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Aid Workers Stand Trial in Greece on Migrant Smuggling Charges

World TOPSHOT - Migrants sit onboard an inflatable boat before attempting to illegally cross the English Channel to reach Britain, off the coast of Sangatte, northern France, on July 18, 2023. (Photo by BERNARD BARRON / AFP)

Aid Workers Stand Trial in Greece on Migrant Smuggling Charges

Two dozen aid workers went on trial in Greece on Thursday on charges including migrant smuggling, in a case that rights groups have dismissed as a baseless…

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World Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks with journalists as he attends the VTB Investment Forum "Russia Calling!" in Moscow, Russia, December 2, 2025. Sputnik/Yevgeny Biyatov/Pool via REUTERS

Putin Says Russia Will Take All of Ukraine's Donbas Region Militarily or Otherwise

President Vladimir Putin said in an interview published on Thursday that Russia would take full control of Ukraine's Donbas region by force unless Ukrainian…

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World South Korea's presidential office confirmed Thursday that six nationals were being held captive in North Korea. Pedro PARDO / AFP/File

Seoul Says Six Nationals Held in North Korea, Vows to Help Them

South Korea's presidential office confirmed Thursday that six of its citizens have been captive in North Korea for years, after President Lee Jae Myung…

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World The Arrow 3 shield system is pictured during an event of the German Air Force to declare the Initial Operating Capability for the Arrow Weapon System for Germany at the Annaburger Heide Air Base in Schoenewalde / Holzdorf, eastern Germany, on December 3, 2025. (AFP)

Germany Deploys Arrow Air Defense to Counter Russian Missile Threat

Germany on Wednesday became the first European nation to deploy the Arrow air defense system, built to intercept intermediate-range ballistic missiles such as…

World Russian President Vladimir Putin, third right, Russian Presidential foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov, fourth right, and Russian Direct Investment Fund CEO Special Presidential Representative for Investment and Economic Cooperation with Foreign Countries Kirill Dmitriev, right, attend talks with US special envoy Steve Witkoff, second left, and Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump's son-in-law, third, at the Senate Palace of the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (Alexander Kazakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Kremlin Says Putin Accepted Some US Proposals on Ukraine and Is Ready to Continue Talking 

The Kremlin said on Wednesday that President Vladimir Putin had accepted some US proposals to end the war in Ukraine and rejected others and that Russia was…


World General view of the North Atlantic Council meeting during NATO Foreign Ministers' meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, December 3, 2025. REUTERS/Yves Herman


NATO Allies Vow Major New Purchases of US Arms for Ukraine

NATO countries pledged Wednesday to buy hundreds of millions more dollars of US arms for Ukraine, as Russian President Vladimir Putin was told to end his …

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World This picture shows an aerial view of villagers wading through the mudflow to find a shelter in the aftermath of flash floods in Tukka village, Central Tapanuli, North Sumatra province, on December 3, 2025. (AFP)

Flood-Hit Indonesian Regions Run Low on Fuel, Funds for Relief Effort 

Authorities battling floods on Indonesia's island of Sumatra that killed 804 people this week have appealed for more central government help to tackle…

World Iran’s Ministry of Defense showcases the long-range Arman air-defense system at a ceremony in Tehran last February. (Reuters)

Conflicting Signals Emerge over Iran’s Efforts to Restore Defensive Capabilities  

Conflicting messages are coming out of Iran regarding the restoration of its defensive capacity along the country’s western frontier, where military…

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World An image of an autopen signing former US President Joe Biden's signature is displayed in place of a portrait Biden next to a portrait of US President Donald Trump at the "Presidential Walk of Fame" along the Colonnade at the White House in Washington, DC, US, September 25, 2025. (Reuters)

Trump Says He’s Terminating Any Biden Pardons Signed with Autopen 

US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he is terminating all documents, including pardons, that he said his predecessor Joe Biden had signed using an…

World Finnish tugboat Ukko sails near the Cook Islands-flagged tanker Eagle S off Porkkalanniemi, Kirkkonummi, in the Gulf of Finland, December 28, 2024 (AFP)

Cook Islands-Flagged Tankers Suspects of Smuggling Russian, Iranian Crude

At least 34 Cook Islands–flagged tankers suspected of smuggling contraband crude for Russia and Iran have been using a beachside office in the tropical South…

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World Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Hegseth Defends Second Boat Strike, Citing ‘Fog of War’

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Tuesday defended the secondary strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea, citing the “fog of war” as reason…

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World (FILES) This handout file photo taken and released on April 9, 2014 by Australian Defence shows a Royal Australian Air Force AP-3C Orion flying past Australian Defense Vessel Ocean Shield on a mission to drop sonar buoys to assist in the acoustic search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean.  (Photo by Handout / AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE / AFP)

Malaysia Says Search for Long-missing Flight MH370 to Resume

The search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will resume at the end of December, Malaysia's transport ministry said on Wednesday, more than a decade…

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World Ibrahim Mohamed Ishaq, 35, a Sudanese refugee father from el-Fasher, stands near firewood after purchasing it for warmth inside the Tine transit camp, after arriving and securing a place in eastern Chad, as he and his family flee ongoing clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Sudanese army, November 22, 2025. (Reuters)

UN Refugee Agency Hails $1.5 Bn in Early Donations Amid Funding Crunch

The United Nations refugee agency said Tuesday it had secured more than $1.5 billion in early pledges to support its work in 2026, at a time when aid funding…

World European Union Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini takes part in a press conference after an International Solidarity Conference on the Venezuelan Refugee and Migrant crisis, in Brussels, