'Declaration of vengeance': US launches massive airstrikes against Islamic State in Syria
The strikes were carried out in retaliation to the killing of two U.S. troops and an American interpreter a week ago
By The Week News Desk December 20, 2025
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Epstein’s brother says Trump ‘was in Jeffrey’s office all the time’; Justice Department hits deadline to release files
Jeffrey Epstein’s brother, Mark, alleges Donald Trump was a frequent visitor to Epstein's office. The White House continues to deny the allegations, calling them "fake news," despite corroborating accounts from a former assistant
By The Week News Desk December 19, 2025
Pakistan Army’s battalion headquarters in North Waziristan breached by suicide bombers, videos viral on internet
A total of five militants stormed the battalion headquarters of the Pakistan security forces in the Boya area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s North Waziristan
By The Week News Desk December 19, 2025
Hindu man beaten to death, set on fire by mob in Bangladesh over alleged blasphemy
A Hindu man was lynched by a mob in Mymensingh, Bangladesh, following unconfirmed allegations of blasphemy
By The Week News Desk December 19, 2025
Clinton featured extensively in Epstein files, Trump references minimal
The Justice Department released the first part of the documents related to the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
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Bangladesh: Hadi's killing puts Yunus's interim government to test
The killing of activist Sharif Osman Hadi triggers new violent protests, serving as a critical test for adviser Muhammad Yunus's administration to maintain order and steer the nation towards the planned February elections
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Did Bangladesh leader Osman Hadi’s killer, Faisal Karim Masud, really flee to India?
Bangladesh political tensions are escalating following the murder of anti-India spokesperson Sharif Osman Hadi, with the alleged killer reportedly fleeing across the border
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VIDEO | Another Bondi Beach attack foiled as Sydney police ram car, detain 5 men
The incident happened in Sydney when police intercepted two cars and used a LandCruiser to ram a white Hyundai to prevent a 'violent act'
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Indus Waters Treaty: Pakistan minister says life and livelihood directly threatened by 'India’s manipulation'
Pakistan’s National Security Committee has declared that any attempt by India to stop or divert the flow of water to Pakistan under the treaty will be considered an act of war, and Islamabad will not stop its efforts to expose India's weaponisation of water before the world
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WATCH | Russian drone aborts strike after seeing civilians; thankful man points it towards Ukrainian position
The man who stepped out of the yellow car quickly pointed to where the Ukrainian army was positioned, helping the FPV drone to launch a successful suicide attack on an enemy excavator
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Bangladesh protests | Who is Zyma Islam? ‘Can’t breathe anymore... you are killing me’, posts The Daily Star journalist from burning office
The protesters, who are agitating over the death of student leader Sharif Osman Hadi, targeted political offices, cultural centres, and Indian diplomatic missions too amid growing anti-India sentiment and calls for the return of leader Sheikh Hasina
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Bangladesh: Why were anti-India slogans raised during massive protests over student leader Osman Hadi’s death?
Sharif Osman Hadi, a prominent leader of the July Uprising who was shot last week, died while undergoing treatment at a Singapore hospital
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Trump's national address: President declares economic triumph, but do the facts agree?
Trump portrayed his first year in office as a period of historic reversal, claiming that in “a few short months” the nation had gone “from worst to best”
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Russia will expand its territorial control if peace talks fail, warns Putin
Putin, however, asserted that Russia favours resolving the conflict through negotiations
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Imran Khan's sons say he is being held in 'death cell'; plans to visit Pakistan in January
Imran Khan's sons, Kasim and Suleiman, reveal plans for a January visit to Pakistan, expressing concern over their father's alleged "death cell" prison conditions
By The Week News Desk December 17, 2025 -
People from 39 countries now face full or partial US travel ban. Here is the complete list
Trump signed a proclamation adding seven more countries to the full travel ban list
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Ukraine’s 'Sub Sea Baby' underwater drone did complex maneuvers to blow up Russian submarine in Novorossiysk
An analyst noted Ukraine's Sub Sea Baby drone performed highly complex navigation to bypass defences, which might force Russia to reconsider the security of its naval bases
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'Foreshadowing': Statue of Liberty gets toppled due to strong wind, not in New York, but in Brazil
A viral video shows a 24-meter-tall Statue of Liberty replica falling face down in Guaiba, Brazil, after being toppled by strong winds from a severe storm
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Lukashenko reveals Putin's ‘complex causes’ for Ukraine War: ‘You would have wiped Mexico off’
Lukashenko on Ukraine war explains that the conflict was prompted by the oppression of Ukraine's Russian-speaking population and the US-backed overthrow of a previous president
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Bondi Beach shooter travelled to Philippines using an Indian passport month before attack
Australian police are investigating a trip to the Philippines made by the father-son duo behind the Bondi Beach mass shooting, exploring potential links to Islamist militants and ISIS inspiration
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Bondi Beach hero Ahmed al-Ahmed reveals why he risked his life to disarm the gunman
Ahmed al-Ahmed, a fruit shop owner hailed as a hero by the Australian Prime Minister, is in critical but stable condition after being shot five times while disarming one of the Bondi Beach gunmen
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Bondi Beach gunmen 'acted alone': Pak-origin father-son duo Naveed, Sajid Akram not part of extremist cell, says Australian PM
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the father-son duo, Sajid Akram, 50, and Naveed Akram, 24, were 'clearly motivated' by extremist ideology
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Decapitated pig heads dumped in Muslim cemetery in Australia after Bondi Beach massacre
Following the Bondi Beach attack, a Sydney Muslim cemetery has been desecrated with pig heads, sparking a police investigation into the act
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Bondi Beach shooters: Australian intelligence could have jailed IS-linked Naveed Akram years ago, but he walked because...
Many Sydney men were picked up for their alleged links to a self-declared commander of the Islamic State by the ASIO, but there was not enough evidence to confirm that Naveed Akram was a threat
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Pakistani media alleges Bondi Beach shooters were 'Afghan'; says country is target of ‘media terrorism’
Pakistani media alleges that the Bondi Beach shooters, a father-son duo, were Afghan nationals and said that the country was the target of a 'media terrorism'
By The Week News Desk December 15, 2025
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