Spain’s government has imposed a €64 million (about $75 million) fine on Airbnb for listing short-term rental properties without proper authorization, authorities announced on Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. The penalty was issued by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Social Rights and Agenda 2030, which determined that thousands of tourist rental listings lacked required registration numbers or displayed numbers that did…
Petro Issues Decree To Bypass Congress Colombian President Gustavo Petro has signed Decree 0639 to summon voters to the polls on 7 August, asking them to decide whether the work-week should be capped at eight hours a day and whether gig-economy couriers must become formal employees. The move followed months of gridlock in Congress, where opposition lawmakers repeatedly slowed or…
Escalating Violence Between Israel and Iran The conflict between Israel and Iran has reached a historic peak, with six consecutive days of military strikes exchanged between the two countries. In one of the most intense episodes so far, the Israeli military launched a massive aerial operation, deploying 50 fighter jets to target key locations in Tehran. Among the 20 sites…
North Korea will dispatch 1,000 military deminers and 5,000 construction troops to Russia’s war-damaged Kursk region, Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu said during a visit to Pyongyang on Tuesday. He framed the deployment as “brotherly aid” aimed at clearing unexploded ordnance, restoring rail links and repairing housing battered by Ukrainian strikes. Sending workers abroad is not new for Pyongyang.…
Iran Launches Major Missile Attack on Israeli Cities The ongoing conflict between Iran and Israel reached a new level of intensity as Iranian forces launched over 100 missiles targeting major Israeli cities, including Tel Aviv and Haifa. The strikes resulted in widespread destruction, with significant damage reported in residential areas and critical infrastructure. Emergency services in central Israel confirmed the…
Prime Minister Donald Tusk breathed a public sigh of relief on Wednesday after his centrist-led government survived a confidence motion in Poland’s lower house. Yet the 243-210 tally in the 460-seat Sejm only settles who governs— not for how long— as a nationalist president-elect and widening cracks inside Tusk’s ideologically diverse coalition threaten to hobble his promised reforms. A Vote…
A Devastating Aviation Disaster in Ahmedabad An international flight operated by Air India faced a tragic end shortly after takeoff from the city of Ahmedabad, located in the northwestern region of India. The aircraft was en route to London and carried a total of 244 people onboard, including passengers and crew. Within minutes of departure, the plane crashed into a…
