Venezuela’s Maduro holds out olive branch to US, suggests serious talks
MADRID, Jan 2 (Reuters) – Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has extended an olive branch to U.S. President Donald Trump, proposing serious talks on combating drug trafficking and offering U.S. companies ready access to Venezuelan oil. Maduro said Venezuela was a … Read More
Finland seizes ship sailing from Russia after suspected undersea cable sabotage
Finnish authorities seized a vessel on Wednesday, suspected of sabotaging an undersea telecommunications cable in the Baltic Sea. Finnish police seized on Wednesday a ship sailing from Russia suspected of sabotaging an undersea telecoms cable running from Helsinki to Estoniaacross … Read More
Iran faces widest unrest since 2022: What we know so far
Protests in Iran erupted due to persistent hyperinflation, leading to shop closures and clashes with security forces. Students and multiple cities joined, demanding economic stability. Merchants across Iran shuttered stores and people demonstrated in multiple cities on what is now … Read More
Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani sworn in on Quran as NYC’s 112th mayor
He’s painting the town red. A triumphant Zohran Mamdani took the oath of office to become the Big Apple’s mayor just moments into the New Year — kicking off an uncharted era with a proud socialist at the helm of … Read More
Trump says US hit Venezuela drug boat loading facility
The attack marks the first known land operation in Venezuela since the US started what it says is a campaign against drugs cartels in the region. The US carried out a strike at a docking area allegedly used for Venezuelan … Read More
Yemen airstrikes show national security is red line that Saudi Arabia won’t let UAE cross -analysis
The Houthis targeted Riyadh for years until Saudi Arabia was able to secure a kind of ceasefire in Yemen and also reconcile with Iran over the last few years. Saudi Arabia has decided to put down some redlines in Yemen. … Read More
Meeting PM, Trump warns of ‘hell to pay’ if Hamas doesn’t disarm in ‘very short’ time
US president insists he and Netanyahu are almost completely aligned despite gaps on Syria, Turkey, West Bank; also says he’d back IDF strike if Iran advances its missile and nuclear programs US President Donald Trump on Monday threatened Hamas with … Read More
Trump’s Mar-a-Lago meeting with Zelensky ends without agreement on how peace in Ukraine should look
President Volodymyr Zelensky met with U.S. President Donald Trump in Florida on Dec. 28, as the two leaders discussed the latest peace efforts to end Russia’s nearly four-year full-scale war in Ukraine. The meeting began at around 2 p.m. EST … Read More
China announces major military drills around Taiwan
China has announced that it is sending military units to conduct major drills around Taiwan. The People’s Liberation Army Eastern Theater Command, which is in charge of the East China Sea, said on Monday it is dispatching Army, Navy, Air … Read More
Cambodia and Thailand agree to resume exchanges after meeting with China
Ceasefire deal was ‘hard won and must not be allowed to stall’, top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi says Cambodia and Thailand have agreed to consolidate their ceasefire and restore exchanges after trilateral talks held in China. The three sides had … Read More
Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – December 26, 2025
Greetings from Tyler, All the women we love to hate are in trouble. Ilhan Omar, Fanni Willis, Letitia James. Who named these women? We keep hearing allegations of fraud in Minnesota. How much of our money did they steal? Trump says go home, … Read More
Nigeria says it shared intelligence to support US strikes on ISIS
Trump warned terrorists there would be ‘hell to pay’ if slaughter of Christians continued in Nigeria Nigeria said it shared intelligence with the U.S. ahead of Christmas night airstrikes on ISIS targets in the country. The Nigerian Ministry of Foreign … Read More
North Korea reveals new images of its first ‘nuclear-powered’ submarine
Seoul, South Korea — North Korea on Thursday released new images of what it claims is its first nuclear-powered submarine, a massive vessel equal in size to some of the United States Navy’s attack subs. The pictures released by state media … Read More
Libya’s military chief, 7 others killed in plane crash in Turkey
A private jet carrying Libya’s military chief, four other officers, and three crew members crashed on Tuesday after takeoff from Turkey’s capital, Ankara, killing everyone on board. Libyan officials said the cause of the crash was a technical malfunction on the … Read More
Somalia holds first local elections in decades, amid tight security
More than 10,000 security personnel have been deployed in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, ahead of Thursday’s local elections – the first direct polls in nearly 60 years. Somalia launched voter registration in April for the first time in decades, as the country … Read More







