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Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy (L) and Pope Leo XIV (R) wave to reporters at the end of their meeting at the Papal residence in Castel Gandolfo, on the outskirts of Rome, Italy, on December 09, 2025. (Riccardo De Luca/Anadolu via Getty Images) (LONDON) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Pope Leo XIV near Rome […]

Residents are taking refuge in a temporary shelter in Buriram Province, following clashes between Thai and Cambodian soldiers that have heightened tension along the Thai-Cambodian border. (Sarot Meksophawannakul/Thai News Pix/LightRocket via Getty Images) (LONDON) — At least seven civilians have been killed and approximately 20 others have been injured in Cambodia amid renewed border clashes […]

Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Ukraine’s president, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, on Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. Nathan Laine/Bloomberg via Getty Images (LONDON) — No compromise has been reached on the question of territorial control to reach a peace settlement, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said following his meeting with European leaders on Monday. “The Americans think we must look […]

Travelers held at Heathrow where train platforms remained closed. (Jay Davies/Getty Images) (LONDON) — A man was arrested on Sunday after a “group of men” unleashed what may have been pepper spray during an altercation in a parking garage at London’s Heathrow Airport, the police said. The incident was not being investigated as terrorism, Cmdr. […]

Igor Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Eurovision Song Contest slogan is “United By Music,” but the music competition’s organizers are seeing some cracks in that unity. A discordant note has been struck in that unity over Israel’s participation in the contest over the war between Israel and Hamas and the humanitarian […]

Jose Colon/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — NATO fighter jets were scrambled and air defense systems put on alert in Poland in response to Russia’s latest overnight drone and missile strikes in Ukraine, the Armed Forces Operational Command in Warsaw said in a series of social media posts. “Fighter jets have been scrambled and ground-based […]

Jose Colon/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — American and Ukrainian representatives will continue discussions on a possible framework for a peace deal to end Russia’s full-scale invasion of its neighbor on Saturday, the State Department said in a statement, following meetings between the two teams in Miami this week. The office of the spokesperson at […]

People gather for a rally marking one year since citizens blocked former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial law declaration, in front of the National Assembly on December 03, 2025 in Seoul, South Korea. (Hwawon Lee/Anadolu via Getty Images) (SEOUL) — Thousands of South Koreans rallied outside the National Assembly on Wednesday, marking one year since […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin begin a meeting with US special envoy Steve Witkoff and US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner at the Kremlin, aimed at finding a solution to end the Ukraine war, in Moscow, Russia on December 2, 2025. (Photo by Kremlin Press Office/Anadolu via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Ukraine’s top negotiator […]

Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The family of a Colombian fisherman who died in a U.S. military boat strike in September has filed a formal complaint with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights alleging the U.S. government illegally killed him. Alejandro Carranza was killed in a strike in the Caribbean […]