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Crackdown on protests in Iran has resulted in multiple deaths and an internet blackout
North Korea fired unidentified ballistic missiles toward waters off its eastern coast, South Korea’s military said, a day before leaders from South Korea and China hold a summit in Beijing
Donald Trump’s actions in Venezuela and threats towards Greenland have upended the ‘rules based order’ - and left nations scrabbling for how to respond
From street paramilitaries to Colombian insurgents, Venezuela is teeming with men with guns
Hundreds of protesters are believed to have been killed or injured, and many more detained
Semi-official Iranian media say two police were killed in a western town, as videos show security forces firing guns and tear gas at crowds elsewhere
The southeastern regions of Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia were almost entirely without power, officials said
The Russian foreign ministry said statements by of pro-Ukraine governments becoming increasingly dangerous
Iranian authorities appear to be unusually restrained in reacting to mass protests, a possible result of Donald Trump's threat to intervene
"We are evolving in a world of great powers, where there's a real temptation to carve up the world," the French president says
Internet monitoring firms and experts say Iran’s internet has almost completely shut down, as protests spread through major cities
The president called his meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in South Korea a "massive victory," but the lack of details on what was agreed to raise the potential for more friction in 2026