AFP: More than 500,000 people have fled their homes in Thailand and Cambodia since the renewed border conflict began, according to both governments.

Cambodia withdrew from the Southeast Asian Games on Wednesday, a Games official said, as its border conflict with host nation Thailand intensifies. — AFP

Australia has implemented a ban on social media accounts for children under 16, becoming the first country to do so.

President Trump: “I love this Ilhan Omar, whatever the hell her name is, with the little turban. I love her. She comes in and does nothing but complain — always complaining. We ought to get her the hell out! She married her brother to get in!”

Former Venezuelan general imprisoned in the United States, Cliver Alcalá, said in a letter to Trump that the Rodríguez brothers manipulate Venezuela’s electoral system. He names General Carlos Quintero, vice president of the National Electoral Council, as the official who oversees electoral fraud through electronic voting systems.

A Russian Air Force An-22 transport aircraft crashed into the Uvodskoye Reservoir near the city of Ivanovo. Responders have reportedly recovered only fragments of the aircraft floating in the water. “A military transport plane crashed in an uninhabited area in central Russia, killing all seven people on board,” Russian officials said.

U.S. officials have announced the extradition of Victoria Eduardovna Dubranova, who now faces federal charges for her alleged involvement in two Kremlin-backed cybercrime networks accused of conducting dozens of global intrusions, including attacks on U.S. critical infrastructure.

Indonesia’s trade deal with the United States is at risk of falling apart, with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer saying Jakarta is “backtracking” on several commitments it previously made. Indonesian officials told Greer that they cannot agree to certain binding provisions in the agreement, the Financial Times reports.

Elon Musk said the figure he looks up to most is “the Creator,” using that term to describe God and adding that the universe “came from something,” even if people use different names for it.

Newly released footage shows police approaching Luigi Mangione inside a McDonald’s and asking for his ID, capturing the moments just before his arrest.

Bloomberg reports that SpaceX is preparing for a 2026 debut that could value the company at $1.5 trillion, potentially making it the largest IPO ever attempted.

U.S. Ambassador to Türkiye Tom Barrack says Washington and Ankara are actively discussing Türkiye’s bid to rejoin the F-35 program. He emphasized that Türkiye must relinquish its Russian S-400 system to return. Barrack added that the Trump–Erdoğan relationship has created the most productive dialogue on the issue in nearly a decade, and both sides are hoping for a breakthrough soon.

Stephen Miller: “If you remove immigration from the test-score data, our national scores would suddenly skyrocket.”

ICE carried out major raids at group homes for undocumented migrants near Minneapolis, arresting several individuals at one of the sites, Fox 9 reports.

Germany is pressing ahead with its major military buildup and now plans to acquire more than 200 RCH 155 wheeled self-propelled howitzers by the end of the year. Deliveries are slated to begin in 2028, and the RCH 155 alone would nearly double Germany’s current self-propelled artillery fleet. The UK is also set to contribute to the system’s development.

New video captures the moment a small plane crashed into a vehicle while attempting to land on I-95 in Brevard County, Florida, on Monday, according to Spectrum News 13.

Congress, in the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), has declined to formally rename the Department of Defense and the Secretary of Defense as the “Department of War” and “Secretary of War.” Instead, lawmakers endorsed those terms only as secondary titles and left any future renaming decisions to separate votes in the House and Senate.

Russia’s Syzran oil refinery has been forced to shut down after being struck by Ukrainian attack drones last Friday. The drones hit the refinery’s CDU-6 crude distillation unit, igniting a fire. One source told Reuters that repairs could take up to a month.

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On the night of December 9, Russian media reported explosions in Cheboksary, where the “Progress” plant is located. The facility manufactures the critical “Kometa” antennas used in Russian cruise missiles and Shahed drones. The Kometa is a hardened, electronic-warfare-resistant antenna system.