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A South Korean court sentenced a woman to four years in prison for blackmailing football star Son Heung-min by falsely claiming she was pregnant and extorting $200,000. Her partner, who threatened Son 15 times during the scheme,…

Thailand launched airstrikes on Cambodian military targets after a Cambodian attack killed one Thai soldier and injured eight. Thai forces evacuated civilians, and Prime Minister Anutin gave the army full authority to respond.…

A water leak at the Louvre Museum in Paris damaged around 400 rare books in the Egyptian antiquities library, according to museum officials. Deputy Director General Francis Steinbock said the leak came from aging pipes and affected one of…

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy continued its “Martyr Mohammad Nazeri” exercise with simultaneous launches of long-range ballistic and cruise missiles that struck targets in the Sea of Oman, according to IRGC statements. Missiles…

US President Donald Trump met at the White House with the family of National Guard soldier Andrew Wolfe, who was seriously injured in last week’s Washington, D.C. shooting. Trump said on his Truth Social account that Wolfe is still…

The New York Times says it will sue US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell, arguing that new press access rules introduced in October violate constitutional press freedoms. The lawsuit will be…

Prof. Dr. Fatma Deniz, a 42-year-old academic of Turkish origin, has been elected the new rector of the Technical University of Berlin, one of Germany’s top technical universities. She won the Extended Academic Senate vote with 42 ballots,…

A tram accident in Krakow, southern Poland, injured 35 people, including two seriously. The crash occurred when one tram struck another from behind on Bienczycka Street. The driver of one tram was trapped in the cabin and rescued…

Hong Kong Police Chief Chow Yat-ming said the death toll from the November 26 fire in the 31-story Wang Fuk Court complex has climbed to 159. Authorities have identified 140 victims, aged between 1 and 97, while 30 people remain missing.…

Malaysia will restart the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which vanished in 2014 with 239 people on board. The 55-day operation begins December 30 and will be carried out with ocean-mapping firm Ocean Infinity. The…