Kyrylo Budanov has led the Hur military intelligence, which has claimed a number of highly-effective strikes against Russia.

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) in the eastern state of Brandenburg is taking back its lawsuit against a domestic intelligence agency which had classified it as a suspected far-right extremist party six years ago, justice authorities said Friday. The announcement was made by the Potsdam Administrative Court.

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The former heavyweight champion was a passenger in the crash, which killed two of his team members on Monday.

Crash kills two men and injures British boxer Anthony Joshua in Nigeria.

The hospital that initially took in the majority of injured victims from a fire at a Swiss bar is no stranger to emergencies: In the heart of the Alps, it is used to treating winter sports enthusiasts who have accidents on the slopes. Eric Bonvin, general director of the regional hospital in Sion that took in several dozen injured people, said those with severe burns face months of treatment but expressed hope that their youth will speed their recovery. The injured were teenagers and young adu

Craig and Lindsay Foreman are accused of espionage in Iran, which their family says is "ludicrous".

The number of unauthorized entries into Germany has halved over the past two years, according to figures released by the border police on Thursday. The police recorded 62,526 illegal entries across Germany’s land, air and sea borders in 2025.

Ban could cut hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza off from essential care, Doctors Without Borders warns.

A shutdown of Aden airport was ordered by the transportation minister in the separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) that runs southern Yemen, a Saudi source told Reuters on Thursday. A shutdown of Aden airport was ordered by the transportation minister in the separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) that runs southern Yemen, a Saudi source told Reuters on Thursday.

Last week, Israel became the first country to recognize the independence of Somaliland, angering international powers who bemoaned the move at the United Nations Security Council. Somalia’s claim that Somaliland traded recognition from Israel in exchange for accepting Palestinians displaced from Gaza is false, Somaliland’s Foreign Ministry asserted on Thursday, denying rumors that the newly recognized state would accept Palestinians or become a hub for a military base.

The UN high commissioner for human rights, Volker Türk, on Wednesday slammed Israel's threat to ban the operations of numerous international aid agencies in Gaza Strip. The Israeli authorities have demanded that non-governmental organizations (NGO) go through a new registration process in order to continue their work after January 1, 2026, in the largely destroyed Gaza Strip.

Israel enacted a law disconnecting UNRWA facilities from utilities and services, while the UN agency warned the move violates international obligations. Israel passed new legislation to cut off electricity, water, and communications from UNRWA facilities, in a move the United Nations body has called “outrageous.

At least 41 young men in South Africa are dead as a result of getting their foreskins removed ... and the fatal circumcisions were performed as part of traditional initiation ceremonies.

Dec 29 () - Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly are lowering prices of their top-selling obesity drugs Wegovy and Mounjaro in China, according to the Danish ​drugmaker and Chinese drug suppliers. Novo did not give details on the new prices, ‌but media outlet Yicai reported earlier that list prices for the two highest dosages of Wegovy were cut by ‌48% to 987 yuan ($141) and 1,284 yuan per month respectively in some Chinese provinces.

POPOCATÉPETL VOLCANO, Mexico (AP) — In the predawn darkness, a team of scientists climbs the slope of Mexico's Popocatépetl volcano, one of the world’s most active and whose eruption could affect millions of people. For five years, the group from Mexico’s National Autonomous University has climbed the volcano with kilos of equipment, risked data loss due to bad weather or a volcanic explosion and used artificial intelligence to analyze the seismic data. Now, the team has created the first thre

France's three-time presidential candidate Marine Le Pen is to attend the funeral next week of 1950s and 1960s film star Brigitte Bardot, a member of her team said Tuesday.President Emmanuel Macron -- who on Sunday hailed Bardot as a "legend" -- would however not attend her funeral, a source in his office said.

Bear bile farming will be banned in the country starting Jan. 1, South Korea's Ministry of Climate, Energy, and Environment

In some regions, including on Tehran’s Jomhuri Street, protesters were recorded successfully pushing back authorities, forcing regime police to retreat. Islamic Republic regime authorities have begun cracking down on protests across Iran, with footage revealing tens of people being detained and tear gas being dispersed in the crowded streets.

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has accused Israel of violating international law and of ‘illegal aggression’.

Oszkár Nagyapáti climbed to the bottom of a sandy pit on his land on the Great Hungarian Plain and dug into the soil with his hand, looking for a sign of groundwater that in recent years has been in accelerating retreat. Nagyapáti has watched with distress as the region in southern Hungary, once an important site for agriculture, has become increasingly parched and dry. In a 2017 paper in European Countryside, a scientific journal, researchers cited “the combined effect of climatic changes, im

On most Monday nights, the sanctuary of All Saints Episcopal Church — with its vaulted ceilings, stone arches and stained-glass windows — seamlessly transforms into a space of quiet contemplation. It’s in this Gothic Revival church in Pasadena, California, that Betty Cole, a longtime Zen practitioner and “card-carrying Episcopalian,” leads a weekly interfaith group in seated and walking meditation. Christian, Jewish and other religious congregations across America have in recent years been int

The head of the Munich Security Conference (MSC) has defended a decision to allow lawmakers from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) to attend the high-profile security policy forum in 2026, after the party was excluded from recent editions. The MSC is a forum for dialogue which "traditionally aims to present as broad a spectrum of opinions as possible, including opposing views," Wolfgang Ischinger told Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper in comments published Monday.

China says the drills are a stern warning to pro-independence forces, but they look a lot like a practice run.

Italy is packed full of beautiful destinations that are popular with tourists, but this heavily trafficked spot in the country may be best avoided in 2026.

Shabana Mahmood is facing growing calls to revoke the citizenship of Alaa Abdel Fattah after the emergence of social media posts.

Russian forces are preparing to capture the capital of Zaporizhzhya, a southern Ukrainian region illegally annexed by Moscow and largely under Russian control, President Vladimir Putin said on Monday. Russian troops are already 15 kilometres south of the border of the regional capital, which is also called Zaporizhzhya, military officials reported at a meeting with Putin.

Reza Pahlavi backed protests spreading across Iran, calling on all segments of society and security forces to join demonstrators as strikes and rallies grow amid a deepening economic crisis. Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi backed the protests erupting throughout Iran on Monday with a message to his followers on social media.

Politicians from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) will be allowed to attend a high-profile forum for debating international security policy in 2026 after being excluded from recent editions, a conference spokesman said on Sunday. Invitations for the Munich Security Conference were recently sent to politicians from all parties represented in the German parliament, he told dpa, with the selection focussing on lawmakers serving on committees relevant to foreign and security policy.

In a response to the High Court, Defense Minister Katz accused Army Radio workers of presenting false claims amid legal challenges to the station’s closure. Defense Minister Israel Katz sharply criticized the Army Radio workers' union in his response to the High Court of Justice on Monday, accusing the organization of attempting to mislead the court through what he described as false affidavits.