Police officers prevented an act of self-immolation in front of the Russian Embassy in Prague
An unknown man doused himself with gasoline and threatened to set himself on fire. After long negotiations, police officers managed to dissuade him.
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Argentina’s new authorities, led by President Javier Milay, have called on Britain to return sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) to them and are offering talks on the issue
In 1982, Argentina and Great Britain even briefly fought over the islands. Great Britain won and secured the Falklands for itself. The population of the islands is also satisfied with being part of the United Kingdom as an overseas territory.
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah: “The assassination of Saleh al-Arouri (deputy leader of Hamas) is a blatant attack on Lebanon’s sovereignty.”
In Iran, more than 100 people were killed, about 200 injured in an explosion during a ceremony on the anniversary of the assassination of General Soleimani – Reuters
President of Kazakhstan Kasym-Jomart Tokayev said that he is not going to make changes to the country’s Constitution and run for a new presidential term in 2026
“This is false information. From now on, everyone will not be able to do what they want and make changes to the Constitution. And when it comes to such an important issue (like the number of presidential terms), it’s not…
Since Oct. 17, pro-Iranian militants in Iraq and Syria have attacked U.S. military and diplomatic targets 118 times
Former SBU general Andriy Naumov, who was sentenced to a year in prison in Serbia for money laundering, was released in early December. This is reported by the BBC
Naumov was stripped of his documents and forbidden to leave Serbia while the appeal against the sentence is being considered.
The EU has added the largest Russian diamond mining company Alrosa, as well as its CEO Pavel Marinychev, to the sanctions list
Alrosa produces 95% of diamonds in Russia and 27% of all diamonds in the world.
Harvard University President Claudine Gay is resigning amid allegations of plagiarism and anti-Semitism
Polish chess player Jan-Krzysztof Duda refused to shake hands with Russian Denis Khismatullin, who supports the invasion of Ukraine
This happened at the World Championship in Samarkand. It also became known that 104 Russian chess players changed their Russian “sports citizenship” in 2023.