U.S. to ‘continue surging’ Ukraine aid ahead of Trump taking office
The package includes $1.25 billion in presidential drawdown authority, which allows the military to pull existing stock from its shelves and gets weapons to the battlefield faster.
Gisèle Pelicot’s ex-husband won’t appeal sentence for orchestrating mass rapes
Dominique Pelicot’s lawyer says he wants to spare Gisèle Pelicot the painful ordeal of another trial.
Liam Payne: 5 charged in connection to One Direction star’s death
The judge also charged three other people with manslaughter, including a businessman who was with Payne in Argentina and two managers of the hotel.
Chess grandmaster returns to play after dispute over jeans resolved
International Chess Federation president said in a statement that he’d let World Blitz Championship tournament officials consider allowing ‘appropriate jeans’ with a jacket.
Taliban to close all NGOs employing women in Afghanistan
In a letter published on X Sunday night, the Economy Ministry warned that failure to comply with the latest order would lead to NGOs losing their license to operate in Afghanistan.
Trump stirs pot as he appears to support letting Shark Tank star spearhead Canada merger
President-elect Donald Trump took to his social media site to stir speculation that he intends to merge Canada with the United States. In a post on Truth Social, Trump reshared a screenshot of a report that Shark Tank co-host and Canadian Kevin O’Leary — not Prime Minister Justin Trudeau or any other Canadian leaders —…
More than 70 killed in Ethiopia road accident
The death toll from a road accident in southern Ethiopia has risen to at least 71 after a vehicle carrying a wedding party veered into a river, a local official said. The truck careered into the water at around 5:30 pm local time (1430 GMT) on Sunday some 300 kilometers (180 miles) south of the…
‘Trump isn’t joking’: Latest Truth Social posts reportedly ‘delight’ Kremlin insiders
President-elect Donald Trump’s social media ravings about seizing Greenland and the Panama Canal have left Russian propagandists “delighted,” according to a new report from The Daily Beast’s Julia Davis. Davis, who regularly monitors and translates Russian state television news broadcast, brings word that Kremlin insiders see Trump’s belligerence toward American allies as a positive sign…
Taliban leader bans windows overlooking women’s areas
The Taliban’s supreme leader has issued an order banning the construction of windows in residential buildings that overlook areas used by Afghan women and saying that existing ones should be blocked. According to a statement released late Saturday by the Taliban government spokesman, new buildings should not have windows through which it is possible to…