2025-01-07 event: Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González reports the kidnapping of his son-in-law Rafael Tudares by masked men in Caracas, as political tensions persist following González's c
2025-01-07 event: Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro announces the arrest of seven foreign individuals, whom he accuses of planning terrorist acts to disrupt his upcoming inauguration, with securit
Police in southern Germany said two men were killed and a third man critically injured after a masked suspect entered company premises in Bad Friedrichshall and was later detained.
The Italian-born Consolata Missionaries sister takes charge of the Dicastery for Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, a first for a woman in the Roman Curia.
The Israeli military said its first group of ultra-Orthodox soldiers had joined the newly formed Hasmonean Brigade, a notable step in a long-running enlistment debate.
2025-01-06 event: The King of Denmark officially changes the Danish coat of arms to feature Greenland and the Faroe Islands more prominently, following suggestions from United States president-elect
Justin Trudeau has announced plans to leave the leadership of Canada’s Liberal Party and step down as prime minister once the party selects a replacement, opening a new phase in Canadian politics.
2025-01-05 event: The German government reduces funding for two Israeli human rights groups, Zochrot and New Profile, that had advocated for Palestinian rights and antimilitarism
Thai authorities rescued the 22-year-old four days after he went missing near the Thailand-Myanmar border, and he says he was coerced while in Myanmar.
A Helsinki court has ruled that the impounded tanker Eagle S will remain seized while Finland investigates whether the vessel and its cargo breached sanctions on Russian oil.
Syrian activists say Aws Salloum, long accused of brutality inside Sednaya prison, has been detained in Homs after raids on remnants of the Assad regime.
Officials tried to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on January 3, 2025 but withdrew after a hourslong confrontation with his security detail at his Seoul compound.
President Daniel Noboa has again named Sariha Moya as interim vice president, deepening a constitutional fight with sidelined vice president Verónica Abad.
Authorities in Las Vegas are investigating a Cybertruck explosion outside Trump International Hotel as a possible act of terror, with links to the New Orleans attack under review.