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He declined to provide details, saying it was “too early” to speak publicly about certain operations, but stressed that Ukraine’s security services and special forces are operating effectively. As part of Kyiv’s efforts to reduce Russia’s offensive capabilities, Ukrainian forces attacked the Zhutovskaya oil depot in Russia’s Volgograd region overnight Saturday, the General Staff said in a post on social media. Zelenskyy’s comments come after a week of escalating Russian strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, which left the regions of Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk without electricity and heating as temperatures plunged well below zero. In the capital, renewed attacks killed at…
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By Mohamed Elashi & Ana Caiola with AP Published on 11/01/2026 – 11:35 GMT+1 Salah nabbed his fourth goal of the tournament — Egypt’s third of the game — in the 52nd minute and the Pharaohs needed it as Ivory Coast threatened to come back twice from two goals down. But Egypt held on in Agadir despite relentless Ivorian pressure and booked a semifinal date with 2021 champion Senegal in Tangier on Wednesday. Ivory Coast had a woeful start as Franck Kessie lost the ball in midfield after a poor touch and Odilon Kossounou fell over instead of cutting out Emam Ashour’s ball for Omar…
The remarks followed media accounts that U.S. President Donald Trump had been presented with military options for a possible strike on Iran, though no final decision had been made. Trump has warned Tehran that Washington would intervene if protesters were killed in the ongoing demonstrations across Iran. “Iran is looking at FREEDOM, perhaps like never before,” Trump posted on Truth Social late Saturday, adding that the U.S. “stands ready to help.” Qalibaf also praised Iran’s security forces for their response to recent protests, applauding police and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, particularly its volunteer Basij militia, for having “stood firm.”…
A major forest fire in southern Argentina has burned more than 5,500 hectares, authorities said Saturday, as hundreds of firefighters and volunteers battled to contain the blaze threatening small communities. The fire broke out Monday at Puerto Patriada, about 1,700 km (1,050 miles) southwest of Buenos Aires in the Patagonia region, and has since surrounded Epuyen, a town of 2,000 residents. Nearly 500 personnel are deployed, with reinforcements expected from Cordoba and Chile. Fires are active in other Patagonian provinces, including Neuquen, Rio Negro and Santa Cruz. The region lost 32,000 hectares to wildfires in early 2025.
By Euronews Published on 11/01/2026 – 9:35 GMT+1 With the government facing the threat of two motions of no-confidence, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has asked Interior Minister Laurent Nunez to explore the possibility of holding early general elections alongside local elections on March 15 and 22, according to several French media and the AFP news agency. The move comes after the far-right National Rally (RN) and the radical left-wing France Unbowed (LFI) submitted no-confidence motions against the government, citing its failure to prevent the approval of the EU–Mercosur trade deal. The two motions are expected to be debated in the National…
By Euronews with AP Published on 11/01/2026 – 8:30 GMT+1 The United States carried out large-scale strikes in Syria against the Islamic State group in retaliation for an ambush attack in Palmyra last month that killed two US soldiers and one American civilian interpreter. The strikes, which were conducted by the US alongside partner forces, hit multiple Islamic State targets across Syria. It comes less than a month after the US launched a similar attack on Dec 19, striking 70 targets across central Syria that had IS infrastructure and weapons. “These strikes are part of Operation Hawkeye Strike, which was launched and announced…
Video games have long been a popular at-home hobby, but they’re now also influencing the way people travel. Gamers increasingly want to go beyond the screen and experience the real-life destinations that have shaped and inspired some of their cult-favourites. This has led to the rise of gaming vacations, or gami-vacations. From visiting Japan to shadow the Pokémon and Final Fantasy worlds, to marvelling at the dramatic Norwegian landscapes behind Skyrim, gami-vacations have boomed as the latest hobby-based travel trend. Demand for more experiential travel fuels gami-vacations One of the biggest reasons behind the recent surge of gami-vacations is more…
Just 10 days into 2026, and Donald Trump has already launched a series of back-to-back attacks on the climate. The US administration has slowly been peeling away from acknowledging its involvement in the climate crisis or tackling it, despite being the world’s second-largest annual emitter of greenhouse gases and, historically, the largest contributor to global warming. Last year, the US didn’t send a delegate to COP30 talks, and has since scrubbed all mention of fossil fuels from its Environmental Protection Agency’s website. Meanwhile, Trump has been criticising the renewable energy boom and taking his “drill baby drill” attitude global. So,…
The anti-government demonstrations continued on Saturday, amid reports of overwhelmed hospitals and an appeal by the Iranian military to citizens asking them to foil “enemy plots.” According to the group Human Rights Activists in Iran, at least 65 people had been killed as of Friday, 2,311 individuals had been arrested, and protests had been recorded at 512 locations in 180 cities. Time magazine reported Friday that more than 200 people have died in the protests. A Western diplomat told POLITICO that reports of a higher death toll than what has currently been reported, citing NGOs, were “credible.” A spokesperson for…