
Month: December 2025


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South Korea’s ousted president plotted martial law to eliminate rivals, probe finds
ABC: SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s ousted conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol plotted for over a year to impose martial law to eliminate his political rivals and monopolize power, investigators concluded Monday. Yoon’s martial law decree in December 2024 lasted only several hours and resulted in his rapid downfall. Independent counsel Cho Eun-suk, who announced the six-month probe’s result, also […]

Online classes and ban on construction as toxic haze covers Delhi
BBC: Schools in Delhi and surrounding areas have moved classes online and construction has been banned as the Indian capital grapples with hazardous air quality. On Monday morning, a toxic haze engulfed the city, affecting visibility and delaying flights and trains. The city’s air quality index (AQI) – which measures PM2.5, fine particulate matter that […]

They were almost American – then Trump cancelled their citizenship ceremonies
BBC: Sanam, an Iranian immigrant who came to the US over a decade ago, was finally about to become a US citizen. Years of navigating paperwork, approvals, tests, and security vetting, had brought her to the last step: a naturalization ceremony. But then, just two days before she was to take her oath on 3 […]

Balloons from Belarus are causing chaos in Lithuania. Is it smugglers or a hybrid attack?
BBC: Whenever the wind blows northwest from Belarus, Lithuania braces for problems. That’s when giant white balloons are launched across the border, crates of cheap cigarettes dangling beneath. Over the past 10 weeks, the illicit balloon traffic has already forced Lithuania’s main airport into shutdown 15 times, stranding or delaying thousands of travellers. On one […]

Three Americans killed by IS gunman in Syria, US military says
BBC: Two US soldiers and a US civilian interpreter have been killed in Syria in an ambush by an Islamic State (IS) gunman, the US Central Command (Centcom) has said. Officials said three other service members were injured in the attack, during which the gunman was “engaged and killed”. Syria’s state news said two Syrian […]

Hundreds of thousands without power in Ukraine after Russian strikes, Zelenskyy says
ABC: LONDON — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a social media post on Sunday morning that “hundreds of thousands” of Ukrainians were without electricity across multiple regions following Russian missile and drone attacks on the country’s energy infrastructure. “Since yesterday, all our services have been working to restore the supply of electricity, heat and water […]

Myanmar calls on countries to take back citizens held in crackdown on scam centers
ABC: BANGKOK — Myanmar’s military regime appealed to the international community on Sunday to take back hundreds of foreigners who have been detained in a crackdown on scam centers in the country’s eastern Kayin state near the Thai border. In recent months, the authorities have raided two major scam centers, KK Park and Shwe Kokko, on the outskirts of Myawaddy, a […]

‘Person of interest’ detained over Brown University shooting, police say
BBC: A person of interest has been detained in connection with a US shooting at Brown University that left two people dead, police said. Nine others were injured when a gunman opened fire at the university in Providence, Rhode Island, on Saturday. Police confirmed on Sunday a person had been detained , and an earlier order for […]
