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Myanmar military reports 50 percent turnout in first election phase 

31 December 2025

News|Elections Myanmar’s military has claimed a voter turnout of more than 50 percent in the first stage of its nation...

Bangladesh mourns Khaleda Zia in state funeral with massive crowds 

31 December 2025

Bangladesh bade farewell to former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia in a state funeral that drew vast crowds mourning a toweri...

Leaked calls reveal plot by al-Assad regime officers to destabilise Syria 

31 December 2025

An Al Jazeera Arabic investigation has uncovered a plot by the aides of ousted leader Bashar al-Assad to destabilise Syr...

Turkiye arrests 125 ISIL suspects in new raids that mark widening crackdown 

31 December 2025

News|ISIL/ISIS Turkiye’s government says it has detained more than 100 ISIL (ISIS) suspects in nationwide raids, as th...

Protests in Iran spread amid deep discontent over economic duress 

31 December 2025

Iran’s government has pledged to “listen patiently” to the concerns of protesters, as demonstrations prompted by t...

Trump administration freezes Minnesota childcare funds over fraud claims 

31 December 2025

United States President Donald Trump’s government has frozen childcare payments to the state of Minnesota and launched...

Mali, Burkina Faso ban US citizens in response to Trump travel bans 

31 December 2025

Mali and Burkina Faso have announced their plan to apply reciprocal visa bans to citizens of the United States, weeks af...

War in Sudan: Humanitarian collapse, fighting, deadlock, December 2025 

31 December 2025

News|Sudan war The brutal war in Sudan, now deep into its third year, has shifted its centre of gravity to the strategic...

How Pakistan’s Asim Munir became Trump’s ‘favourite field marshal’ 

31 December 2025

Islamabad, Pakistan – The setting was Mar-a-Lago, the personal residence of United States President Donald Trump, and ...

Russia deploys hypersonic Oreshnik missiles in Belarus amid Europe tensions 

31 December 2025

Russia has released footage showing the deployment of its Oreshnik hypersonic missile system in Belarus, a move that cou...