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Croatian police officers look from the shore of Sava river near the site where a boat carrying migrants from Bosnia overturned in eastern Croatia, in Slavonski Brod, December 11, 2025

World / 11 December 2025

World in brief: December 11, 2025

11 December 2025

President Nicolas Maduro waves a flag during a rally marking the anniversary of the Battle of Santa Ines, which took place during Venezuela's 19th-century Federal War, in Caracas, Venezuela, December 10, 2025

Caribbean / 11 December 2025

Activists slam US act of international ‘piracy’ as Trump continues military threats

11 December 2025

Palestinians ride in a cart pulled by a vehicle through a flooded street after stormy weather in Gaza City, December 10, 2025

Palestine / 11 December 2025

Winter storms rip through Gaza as the Israelis continue to block aid deliveries

11 December 2025

Evacuees wait for registration as they take refuge at Chonkal in Oddar Meanchey province, Cambodia, December 11, 2025, after fleeing from home following fighting between Thailand and Cambodia over territorial claims

Southeast Asia / 11 December 2025

Thailand reports first civilian deaths in Cambodian border conflict

11 December 2025

A police officer negotiates with striking workers blocking the movement of trucks at the gate to warehouses of the Portuguese postal services company, in Lisbon, December 11, 2025

Portugal / 11 December 2025

Portugal hit by first general strike for 12 years

11 December 2025

Supporters of the party LIBRE, Liberty and Refoundation, protest the general election results in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, December 9, 2025

Honduras / 11 December 2025

Pro-government protests in Honduras as electoral body vows not to validate presidential poll result

11 December 2025

Luis Arce listens to questions during a press conference at the presidential palace in La Paz, Bolivia, August 21, 2025

Latin America / 11 December 2025

Former Bolivian President Arce arrested on corruption charges

11 December 2025

Congresspeople attend a session to consider a bill to alter the sentencing guidelines for crimes including leading a coup d'état, for which former President Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced, in Brasilia, Brazil, December 9, 2025

Round-up / 10 December 2025

World in brief: December 10, 2025

10 December 2025

Displaced Palestinian children walk through a tent camp after stormy weather in Gaza City, December 10, 2025

Middle East / 10 December 2025

Israel's Gaza aid restrictions cutting children off from protection and support services, Save the Children warns

10 December 2025

Two women walk across an overpass as Milad telecommunication tower and residential buildings are seen in a high air pollution in Tehran, Iran, December 7, 2025

Middle East / 10 December 2025

Codir calls on Britain’s trade unions to back oil workers’ demands for basic rights and better conditions

10 December 2025

Northeast Africa / 10 December 2025

Dozens killed in drone strike near Sudan’s largest oil processing facility

10 December 2025

M23 rebels escort government soldiers and police who surrendered to an undisclosed location in Goma, Democratic republic of the Congo, January 30, 2025

Central Africa / 10 December 2025

M23 rebels take control of another city in DR Congo's east despite peace deal

10 December 2025

A school girl uses her phone as she walks with a group of kids in Sydney, December 8, 2025

Big Tech / 10 December 2025

Australia bans social media for children under 16

10 December 2025

An wounded Thai soldier is carried to be transferred to a hospital, in Surin province, Thailand, December 10, 2025, following clashes between Thai and Cambodian soldiers

Southeast Asia / 10 December 2025

Thousands of displaced as Thailand and Cambodia conflict shows no signs of abating

10 December 2025

People react after seeing recently freed students of St. Mary's Catholic School in Papiri community, Nigeria, December 9, 2025

West Africa / 10 December 2025

Parents reunited with kidnapped children in Nigeria

10 December 2025

Vendors warm themselves around a fire on a cold morning in Lahore, Pakistan, December 9, 2025

World / 9 December 2025

World in brief: December 9, 2025

9 December 2025

Hamas militants and Egyptian workers accompanied by members of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) head to Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza City to search for the remains of deceased hostages, December 8, 2025

Middle East / 9 December 2025

Hamas says next Gaza ceasefire phase will be impossible without more pressure on Israel

9 December 2025

Children sit near tents in Srey Snam, Siem Reap province, after fleeing from their homes with their families at Cambodia's border with Thailand, December 9, 2025

Southeast Asia / 9 December 2025

Renewed border fighting between Cambodia and Thailand kills at least nine

9 December 2025

Women displaced from El-Fasher stand in line to receive food aid at the newly established El-Afadh camp in Al Dabbah, in Sudan's Northern State, November 16, 2025

Sudan / 9 December 2025

Sudan's air force bombing of towns and markets has killed hundreds, says new report

