Residents of Australia’s Northern Territory are cleaning up and restoring services after Tropical Cyclone Fina swept through the region on Saturday night, bringing damaging winds, heavy rain, and power outages. The cyclone, which strengthened to a Category 3 storm, caused property damage but, remarkably, resulted in no injuries. Cyclone Path and Impact Cyclone Fina lingered

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Senior officials from Ukraine, the United States, the European Union (EU), and the United Kingdom have convened in Geneva to negotiate a potential path toward ending the ongoing conflict with Russia, now in its fourth year. The talks focus on a 28-point plan proposed by Washington, which has drawn both criticism and cautious attention from

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United States President Donald Trump intensified his criticism of Democratic lawmakers who recently released a video urging members of the US military to refuse illegal orders, describing them as “traitors” and suggesting they should be jailed for sedition. The controversy follows a 90-second video posted on Tuesday by Senator Elissa Slotkin, a former CIA officer,

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Voters in Republika Srpska, the Serb-majority political entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, headed to the polls on Saturday in a snap presidential election following the ousting of separatist leader Milorad Dodik. Dodik was removed from office in August after defying the rulings of Bosnia’s international peace envoy, Christian Schmidt, and was banned from political activity

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In a shocking development in Yemen, the Houthi-controlled Specialized Criminal Court in Sanaa has sentenced 17 individuals to death by firing squad for allegedly spying for Israel and Western countries. The sentences, announced on Saturday, also include two additional prison terms and one acquittal, bringing the total number of defendants in the case to 20.

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Hezbollah has confirmed that its senior military commander, Haytham Ali Tabatabai, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Lebanon’s capital, Beirut. The strike, which targeted an apartment block in the southern suburb of Dahiyeh, claimed at least five lives and wounded 28 others, further intensifying tensions in the region. Hezbollah Confirms Death of “Great Commander”

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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa declared the Group of 20 (G20) summit in Johannesburg a success, emphasizing that the shared goals of member nations outweigh their differences. The summit concluded with a strong declaration on multilateral cooperation, even as tensions lingered with the United States, which boycotted the event. G20 Summit Declaration: A Commitment to

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Guinea-Bissau, one of West Africa’s most politically volatile nations, is heading to the polls in a highly contentious presidential election. President Umaro Sissoco Embalo is seeking a rare second term, facing opposition from a relatively unknown candidate, Fernando Dias da Costa, who is backed by former Prime Minister Domingos Simoes Pereira. The election comes against

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At least 50 of over 300 students abducted from Saint Mary’s Catholic School in Niger State, north-central Nigeria, have managed to escape and been safely reunited with their families, according to the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). The kidnapping, which occurred on Friday, November 21, also involved 12 teachers, marking one of the largest school

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