Somalia’s president on Tuesday rejected an agreement signed between Ethiopia and the breakaway region of Somaliland to give landlocked Ethiopia access to its coast, calling it a violation of international law.”We will not stand idly by and watch our sovereignty being compromised,” President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud told a joint session…

Comanesti, a small industrial town in northeast Romania, attracts global visitors during the winter holiday season.The annual Dancing Bears Festival in Comanesti is based on a millennia-old tradition from the Moldavia region, featuring bearskin-clad participants.The festival begins before Christmas and culminates with a finale on Dec. 30.A small industrial town…

Zvi Zamir, former head of Israeli intelligence agency Mossad, has died at the age of 98.Zamir played a key role in the assassination campaign targeting Palestinian commanders after the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre.Defense Minister Yoav Gallant acknowledged Zamir’s significant contribution to Israel’s security.Zvi Zamir, a former head of Israeli intelligence…

Israeli citizens largely oppose U.S. calls to de-escalate Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza, according to a new poll.The poll, conducted by the Israel Democracy Institute, found that 66% of Israelis “do not think Israel should agree to US demands to shift to a phase of the war with a…

Basdeo Panday, the first person of Indian descent to become the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, has passed away at the age of 90.He died on Monday, surrounded by family, as stated in a social media post by his daughter.Basdeo Panday served as prime minister twice from 1995 to…

A Russian aircraft accidentally bombed a village in the Voronezh region of the country as the Kremlin continues an all-out assault on major Ukrainian cities.The warplane responsible for the friendly-fire was reportedly forced to make an “emergency release” on Tuesday while flying over the Russian village of Petropavlovka.”At around 9:00…

Hamas has waived its demands for multiple monthslong cease-fires in its hostage negotiations with Israel after Israeli officials dismissed the request as “totally off base” on Tuesday.Hamas negotiators had demanded multiple cease-fires culminating in the full withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza in exchange for the remaining Israeli hostages, according…

A passenger on a Japan Airlines flight described the harrowing moments when the plane he was riding on collided with a Japanese coast guard aircraft on the runway of Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Tuesday, causing the passenger jet to erupt into flames.Swede Anton Deibe, 17, told Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet that…

A thick plume of black smoke rose over an airport runway in Japan on Tuesday after a Japanese aircraft burst into flames, local media reported.Live footage on public broadcaster NHK showed a Japan Airlines passenger plane on a runway at Tokyo’s Haneda airport with flames coming out of its windows.…

South Korea’s opposition leader Lee Jae-myung was stabbed in the neck Tuesday during a visit to the southern port city of Busan.Lee, the chief of the main opposition Democratic Party, is conscious and was airlifted to the Pusan National University Hospital, a party official and a fire department official told…