A married couple died after being trapped in a fire at a private sauna in Tokyo, Japan, local authorities said. The blaze broke out at a sauna facility in the Akasaka area, where the victims were found unconscious and later died in hospital. Police said the emergency stop button was not functioning and the […]
European Union leaders agreed to provide Ukraine with €90 billion in joint loans for 2026–2027, opting not to use frozen Russian assets, after overnight talks in Brussels, Belgium. EU officials said the loan will be guaranteed by the EU budget, with Ukraine required to repay it only if compensation from Russia is secured. Hungarian Prime […]
The US military said it carried out strikes on two boats suspected of drug trafficking in the Eastern Pacific, killing five people. US Southern Command said the vessels were believed to be operating along a known smuggling route and were linked to groups it designates as terrorist organizations. The military said three people were killed […]
Democratic members of the US House Oversight Committee released 68 new photos from the Jeffrey Epstein case, increasing pressure on the Justice Department ahead of a document disclosure deadline. The images include prominent figures such as Microsoft founder Bill Gates, philosopher Noam Chomsky, and former Trump adviser Steve Bannon, and show meetings, travel, and […]
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said Ukraine can apply for NATO membership in principle, but some allies are blocking the unanimity required for accession. Speaking in Warsaw, Poland, Rutte named the United States, Hungary, and Slovakia as countries opposing Ukraine’s entry. He said NATO is instead discussing layered security guarantees to prevent future Russian […]
A private jet crashed while landing at Statesville Regional Airport in North Carolina, USA, bursting into flames, local authorities said. Iredell County Sheriff Grant Campbell confirmed there were fatalities, without giving details. The Federal Aviation Administration said the aircraft was a Cessna C550 and the crash occurred around 10:20 a.m. local time, adding that an […]
Tensions flared in Albania’s parliament after Deputy Prime Minister Belinda Balluku was reinstated despite corruption allegations. Opposition lawmakers lit flares and threw bottles during protests demanding a transparent process to lift her immunity. Parliament Speaker Niko Peleshi suspended the session as security intervened.
A court in Russian-annexed Donetsk sentenced British citizen Hayden Davies to 13 years in a high-security prison camp for fighting as a mercenary for Ukraine. Russian prosecutors said Davies was captured last year with a US-made assault rifle and admitted joining Ukraine’s International Legion after entering via Poland, earning $400–500 a month. In court footage […]
The Kremlin denied US media reports claiming Türkiye plans to return its S-400 air defense systems to Russia to rejoin the F-35 fighter jet program. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the issue was not discussed during the December 12 meeting between President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, adding it […]
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said at the EU Leaders Summit in Brussels, Belgium, that plans to finance Ukraine using frozen Russian assets are “dead,” claiming enough member states will block the decision. Orban opposed both the proposed compensation loan and EU budget borrowing, arguing that Hungary cannot support joint loans and that the EU […]