December 2025

China Foreign Trade Law Revision Strengthens Trade Defenses

China Foreign Trade Law Revision Strengthens Trade Defenses

December 27, 2025 2:49 am

China has approved sweeping changes to its Foreign Trade Law, a move aimed at strengthening Beijing’s ability to respond to trade disputes, tighten oversight of strategic exports, and modernize rules governing the world’s second-largest economy.

The revised legislation, passed on Saturday by China’s top legislative body, will take effect on March 1, 2026, according to state news agency Xinhua.

The updated law expands China’s legal toolkit to counter what officials describe as growing external economic pressures, including export controls and trade restrictions imposed by other countries. It reinforces Beijing’s authority to respond to measures that limit Chinese exports and clarifies …

Myanmar Humanitarian Crisis Deepens As Country Heads To Polls

Myanmar Humanitarian Crisis Deepens As Country Heads To Polls

December 27, 2025 2:38 am

Myanmar heads to the polls on Sunday despite a protracted civil war, widespread displacement, and one of the gravest humanitarian emergencies in Asia, showing the country’s deep political and social fractures four years after a military coup.

The vote comes as fighting between the ruling junta and armed resistance groups continues to devastate large parts of the country, leaving millions dependent on aid and raising questions about governance, legitimacy, and stability.

Myanmar’s crisis began in February 2021, when the military seized power from an elected civilian government led by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. The takeover sparked …

Thailand Cambodia Ceasefire Halts Deadly Border Clashes

Thailand Cambodia Ceasefire Halts Deadly Border Clashes

December 27, 2025 1:28 am

Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to a ceasefire aimed at ending weeks of intense border fighting that left more than 100 people dead and forced hundreds of thousands to flee their homes, marking the worst violence between the two Southeast Asian neighbors in years.

The truce, announced Saturday, took effect at noon local time and halts nearly three weeks of clashes that included fighter jet sorties, rocket exchanges, and sustained artillery fire along disputed stretches of the shared border.

In a joint statement, the defense ministers of both countries said they had agreed to maintain current troop deployments and avoid …

U.S. Airstrikes In Nigeria Approved By Tinubu, Tuggar Says

U.S. Airstrikes In Nigeria Approved By Tinubu, Tuggar Says

December 26, 2025 1:24 pm

Nigeria’s government has confirmed that recent U.S. military airstrikes targeting Islamic State-linked militants in the country’s northwest were carried out with full authorization from Abuja and did not breach Nigeria’s sovereignty or territorial integrity.

Foreign Affairs Minister Yusuf Tuggar said on Friday that the strikes were conducted as part of a coordinated security operation approved by President Bola Tinubu, following public remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump acknowledging the action.

Speaking in an interview with CNN after the Christmas Day strikes, Tuggar said the operation was the result of close collaboration between Nigerian and U.S. security authorities, stressing that …

BBC/Northern Israel Terror Attack Kills Two, Sparks IDF Response

Northern Israel Terror Attack Kills Two, Sparks IDF Response

December 26, 2025 12:05 pm

Two people were killed and at least one other was wounded on Friday in what Israeli police described as a “rolling terror attack” across multiple locations in northern Israel, heightening security concerns amid ongoing regional tensions.

Police said the assailant first carried out a vehicle-ramming attack in the city of Beit Shean, killing a 68-year-old man and injuring a 16-year-old boy. The attacker then drove west toward the Ein Harod area, where he stabbed and killed an 18-year-old woman, according to emergency services and police officials.

The suspect was later shot and wounded by an armed civilian near the …

Syria Mosque Explosion Kills Eight In Homs During Prayers

Syria Mosque Explosion Kills Eight In Homs During Prayers

December 26, 2025 11:28 am

At least eight people were killed and 18 others wounded after an explosion tore through a mosque in the central Syrian city of Homs during Friday prayers, Syrian health officials said.

The blast struck the Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib Mosque in the Wadi al-Dhahab neighborhood, an area largely inhabited by members of the Alawite community. Emergency responders rushed the injured to nearby hospitals as security forces sealed off the area and began an investigation.

The attack is the latest in a series of sectarian incidents that have unsettled Syria following the collapse of the Assad government last year.

