For the second time, Donald Trump will be inaugurated Monday as president of the United States. Ninety Palestinians held in Israeli prisons are freed after the release of three Israeli captives held in Gaza under a ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel. TikTok flickered back to life in the U.S. after being taken temporarily offline.
Read MoreTwo senior Iranian justices have been killed in a shooting attack in the Supreme Court in the capital Tehran. The Trump administration is to begin mass raids against migrants the day after his inauguration
Read MoreIsrael is preparing for the return of the hostages from Gaza with the expectation that many are likely to have severe, life-threatening complications after more than a year in captivity in Gaza. TikTok is set to be removed from app stores on Sunday, when a new U.S. law goes into effect
Read MoreBenjamin Netanyahu said Friday a deal to return hostages held in the Gaza Strip has been reached. U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron discussing the possibility of sending British and French soldiers to Ukraine as peacekeeping forces.
Read MoreIsrael and Hamas have agreed to a deal that will pause fighting in Gaza after 467 days at war and lead to the phased release of hostages and Palestinian prisoners. A panel of journalists and experts, gathered at Hong Kong’s iconic Foreign Correspondents’ Club on Wednesday, painted a bleak picture of what lies ahead in 2025 - especially when it comes to kickstarting the slowing Chinese economy.
Read MoreSouthern California remained under a severe fire threat as residents struggled to comprehend the scale of the loss. As the temperature in Moldova dips below freezing, the breakaway Transnistria region’s 360,000 residents are using plug-in electric heaters and wood stoves to keep warm
Read MoreFirefighters are in a critical stage of their almost week-long battle against deadly Los Angeles blazes. EU shipyards are repairing Russian ice-class tankers and offering them dry dock facilities, enabling Moscow to continue moving gas despite western sanctions
Read MoreA day after making some progress containing fires, firefighters across Los Angeles County were bracing for another round of powerful winds that could threaten new communities and hamper efforts to contain the firestorm. Philippine economic growth is expected to accelerate this year & in 2025
Read MoreLos Angeles was on edge in Day 5 of an unprecedented fire siege that has already damaged or destroyed more than 10,000 structures and killed at least 13 people. German authorities have said an oil tanker stuck in its waters belongs to Russia's "shadow fleet", which Berlin says is used to avoid sanctions
Read MoreAn unprecedented four-day fire siege that damaged or destroyed 9,000 structures and killed at least 10 people shows signs of finally easing Friday as winds lessened and firefighters began to contain the infernos. The US announced unprecedented sanctions on Russia’s energy industry on Friday in its latest effort to squeeze the revenue that the Kremlin needs to bankroll its war machine in Ukraine.
Read MoreFirefighters are battling to control a series of major fires in Los Angeles that have killed five people, and forced over 180,000 people to flee their homes. U.S. warns that North Korea is benefiting from its troops fighting alongside Russia against Ukraine.
Read MoreItalian journalist Cecilia Sala, who was held by Tehran police for almost three weeks for her "journalistic activities," has been released and is headed home. Fierce winds were propelling multiple out-of-control wildfires across Southern California on Wednesday that destroyed homes and businesses, covered cities and highways in smoke, whipped up storms of embers and turned the skies red
Read MoreA wildfire whipped up by extreme winds swept through a Los Angeles hillside dotted with celebrity residences Tuesday, burning homes in Pacific Palisades and prompting evacuation orders for tens of thousands.
Read MoreCanadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau resigns as leader of the ruling Liberal Party, bringing his time leading the country to a tumultuous end.
Read MoreChina appears to be taking a page out of Russia’s playbook by signing growing numbers of visiting Taiwanese people up for local resident or even identity cards. Ukraine has launched a fresh offensive in Russia's Kursk region, the Russian defence ministry says. Jubilation broke out on the streets of Vietnamese cities and villages as the country celebrated its win over arch rival Thailand in the ASEAN Championships football match.
Read MoreAnn Telnaes, a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist for The Washington Post, said she was resigning after the newspaper rejected a cartoon depicting owner Jeff Bezos genuflecting toward a statue of Donald Trump
Read MoreThe Palestinian Authority says it will temporarily bar Al Jazeera from operating in its areas. Experienced pilot questions safety design of runway where Boeing 737-800 crashed
Read MoreThe Army veteran who drove a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year’s revelers in New Orleans acted alone, the FBI said. The cut-off of Russian gas supplies to Moldova's breakaway Transdniestria region has forced the closure of all industrial companies except food producers
Read MoreA U.S. Army veteran driving a pickup truck wrought carnage on New Orleans’ New Year’s celebration, killing 15 people. Gaza's population has fallen by about 6% since the start of Israel's war on the enclave. Drug cartels are now Mexico’s 5th-largest employer.
Read More2025 began with jubilation in Syria, a 20km marathon in Hanoi and with a march for peaceful change in Bangladesh. In Singapore, they rang in the New Year with fireworks, drone shows and even a K-pop mass dance event.
Read More
