Did Russian air defence down the Azerbaijani plane in Kazakhstan?
Holes and pockmarks on the plane, an arrest and history are all prompting suspicion of Russia.
Italy says working to free journalist under arrest in Iran for over a week
Cecilia Sala, 29, who works for Il Foglio and Chora Media, was arrested in Tehran on December 19, authorities said.
Italy says working to free journalist under arrest in Iran for over a week
Cecilia Sala, 29, who works for Il Foglio and Chora Media, was arrested in Tehran on December 19, authorities said.
Berlin, NJ Police Alerted About German Market Massacre Suspect: Report – Patch
- Berlin, NJ Police Alerted About German Market Massacre Suspect: Report Patch
- Anti-immigrant anger rises at scene of German market attack CNN
- Germany Tries to Untangle Complex Profile of Market Attack Suspect The New York Times
- German Christmas market ramming is the latest attack to use vehicles as deadly weapons The Associated Press
- German market attack: Europe's far right uses attack to tap into fears despite suspect's Islamophobic views NBC News
Israeli soldiers burn Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital, force hundreds to leave
Health officials say they have lost contact with staff at the northern Gaza hospital after Israel forced 350 people out.
New leaders in Damascus call for cordial Syria ties with a resistant Israel – NPR
- New leaders in Damascus call for cordial Syria ties with a resistant Israel NPR
- Damascus governor says new Syrian regime wants peace: ‘Our problem is not with Israel’ The Times of Israel
- 'We want peace': New Damascus gov. says Syria wants better relations with Israel The Jerusalem Post
- 'It seems they're deceiving West': Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar on Syria's HTS govt Firstpost
- When the new leader of Syria planned an attack on Israel Israel Hayom
Sudan: first aid convoy reaches besieged Khartoum area since start of civil war
Deliveries of vital food and medical supplies will help 200,000 families, say aid groups and local volunteers
An aid convoy has reached a besieged area of Khartoum for the first time since Sudan’s civil war broke out in April 2023, bringing food and medicines in a country where half of the people are at risk of starvation.
The 28 trucks arrived in southern Khartoum on 25 December, according to the World Food Programme (WFP), which provided 22 trucks loaded with 750 tonnes of food.
Continue reading...2024 was alarmingly hot all over the world – Axios
- 2024 was alarmingly hot all over the world Axios
- Human-caused climate change meant an average of 41 extra days of dangerous heat this year, scientists say CBS News
- Climate crisis exposed people to extra six weeks of dangerous heat in 2024 The Guardian
- When Risks Become Reality: Extreme Weather In 2024 World Weather Attribution
- What climate records were broken in 2024? Al Jazeera English
“No infrastructure left” in Palestinian Yarmouk camp
Middle East Analyst Haizam Amirah-Fernandez says rebuilding Syria’s Yarmouk camp will be challenging as “security still
“No infrastructure left” in Palestinian Yarmouk camp
Middle East Analyst Haizam Amirah-Fernandez says rebuilding Syria’s Yarmouk camp will be challenging as “security still
Russia’s security service says jailed American leaked biotechnology secrets
Eugene Spector, a US citizen born in Russia, has been sentenced to 15 years in a maximum security Russian penal colony.
‘Guayaquil Four’ boys missing in Ecuador pose challenge to president
Protests have erupted nationwide after disappearance of boys not seen since they were approached by soldiers
The disappearance of four boys in Ecuador after they came into contact with the armed forces is posing a severe challenge to President Daniel Noboa’s “war on drugs”.
The four – all black, aged between 11 and 15, and residents of Las Malvinas, a poor area in the country’s largest city, Guayaquil – were returning from a football game near their homes on 8 December when 16 air force soldiers approached them.
Continue reading...Will AI drive explosive economic growth or is it just hype?
Nations and companies around the world are weighing up AI's costs and benefits.
Will AI drive explosive economic growth or is it just hype?
Nations and companies around the world are weighing up AI's costs and benefits.
Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan suspend flights to Russia after plane crash – Financial Times
- Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan suspend flights to Russia after plane crash Financial Times
- Azerbaijan Airlines says doomed flight saw 'external and technical interference' before it crashed NBC News
- Azerbaijan Airlines plane experienced ‘external interference’ before crash The Guardian
- Black boxes of downed Azerbaijani jet recovered as questions mount over Russian involvement. Here’s what we know Yahoo! Voices
- Analysis: How Kremlin disinformation could hide the cause of the Azerbaijan Airlines crash CNN
China has a stealthy new warplane – Axios
- China has a stealthy new warplane Axios
- SEE IT: China stuns with maiden flight of sixth-generation aircraft Fox News
- China unveils new futuristic fighter jets in surprise flyby The Washington Post
- Akin To B-21 Raider’s Broad-Spectrum Stealth, China’s New 6th-Gen Stealth Fighters Bound To Rattle U.S. Military EurAsian Times
- China Revealed Two New Stealth Fighter Designs In One Momentous Day Forbes
Nigeria denies colluding with France to destabilise Niger
Nigeria says Niger's accusations are "baseless" and "false".
Authorities find 12 bodies in clandestine graves in northern Mexico
Skeletal remains discovered in Mexican border state of Chihuhua taken to lab for possible identification, officials say.
Nearly 70 killed after boat capsizes en route to Spain
The makeshift boat was carrying about 80 people when it capsized on December 19, Malian authorities said.
South Korea’s spy agency confirms an injured North Korean soldier in custody, Yonhap reports – Reuters
- South Korea's spy agency confirms an injured North Korean soldier in custody, Yonhap reports Reuters
- Injured North Korean soldier captured by Ukraine has died, says South Korea The Guardian
- Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,037 Al Jazeera English
- Ukraine updates: North Korean soldier captured in Kursk DW (English)
- Seoul confirms Ukrainian capture of wounded North Korean soldier in Kursk Oblast. Kyiv Independent