Utqiagvik, the northernmost community in the United States, has seen its final sunrise of the year and now enters the long Arctic Polar Night, a natural phenomenon caused by the Earth’s axial tilt

Ankara accuses Athens of attempting to enforce an unrecognized exclusive economic zone in the Eastern Mediterranean through the EU’s maritime spatial planning platform

'Threats against sovereign states are automatically rejected', diplomatic sources in Athens later responded

To this end, a phone call between Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Donald Trump is expected in the coming period

President Donald Trump will hold his first meeting with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, despite their past criticisms and opposing positions in the recent mayoral race, to discuss public safety, economic security, and the city’s affordability agenda

The European Commission is set to propose a fast-track border system and shared transport pool to ensure troops and equipment can move across the EU within days—or hours—in an emergency, as part of a wider push to strengthen European defense

Washington has signaled to Kyiv that it must accept a U.S.-drafted peace framework requiring territorial concessions and limits on Ukraine’s armed forces, sources say, as President Zelenskiy seeks support from Turkey and prepares to meet U.S. military officials

Ukraine says it has received 1,000 bodies in a new exchange with Russia, as stalled peace talks and disagreements over a U.S.-backed proposal underscore deep divisions more than three years into the war

A compromise deal reached at COP30 will see Turkey staging next year’s UN climate summit while Australia leads government negotiations, easing a long-running standoff over hosting rights and keeping Pacific concerns in the spotlight

President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish-Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman wrapped up their first meeting, agreeing to hold a joint session with UN envoy María Angela Holguín Cuéllar during her December visit to Cyprus.

Serbia tops the list with the highest road fatalities, while Greece rises in the rankings with 64 deaths per million, highlighting ongoing road safety challenges in Eastern Europe

Prime Minister Robert Fico signals legal challenge as Brussels moves to phase out Russian energy by 2028, citing economic risks and reliance on Moscow

British Defence Secretary warns of risks after Russian spy vessel Yantar used lasers against RAF pilots monitoring it near UK waters

European Commission proposes easing and postponing parts of the AI Act and other tech regulations to reduce red tape and respond to criticism from major technology companies

Brothers of Italy target Brussels Parliament for selling “Italian-style” carbonara sauces with the tricolour, arguing labels mislead consumers and violate EU rules, reigniting Italy’s ongoing crusade for authentic cuisine protection

Christian lobbying groups, and Biafran activists are working to reposition a decades old independence struggle inside the nerve center of American policymaking

Overnight attacks on apartment buildings in Ukraine’s second-largest city left 32 people wounded and forced evacuations, while fires and property damage spread across multiple districts.

Shoigu had visited Moscow’s Troyekurovskoye Cemetery to pay respects at family graves when the explosive device—capable of being detonated remotely—was detected

Storm Claudia inflicted significant damage early Saturday, with large-scale flooding hitting the town of Monmouth and the surrounding areas in southeast Wales and England.

Following the UN Security Council’s approval of President Trump’s Gaza plan, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu urges regional countries to join Israel in removing Hamas from Gaza, despite the plan offering the group amnesty for peaceful cooperation