9 December 2025

US President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable on farm subsidies in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Monday, December 8, 2025

Caribbean / 9 December 2025

Trump claims survivors of US Caribbean attack were trying to right the vessel before second strike

9 December 2025

Tufts University student from Turkey, Rumeysa Ozturk, who was arrested by immigration agents while walking along a street in a Boston suburb, talks to reporters on arriving back in Boston, May 10, 2025

United States / 9 December 2025

US court orders Trump to restore student status of pro-Palestinian campaigner

9 December 2025

Farmers protest against President Donald Trump's pardon of Honduras' former President Juan Orlando Hernandez in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, December 4, 2025

Honduras / 9 December 2025

Honduras seeks arrest of ex-President Hernandez after Trump pardon

9 December 2025

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Senate Palace of the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, November 28, 2025

World / 8 December 2025

World in brief: December 8, 2025

8 December 2025

Offices of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, known as UNRWA, are seen in the Shuafat refugee camp in Jerusalem, January 27, 2025

World / 8 December 2025

UN Palestinian aid agency accuses Israel of 'forcibly' entering its Jerusalem compound

8 December 2025

In this photo released by Agence Kampuchea Press (AKP), Cambodian villagers, transported by motor cart and tractor, flee from their home in Preah Vihear province, Cambodia, December 8, 2025. Photo: AKP via AP

Southeast Europe / 8 December 2025

Thailand launches air attacks along Cambodian border

8 December 2025

US President Donald Trump talks to the media while walking the red carpet before the 48th Kennedy Center Honours, at the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, December 7, 2025

Eastern Europe / 8 December 2025

Trump says Zelensky ‘isn't ready’ to accept the US plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war

8 December 2025

A convoy of vehicles loaded with food and other aid is en route to Sweida on the international highway in rural Daraa province, Syria, July 20, 2025, heading to the city of Busra al-Sham

United Nations / 8 December 2025

UN aid co-ordination agency slashes funding appeal after lowest annual support in decades

8 December 2025

Soldiers ride in a military vehicle along a street amid an attempted coup in Cotonou Benin, December 6, 2025

West Africa / 8 December 2025

Benin's president condemns coup attempt

8 December 2025

Vehicles and trucks for export wait for transportation from a port in Yantai in eastern China's Shandong province on January 2, 2025

China / 8 December 2025

China's exports grow by 5.9 per cent, shipments to the US drop by 29 per cent

8 December 2025

Police officers carry the body of a person on a stretcher after a mass shooting at a bar near Pretoria, South Africa, December 6, 2025

Round-up / 7 December 2025

World in brief: December 7, 2025

7 December 2025

Palestinians walk on a street in Jabaliya, northern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025

Gaza / 7 December 2025

Netanyahu says next phase of Israel and Hamas ceasefire will begin soon

7 December 2025

Northeast Africa / 7 December 2025

UN warns of ‘massive’ humanitarian crisis in Sudan

7 December 2025

Us Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, December 2, 2025

Caribbean / 7 December 2025

US Defence Secretary Hegseth defends attacks on alleged cartel boats

7 December 2025

Benin's President Patrice Talon attends a meeting with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil, May 23, 2024

West Africa / 7 December 2025

Benin coup attempt ‘foiled,’ says interior minister

7 December 2025

Afghans prepare the body of a man killed during an overnight exchange of fire between Afghan and Pakistani forces along the border in Spin Boldak, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, December 6, 2025

Central Asia / 7 December 2025

Exchange of fire between Afghan and Pakistani forces kills 5

7 December 2025

Syrian interim president Ahmad al-Sharaa

Middle East / 7 December 2025

Syria's jihadist leader says Israel is fighting ‘ghosts’ after the Gaza war

7 December 2025

Passengers line up at an IndiGo Airlines ticket counter at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad, India, as several Indigo Airlines flights were either cancelled or delayed, Dececember 5, 2025

Round-up / 5 December 2025

World in brief: December 5, 2025

5 December 2025

Islamic Jihad and Hamas militants search for the remains of deceased hostages in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, December 3, 2025

Middle East / 5 December 2025

A single hostage remains in Gaza after identification of Thai worker's remains

5 December 2025

Southeast Europe / 5 December 2025

Amnesty International condemns ‘farcical trial’ against 24 humanitarian workers and demands all charges dropped

5 December 2025

M23 rebels escort government soldiers and police who surrendered to an undisclosed location in Goma, Democratic republic of the Congo, Jan. 30, 2025

Central Africa / 5 December 2025

Fighting between M23 rebels and DR Congo soldiers intensified despite Thursday's peace agreement

