The Petersburg Post

Saturday, Dec 27th, 2025 - Africa's regional governance bodies on Saturday rejected the recognition of Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland as an independent nation by Israel a day earlier, the first by any country in more than 30 years. Somaliland declared independence from Somalia in 1991 amid a descent into conflict and, despite having its own government and currency, had never been recognized by any nation in the world until Friday. ...

Saturday, Dec 27th, 2025 - BANGKOK — Thailand and Cambodia on Saturday signed a ceasefire agreement to end weeks of armed combat along their border over competing claims to territory. It took effect at noon local time. In addition to ending fighting, the agreement calls for no further military movements by either side and no violations of either side's airspace for military purposes. Only Thailand had employed airstrikes in the ...

Friday, Dec 26th, 2025 - Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has been found guilty in his second major trial involving the multibillion-dollar 1MDB scandal. The ruling was handed down by the Kuala Lumpur High Court on Friday, where Najib, 72, was found guilty on all 21 counts of money laundering and four counts of abuse of power in the illegal transfer of 2.2 billion Malaysian ringgit ($543m) from Malaysia's 1MDB sovereign wealth ...

Friday, Dec 26th, 2025 - BEIJING — Beijing imposed sanctions on Friday against 20 U.S. defense-related companies and 10 executives, a week after Washington announced large-scale arms sales to Taiwan . The sanctions entail freezing the companies' assets in China and banning individuals and organizations from dealing with them, according to the Chinese foreign ministry. The companies include Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, ...

Friday, Dec 26th, 2025 - JERUSALEM (AP) — A Palestinian attacker rammed his car into a man and then stabbed a young woman in northern Israel on Friday afternoon, killing both, police said. The Israeli military swiftly launched an operation in the assailant's hometown in the occupied West Bank . The attack started in the northern city of Beit Shean when the Palestinian man rammed his vehicle into people, killing one man and injuring a ...