Canberra has announced a four-year security package for Solomon Islands police, even as Beijing continues to cultivate its own ties with the Pacific nation.
Warsaw protested Budapest’s decision to shelter Marcin Romanowski, escalating a dispute already tied to legal and political tensions between the two governments.
The UN human rights office said the siege of el-Fasher has killed at least 782 civilians and wounded more than 1,143 since May, warning the violence could amount to war crimes.
AP reported that Washington removed the reward for Abu Mohammad al-Julani after his group helped oust Bashar al-Assad, reflecting a rapid shift in U.S. policy.
A Russian missile hit a two-story residential building in Kryvyi Rih overnight on Dec. 19, injuring six people including a child, with two survivors rescued from beneath the rubble and multiple vehicles damaged.
Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah says Libya will not accept foreign forces outside official agreements as reports circulate about Russian transfers from Syria.
Defence Secretary John Healey’s visit to Kyiv signaled a possible expansion of British training support, alongside a fresh package of weapons and aid for Ukraine’s war effort.
Israeli airstrikes hit ports, an oil facility and power stations in Yemen after a missile was fired toward Israel, with Houthi media reporting at least nine deaths.
The interim government said it is preparing a list of former regime figures accused of war crimes, torture and murder, according to a report in The Jerusalem Post.
Washington targeted the Sanaa central bank governor and associated companies as the Houthis continued missile, drone and shipping attacks linked to the Gaza war.
On December 19, 2024, Human Rights Watch accused Israel of deliberately depriving Gaza civilians of water and said the pattern could amount to extermination and acts of genocide.