Sweden: 1 dead, 2 injured in attack in Boden municipality; suspect shot dead by police

HELSINKI, Dec 26 (NNN-XINHUA) — One was killed and two others were injured in an attack in Boden, a municipality in northern Sweden, on Christmas Day, Swedish police said on Thursday, adding that officers shot dead a suspect at the scene. Police said they received an emergency call at around…

Libya, Türkiye to send black box of crashed plane to Germany for analysis: authorities

TRIPOLI, Dec 26 (NNN-XINHUA) — The Libyan Interior Ministry said that the Turkish chief public prosecutor and a Libyan committee investigating the crash of a plane carrying Libyan military officials have agreed to send the aircraft’s black box to Germany for technical analysis. In a statement, the ministry said the…

Algerian law declares France’s colonisation a crime

France returned the remains of 24 Algerian resistance fighters in 2020 ALGIERS, Dec 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Algeria’s parliament has unanimously passed a law declaring France’s colonisation of the North African state a crime, and demanding an apology and reparations. The law also criminalises the glorification of colonialism, state-run TV reports.…

2025 on target to be UK’s hottest year on record: Met Office

LONDON, Dec 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — This year may have been Britain’s hottest on record, with an average temperature above 10 degrees Celsius, the national weather service said. Definitive figures for 2025 will be released next Jan 2, but as of the final week of this year, the average temperature has been 10.05C. The…

Greece: Coastguard rescue 52 migrants off island of Farmakonisi, boy missing

ATHENS, Dec 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Greek coastguard were searching Thursday for a missing child off the island of Farmakonisi after rescuing 52 migrants in two separate incidents in the Aegean Sea, local media reported. They found 13 migrants who had arrived on the small, uninhabited island, but one boy was…

EU Slams U.S. Travel Bans On Europeans Over Tech Regulations

BRUSSELS, Dec 25 (NNN-XINHUA) – The European Union (EU), French, German, and British senior officials, yesterday, strongly condemned a U.S. decision to impose travel restrictions on five European individuals, including former European Commissioner, Thierry Breton. Alleging their involvement in content censorship on U.S. social media platforms, the U.S. State Department…

Russia Thwarted Terrorist Plot Targeting Oil Facilities In Tyumen Region

MOSCOW, Dec 25 (NNN-TASS) – Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), said yesterday that, it had thwarted a planned sabotage and terrorist attack, targeting critical infrastructure in the Tyumen Region. According to the FSB, the suspect acted on orders from Ukrainian special services, and planned an attack on a dispatch station…

French Parliament Passes Special Law To Ensure State Funding Pending 2026 Budget

PARIS, Dec 24 (NNN-XINHUA) – Lawmakers in France’s National Assembly and Senate, yesterday, adopted a “special law” proposed by the government, to extend the 2025 budget into next year, before resuming work on a final 2026 budget in January. The move followed the failure of a joint committee of lawmakers…

Kazakh President Calls For Patience, Flexibility In Resolving Ukraine Crisis

ALMATY, Dec 24 (NNN-KTA) – Kazakh President, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, yesterday called on all sides involved in the Ukraine crisis, to demonstrate patience, flexibility and professionalism, and continue pursuing a peace formula. Tokayev made the remarks, while holding a phone conversation with U.S. President, Donald Trump, earlier in the day, during…

Macron Joins European Partners In Expressing Solidarity Over Greenland Issue

PARIS, Dec 24 (NNN-XINHUA) – French President, Emmanuel Macron, yesterday, joined European partners in expressing “full solidarity” over the Greenland issue, after U.S. President, Donald Trump, recently reiterated his call to take over the Danish autonomous territory. “Greenland belongs to its people. Denmark stands as its guarantor. I join my…
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