Tens of thousands of people protested for the 14th straight night in more than 100 Iranian cities as authorities appeared to be intensifying their crackdown, and US President Donald Trump led an intensification of pressure on Tehran.
The Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, has been plunged into a widespread blackout, with electricity, water, and heating supplies cut across large parts of the city of some 3 million people following another night of Russian drone strikes.
Iran is witnessing the largest antiestablishment protests since the latest round of demonstrations erupted on December 28. As the protests snowball, the tactics of the protesters are also shifting.
Russia fired a new nuclear-capable ballistic missile with multiple warheads at western Ukraine as part of a barrage of missiles and drones that pounded Ukrainian cities, including Kyiv where at least 4 were killed and dozens wounded.
Russia has freed imprisoned French researcher Laurent Vinatier in exchange for a Russian basketball player held in France and wanted in the United States for alleged ties to a computer hacking group.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a plan on security guarantees for Ukraine is "essentially ready" after an overnight barrage of Russian strikes crippled electricity, heating, and water infrastructure in parts of Ukraine, leaving around 1 million people in the dark amid freezing temperatures.
US naval forces boarded and seized a runaway Russian shadow fleet tanker in the North Atlantic, the latest in a series of moves by Washington against vessels linked to illegal trade in Venezuelan oil.
Officials from more than 30 Western countries -- the so-called Coalition of the Willing -- have agreed ensure "politically and legally binding guarantees" for Ukraine once a peace agreement to end the war with Russia is reached.
Officials from the more than 30 Western countries of the so-called Coalition of the Willing that support Kyiv in its battle with Russia will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on January 6 to fine tune a peace proposal aimed at ending Europe's deadliest conflict since World War II.
After months of uncertain progress, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his government will this week focus on European allies in two meetings in hopes of "hastening the end" of Russia's war on his country.
The death toll and number of arrests rose further in Iran as protests sparked by the country's worst economic crisis in years continued for an eighth straight day on January 4.
Venezuela's acting president appears conciliatory after Trump tells her she must "do what’s right" or face consequences. Serbia joins Russia, Iran in condemning action, while Venezuelan diaspora celebrates.
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