President Yoon Suk Yeol said that he declared martial law to protect the country’s democracy.
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Luigi Mangione fingerprints match crime-scene prints, police say
The 26-year-old was arrested in Pennsylvania, and prosecutors are seeking to bring him to trial in New York.
Israel seizing on Syria chaos to strike military assets
Israel has attacked Syrian military assets and has troops operating in the Golan buffer zone and slightly beyond.
Suicide bomb kills Taliban minister in Kabul
Khalil Haqqani is the Taliban’s most high profile casualty since the group retook power in 2021.
Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp down in mass Meta outage
Over 22,000 people reported issues with Facebook this evening and over 18,000 struggled to use WhatsApp, according to Downdetector.
FBI Director Christopher Wray to resign before Trump takes office
He was nominated to the post by Donald Trump in 2017, but the president-elect has said he wants to replace him.
BBC sees crowd surge over rumoured execution of Assad henchman
The BBC sees a crowd surge in Damascus as rumours spread that a hated Assad henchman is about to be executed.
Girl, 11, rescued in Med after three days clinging to tyre tubes
The girl from Sierra Leone said all the 44 migrants on board had died in the storms and high waves.
French actor Adèle Haenel confronts director in sexual assault trial
The actor shouted “shut up!” at Christophe Ruggia before storming out court on the second day of the trial.
Russian ships move from Syria base amid doubts over future
Satellite images show Russian ships off the Syrian coast, as Moscow mulls its military future after Bashar al-Assad’s fall.