The leader of the armed Palestinian group Popular Forces, Yasser Abu Shabab, died as a result of a gunshot wound, Reuters reported on December 4, citing a statement from the group. According to her, Yasser Abu Shabab was injured when he intervened in a family quarrel. The group rejected reports that the terrorist organization Hamas was behind his murder. Yasser Abu Shabab was a Bedouin tribal leader based in Israeli-held Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.

The area of ​​iceberg A23a has decreased by 22% over the past three months, to 1,370 square kilometers, which is why it has lost its status as the largest iceberg in the world, the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (AARI) reported on December 4. A23a continues to drift in the clear waters of the Southern Ocean, 230 kilometers northwest of South Georgia Island. The new largest iceberg is considered to be D15A.

Mikhail Loshchinin. Memorial A 48-year-old man with dual Russian and Belgian citizenship has been charged with treason in Russia following an attempt to visit his father, who recently suffered a heart attack. Mikhail Loshchinin’s family is scattered across Europe. He has lived in Germany for the past several years, working as a database administrator in Luxembourg. His mother is in Poland, his father is in St. Petersburg, and his sister is a Ukrainian citizen.

Spain, the Netherlands, Ireland and Slovenia have decided to boycott the Eurovision 2026 song contest due to Israel's participation, Reuters reports. On December 4, the General Assembly of members of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the organizer of Eurovision, was held in Geneva. According to Reuters, Spain, the Netherlands, Ireland and Slovenia demanded a secret vote at the meeting on Israel's participation in the 2026 competition.

French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, in a closed telephone conversation with Vladimir Zelensky and other European leaders, expressed concern that the United States could “betray” Ukraine, writes the German publication Der Spiegel. The conversation, according to him, took place on Monday, December 1. Der Spiegel claims to have received a transcript in English. How exactly the journalists gained access to the transcript is not specified.

Roskomnadzor announced on December 3-4 that it had blocked various services in Russia: the gaming platform Roblox , the video calling application FaceTime , and the messenger with disappearing photos and videos Snapchat . RKN stated that Roblox is “popular with pedophiles,” and FaceTime and Snapchat are used “to organize and carry out terrorist actions” in the Russian Federation.

Russian economist Sergei Dubinin died at the age of 74, Echo reported, citing a source at Moscow State University. According to him, Dubinin died after a serious illness. The Bank of Russia confirmed this information, Interfax writes. Dubinin until 1991 was an associate professor at the Faculty of Economics of Moscow State University. He worked as an economic expert for the USSR Presidential Administration.

Russia’s federal censor, Roskomnadzor, announced on Thursday that it has blocked the mobile application Snapchat.

The writer becomes the biographer of the billionaire everyone hates Despite the high-profile premiere of the final season of Stranger Things , Netflix's top spot in November was topped by the crime drama The Beast Inside Me with Claire Danes and Matthew Rhys. This is the story of a depressed writer and her billionaire neighbor who may or may not have killed his wife.

Roskomnadzor announced that it has blocked the Snapchat mobile application in Russia. This service allows you to send photos and videos that disappear after viewing or after 24 hours.

The Gomel tableware plant "Santex" helps Russia circumvent sanctions by supplying drones to the Russian army, according to an investigation by the Belarusian Investigation Center (BRC). Journalists studied the customs documentation of the enterprise and found in it information about the re-export of drones from the Chinese company DJI - in 2022-2023, Santex sold 309 drones to Russia with a total value of two million dollars.

He is accused of fighting his wife's advisers instead of fighting Lukashenko Ronald Wittek / EPA / Scanpix / LETA Sergei and Svetlana Tikhanovsky at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, October 22, 2025 Six months ago, Sergei Tikhanovsky was released after serving five years.

lai-fi.com A team of artists in Yekaterinburg has found a novel solution to Russia’s mobile Internet blackouts — outfitting stray dogs with WiFi routers and letting them wander the city as walking hotspots. The idea, they say, has two benefits: free Internet for residents and much-needed attention for the dogs, who are available for adoption. Animal welfare workers aren’t so sure.

In the UK, an official report has been published following an investigation commissioned by the government into the death of 44-year-old Dawn Sturgess. She died in 2018 after spraying herself with the contents of a bottle of Novichok disguised as Nina Ricci perfume.

What do your kids think about the Roblox ban? Tell us Getty Images On December 3, 2025, Russian users began to complain about problems accessing Roblox, a popular online platform with tens of millions of games that gamers themselves can create. A few hours later, Roskomnadzor officially confirmed that it had blocked this service in the country.