At a viewing party in Philadelphia, dozens of football fans from around the world took refuge from frigid conditions as they watched the draw for next summer's men's World Cup on dozens of TVs. The glitzy event some 140 miles away at the John F Kennedy Center in Washington DC was attended by the le»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Thousands of school students took to the streets in major German cities on Friday in a show of protest against a new bill on the modernization of military service, German media reported. The bill was adopted by the federal parliament earlier in the day in a 323-272 vote with one »»»

Frank Gehry, a provocative and creative force in architecture who has died aged 96, was behind some of the world's most intriguing buildings. Copyright 2025 BBC. All rights reserved. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.»»»

President Rumen Radev awarded the Presidential Badge of Honour to five firefighters and volunteers for their active participation in combating this year’s large-scale fires and for their significant contribution to national security. The ceremony took place at the Presidency on Friday to mark Volun»»»

The Duchess of Sussex has attempted to contact her estranged father, Thomas Markle, who is reported to be seriously ill in hospital in the Philippines. A spokesman for Meghan said: "I can confirm she has reached out to her father." Mr Markle is reported to have had his leg amputated during surgery.»»»

KUWAIT, Dec 5 (KUNA) -- The General Directorate of Security Relations and Media of the Ministry of Interior opened on Thursday a field exhibition of the national campaign to promote awareness about the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.The exhibition themed "We Protect the Homeland," i»»»

KUWAIT, Dec 5 (KUNA) -- 1959 -- Kuwait Amir Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah signed decrees-into-law regarding the Kuwaiti citizenship, passports, and on foreigners' residency. 1963 -- Kuwait Amir Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah signed a law on statistics and census. Accordingly, the Central Sta»»»

Investigations revealed operational weaknesses and how to improve them after separate incidents that damaged the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman in February and caused the loss of three aircraft, according to a report released on Thursday. File Photo by MC1 Cody Beam/U.S. Navy/UPI | License Ph»»»

A Copa Airlines sign on Thursday at Tocumen International Airport in Panama City, Panama, says that Copa is temporarily suspending flights to and from Caracas, Venezuela, "due to intermittent problems with one of the navigation signals." Photo by Bienvenido Velasco/EPA Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Venezuela is »»»

CAIRO, Dec 5 (KUNA) -- Foreign ministers of Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and the UAE expressed profound concern over the recent statements by the Israeli occupation authorities that they plan to reopen Rafah border crossing from one direction to force the Palesti»»»

Doha: The Foreign Ministers of the State of Qatar; the Arab Republic of Egypt; the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; the United Arab Emirates; the Republic of Indonesia; the Islamic Republic of Pakistan; the Republic of Turkiye; and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have expressed grave concern regarding stat»»»

The New York Times filed suit against artificial intelligence startup Perplexity for copyright infringement Friday. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo Dec. 5 (UPI) -- The New York Times has filed suit against artificial intelligence startup Perplexity for copyright infringement. The T»»»

KUWAIT, Dec 5 (KUNA) -- Kuwait's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Friday with the Director General of Civil Aviation of the French Republic in Paris.The MoU aims at enhancing cooperation efforts in the civil aviation sector between the two c»»»

Frank Gehry, considered one of the most influential architects of the century, has died aged 96. Gehry is known for his avant garde, experimental style of architecture. His titanium-covered design of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Spain catapulted him to fame in 1997. He sealed his daring reputati»»»

The Bureau of Land Management is offering $1 Christmas tree permits for people to cut down their own tree from federal land this year. File Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI | License Photo Dec. 5 (UPI) -- The Bureau of Land Management announced Friday a new "One Dollar, One Tree" holiday savings plan for»»»

Europe is facing potential “civilizational erasure” as the continent’s policymakers encourage censorship, crack down on political opponents, and turn a blind eye to mass immigration, the new National Security Strategy released by the administration of US President Donald Trump warns. The landmark a»»»

U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced Friday that illegal crossings along the Big Bend Sector in Texas, which includes part of the Trump border wall pictured in 2021 near the Paso del Norte Port of Entry in El Paso, has declined by 74% in the last 12 months. File Photo by Yuri Gripas/UPI | L»»»

