Coupang chief executive officer Park Dae-jun resigned over his failure to prevent South Korea's largest-ever data breach, which set off a regulatory and political backlash against the country's dominant online retailer. The company said in a statement on Wednesday that Park had stepped down over his role in the breach. It appointed Harold Rogers, chief administrative officer for the retailer's U.S.-based parent company Coupang Inc., as interim head.
European leaders have called for Ukrainian security guarantees for the long term in any peace deal with Russia (FILE: October 2, 2025)Image: Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix/picture alliance Skip next section What you need to know Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he is ready for wartime elections if allies guarantee security, after Donald Trump accused him of holding on to power Zelenskyy said new components of a peace proposal hashed out with British, French and German leaders are ready for US review
The Russian and Chinese planes flew in and out of the South Korean air defence zone for an hour before leaving, the military said, according to South Korea's official Yonhap news agency. Japan separately deployed military aircraft to strictly implement air defence measures against potential airspace violations, following the reported joint patrol of Russia and China, Japanese Minister of Defence Shinjiro Koizumi said.
Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi alleges Rwanda has violated newly-signed accord as M23 fighters reportedly advance towards Uvira. The president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Felix Tshisekedi, has accused Rwanda of violating a newly signed US-brokered peace deal, as the Kigali-backed M23 armed group pressed ahead with a rapid advance on a town near the border with Burundi.
In a statement on Monday evening, the breakaway Alliance of Sahel States (AES), of which Burkina Faso is a member alongside Mali and Niger, said the C-130 transport aircraft had made an emergency landing in Bobo Dioulasso. In the statement, Assimi Goita, the Malian junta president and leader of the AES, called the landing an unfriendly act carried out in defiance of international law. He directed the authorities in the member countries to act to neutralise any aircraft that would violate the confederal space in future.
La Quema del Diablo (Burning of the Devil) is a centuries-old yearly tradition celebrated by Guatemalans on December 7, viewed as a way to rid themselves of evil as they officially kick off the Christmas season. As part of this year's celebrations in Guatemala's capital city, a giant devil sculpture was lit ablaze along with what looked like Trump's head made out of papier-mache in his hands.
Fighting intensified along the border between Thailand and Cambodia on Tuesday, with both sides promising to defend their sovereignty. The fighting erupted after a Sunday-night skirmish during whihc a Thai soldier was killed. The two sides have blamed each other for starting the latest clashes, which call into question the strength of a ceasefire brokered by Malaysia with support from US President Donald Trump.
Nearly half of the journalists killed globally this year were by Israeli forces in Gaza. Israel killed more journalists in 2025 than any other country, according to a report by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Israeli forces carrying out the genocidal war in Gaza were responsible for the deaths of 29 Palestinian reporters, RSF said in its annual report published on Tuesday. It was the third year running that Israel was named the top killer of journalists by the NGO.
Irish citizens who were part of a flotilla that tried to bring aid to Gaza when they were detained by Israeli authorities have urged politicians to ensure they "hold Israel accountable"
Cuba's former deputy prime minister and ex-economy minister Alejandro Gil Fernandez, who just two years ago was considered the right-hand man of President Miguel Diaz-Canel, has been sentenced in two separate trials to life imprisonment and 20 years in prison for a dozen crimes considered treason. Gil's sentences which the Cuban people had been eagerly awaiting were announced on Monday by the Cuban Supreme People's Court (TSP). The decisions put an end to the political and judicial maneuvering by the regime that began with the official's sudden dismissal in February 2024.
Ukraine deeply appreciates all the support of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV and the Holy See the ongoing humanitarian assistance and the readiness to expand humanitarian missions, Zelenskyy wrote on X after the audience at the Vatican. He said he thanked the pontiff for his constant prayers for Ukraine and for calls for a just peace, adding that he briefed him on mediation efforts to return our children abducted by Russia.
On the day Bashar al-Assad's regime fell, Abu Ibrahim and his family went to sleep wondering what sort of future awaited them in the morning. They woke in a panic, to the sound of gunfire and tanks. The bullets announced the arrival of the Israeli military into the remote southern Syrian province of Quneitra on 9 December 2024. In the place of Assad militias who used to patrol the roads,
Indian aviation regulators told IndiGo to immediately reduce flights by 5%. The move comes after over 2,000 cancellations last week when it emerged pilots were not receiving sufficient time to rest between flights. India's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Tuesday told IndiGo it had one day to submit an updated flight schedule, including a 5% cut in departures, after the airline stranded tens of thousands of passengers by canceling over 2,000 flights this month.
