Breaking News Live Updates: Massive crash on highway in Japan kills 1, injures 26

Breaking News Live Updates, December 27, 2025:  A massive crash in snowy weather killed one person and injured 26 on an expressway in Japan late on Friday as the country kicked off its end-of-the-year holiday season. The Gunma prefectural highway police said on Saturday that the pileup on the Kan-etsu Expressway started with a collision between two trucks in the town of Minakami, about 160 kilometres (100 miles) northwest of Tokyo.

A 77-year-old woman from Tokyo died, police said. Out of the 26 injured, five were reported to be in serious condition.

Stay with TV9 English for latest updates from India and around the world. 

Hindus are being targeted and attacked in Bangladesh: BJP leader Dilip Ghosh 

On Bangladesh unrest, BJP leader Dilip Ghosh says, "... Hindus are being targeted and attacked in Bangladesh. People are attempting to grab properties owned by Hindus, forcing them to leave the country... Bangladesh's powerless government is unable to maintain law and order..."

Temperature falls in Varanasi, city under firm grip of winter

People savour chai and warm their hands on the bonfire to brave the cold wave gripping Varanasi. IMD forecasts a minimum temperature of 10°C in the city.

Palestinian man kills 2 in car-ramming and stabbing attack in northern Israel, injures 2 others

A Palestinian attacker rammed his car into a man and then stabbed a young woman in northern Israel on Friday afternoon, killing both, police said. The Israeli military swiftly launched an operation in the assailant's hometown in the occupied West Bank. The attack started in the northern city of Beit Shean when the Palestinian man rammed his vehicle into people, killing one man and injuring a teenage boy. He then drove off onto a highway, where he fatally stabbed the woman, and injured another person near the entrance to the city of Afula.

Authorities say the attacker was shot and injured in Afula. He was then taken to hospital; his condition was not immediately known.

New Zealand Prime Minister announces Free Trade Agreement with India

Prime Minister of New Zealand, Christopher Luxon tweets, "We said we’d secure a Free Trade Agreement with India in our first term, and we’ve delivered. This landmark deal means more jobs, higher incomes and more exports by opening the door to 1.4 billion Indian consumers."

Fog continues to prevail in North India

Dense fog engulfs Karnal as cold wave intensifies in the district.

Lebanese Cabinet approves draft law to return funds wiped out with 2019 collapse of banks

Lebanon's Cabinet on Friday approved a draft law to determine the extent of losses suffered by Lebanese banks during the country's financial meltdown in 2019 and provide a mechanism to return depositors' funds that were wiped out at the time. The financial collapse, which wiped out billions in savings and left many unable to access their funds, was part of a fiscal crisis that followed decades of corruption, financial mismanagement and nefarious profiteering.

6 terrorists killed in clash with police in northwest Pakistan

At least six terrorists were killed and several others injured on Friday in a gunbattle with police in Pakistan's restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The shootout ensued after the terrorists attacked police with sniper rifles and quadcopter strikes in the Lakki Marwat district. The terrorists also targeted the "houses of villagers with quadcopter strikes”, resulting in "civilian casualties”, said a statement of the Regional Police Office Bannu.

US: Man dead, 2 police officers hurt in shooting during custody exchange in North Carolina

A man was shot and killed on Friday after firing at police in a suburb of Charlotte, North Carolina, during a child custody exchange, authorities said. Two Mint Hill police officers were also wounded in the shooting, Mint Hill Police said in a statement on social media. Mint Hill officers were called to the exchange at an Edible Arrangement store around 10:45 am on Friday. Authorities said the man pulled out a gun and started shooting and officers fired back. Police say he died in the exchange of gunfire.

Mosque bombing in Syria leaves 8 dead, 18 wounded

A bombing at a mosque in the Syrian city of Homs during Friday prayers killed at least eight people and wounded 18 others, authorities said, as long-standing sectarian, ethnic and political fault lines continue to destabilise the country, even as large-scale fighting has subsided. Images released by Syria's state-run Arab News Agency showed blood on the mosque's carpets, holes in the walls, shattered windows and fire damage. The Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib Mosque is located in Homs, Syria's third-largest city, in an area of the Wadi al-Dhahab neighbourhood dominated by the Alawite minority.

Massive crash on highway in Japan kills 1, injures 26

Add TV9 English As A Trusted Source

A massive crash in snowy weather killed one person and injured 26 on an expressway in Japan late on Friday as the country kicked off its end-of-the-year holiday season. The Gunma prefectural highway police said on Saturday that the pileup on the Kan-etsu Expressway started with a collision between two trucks in the town of Minakami, about 160 kilometres (100 miles) northwest of Tokyo.

A 77-year-old woman from Tokyo died, police said. Out of the 26 injured, five were reported to be in serious condition.