Following the death of three people and the injury of 11 in a knife and smoke grenade attack in Taipei, Taiwan’s president Lai Ching-te has mandated comprehensive security reforms. Before suffocating from a fall, Chang Wen, 27, set fires and struck several locations.
Published On 20 Dec 2025
Despite years of preparation, the sealing of the deal was delayed.
The EU-Mercosur deal is being opposed by European farmers.
That is because there are disagreements in Europe, which has caused the signing to be delayed until January.
The largest free-trade zone in the world would be created by the multi-year-proposed European-South American agreement.
Why is there division, then?
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Published On 20 Dec 2025
Published On 20 Dec 2025
With the addition of the African Nations League and the transition from the annual Africa Cup of Nations to a four-year cycle, African football is experiencing a significant change.
The changes were made during Patrice Motsepe’s press conference before Morocco’s 2025 Africa Cup on Saturday.
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According to Motsepe, the 2027 Africa Cup, which will be held in Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania, will proceed as planned and that the 2028-2020 edition of the tournament will move forward. In 2032, the next Africa Cup will take place.
In 2029, the first African Nations League would be able to exist thanks to this. Each of the continent’s 54 members, which are divided into four geographical regions, would be playing games in September and October, with the finals taking place in November, according to Motsepe.
The best African players who play in Europe and around the world will compete with us on the continent in a new competition every year, according to Motsepe.
The US military carried out more than 70 strikes on alleged ISIL targets in Syria in a “declaration of vengeance” for a deadly attack on US soldiers last week.
Published On 20 Dec 2025
According to an Al Jazeera correspondent on the ground, Israeli forces have entered the Quneitra region of Syria’s occupied Golan Heights and established two military checkpoints.
In the southernmost villages of Israel, Ain Ziwan and al-Ajraf were the locations of the Saturday military operation.
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Israeli forces have been conducting near-daily incursions into southern Syria for months, particularly in the Quneitra governorate, causing more public outcry and unrest.
The army used five military vehicles to set up the checkpoint in Ain Ziwan, according to Syrian state television, which said the Israeli incursion was against Syrian sovereignty.
According to the Syrian News Agency (SANA), the most recent raid occurred one day after Israeli forces advanced in the southern Quneitra countryside’s al-Asha, Bir Ajam, Bariqa, Umm al-Azam, and Ruwayhina.
Syrians on Friday criticized the ongoing Israeli attacks on citizens and their properties and condemned the Israeli incursion in the city of al-Salam in the Quneitra Governorate.
The demonstrators, who are members of the organization “Syrians with Palestine,” carried banners to denounce repeated Israeli violations of Syrian lands.
Despite less direct military threats, Israeli forces continue to carry out airstrikes that have resulted in civilian casualties and the destruction of Syrian army installations.
According to the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data (ACLED), Israel has carried out nearly two attacks every day in Syria over the past year, with an average of almost two per day.
Since Israel’s occupation of southern Syria expanded after President Bashar al-Assad was ousted in December 2024, its military incursions have become more brutal, more frequent, and more violent.
Following al-Assad’s assassination, Israel canceled the 1974 Disengagement Agreement, which was brokered following the 1973 conflict and where Syria failed to regain control of the occupied Golan Heights.
Israel has since violated the UN-patrolled buffer zone, expanding further into Syrian territory.
Israel claims the agreement no longer applies while conducting air raids, ground incursions, reconnaissance flights, setting up checkpoints, and arresting or disappearing Syrians. Syria has not launched attacks.
Since al-Assad’s overthrow, Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa claimed that since al-Assad’s overthrow, Israel has carried out more than 1, 000 airstrikes and more than 400 ground incursions in Syria. He added that the actions were “very dangerous.”
Syrians contend that the continued violations of these laws impedes efforts to bring stability back to the area and thwarts efforts to improve southern Syria’s economic situation.
In recent weeks, Al Jazeera spoke with Syrians about Israeli incursions and kidnappings in the region, which raised concerns.
Syria and Israel are currently negotiating a deal that Damascus hopes will put an end to Israel’s airstrikes on its territory and the withdrawal of Israeli forces from southern Syria.