People across Iran have been protesting for a week over the economic crisis. At the protests they chant “Death to the dictator” Protests in Tehran, Iran, December 29, 2025. Photo: EPA Since the end of December 2025, large-scale protests have been going on in many cities of Iran. The demonstrations in the country, which has been under sanctions for more than 40 years, broke out after a sharp drop in the value of the national currency and the onset of another financial crisis.

Photo: Will Oliver/Pool/EPA The United States will govern Venezuela until it can organize the transition of power, White House head Donald Trump said during his press conference at the Mar-a-Lago residence. “We will govern until we can ensure a safe, orderly and reasonable transition of power,” Trump said. He did not explain how long it would take. According to the head of the White House, the United States is now working on a legally correct transition of power in Venezuela.

The United States attacked Venezuela and took the president and his wife out of the country. What is known about the US military operation and how is the world reacting to it? Soldiers guard the perimeter of the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, January 3, 2026. Photo: Miguel Gutierrez/EPA On the night of January 3, the American army carried out several attacks on military targets in the capital of Venezuela, as well as in nearby regions of the country.

Streets of Caracas after the US attack. Photo: Ronald Pena/EPA The Southern District of New York has indicted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Celia Flores. US Attorney General Pamela Bondi announced this on the social network X “Nicolas Maduro is charged with conspiracy to commit narco-terrorism, conspiracy to import cocaine, possession of machine guns and explosive devices, and conspiracy to possess machine guns and explosive devices against the United States,” Bondi said.

Indian authorities require their oil refineries to report weekly on purchases of Russian and American oil, Reuters writes , citing five sources in the oil industry and government. The corresponding requirement came from the Petroleum Planning and Analysis Department of the Indian Ministry of Petroleum. This data is needed by the office of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the interlocutors said.

The transfer of Ukraine's chief intelligence officer Kirill Budanov to Zelensky's office as an experience in the “demilitarization” of the country Kirill Budanov. Photo: Anatolii Stepanov / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA The position of the head of the presidential administration (since 2005 - the secretariat, again the administration, since 2019 - the office) has always had a specific weight in Ukraine that is not comparable with the functionality.

Participants in the initiative plan to tell schoolchildren about the labor rights of workers Photo: Teacher Trade Union / Change.org Teachers from different regions of Russia supported the action aimed at drawing attention to the problem of low salaries in the field of education, 7x7 noted .

A Ukrainian tank on patrol a in a village near the Ukrainian city of Kupyansk in the eastern Kharkiv region, 19 February 2025. Photo: EPA / Sergey Kozlov Russian forces made their biggest territorial gains in Ukraine in the past year since the early months of Russia’s full-scale invasion of the country in 2022, according to an analysis of data from the US-based Institute for the Study of War that was published by AFP on Friday.

Photo: Matias Delacroix / AP / Scanpix / LETA The United States attacked Venezuela, White House President Donald Trump said on the Truth Social social network. He said that President Nicolas Maduro and his wife were captured and taken out of the country. “The United States successfully carried out a large-scale operation against Venezuela and its leader, President Nicolas Maduro, who, along with his wife, was captured and taken out of the country.

Fire-fighters at the scene of the missile strike on Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine, 2 January 2025. Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine A Russian Iskander missile struck an apartment building in Ukraine’s second city Kharkiv on Friday, killing four people and injuring at least another 32, according to the Ukrainian National Police.

“New Europe” spoke with anti-war emigrant Vladimir Ukhalov, whom Armenia is going to extradite to Russia Vladimir Ukhalov. Photo from Ukhalov’s personal archive. On December 10, the Ministry of Justice of Armenia decided to extradite emigrant Vladimir Ukhalov to Russia. A man is being persecuted for possession of gunpowder - his case is not political, so Armenia is ready to hand him over to Russia.

New Year's test from "New-Europe": how well do you know Russian prohibitions Check how well you understand the prohibitions and restrictions in Russia. In 2025, the legislation has added many reasons to fall under the article! Can you differentiate between a real threat of a fine or a case and an abundance of caution?

Major scientific achievements in 2025 An employee applies contact gel to a competitor's cap during a brain-computer interface (BCI) robot competition. Photo: Jason Lee / REUTERS / Scanpix / LETA It is always difficult to single out the top scientific discoveries, especially since the past year has been rich in events in this area, largely thanks to artificial intelligence, which allows us to analyze gigantic volumes of data and speeds up research.