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Letter to UN chief, UNSC comes after Trump says US will intervene if Tehran violently suppresses protests.Published On 3 Jan 20263 Jan 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareIran’s United Nations ambassador Amir Saeed Iravani has written to the UN secretary-general and the president of the UN Security Council (UNSC), urging them to condemn “unlawful threats” towards Tehran from United States President Donald Trump amid ongoing protests in the country.The letter sent on Friday came hours after Trump…

These are the key developments from day 1,409 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.Published On 2 Jan 20262 Jan 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareHere is where things stand on Saturday, January 3:Fighting Two people were killed, including a three-year-old child, and at least 31 people were wounded in a Russian ballistic missile attack on a five-storey residential building in the centre of Ukraine’s Kharkiv, the region’s governor Oleh Syniehubov wrote on Telegram. Russia’s Ministry of Defence denied…

These are the key developments from day 1,406 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.Published On 31 Dec 202531 Dec 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareHere is where things stand on Wednesday, December 31:Fighting Russian forces shelled the town of Kostiantynivka in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, killing one person, an official said. The deadly attack came a day after an attack in Druzhkivka killed another person and wounded four, according to the Ukrinform news agency. Russian forces also launched waves…

These are the key developments from day 1,399 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.Published On 24 Dec 202524 Dec 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareHere is where things stand on Wednesday, December 24:Fighting Russian forces began a “massive attack” on Ukraine on Monday night, killing three people and targeting 13 regions with 650 drones and 30 missiles, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a post on X. Those killed in the overnight attack included a four-year-old girl in…

Kashiwazaki-Kariwa will be the latest plant to restart 15 years after the Fukushima disaster shut down the country’s nuclear energy programme.Published On 22 Dec 202522 Dec 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareJapan is set to resume operations at the world’s largest nuclear power plant: Kashiwazaki-Kariwa.The partial restart of the plant got the green light in a vote on Monday by the Niigata local government. Japan has reopened several nuclear facilities as it seeks to reduce emissions, reversing…

Maduro asks oil-producing bloc to help protect Venezuela’s oil reserves from US ‘aggression’.Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has called on the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to help his country counter “growing and illegal threats” from the United States and its president, Donald Trump.In a letter to fellow members of the bloc of major oil-producing countries on Sunday, Maduro accused the US of trying to “seize” Venezuela’s oil reserves, the world’s largest.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend…

Snapchat has begun asking children and teenagers in Australia to verify their ages, including with software owned by the country’s banks, according to a company spokesperson.The move on Monday comes as Australia prepares to enforce a world-first social media ban for children under the age of 16 starting on December 10.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe law, which threatens social media platforms with a fine of up to 49.5 million Australian dollars ($31.95m) for noncompliance, is…