A Ugandan police officer unloads ballot boxes from a truck at a polling station set up in front of an electoral billboard supporting Uganda’s incumbent president Yoweri Museveni in Kampala on Jan. 15, 2026. LUIS TATO/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption LUIS TATO/AFP via Getty Images LAGOS, Nigeria — Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni […]
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Greenland claims: How close have NATO members come to fighting each other? | NATO News
The Trump administration has once again threatened to take control of Greenland either by acquiring it or through the use of military force to “deter our adversaries in the Arctic region.” Greenland, which is a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark, already hosts the Pituffik Space Base, which the US operates in coordination with Danish authorities. Both […]
Amid fraud claims, HHS reveals changes to child care funding : NPR
Children sleep during nap time at Minnesota Child Care in Minneapolis on Dec. 30. Renee Jones Schneider/The Minnesota Star Tribune via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Renee Jones Schneider/The Minnesota Star Tribune via Getty Images The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Monday that it would rescind a series of Biden-era rules […]
Russia downs 4,300 Ukrainian drones in December, setting new record, Moscow claims
LONDON — December saw a new record number of Ukrainian long-range drones shot down by Russian forces, according to statistics published by the Russian Defense Ministry and analyzed by ABC News, with Moscow claiming to have destroyed more than 4,300 over the course of the month. Through December, Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed to have shot […]
Colorado lawmaker claims Trump’s veto of safe drinking water bill is retaliation | Donald Trump
Republican representative Lauren Boebert has fired back at Donald Trump for vetoing a bill that would have funded a drinking water project in her Colorado district, implying the president was playing at political retaliation. The bill was aimed at funding a decades-long project to bring safe drinking water to 39 communities in Colorado’s eastern plains, […]
Russian official threatens Zelenskyy as Moscow claims Kyiv attacked Putin residence
LONDON — A top Russian official on Monday issued personal threats against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after Russia claimed that Ukraine launched a drone attack on one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s official residences. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov alleged that Ukraine launched a drone attack on Putin’s state residence in Novgorod region on the […]
Thomas Skinner claims BBC rigged Strictly vote removing him
Former Strictly Come Dancing contestant Thomas Skinner has claimed the BBC rigged the vote that saw him leave the show. The social media personality alleged in an online post that the night he left the competition he was sent an “anonymous email claiming to be from a BBC exec with stats” that showed he had […]
Israel claims to have killed senior Hamas commander, Raed Saad, in Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News
There was no immediate confirmation from Hamas or from medics that Saad was among the dead. Published On 13 Dec 202513 Dec 2025 | Updated: 22 minutes agoUpdated: 22 minutes ago Click here to share on social media share2 Share The Israeli military sats it has killed senior Hamas commander Raed Saad in a strike […]
‘Culture cringe’: experts dismiss Coalition claims Chris Bowen cannot remain minister while leading Cop31 negotiations | Environment
Experts have dismissed claims Chris Bowen cannot remain a senior minister while playing a leading role in international climate negotiations, with one describing the argument as evidence of an Australian “culture cringe”. Australia failed in its long-running bid to co-host the Cop31 climate summit with Pacific nations next year after Turkey refused to withdraw from […]
Thursday briefing: What fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school mean for Nigel Farage | Nigel Farage
Good morning. For more than 30 years, Nigel Farage has been one of the most disruptive figures in British politics, known for building a brand on outrage and polarisation. He presents himself as the everyman, cigarette hanging out of his mouth or a pint in hand. Now that several polls suggest he is a serious […]