Syria’s …

Ukraine Peace Talks: Russia Confirms New U.S. Contacts

Ukraine Peace Talks: Russia Confirms New U.S. Contacts

December 26, 2025 11:15 am

The Kremlin confirmed on Friday that senior Russian and U.S. officials have held direct discussions after Moscow received American proposals outlining a potential path toward ending the war in Ukraine.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Russia’s top foreign policy adviser, Yuri Ushakov, recently spoke by phone with several members of the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump. While the Kremlin did not disclose the timing or participants in the call, it acknowledged that the talks followed the delivery of U.S. peace proposals to Moscow.

The disclosure signals renewed diplomatic engagement between Washington and Moscow as efforts intensify to explore a …

Trump’s Strike And Nigeria’s Moral Collapse

December 26, 2025 7:36 am

Foreign Precision Exposes Domestic Decay

By Prof. MarkAnthony Nze

When Donald J. Trump confirmed that the United States had conducted a targeted counterterrorism strike against ISIS-linked networks in Northwestern Nigeria, global analysts called it audacious. But to those who understand the anatomy of failed states, it was inevitable. America doesn’t move into a territory for sentiment; it moves for strategy. What Trump did, intentionally or not, was expose the most dangerous truth about Nigeria: the country’s greatest security threat is not the terrorists in the forests but the politicians in the palaces.

For over a decade, Nigeria’s political and military …

Greene Warns GOP Rift Intensifies As Trump Faces Backlash Up

Greene Warns GOP Rift Intensifies As Trump Faces Backlash Up

December 26, 2025 1:54 am

Greene says Republicans are breaking with Trump over tone, economy and policy as she predicts widening cracks ahead of the 2026 U.S. midterms elections.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene warned Tuesday December 23, 2025, that internal divisions within the Republican Party are deepening, accusing President Donald Trump of being “tone deaf” on key national issues and predicting more GOP lawmakers will openly break with him.

Speaking in a televised interview, the Georgia Republican said recent events signal what she described as a growing rebellion inside the party, even among lawmakers who have long aligned themselves with Trump and his political movement.…

Abia State Takes Control Of Electricity Regulation From NERC

Abia State Takes Control Of Electricity Regulation From NERC

December 26, 2025 1:33 am

ASERA is now empowered to oversee Abia State’s electricity market, marking a major milestone in the state’s energy sector development.

Abia State Government has officially assumed regulatory authority over electricity within the state, taking over from the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) effective December 24, 2025. The transition follows the release of the Final Transfer of Regulatory Authority Order to the Abia State Electricity Regulatory Authority (ASERA) by NERC in Umuahia.

ASERA is now empowered to serve as the statutory regulator for all electricity sector activities in Abia State. Mr. Emeka Onyegbule, Chairman and CEO of ASERA, said the authority

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Why Captain Iheanacho Is Imo’s Best Hope—Part 4

Why Captain Iheanacho Is Imo’s Best Hope—Part 4

December 26, 2025 1:14 am

Imo has painted over rot for too long. The time has come not to renovate failure, but to rebuild function.

By Prof. MarkAnthony Nze

The Reform Blueprint

For decades, Imo has spoken the language of reform without understanding its grammar. Every administration promises change, commissions committees, and launches programs that collapse under the weight of their own slogans. Roads are flagged off before designs exist, schools are commissioned before teachers are hired, and debt grows faster than development. Reform here is not transformation — it is theatre.

Captain Emmanuel Iheanacho rejects that performance. His conception of reform is mechanical, not …

IBB: Urges Nigeria To Reject Bandit Surrenders Until End Now

IBB: Urges Nigeria To Reject Bandit Surrenders Until End Now

December 26, 2025 1:13 am

Former military leader says the government should reject talks, push total military action, and question negotiators amid Nigeria’s banditry crisis in the nation.

Former Nigerian military ruler Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida has urged the Federal Government to reject any surrender offers from armed bandits, calling instead for a decisive military campaign to completely defeat the groups before considering dialogue.

Babangida, widely known as IBB, made the remarks in a post on his verified account on X, weighing in on Nigeria’s prolonged struggle with armed banditry that has killed thousands and displaced communities across the country’s northwest and north-central regions.

“While the …

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