China-Central Asia Monitor: Nov. 24-30, 2025. Central Asia China’s trade with Central Asian states grew significantly during the first 10 months of 2025, compared with the same period in 2024, according to Chinese government statistics. Trade turnover with Kyrgyzstan saw the largest spike, rising f»»»

The US Supreme court has agreed to hear a case on whether the century-old constitutional right of guaranteed citizenship for those born in the US will remain. On his first day in office in January, President Donald Trump signed an order to end birthright citizenship, but the move was blocked by low»»»

New York: The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) announced Friday that the number of Palestinians injured this year in 1,600 attacks and assaults carried out by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank has risen to 733, double the number recorded last year. »»»

Most of Bolivia’s gold is held in banks in Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States rather than in domestic vaults. File Photo by Tolga Akmen/EPA Dec. 5 (UPI) -- The new president of the Central Bank of Bolivia, David Espinoza, said six tons of the country's international gold reserves are»»»

A US judge has ordered the unsealing of grand jury transcripts from the 2005 and 2007 investigation into convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. The Florida judge granted the justice department's request for the material following Congress' passage last month of a bill ordering the release of all fil»»»

A picture is beginning to emerge about the suspect accused of planting two pipe bombs next to Democratic and Republican headquarters on the eve of the 2021 Capitol riot, following his arrest on Thursday. Neighbors and family members described Brian Cole Jr, 30, as "naive" and a "quiet guy" who ofte»»»

A Russian-flagged tanker, identified as the KAIROS, has run aground near the Bulgarian coast close to Ahtopol following a drone attack by Ukraine in the Black Sea. The incident prompted an immediate response from Bulgarian authorities, including the Maritime Administration Agency, the Border Police»»»

Pedestrians walk through snow-covered streets in Chicago in 2011. This weekend, the next surge of Arctic air is expected to advance from the northern Plains on Saturday. Accompanying the waves of Arctic air is likely to be patches of steady snow and episodes of flurries, snow showers and heavier sn»»»

By mid-2014, after the annexation of Crimea and the outbreak of war in Donbas, an industry emerged that would become the pillar of Ukrainian national defence, driving innovations that would influence modern warfare. What began as a story of resilience and voluntary creativity evolved into a flouris»»»

IndiGo, India's most popular airline, has canceled more than 1,000 flights accross the country. File Photo by Divyakant Solanki/EPA Dec. 5 (UPI) -- More than 1,000 flights in India have been canceled Friday by IndiGo, the country's most popular local airline, after the company struggled to follow n»»»

Some of Europe's biggest Nato members are moving to strengthen their professional armies through voluntary national service schemes. Large conscripted armies were a feature of Nato states during the Cold War but they dwindled in size after the collapse of the Soviet Union. However, Russia's full-sc»»»

A CDC panel voted on Friday to end a universal recommendation for newborns to receive the hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours of birth, instead recommending shared decision-making to determine when or if a baby will start the three-shot series. File Photo by BIll Greenblatt/UPI | License Photo Dec.»»»

Doha: The Group of Mediator Countries (Qatar, Norway, Spain, and Switzerland) today issued the following joint statement upon the conclusion of a round of mediation, held in Doha, between the Government of Colombia and the self-designated EGC concerning the Process for the Demobilization of the (a)»»»

Former loyalists to Bashar al-Assad who fled Syria after the dictator’s fall are funneling millions of dollars to tens of thousands of potential fighters, hoping to stir uprisings against the new government and reclaim some of their lost influence, a Reuters investigation has found. Assad, who esca»»»

Metro services on Bengaluru’s Purple Line were briefly disrupted on Friday morning after a man died by suicide at Kengeri Metro Station. The incident took place when the victim jumped in front of an incoming train, forcing an immediate halt of services between Mysuru Road (Nayandanahalli) and Chall»»»

The 2025 US National Security Strategy (NSS), released quietly on the White House website on December 5 outlining Donald Trump’s foreign policy, sets out in unambiguous terms America’s intent to maintain the unipolar world. That puts him in direct conflict with the multipolar world view that both R»»»

Civil unrest risks across the Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia region (CEECA) have risen sharply over the past year, led by mounting political instability, simmering corruption allegations and inflation-linked discontent in the Balkans and Central Asia, according to a new report from ris»»»

