Bulgarian govt resigns after anti-graft protests

Bulgaria’s prime minister announced yesterday that his government was resigning after less than a year in office following a series of anti-corruption protests.
11 December 2025

Trump launches gold card programme for expedited visas with a $1 million price tag

The website Trumpcard.gov, complete with an "apply now" button, allows interested applicants to pay
11 December 2025

Fighting rages at Cambodia-Thailand border ahead of expected Trump call

At least 15 people, including Thai soldiers and Cambodian civilians, have been killed in the reignited border conflict, officials say
11 December 2025

Nobel laureate Machado arrives in Oslo, hours after award ceremony

Machado dedicated honour in part to US President Donald Trump
11 December 2025

US seizes sanctioned oil tanker off coast of Venezuela, Trump says

Signals new effort to go after Venezuela's main revenue source
11 December 2025

Mexico approves measure raising tariffs on Chinese imports

Changing tariffs will also affect South Korea, India, Indonesia, Russia, Thailand, Turkey, Taiwan and Brazil
11 December 2025

US plans to order foreign tourists to disclose social media histories

The administration of US President Donald Trump plans to order visa-exempt foreign tourists to disclose their social media histories from the last five years before entering the country, according to an official notice.
10 December 2025

Vietnam tightens media restrictions

Vietnam’s parliament yesterday approved legislation that will compel journalists to disclose sources under certain circumstances and ban the online dissemination of “anti-state” information, sparking criticism from press freedom advocates.
10 December 2025

Pakistan ruling party, PTI trade fresh barbs

War of words between members of the Pakistan’s ruling PML-N and the PTI continued yesterday, with Coordinator to the Prime Minister on Information for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Affairs Ikhtiar Wali Khan saying that “things have reached a point of no return”, while PTI chairman Barrister Gohar Ali stressed that “better sense should prevail”.
10 December 2025

500,000 flee to shelters

Half a million evacuees in Cambodia and Thailand were sheltering in pagodas, schools and other safe havens yesterday after fleeing fresh fighting in a century-old border dispute in which US President Donald Trump has vowed to again intercede.
10 December 2025

Israeli forces arrest over 100 Palestinians

Israeli forces carried out a wave of raids across several parts of the occupied West Bank yesterday morning, arresting more than 100 Palestinians.
10 December 2025

UN human rights office in 'survival mode' amid major funding cuts

OHCHR has $90 million less in funding than it needed this year, which resulted in 300 jobs cuts, directly impacting the office's work
10 December 2025

Machado will be in Oslo for Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel institute says

Machado, 58, is due to receive the award at a ceremony at Oslo City Hall
10 December 2025

Trump says he will 'make a phone call' on Cambodia-Thailand clashes

"Tomorrow, I have to make a phone call, and I think they'll get it," he continued.
10 December 2025

Britain sanctions Russian, Chinese entities over disinfo, cyber threats

Among those sanctioned is Russian media outlet Rybar
10 December 2025

Trump admin confirms probe of possible Covid vaccine deaths

US government has initiated a major overhaul of vaccine policy
10 December 2025

Nepal faces economic fallout of September protest

With three months to go before elections on March 5, Nepal faces daunting challenges including rising unemployment and collapsing foreign investment.
10 December 2025

Over half a million evacuated in Cambodia, Thailand during border clashes

This week's clashes are the deadliest since five days of fighting in July that killed dozens
10 December 2025

Trump supporters say prices too high, but president has cure

Several told AFP they are worried about high prices but stopped short of blaming the 79-year-old billionaire
10 December 2025

Huge rotating structure in cosmos detected

Scientists have observed the largest-known rotating structure in the cosmos - a gargantuan thread-like assemblage of hundreds of galaxies, gas and dark matter that makes up a filament in the macrostructure of the universe called the cosmic web.
9 December 2025