1. US strikes drug boat loading facility in Venezuela, Trump says

  2. Israel defends Somaliland move as UN voices alarm over Gaza, military base

  3. Peace hopes dented as Russia says Ukraine tried to attack Putin residence

  4. Putin tells army to press on with campaign to take southern Ukrainian region

  1. Nepal's former rapper to run for PM in key vote after Gen Z protests

  2. Angola, Namibia agree to take back illegal migrants as UK tightens visa rules

  3. Italy arrests nine over alleged Hamas funding through charities

  4. Putin says Russia will achieve its Ukraine aims by force

  5. Zelenskiy to meet Trump in Florida for talks on Ukraine peace plan

  6. Russia lays groundwork for next Africa summit

  1. Israel becomes first country to formally recognise Somaliland as independent state

  2. Pope Leo, on Christmas Eve, says denying help to poor is rejecting God

  3. US signs health agreements with African nations, warns against nonperformance

  4. Gendered inequalities in Pakistan: Female labour force participation and wage disparities

  5. South Africans who say they were scammed into joining Russia's war in Ukraine dig trenches, dodge bullets

  6. US Epstein files release highlights Clinton