Taiwan said Friday that China had deployed warships for “military operations” stretching hundreds of kilometers from the Yellow Sea to the South China Sea, posing a “threat” to the region. Beijing, which claims self-ruled Taiwan as part of its territory, neither confirmed nor denied the maneuvers. »»»

The Lebanese prime minister on Friday told a visiting UN delegation that his country will need a follow-up force in southern Lebanon along the border with Israel to fill the vacuum once the UN peacekeepers' term expires by the end of next year. The UN Security Council voted unanimously in August to»»»

Luigi Mangione appears in Manhattan Supreme Court for an evidentiary hearing in the murder case of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City on Thursday. Pool Photo by Angela Weiss/UPI | License Photo Dec. 5 (UPI) -- The fourth day of an evidentiary hearing in the case against Luigi Mang»»»

Abu Dhabi: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a message of condolence to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia, following the death of Prince Abdullah bin Fahd bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Musaed bin Jalawi Al Saud. His Hi»»»

Like millions of other Jamaicans around the world, Aiesha Barrett watched Hurricane Melissa tear across the island she calls home on a TV screen. Witnessing the devastation caused by the tropical cyclone - one of the most powerful to ever hit the Atlantic Ocean - made her want to do something to he»»»

The Ramallah-based Palestinian health ministry said that Israeli forces killed a man in the northern occupied West Bank on Friday. "Bahaa Abdel-Rahman Rashid (38 years old) was killed by Israeli fire in the town of Odala, south of Nablus," the health ministry said in a statement. Shortly before, th»»»

An Garda Síochána (Irish police force) has launched an investigation after drones were detected in Irish skies on the night the Ukrainian president arrived in Ireland. Volodymyr Zelensky flew into Dublin late on Monday night for a one-day official visit with his wife, First Lady Olena Zelenska. Sen»»»

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Djedovic Handanovic said on Friday she believed the Russian majority owners of the Serbian oil firm NIS - which is under US sanctions - were conducting "in good will" the talks on selling their stake in the company, and added that the Serbia»»»

The German Navy Replenishment ship Frankfurt pictured arriving last year in August at Tokyo International Cruise Terminal in Tokyo, Japan. Germany's parliament voted to back a new military service and incentive system following efforts by German Chancellor Friedrich Metz to strengthen the central E»»»

NEW DELHI, Dec 5 (KUNA) -- India and Russia signed 16 MoUs and agreements on Friday during President Vladimir Putin's visit to New Delhi for the India-Russia Annual Summit.A statement from India's Ministry of External Affairs said the MoUs agreements aim to deepen cooperation in areas including mig»»»

Lebanon's president on Friday defended his decision to expand talks with Israel as a way to avoid further violence, but the head of armed group Hezbollah called it a blunder, lifting the lid on divisions at a watershed moment for the country. Israel and Lebanon on Wednesday both sent civilian envoy»»»

Skopje, 4 December 2025 (MIA) - Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski expects 2029 and 2030 to be the years when the country will not have to issue a Euro-bond, noting that 2025 will be the first year ending with a five-digit nominal GDP per capita. "Next year's nominal GDP will exceed US$20 billion, w»»»

London: The number of sea-floor animals fell by 37 percent in a deep-sea mining exploration zone, according to a study published Friday probing the emerging industry's impact on biodiversity. The five-year research is believed to be the most extensive yet on the possible consequences of modern comm»»»

Russian President Vladimir Putin offered India uninterrupted fuel supplies on Friday, eliciting a cautious response even as he and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed to expand trade and defense ties between countries with decades-old ties. India, the world's top buyer of Russian arms and se»»»

The first stage of Bulgaria's National Anti-AIDS Campaign started as usual on World AIDS Day, December 1, with initiatives across the country, the Health Ministry said on Facebook. This year the first stage is themed "Don't say that! Talk facts about HIV!". Free testing, counselling and educational»»»

A US panel of vaccine advisers has voted to end a longstanding recommendation for vaccinations against the hepatitis B virus (HBV) right after birth. The US has vaccinated newborns against hepatitis B since 1991, and data suggests that since then, the shots have prevented an estimated 90,000 deaths»»»