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Yemen

Over 150 civilians killed in US strikes on Houthis, Pentagon says

A Pentagon review sent to Congress found three April 2025 airstrikes against Houthi positions — including one on Ras Isa port that killed 80 people — resulted in 153 civilian deaths and 243 injuries. The report determined condolence payments to victims were not appropriate, without explaining why.

Democratic Republic Of Congo

Congo’s Ebola outbreak on track to surpass deadliest in history

“At its current pace, it’s on track to eclipse the West African Ebola outbreak of 2014 to 2016,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters on Wednesday.

Iran

US military strike commercial ship trying to breach Iran blockade

According to the US Central Command, the Gambia-flagged cargo ship Lian Star ignored more than 20 warnings from US forces overnight as it tried to enter an Iranian port.

Iran

US military launches another strike on Iran as potential deal stalls

According to the US Central Command, its forces struck four Iranian one-way attack drones posing a threat around the Strait of Hormuz and a ground control station in Bandar Abbas 'that was about to launch a fifth drone'.

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Earth News

France has been bracing for extreme heat for years. Is it prepared?

France has quite literally been acting out the best way to cope during extreme temperatures. Now, it’s trapped under a heat dome.

Vatican

Pope Leo XIV warns of 'new forms of slavery' linked to AI

In his encyclical "Magnifica Humanitas," the pontiff warned against "a race for ever more powerful algorithms and larger datasets, driven by the desire to secure geopolitical or commercial dominance."

Iran

Trump says Iran war may last ‘four weeks or less’ as strikes escalate

Trump says the Iran war could last four weeks or less as US–Israeli forces continued their strikes in Iran while Tehran hits Gulf states, Israel and US targets.

Cyprus

UK military base in Cyprus targeted as Iran's retaliation widens

The suspected drone strike came shortly after Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the UK has agreed to let the US use its bases for attacks on Iran’s missiles and their launch sites.

World News

Iran classifies EU militaries as terrorist groups in a reciprocal move

Tehran is reacting to the latest EU decision with a symbolic counter-measure, thereby intensifying the political escalation between Iran and Europe.

World News

US ‘starting to talk to Cuba’, Donald Trump says moves to cut its oil

The US president did not offer any details about what level of outreach his administration has had with Cuba recently or when, but said, “We’re starting to talk to Cuba.”

World News

UN risks 'imminent financial collapse' by July, Antonio Guterres warns

Guterres' warning comes as US President Donald Trump's administration has, in recent months, reduced its funding to some UN agencies and has rejected or delayed some mandatory contributions.

Gaza

Israeli strikes kill at least 29 people in Gaza, hospital sources say

The strikes hit locations in northern and southern Gaza, including an apartment building and a police station in Gaza City and a tent in Khan Younis, officials at hospitals that received the bodies said.

Italy

UN calls for 52-day pause in all wars ahead of Winter Olympics

UN truce resolutions typically pass with broad majorities and received all 193 votes for the London Games in 2012. Yet signatories have repeatedly broken their own promises.

USA

Venezuela’s Machado presents Trump with her Nobel Peace Prize

Trump confirmed on social media that Machado had left the medal for him to keep, saying it was an honour to meet her.

China

Canada PM Mark Carney meets China's Xi Jinping in landmark visit

According to Carney, the relationship "will not only deepen our bilateral ties to the benefit of our peoples but will also—from our judgement—help improve the multilateral system—a system that, in recent years, has come under great strain."

World News

US accuses Russia of 'dangerous escalation' over Oreshnik launch

Speaking at an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, US Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations Tammy Bruce singled out Russia’s launch of a nuclear-capable Oreshnik ballistic missile last week, close to Ukraine’s border with Poland, a NATO ally.

Culture news

French legendary actress Brigitte Bardot dies aged 91

The funeral of Brigitte Bardot, who's died at the age of 91, will take place on Wednesday 7 January at the Notre-Dame of Assomption church in Saint- Tropez, her beloved city on the French Mediterranean coast.

Switzerland

Geneva talks on Ukraine under way as EU pushes back on US peace plan

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff are leading the United States delegation's meeting with Ukraine's senior government officials.

South Africa

Africa's first G20 summit adopts declaration despite US boycott

The summit, the first to be held in Africa, opened on Saturday with EU leaders and their counterparts from leading and emerging economies coming together as Washington's proposed peace plan for Ukraine loomed large on the sidelines.

Culture news

High seas drama: Poland's deadly 'Hevelius' shipwreck set for Netflix

'Hevelius' is a new Netflix series based on the story of Poland's worst maritime tragedy, when 56 people died in 1993. The highly anticipated Polish-made production has already been described as one of the 'most difficult and demanding cinematographic projects' to be staged in Poland's history.

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