World bids farewell to 2025, a year of Trump, truces and turmoil

SYDNEY, Dec 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — New Year’s Eve revellers toasted the end of 2025 on Wednesday, waving goodbye to 12 months packed with Trump tariffs, a Gaza truce and vain hopes for peace in Ukraine. It was one of the warmest years on record, the stifling heat stoking wildfires in…

Jordan Calls For Immediate Int’l Action As Humanitarian Crisis Worsens In Gaza

AMMAN, Dec 31 (NNN-PETRA) – Jordan, yesterday, called for immediate international action, to address the worsening humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, amid bad weather conditions and the Zionist Israel’s continued restrictions on aid entry. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates said, the enclave is facing…

Saudi-Led Coalition Says Shipment Arriving At Yemeni Port Carried Weapons, Ammunition

RIYADH/ABU DHABI, Dec 31 (NNN-SPA/WAM) – The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, said yesterday that, two vessels entering the southern port of Mukalla were carrying containers loaded with weapons and ammunition. In a post on X, coalition spokesperson, Turki Al-Maliki, said, the vessels entered the port without obtaining entry permits from…

Honduras: Market fire destroys dozens of businesses in San Pedro Sula

SAN PEDRO SULA (Honduras), Dec 30 (NNN-TELESUR) — Dozens of businesses were destroyed by a fire at a densely populated market in San Pedro Sula, Honduras’ second-largest city, after flames broke out in a stall storing fireworks, according to preliminary reports from the Fire Department. Firefighters said the blaze originated…

Brazil records highest foreign investment inflow in a decade

BRASILIA, Dec 30 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — The Brazilian government announced that Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) reached US$84.1 billion between January and November 2025, marking the highest volume of capital inflow since 2014. According to the Planalto Palace, the administration of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva attributes this surge to a…

Panama registers a decrease in dengue cases

PANAMA CITY, Dec 30 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — Panamanian health authorities reported that the country is experiencing a significant decrease in dengue cases, hospitalizations, and deaths associated with the disease. According to a report from the Ministry of Health, as of Dec 13, 15,657 cases had been recorded, a figure well…

Brazil: Head-on car collision kills 5, injures 9 in southeast state of Minas Gerais

BRASILIA, Dec 30 (NNN-XINHUA) — Five people, including two minors, were killed and nine others injured in a head-on car collision in Brazil’s southeastern state of Minas Gerais, said local authorities. The crash occurred early Sunday morning on the BR-040 federal highway near the municipality of Paracatu in northwestern Minas…

Monument honouring China’s contribution to Panama Canal torn down

The site where a Chinese monument once stood before it was demolished in Arraijan, Panama on Dec 28 PANAMA CITY, Dec 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Near the entrance to the Panama Canal, a monument to China’s contributions to the interoceanic waterway was torn down Saturday night (Dec 27) by order of…

Pres Trump says US hit dock for Venezuela drug boats; another alleged drug boat destroyed off Pacific killing 2

PALM BEACH (Florida, US), Dec 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States has hit and destroyed a docking area for alleged Venezuela drug boats, President Donald Trump said Monday, in what could amount to the first land strike of the military campaign against trafficking from Latin America. The US leader’s confirmation…

US pledges $2 bn for UN aid, with ‘adapt, shrink or die’ warning

GENEVA, Dec 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Washington on Monday pledged an initial $2 billion for United Nations humanitarian aid in 2026 — far less than it has provided in recent years — warning UN agencies to “adapt, shrink or die”. With its pledge, announced at the US mission in Geneva alongside…
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