that country in 2011, the interior ministry in Berlin said yesterday.
23 December 2025

Myanmar nationals caught with 10 drones in Bangkok: police

Four Myanmar nationals caught in Bangkok yesterday with 10 heavy-lift cargo drones they allegedly planned to smuggle home will be deported to Myanmar, Thai police said.
23 December 2025

US needs Greenland ‘for national security’

President Donald Trump on Monday reiterated that the United States needed Greenland for “national security” after his appointment of a special envoy to the Danish Arctic island triggered a new spat with Copenhagen.
23 December 2025

Israel vows to remain in Gaza

Defence Minister Israel Katz yesterday vowed Israel will remain in Gaza and pledged to establish outposts in the north of the Palestinian territory, according to a video of a speech published by Israeli media.
23 December 2025

New York Times reporter sues Google, xAI, OpenAI over chatbot training

Accused the AI companies of pirating books and feeding them into LLMs
23 December 2025

Trump says would be 'smart' for Venezuela's Maduro to step down

Venezuela's key ally Moscow, however, expressed its "full support" for Maduro's government, as Washington has dialed up military operations and threats against Caracas
23 December 2025

Amazon says blocked 1,800 North Koreans from applying for jobs

The North Koreans typically use 'laptop farms'-- a computer in the United States operated remotely from outside the country, mazon's Chief Security Officer Stephen Schmidt says
23 December 2025

Five killed after Mexican Navy plane crashes off US coast

Eight people were traveling aboard the aircraft
23 December 2025

Cambodia asks Thailand to move border talks to Malaysia

The two countries set to negotiate truce terms after two weeks of deadly border clashes
23 December 2025

Trump announces new US warship class named after himself

Two of the Trump-class ships will be built initially, but that number could grow substantially
23 December 2025

Ex-junta prisoner runs for Suu Kyi's seat in Myanmar election

Myanmar parliamentary candidate Kyaw Kyaw Htwe was once jailed by the junta for pro-democracy activism
23 December 2025

Nigerian govt frees 130 kidnapped school kids

Nigerian authorities have secured the release of 130 kidnapped schoolchildren taken by gunmen from a Catholic school in November, a presidential spokesman said Sunday, after 100 were freed earlier this month.
22 December 2025