According to Denis Gonchar, the EU's actions could lead to huge financial losses, damage to the investment climate, and capital flight from Belgium and the EU

The only way for Zelensky to remain in power is to continue the war, Russian military expert Vitaly Kiselev emphasized

Vladimir Zharikhin noted it would hardly be possible to recognize elections as legitimate in the current situation

Vitaly Kiselev pointed out that Ukrainian barrier detachments operating within the zone of the special military operation are unable to stem the tide of desertion

«Ukraine has simply been sold out,» Mikhail Kavelashvili said

Sous la Très Haute Présidence de Son Excellence Brice Clotaire OLIGUI NGUEMA, Président de la République, Chef de l'État, Chef du Gouvernement, le Conseil des Ministres s'est réuni ce jeudi 18 décembre 2025, à 11 h 00, dans la salle habituelle des délibérations, au Palais de la Présidence de la République. Ouvrant les travaux, le Conseil a pris acte, avec une attention soutenue, des rappels du Président de la République relatifs à l'achèvement de la Transition, désormais engagée (...) - CONSEIL DES MINISTRES

Russian President Vladimir Putin has criticized NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte for claiming that a Western war with Russia is looming Read Full Article at RT.com

Australia is moving toward a national gun buyback after a deadly shooting at a Sydney beach prompted a push for tougher firearms laws Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has held talks with African counterparts in Egypt Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian President Vladimir Putin has spoken about his belief in God and faith in divine protection for Russia Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said any attempt to blockade Kaliningrad would trigger a large-scale armed conflict Read Full Article at RT.com

A man has been taken into police custody after allegedly chopping his mother, brother and cousin to death in Rocky Point, Clarendon, on Thursday night. The incident occurred in a section of the community called Frazersfield. The deceased have...

Coco's Coffee Shop has been told it cannot trade on Sundays because locals in Fareham, Hampshire, want one day a week 'free of odours'.

The police are investigating an incident near Tampines MRT after a man was found injured at around 5.55pm on Friday (Dec 19). In response to AsiaOne's queries, the police said they received several calls for assistance in the vicinity of Tampines MRT station. «Upon police's arrival, officers found an injured man and attended to his injuries together with Singapore Civil Defence Force paramedics,» added the police. The man was later conveyed conscious to hospital. Although it is currently not known what caused the man's injuries, The Straits Times reported an eyewitness as saying that the injured man had blood stains on the side of his body. According to the eyewitness, the injured man left a trail of blood as he walked from the MRT station towards a traffic light near Tampines Mall. Other eyewitnesses from U-Taste eatery told the national broadsheet that there was an argument in the tentage area opposite the establishment — located at Block 513, Tampines Central 1. They believe the man's injuries were caused by knife wounds. Police investigations are ongoing.

Tamil Nadu's draft electoral roll after the SIR has 5.43 crore voters. The SIR exercise removed over 97 lakh names. The exercise, opposed by chief minister MK Stalin, aimed to ensure accuracy but drew criticism for potentially deleting legitimate voters. Similar revisions are under way in West Bengal, which lakhs of voters were deleted.

Gujarat has removed nearly 74 lakh names from its electoral rolls, reducing the total voter count from 5.08 crore to 4.34 crore. This extensive clean-up, part of the Special Intensive Revision exercise, targeted deceased, absent, and duplicate voters. The updated draft rolls are now public, with a deadline of January 18 for objections and claims.

LIVEBLOG: Follow the latest developments as Vladimir Putin insists he is 'ready and willing' to discuss peace in Ukraine at his annual end of year press conference.

The Electoral Commission has taken the rare step of rebuking the government after 63 local authorities were invited to postpone contests from May.

Archie and Lilibet are shown helping their father push a trolley of food made to feed the poor in California on Thanksgiving this year - but again their faces are hidden.

Yoko Matsuda, 37, and her husband Masanari Matsuda, 36, died after becoming trapped inside a room at Sauna Tiger, located in the city's Akasaka district.

A Tower Transit bus captain who was seen on dashcam footage stopping his bus amid moving traffic to flash his middle fingers at another motorist has been suspended from duties. The incident occurred along Anson Road at about 5.11pm on Dec 9. In a video posted by Stomp on Facebook, the bus captain of service 106 was seen stopping his vehicle while the traffic lights were green and holding up both middle fingers as a car drove by. The car driver, identified as Stomper K, was heard swearing in the video. Stomp reported the male driver as saying that the incident happened as he was trying to switch to the leftmost lane, to form up to turn into Gopeng Street. The driver, presumably avoiding the bus lane which was in operation based on the timestamp in the video, had stopped briefly across two lanes as there were two other cars ahead of him. A bus is then seen moving past the man's car, before stopping just before the intersection. At this moment, the traffic light was showing green. The bus captain was then seen carrying out the said deed. 

There are 24 states in the U.S. that have legalized the recreational use of marijuana.

In addition to clearing prison sentences, the president’s clemency actions have erased millions in restitution payments.

Police in the capital area arrested three individuals in an operation last night on suspicion of organised theft, which police believe targeted both members of the public and retail stores across the Reykjavík area. Unnar Már Ástþórsson, chief superintendent with the Metropolitan Police, described the course of events to mbl.is.

TEHRAN – The Islamic World Science Citation (ISC) Institute database has recognized 557 most-cited Iranian researchers in human sciences, social sciences, art, and architecture in the current Iranian year, which started in March 2025, indicating a 14 percent increase compared to 489 researchers in the previous year.

TEHRAN – In the first nine months of 2025, more than 1.7 million Afghan refugees have returned from Iran to Afghanistan, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported in a press release on October 27.

The Russian top diplomat emphasized the need to strictly adhere to the principles of work of the IAEA Secretariat

«This is smaller than the European Union countries taken together, but as regards cooperation measured between countries, Russia ranks first among the European countries,» the Russian leader said

Renowned Malawian preacher and humanitarian Prophet Shepherd Bushiri has capped the year with two prestigious continental accolades, reaffirming his growing influence in philanthropy and social empowerment across Africa. Bushiri was on Wednesday honoured with the Best Philanthropist of the Year 2025 award at the glittering Zikomo Africa Awards ceremony held in Tanzania. Just days later, […] The post Bushiri Bags Top African Philanthropy Honours, Eyes Bringing Zikomo Africa Awards to Malawi appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.