5 December 2025

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attends a joint news conference with Cyprus' President Nikos Christodoulides in Kyiv, Ukraine, December 4, 2025

Eastern Europe / 5 December 2025

Russian strike on Ukraine kills 12-year-old boy as peace talks continue

5 December 2025

New recruits of the German Army Bundeswehr attend a ceremony to take their oath in front of the North Rhine-Westphalia state parliament in Duesseldorf, Germany, on September 4, 2025

Western Europe / 5 December 2025

Students across Germany protest against government plans to increase the size of the military, and potentially reintroduce conscription

5 December 2025

Workers install lighting on an

Social Media / 5 December 2025

EU fines Elon Musk's X €120m for breaching digital regulations

5 December 2025

Landslide survivors look at the damages caused by the rain and landslides in Sarasavigama village in Kandy, Sri Lanka, December 1, 2025

Southeast Asia / 5 December 2025

Emergency crews race against time to find survivors from last week's floods and mudslides

5 December 2025

First Minister Michelle O'Neill speaking to the Press Association in the offices of Sinn Fein at the Parliament Buildings, Stormont, head of the British Irish council meeting in Cardiff on Friday. Picture date: Thursday December 4, 2025

Anti-militarism / 4 December 2025

Northern Ireland First Minister to confront Starmer over drive to war

4 December 2025

Men walk past a billboard with portraits of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, hours before the scheduled arrival of the latter in New Delhi, India, December 4, 2025

World / 4 December 2025

World in brief: December 4, 2025

4 December 2025

A view of an art installation of popular Palestinian leader prisoner held by Israel, Marwan Barghouti in his birthplace, the West Bank village of Kobar, north of Ramallah, November 27, 2025

Palestine / 4 December 2025

Global campaign launched to free jailed Palestinian leader Barghouti

4 December 2025

The Pentagon in Washington, August 27, 2023

Latin America / 4 December 2025

Family of Colombian man killed in US Caribbean attack files human rights case

4 December 2025

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte speaks during a media conference after a meeting of NATO foreign ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, December 3, 2025

Nato / 4 December 2025

European Nato members want war with Russia, not peace in Ukraine, says top Hungarian diplomat

4 December 2025

Turkish Deputy Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar gestures during a discussion on stage at the Gastech 2021 conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, September 21, 2021

Black Sea / 4 December 2025

Turkey's energy minister warns of threat to energy suppliers after tankers targeted

4 December 2025

US Border Patrol agents arrive at a Home Depot in Kenner, Louisiana, December 3, 2025

Human Rights / 4 December 2025

US federal agents launch massive immigration crackdown in New Orleans

4 December 2025

France's President Emmanuel Macron (right) and China's President Xi Jinping (left) walk during a state visit at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, December 4, 2025

Diplomacy / 4 December 2025

China and France pledge co-operation on global crises

4 December 2025

European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, right, attends a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the EU Council building in Brussels, November 25, 2019

World / 3 December 2025

World in brief: December 3, 2025

3 December 2025

Members of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) arrive at the site where Hamas militants are searching for the remains of hostages in Jabalia, northern Gaza Strip, December 1, 2025

Gaza / 3 December 2025

Israel to allow Palestinians to leave Gaza through a reopened border crossing, but not to return

3 December 2025

Sudanese soldiers from the Rapid Support Forces unit patrol during a rally for Dagalo, in Garawee town, north of Sudan, June 15, 2019

Sudan / 3 December 2025

Amnesty accuses Sudanese paramilitary group of war crimes in refugee camp assault

3 December 2025

A mother cries at the coffin of her son and soldier, Yukhym Agafontsev, 22, killed in a battle with the Russian troops, during a farewell ceremony in Kyiv, Ukraine, December 2, 2025

Russia-Ukraine / 3 December 2025

Kremlin welcomes ‘constructive’ talks with US on Ukraine

3 December 2025

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung gestures during a news conference to mark the first anniversary of the December 3 martial law crisis at the Blue House in Seoul, South Korea

East Asia / 3 December 2025

South Korean president considers an apology to North Korea over past leafletting and drone use

3 December 2025

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Washington, December 2, 2025

The Americas / 3 December 2025

Colombia's Petro warns any US attack on Latin America would be ‘declaration of war’

3 December 2025

People take part in a protest against Tunisian president Kais Saied's rule and demanding the release of political prisoners in Tunis, Tunisia, November 22, 2025

North Africa / 3 December 2025

Tunisian police detain leading human rights activist in crackdown

3 December 2025

Rescuers lead a sniffer dog during the search for flood victims in Batang Toru, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025

Round-up / 2 December 2025

World in brief: December 2, 2025

2 December 2025