Salah seals Egypt qualification with win against South Africa at AFCON 2025
Egypt reach the knockout stages with a 1-0 win against South Africa while Angola and Zimbabwe draw.
Israel recognises Somaliland as independent state, Netanyahu says
The decision has been condemned by Somalia, Egypt, Turkey and Djibouti, who call it a dangerous precedent.
Zelenskyy to meet Trump in Florida amid diplomatic push to end war
Ukrainian president highlights ‘significant progress’ in talks, but Moscow says Kyiv is working to ‘torpedo’ deal.
Democratic lawmaker sues to remove Trump’s name from Kennedy Center
Rep Joyce Beatty, who sits on the centre’s board, argues the name change is illegal because it requires approval from Congress.
Turkiye and Libya intensify probe into deadly plane crash near Ankara
Search teams find site of crash that killed Libyan army chief and seven other people, including three crew members.
Brazil ex-President Jair Bolsonaro’s surgery for hernia ‘successful’
The former leader is serving a 27-year sentence for plotting a coup after losing the 2022 presidential election.
Brazil’s jailed ex-President Bolsonaro undergoes ‘successful’ surgery
Bolsonaro’s operation addressed a painful double hernia; doctors anticipate five to seven days of hospitalisation.
Zelenskyy says he had “very good conversation” with U.S. envoys on Christmas
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he discussed “substantive details” of a Ukraine-Russia peace deal with President Trump’s envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner on Christmas.
Kenyans protest after roaming elephants kill four people in a week
Some Kenyans have protested after roaming elephants killed four people over the past week in what experts describe as human–wildlife conflict driven by scarcity of vegetation
Explosion hits packed mosque in Nigeria
Eyewitnesses say the blast happened as people were gathered for evening prayers.