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Venezuela frees 99 prisoners detained in 2024 election protests, NGOs demand release of 900 others

As Venezuela continues to face international scrutiny, the Latin American nation said that it has conducted its largest prisoner release of 2025, claiming to have freed 99 people detained for taking part in the 2024 election protests Go to Source Read More

North Korea’s Kim stresses shared ‘blood, life & death’ in New Year message to Putin

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un highlighted on Saturday how his nation and Russia had shared “blood, life and death” in the Ukraine war, as he sent President Vladimir Putin new year’s greetings. Read More

West Asia peace talks 2025: Ceasefire attained, but tension looms over fragile truce

A ceasefire in Gaza brings temporary relief, but unresolved political issues leave West Asia teetering between calm and crisis as 2025 ends Go to Source Read More

Russia says Ukraine trying to ‘torpedo’ US-backed peace talks ahead of Trump-Zelenskyy Sunday meeting

Russia on Friday accused Ukraine of attempting to “sabotage” negotiations over a US proposal to halt its military offensive, claiming that the text Kyiv submitted this week was “radically different” from the version Moscow had Read More

‘More to come’: US signals expanded strikes on ISIS in Nigeria as Abuja talks of ‘joint ongoing ops’

The warning comes hours after US forces hit militant camps in northwest Nigeria, with Washington framing the action as part of a broader push to curb Islamic State violence and protect civilians Go to Source Read More

Israel becomes first country to recognise Somaliland as independent state

Israel has become the first country to officially recognise the Republic of Somaliland as an independent state, more than three decades after it broke away from Somalia Go to Source Read More

Stabbing and car-ramming in Northern Israel kill two, Palestinian attacker wounded

A Palestinian from the West Bank carried out a combined stabbing and car-ramming attack in northern Israel on Friday, killing a man and a woman before being shot and wounded by police, authorities said Go to Source Read More

Nigeria provided intelligence for US strikes on Islamic State militants, says foreign minister

Hours after US military carried out Christmas Day strikes on Islamic State militants in north-west Nigeria, Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar confirmed that Nigeria shared intelligence and approved the operations Go to Source Read More