44+ min ago (138+ words) Government spokesman says the attack in Khost destroyed a civilian home, killing five boys, four girls and a woman. Authorities in Afghanistan say Pakistani forces have bombed a house in the country's southeastern Khost province, killing at least nine children and a woman. Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesman for the Taliban administration, said on Tuesday that the attack took place at midnight (19:30 GMT) in the Gurbuz district of Khost province. "The Pakistani invading forces bombed the house of a local civilian resident, Waliat Khan, son of Qazi Mir," Mujahid wrote in a post on X. "As a result, nine children [five boys and four girls] and one woman were martyred, and his house was destroyed," he added. Other air strikes took place in northeastern Kunar and eastern Paktika provinces, Mujahid said, wounding at least four civilians....

45+ min ago (74+ words) The US Department of Justice says it will appeal criminal charges against former FBI Director James Comey. Trump will "come after me" says cleared former FBI director The US Department of Justice says it will appeal after a federal judge dismissed criminal charges against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia Dean. Hours before the DOJ appeal was announced, Comey said he expected Donald Trump "to come after me again"....

1+ hour, 53+ min ago (310+ words) Here are the key events from day 1,370 of Russia's war on Ukraine. Here's where things stand on Tuesday, November 25. Polish prosecutors have arrested and charged a third Ukrainian man suspected of collaborating with Russia to sabotage a rail track, authorities said. Two other Ukrainians, who fled to Belarus, had already been charged in absentia over the blast on the Warsaw-Lublin line connecting Warsaw to the Ukrainian border. Two young street musicians who were jailed for more than a month in Russia for singing anti-Kremlin songs have left the country after being released from detention, according to Russian media reports. Vocalist Diana Loginova, 18, and guitarist Alexander Orlov, 22, were detained on October 15 in central St Petersburg after an impromptu street performance deemed critical of Putin and the government. Oil prices climbed about 1 percent on mounting doubts about whether Russia will get a…...

5+ hour, 10+ min ago (620+ words) Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall's superb first-half goal seals 1-0 win for the visitors, who had 10 players for most of the game. Everton enjoyed their first Premier League win at Manchester United for 12 years despite playing virtually the entire game with 10 men after midfielder Idrissa Gueye was sent off for slapping his own teammate Michael Keane. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall's superb first-half goal on Monday sealed a 1-0 win for the visitors, who shrugged off the 13th-minute incident that had a furious Gueye dismissed after he and Keane squared up. United came into the match at Old Trafford on the back of a five-game unbeaten run and could have moved up to fifth with a win. They dominated possession, especially in the second half, but Everton defended superbly to repel the hosts who looked blunt in attack. Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford made several fine saves to preserve…...

5+ hour, 15+ min ago (1621+ words) New IMF report prompts calls for corruption reforms. But experts say that needs political will, not technical tinkering. Islamabad, Pakistan " A new assessment by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has concluded that corruption in Pakistan is behind an economic crisis driven by "state capture" " where public policy is manipulated to benefit a narrow circle of political and business elites. The Governance and Corruption Diagnostic Assessment (GCDA), finalised in November 2025, presents a grim picture of a system marked by dysfunctional institutions that are unable to enforce the rule of law or safeguard public resources. According to the 186-page report, corruption in Pakistan is "persistent and corrosive", distorting markets, eroding public trust and undermining fiscal stability. The report, requested by the Pakistani government, warns that without dismantling the structures of "elite privilege", the country's economic stagnation will persist. While corruption vulnerabilities are…...

5+ hour, 16+ min ago (291+ words) No casualties reported, but local resident of Afar region says impact of eruption "felt like a sudden bomb had been thrown. A long-dormant volcano in northern Ethiopia has erupted, sending plumes of ash across the Red Sea towards Yemen and Oman. The Hayli Gubbi volcano in the Afar region of Ethiopia, located about 800 kilometres (500 miles) northeast of Addis Ababa, erupted for several hours on Sunday morning, leaving the nearby village of Afdera covered in ash. There were no casualties from the eruption, which sent thick plumes of smoke up to 14km (nine miles) into the sky, sending ash clouds to Yemen, Oman, India, and northern Pakistan, according to the Toulouse Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre (VAAC) in France. Ahmed Abdela, a resident of the Afar region, said it "felt like a sudden bomb had been thrown. Many people who had been heading…...

5+ hour, 21+ min ago (481+ words) Trump and Xi talk soya bean and Taiwan, continuing to lower temperature in wake of meeting in South Korea last month. United States President Donald Trump and China's Xi Jinping held a wide-ranging phone call on issues like Taiwan and trade, as relations appeared to gather new momentum since the pair's meeting in South Korea last month. Hours after the call on Monday, the US president hailed the two countries' "extremely strong" relationship, announcing that he and Xi discussed the war in Ukraine, fentanyl trafficking and a deal for farmers during the "very good" morning call, which also included an exchange of invitations to each other's countries. "Now we can set our sights on the big picture " We agreed that it is important that we communicate often, which I look forward to doing," said Trump, who said he had accepted…...

7+ hour, 31+ min ago (230+ words) Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have announced an apparently unilateral three-month humanitarian truce in the country's civil war. RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, also known as Hemedti, made the announcement on Monday in a recorded address. The warring Sudanese Armed Forces led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan did not immediately confirm that any agreement had been reached. Al-Burhan late on Sunday had rejected a ceasefire proposal put forward by the so-called Quad " Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and the United States. He took particular issue with the presence in the grouping of the UAE, which has long rejected accusations that it is arming and funding the RSF. On Monday, Hemedti said the truce seeks to enhance civilian protections and facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid. He further called the unilateral pause the first step in reaching a political…...

7+ hour, 40+ min ago (704+ words) Pentagon suggests Mark Kelly, a former US Navy captain, could be court-martialled for urging military to defy unlawful orders. The Pentagon has said it is investigating United States Senator Mark Kelly, a retired naval aviator and astronaut, for his participation in a video that urged military service members to refuse "illegal orders. It is unusual for the US military to take action against a retired officer. But Monday's announcement came after President Donald Trump repeatedly called for criminal charges against Kelly and other Democratic lawmakers involved in the video. Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said later on Monday that Kelly is facing a probe because he is the only lawmaker in the video who falls under the jurisdiction of military law as a retired Navy captain. "As was announced, the Department is reviewing his statements and actions, which were addressed directly…...

8+ hour, 17+ min ago (866+ words) Myanmar faces an ongoing civil war that has caused widespread displacement, leading the US to warn against travel there. The United States government has announced it plans to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for citizens of Myanmar, a country in southeast Asia currently facing an ongoing civil war. On Monday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a draft notice in the Federal Register, to be formally published the following day, revealing the change. It credited Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem with making the determination to end the programme. "After reviewing country conditions and consulting with appropriate U.S. Government agencies, the Secretary determined that Burma [Myanmar] no longer continues to meet the conditions for designation for Temporary Protected Status," the document said. "The Secretary, therefore, is terminating the Temporary Protected Status designation of Burma as required by statute." Some 3,969 citizens of…...