The U.S. broadened sanctions on 100 entities and added 15 new ones supporting Russia's war in Ukraine.

Lifting these sanctions will require notifying Congress, complicating any changes by the incoming Trump administration.

Donald Trump's advisers are now admitting that the Ukraine war will take months or even longer to resolve, dealing a harsh reality check to his biggest foreign policy promise.

These assessments echo comments by Trump's new envoy for Russia and Ukraine, retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg.

A rescue operation at an illegal mine in South Africa has ended, with 78 bodies removed and 246 survivors.

The death toll is likely to be higher, as a community group reported that it recovered nine bodies before the police operation began.

Tensions in the Israeli government over the truce with Hamas: the finance minister said that the agreement is “dangerous”.

“It sacrifices many achievements of the war in which the heroes of this nation sacrificed their lives,” declared Bezalel Smotrich.

Poland accused Russia of planning terrorist acts against airlines around the world.

Donald Tusk, Poland's PM, said: “That's all I can say, and I won't go into details. Russia has been planning terrorist acts in the air, and not just against Poland, but against airlines around the world.”

Yemen's Houthi rebels have claimed responsibility for a missile and drone attack on a US aircraft carrier in the Red Sea.

A military spokesman said in a statement that the group had carried out a "military operation against the USS Harry Truman and several accompanying warships."

The United States has tightened export controls on semiconductors to curb the diversion of technology to China.

Washington announced the move amid fears of possible uses in military applications, trade officials said.