Archives for December, 2025

A screengrab shows according to the Israeli Army, Hamas Gaza chief Mohammed Sinwar, taken from a handout video, released December 17, 2023. Israeli Army/Handout via REUTERS

Hamas confirms deaths this year of armed wing spokesperson Abu Ubaida and Gaza chief Sinwar

Reuters

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Australian LNG deal marks latest step in Turkey's energy diversification push

Although Turkey does not have abundant oil and gas resources, Ankara wants to position itself as a regional gas hub linking Europe and Asia.

FILE PHOTO: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (centre), Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides (left) and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis hold a joint press conference after a trilateral meeting at the Citadel of David Hotel in Jerusalem, 22 December 2025. ABIR SULTAN/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Greece, Israel and Cyprus to step up joint exercises in eastern Mediterranean

Reuters

A wooden stitched ship inspired by a fifth-century design set sail Monday

India's navy sails back to the future with historic voyage

Agence France-Presse

Guinea has huge deposits of bauxite, used for the production of aluminium

Emirates mining company challenges Guinea licence withdrawal

Agence France-Presse

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin walk to a joint news conference following their meeting at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, U.S., August 15, 2025. Sputnik/Gavriil Grigorov/Pool via REUTERS

Kremlin says Ukraine should withdraw troops from Donbas, and a Putin-Trump call expected soon

Reuters

The entrance of Iraq's parliament building ahead of the first session of the newly elected parliament, in Baghdad, Iraq December 29, 2025. REUTERS/Ahmed Saad

Iraq's newly elected parliament holds first session

Reuters

Prominent British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah, who was released from prison after Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi issued a presidential pardon for him, gestures as family and friends gather at home in Giza, Egypt, September 23, 2025. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Egyptian-British activist Abd el-Fattah apologises for past social media posts

Reuters

Alaa Abdel Fattah only got back to the UK a few days ago after years detention in Egypt

UK orders urgent review after Egyptian activist's violent posts spark uproar

Agence France-Presse

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian attends a press conference in Beijing, China April 10, 2025. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang

China opposes recognition of Somaliland, affirms support for Somalia

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: Four people walk through the desert mass grave created under the Assad government near the town of Dhumair, Syria, February 27, 2025. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi/File Photo

Syria secures Assad-era mass grave revealed by Reuters and opens criminal investigation

Reuters

Police block a road leading to a site where Turkish police launched an operation on a house believed to contain suspected Islamic State militants, and where, according to state media, seven officers were wounded in a clash, in Yalova province, Turkey, December 29, 2025. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Seven Turkish police wounded in clash with Islamic State militants

Reuters

US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shook hands at the start of their joint press conference

Trump warns Hamas, Iran after Netanyahu talks

Agence France-Presse

People walk at the scene of a shooting incident at Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia, December 14, 2025. REUTERS/Kirsty Needham

Australia says Bondi review to check if terror attack could have been averted

Reuters

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks on next to U.S. President Donald Trump as Trump leaves Israel en route to Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, to attend a world leaders' summit on ending the Gaza war, amid a U.S.-brokered prisoner-hostage swap and ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, at Ben Gurion International Airport in Lod, Israel, October 13, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

Trump, Netanyahu to discuss next phase of Gaza plan

Reuters

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At Mar-a-Lago, Netanyahu seeks Iran strike approval while Trump presses Gaza plan

US President Donald Trump is expected to push Israel to enter the second phase of his Gaza peace plan, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will focus on securing Trump’s approval for a potential strike on Iran’s ballistic missile program.