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European commissioner says US military takeover of Greenland would be end of NATO

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Trump cancels second wave of attacks on Venezuela after cooperation

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Iran army chief threatens response to Trump and Netanyahu’s ‘threats’

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Trump says US will ‘come to their rescue’ if Iran kills protesters

Protesters and security forces clashed in several Iranian cities Thursday with six reported killed in the first deaths since the unrest escalated

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World begins to bid goodbye to 2025 with fireworks and icy plunges

Midnight arrived first on the islands closest to the International Date Line in the Pacific Ocean, including Kiritimati (Christmas Island), Tonga and New Zealand

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Russia will win in Ukraine, Putin says in New Year address

Putin’s traditional speech was first aired in the far-eastern Kamchatka peninsula – the first Russian region to enter 2026

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UAE says it is disappointed with Saudi Arabia’s statement on Yemen

Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday its national security was a red line and backed a call for UAE forces to leave Yemen within 24 hours, soon after a Saudi-led coalition carried out an airstrike on the southern Yemeni port of Mukalla

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Hamas confirms death of spokesman Abu Obeida, says he was killed by Israel in August

Israel previously announced it had killed Abu Obeida in a strike on Gaza on August 30

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Thailand and Cambodia agree to consolidate ceasefire in China talks

The Southeast Asian neighbours on Saturday ended weeks of fierce fighting that killed at least 101 people and displaced more than half a million with their second ceasefire since late October

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Bangladesh police say student leader’s killers fled to India

Hadi, a vocal India critic who took part in last year’s mass uprising, was shot by masked assailants in Dhaka earlier this month and later succumbed to his injuries at a hospital in Singapore

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OIC, 21 states reject Israel's recognition of Somaliland

This came in a joint statement by Pakistan, Jordan, Egypt, Algeria, Comoros, Djibouti, Gambia, Iran, Iraq Kuwait, Libya, Maldives, Nigeria, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Turkiye, Yemen and the OIC

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Taiwan rattled by 7.0 magnitude quake, no major damage reported

The quake with a depth of 73 km (45 miles) was felt across Taiwan and shook buildings in the capital Taipei, the administration said, assigning it an intensity-four category meaning there could be minor damage

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Tajikistan says 5 killed in armed clash on border with Afghanistan

Citing a statement by the Border Troops of the Tajik State Committee for National Security, state news agency Khovar reported that three people crossed into the country late on Tuesday in the Shamsiddin Shohin district of the country’s southwestern Khatlon region, and were later located on Wednesday

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14 injured in Japan after stabbing, liquid spray attack

“Fourteen people are subject to transportation by emergency services,” Tomoharu Sugiyama, a firefighting department official in the city of Mishima in the Shizuoka region, told AFP

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Bangladesh political heavyweight Tarique Rahman to end exile

Rahman, 60, an aspiring prime minister who has lived in London since he fled Bangladesh in 2008 over what he called a politically motivated persecution, is due to arrive in Dhaka on Thursday

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Bangladesh summons Indian envoy as protest erupts in New Delhi

The garment worker was accused of blasphemy and lynched on December 18 as anti-India sentiment rises in the neighbouring majority Muslim nation. Seven suspects have been arrested over the killing

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Thai border clashes displace over half a million in Cambodia

The renewed fighting between the Southeast Asian neighbours this month, including with tanks, drones and artillery, has killed at least 22 people in Thailand and 19 in Cambodia, according to officials

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Bangladesh holds state funeral for slain youth leader amid tight security

Sharif Osman Hadi, 32, a key figure in last year’s student-led uprising that toppled longtime Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, was shot in the head by masked assailants in Dhaka last week while launching his campaign for an election due in February