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The livestream appeared for at least eight minutes late on December 18, on whitehouse.gov/live, where the White House usually streams live video of the President speaking

Sharif Osman Hadi emerged as a prominent student activist, leading movements against government oppression in Bangladesh until his tragic death in 2025

Suspect was very likely to have jumped from a building fearing arrest, the mayor said

Russian President Vladimir Putin declared that Russian forces have fully seized strategic initiative and would make more gains by the year's end

The U.S. President also said there would be additional seizures of oil tankers near Venezuelan waters, according to the interview

The scenes evoked memories of April 2024, when record rains caused widespread flooding and forced the cancellation of more than 2,000 flights at Dubais major international air hub

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has filed a criminal complaint in Sweden against the Nobel Foundation, opposing the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado. Assange claims the award amounts to a gross misappropriation of funds under Swedish law and alleges the prize money could facilitate war crimes. He has sought to freeze 11 million Swedish kronor, calling the prize an instrument of war.

The government said it strongly and unequivocally condemns all acts of violence, intimidation, arson, and destruction of property

Vladimir Putin will also take questions from foreign media, not considered friendly by Moscow, Kremlin said

Across the country, students, political activists, and members of the public stage marches, blockades and demonstrations, demanding justice for Sharif Osman Hadi

Mark Carney confirmed to Provincial leaders that Dominic LeBlanc will be the countrys point person for U.S.-Canada trade relations

Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said Japans nuclear policy had not changed, but declined to comment on the remarks or to say whether the person would remain in government

Ahmed al Ahmed hid behind parked cars before charging at one of the gunmen from behind, seizing his weapon and knocking him to the ground at the Bondi Beach shooting

Kristi Noem said in a post on the social platform X that at Mr. Trump's direction she is ordering the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services to pause the programme

Violent protests erupted across parts of Bangladesh following the death of youth leader Sharif Osman Hadi, a key figure in the movement that ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Hadi was shot by masked attackers in Dhaka and later died while undergoing treatment in Singapore. Authorities have launched an investigation as the chief adviser urged calm and announced a one-day state mourning.

Julian Assange cited Maria Corina Machado's backing of U.S. President Donald Trump's months-long campaign against Venezuela's leftist President Nicolas Maduro

Brazilian law requires lawmakers who miss at least one-third of deliberative sessions in a year to lose their seat

After scrambling around for a solution, EU leaders settled on coming up with a loan for the next two years backed by the bloc's common budget

Dhaka erupted with the news of the demise of Sharif Osman Hadi with thousands of his followers gathering at the capitals central neighbourhoods chanting slogans

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has appointed Christian Turner as the new Ambassador to the United States

The buyback would be similar to gun reforms introduced soon after the massacre in 1996 in Tasmanias Port Arthur after a lone gunman killed 35 people

Sharif Osman Hadi, and his outfit Inquilab Mancha, had emerged as key figures in the July-August 2024 uprising in the country that had eventually led to the ouster of Sheikh Hasina

Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus vows to bring those involved in this brutal murder to justice quickly; urges for peace

The switch would move marijuana away from its current classification as a Schedule I drug, alongside heroin and LSD

The North Carolina State Highway Patrol said the plane had just taken off when it turned back to land before crashing

CEO Shou Zi Chew said that ByteDance and TikTok have signed binding agreements with the three investors

As of October 2025, more than five lakh migrants have been deported from the U.S. since January. In this mass deportation scheme, Mr. Trump has also escalated third-country deportations, a step that was rarely used in the past.

A group of people, believed to be part of the protesters, attacked Bangla newspaper Prothom Alos office at the capital's Karwan Bazar, near the Shahbagh intersection.

Oversight Democrats will continue to release photographs and documents from the Epstein estate to provide transparency for the American people, said California Representative Robert Garcia, top Democrat on the Oversight Committee

The panel says New Delhi could end up losing the strategic space in Dhaka without necessary recalibration

Thailand has conducted more airstrikes on Cambodia, targeting a warehouse storing rockets

In recent months the RSF has been accused of launching drone attacks on vast areas controlled by the army, targeting civilian infrastructure and causing power cuts affecting millions.

Ukraine has been stepping up nightly drone raids deep inside Russian territory, targeting energy infrastructure that Moscow relies on to fund its offensive

Ousted PM K.P. Sharma Oli secured 1,663 votes against his opponent Ishwor Pokharel, who received 584 votes, according to party sources

We hope relevant parties will refrain from making subjective speculation and malicious hype, says Chinese Ministry

The arms sale announced on Thursday (December 18, 2025), which still needs U.S. Congressional approval, would be the second since Mr. Trump returned to office in January, after a $330 million sale of parts in November

The Lebanese government has said that the army should have cleared all the border area south of the Litani river from Hezbollah's armed presence by the end of the year

U.S. Southern Command stated on social media that the vessel was operated by narco-terrorists along a known trafficking route

15 people were killed after a father-son duo launched a gun attack on the occasion of a Jewish festival being celebrated at the Bondi Beach on December 14

The Akrams largely kept to themselves and they werent approachable like other foreigners, said Angelica Ytang, a night desk manager

Ecuador is expected to have its most violent year on record with more than 9,000 homicides, according to the Ecuadorian Observatory of Organized Crime

The talks come after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hailed progress during two days of meetings in Berlin between Kyiv and Trumps envoys, while warning that Moscow was preparing for a new year of war

Unfortunately for these creatures, some people perceive rhino horns as status symbols with which to display wealth and success; the result is a multi-hundred-million-dollar global black market driven by high demand and high prices

Why is the border between the two countries contested? How did the U.S. broker a ceasefire?

While almost all Western reporters had fled Baghdad in the days before the U.S.-led attack, Arnett stayed; as missiles began raining on the city, he broadcast a live account by cellphone from his hotel room

Mr. Albanese said the government will seek to introduce legislation that makes it easier to charge people promoting hate speech and violence, as well as increased penalties

The bill, sponsored by right-wing firebrand Marjorie Taylor Greene, was approved by 216 votes to 211 and now heads to the Senate, where its fate is less certain