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Open to creating demilitarised zone in eastern Ukraine, says Zelenskyy

Zelenskyy spoke to reporters Tuesday to describe an overarching 20-point plan that negotiators from Ukraine and the US hammered out in Florida in recent days

Search teams probe after Libyan army chief, 7 others killed in plane crash

The private jet carrying Gen. Muhammad Ali Ahmad al-Haddad, four other officers and three crew members crashed in Turkiye on Tuesday after taking off from the capital, Ankara

Asian markets rise as S&P 500 hits record on strong US economic growth

Trading in Asia was thin, with many global markets due to be closed on Thursday for Christmas

'60 Minutes' segment on Trump immigration policy accidentally airs online

The segment featured interviews with migrants who were sent to a notorious El Salvador prison called the Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT, under President Donald Trump's aggressive crackdown

SC keeps Trump's National Guard deployment blocked in Chicago, for now

The justices declined the Republican administration's emergency request to overturn a ruling by US District Judge April Perry that had blocked the deployment of troops

Venezuela seeks to criminalise tanker seizures as Trump ramps up pressure

The tankers are part of what the Trump administration has said is a fleet Venezuela uses to evade US economic sanctions

Trump approves deployment of 350 National Guard members to New Orleans

Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said Tuesday that Guard members, as they have in other deployments in large cities, will be tasked with supporting federal law enforcement partners

Local consent clears way to restart world's largest nuclear plant in Japan

The move comes one day after the Niigata prefectural assembly adopted a budget bill that included funding necessary for a restart, supporting the governor's earlier consent

South Korea passes bill to establish rebellion courts after Yoon case

The law would require the Seoul Central District Court and the Seoul High Court to establish at least two specialised panels for cases involving rebellion, treason and foreign subversion

One killed as US strikes another alleged drug-smuggling boat in Pacific

The Trump administration has said the strikes were meant to stop the flow of drugs into the US and increase pressure on Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro

At least 5 killed in Mexican Navy plane crash near Galveston in Texas

The US Coast Guard confirmed that five people had been killed in the crash and that the cause of the crash is under investigation

Judge orders Trump admin to allow court challenges for Venezuelan migrants

US District Judge James Boasberg ordered the government to come up with a plan within two weeks for the men, who have since been returned to Venezuela in a prisoner swap

Trump unveils plan for new battleship as part of US Navy's 'Golden Fleet'

The ship, according to Trump, will be longer and larger than the World War II-era Iowa-class battleships and will be armed with hypersonic missiles, rail guns, and high-powered lasers

Denmark, Greenland say US will not take over island after Trump envoy move

On Sunday, Trump announced Landry's appointment as special envoy, saying that Jeff understands how essential Greenland is to our National Security

Trump admin sues District of Columbia over its semiautomatic gun laws

DC's current semi-automatic firearms prohibition that bans many commonly used pistols, rifles or shotguns is based on little more than cosmetics, appearance, or the ability to attach accessories

21 Democratic-led states sue White House for Trump admin's CFPB funding

The White House has argued for several months that the CFPB cannot lawfully draw funds to fund its operations from the Fed if the Fed does not have combined earnings to allocate to the bureau

Clashes flare as Turkish officials visit Syria ahead of Kurdish integration

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, or SDF, said 17 people were wounded and a woman was killed. The conflicting casualty reports could not immediately be reconciled

Mercedes-Benz to pay $149.6 mn to settle emissions allegations in US

Daimler AG and Mercedes-Benz USA already agreed in 2020 to pay $1.5 billion to the US government and California state regulators to resolve the emissions cheating allegations

US judge to decide whether Garcia will return to immigration custody

Abrego Garcia's mistaken deportation and imprisonment in El Salvador in March have galvanised both sides of the immigration debate

Progress in US-led peace talks 'quite solid', says Ukrainian Prez Zelenskyy

There are some things we are probably not ready for, and I'm sure there are things the Russians are not ready for either, Zelenskyy told reporters in Kyiv