Politics
U.S. and Ukrainian officials held difficult but productive talks in Florida about a proposed peace plan, Marco Rubio said, as U.S. envoys prepared to travel to Moscow.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked President Isaac Herzog for a pardon to halt his long-running corruption trial before any verdict, saying the prosecution had fractured Israeli society.
President Donald Trump pardoned former Honduran leader Juan Orlando Hernández, accused of running major cocaine smuggling to the United States, prompting bipartisan shock and criticism.
Bipartisan lawmakers said a reported U.S. "double‑tap" strike on a Venezuelan vessel, allegedly ordered with instructions to leave no survivors, could be a war crime and vowed to probe.
President Donald Trump declared Venezuela’s airspace closed and threatened military action, prompting Caracas to launch military exercises and denounce the move as illegal.
Swiss voters on 30 November rejected both a proposed 50% inheritance tax on the super-rich and a plan for universal civic/military service, with large majorities opposing each.
The Senate Armed Services Committee opened an investigation into Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over alleged orders to kill survivors of a strike on an alleged drug-smuggling boat in the Caribbean.
The White House published a “Gallery of Shame” on its website naming journalists it labeled “left‑radical,” a move critics said targeted press freedom and risked chilling reporters.
Pope Leo XIV arrived in Beirut and urged Lebanese leaders to make peace their top priority, called for a two‑state solution for Gaza and urged Christians to remain.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the suspect in the Washington National Guard shooting, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, was radicalized in the U.S., despite being granted asylum under Trump in April 2025.
AfD launched a new youth organization, "Generation Deutschland," in Gießen, prompting mass protests and scrutiny, and Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt warned it could take an extremist direction.
Israeli minister Amichai Chikli warned that tensions with Syria could escalate into a war after an Israeli incursion into a Syrian village near the occupied Golan Heights, urging army preparedness.
Ukrainian naval drones struck and disabled two Russian oil tankers, Kairos and Virat, in the Black Sea as they headed to Novorossiysk, officials said.
President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed presidential office head Andriy Yermak in Kyiv, removing his closest aide and prompting fresh corruption questions while complicating Ukraine's unity and diplomacy.
Hong Kong's death toll from a Wang Fuk Court apartment fire rose to 146, dozens remained missing, and authorities detained a student who had petitioned for accountability.
Germany's AfD founded new youth organization 'Generation Deutschland,' and Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt warned it looked likely to be more extremist and disciplined and might aim to evade a ban.
Zurich voters on 30 November rejected the Vorkaufsinitiative for affordable housing and narrowly approved a parliamentary counterproposal, jeopardizing upcoming left-wing housing measures.
Spain's conservative PP led tens of thousands in Madrid to demand snap elections and PM Pedro Sánchez's resignation amid corruption allegations after former transport minister José Luis Ábalos was remanded.
Der Verband der Familienunternehmer in Deutschland bezeichnete die Einladung von AfD-Abgeordneten als Fehler und kündigte nach Kritik und Austritten an, künftig klar gegen die Partei vorzugehen.
AfD youth candidate Alexander Eichwald in Giessen delivered a speech evoking Hitler’s style—rolling his "r"—and the party opened an investigation after criticism.
Swiss voters overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to replace male-only conscription with compulsory community service for both men and women, leaving the country's conscription system unchanged.
Lithuanian authorities closed Vilnius airport after sightings of suspicious balloons near runways, and the government called the incident a hybrid attack amid repeated recent incursions.
At a national party congress in Germany, the Greens sought to sharpen their political profile but left their core purpose unclear amid internal disputes and mounting reputational damage.
Jakarta became the world's largest city, with 42 million residents, overtaking Tokyo and slipping to third place, the UN's latest population assessment showed.
Alberto Núñez Feijóo gathered tens of thousands in Madrid on Sunday to demand immediate elections, though government sources disputed the size of the crowd.
Ukrainian soldiers in Dnipro said they refused to review a proposed peace plan that would cede territory, saying it would undermine morale and amount to surrender.
The Israeli military said it killed four men it described as "terrorists" in Rafah, Gaza, after they emerged from underground infrastructure.
At least 36 people were injured in Gießen during protests against the AfD youth; activists accused police of arbitrary, brutal violence, while the Hessian minister said police prevented 'civil‑war‑like' conditions.
