Day: December 31, 2024

The strength of President-elect Trump’s influence over the razor-thin House Republican majority will get another major test Friday, when Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) aims to be reelected as Speaker…

Finland says a ship affiliated with Russia’s “shadow fleet” is linked to a 60-mile-long anchor drag mark on the seafloor. A power cable in the Baltic Sea was severed last week.

Stepped up attacks by Russia are heightening longstanding concerns over how Ukraine manages its military and countering assumptions that Moscow’s offensive would slow, soldiers and military analysts say.

Nations in the South Pacific Ocean will be the first to usher in 2025, with midnight in New Zealand 18 hours ahead of Eastern Time.

Soldiers of the 6th Regiment of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have captured a village in Russia’s Kursk Oblast.

Supplies of Russian gas via Ukraine are due to stop from the early hours of 1 January, as Kyiv has refused to negotiate a new transit deal.

OBSERVER RESEARCH FOUNDATION

Cities around the world are getting ready to ring in the New Year with celebrations highlighting local cultures and traditions, after a year roiled by ongoing conflict and political instability.