A torrent of news happened in 2025. Here’s a timeline of some of the most important stories, including some of the year’s best photos.

If you look puzzled, or answer in your clearest English, “I’m sorry, I don’t understand, kid, I’m from Minnesota,” he will call in the troops: “Marek! Krzysztof! Piotr! Chodzi tu!” Each kid has a deck ...

The administrator of Google's defunct Russian business has obtained a temporary freeze on some 110 million euros ($129 million) of the Alphabet-owned company's assets in France, official orders seen ...

WhatsApp criticised restrictions to its service in Russia on Tuesday, accusing the authorities of trying to deprive more than ...

Ukrainian naval drones hit two sanctioned tankers in the Black Sea as they headed to a Russian port to load up with oil destined for foreign markets, an official said on Saturday, as Kyiv tries to ...

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on Friday, once again shunning efforts by his European Union partners to isolate Moscow over its ...

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Roman and Anna Novak were the parents of two underage children who have been left as orphans (Picture: East2west News) A convicted Russian cryptocurrency fraudster and his wife watched each other ...