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Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 - – The apparent leader of a failed coup in Benin was on the run and the fate of hostages remained unclear a day after a group of soldiers of the West African nation. The soldiers calling themselves the Committee for Refoundation stormed the national television station early Sunday morning. Led by Benin army officer Lt. Col. Pascal Tigri, eight soldiers appeared in a broadcast announcing the removal of ...

Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 - TEL AVIV, Israel — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel and Hamas are "very shortly expected to move into the second phase of the cease-fire," after Hamas returns the remains of the last hostage held in Gaza. Netanyahu spoke during a news conference with visiting German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and stressed that the second phase, which addresses the disarming of Hamas and the ...

Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 - LONDON (AP) — President met French, German and British leaders in London on Monday as Kyiv's European allies try to strengthen Ukraine's hand in thorny talks on a U.S.-backed plan to end the Prime Minister Keir Starmer gathered with Zelenskyy, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the British leader's 10 Downing St. residence. Starmer shook hands with Merz on the doorstep of ...

Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 - Escalation follows killing of Thai soldier and four Cambodian civilians weeks after Trump-brokered ceasefire Thailand has launched airstrikes along its disputed border with Cambodia after both countries accused each other of breaching a ceasefire deal brokered by Donald Trump. Four Cambodian civilians and at least one Thai soldier have been killed in the renewed clashes, which have forced tens of thousands of ...

Monday, Dec 8th, 2025 - Japan has summoned China's ambassador over an incident in which Chinese military aircraft allegedly twice locked fire-control radar onto Japanese fighter jets, as tensions between the two countries surge. The move by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday was to protest against what it called the dangerous and "extremely regrettable" behaviour of the Chinese J-15 fighter jets over international waters ...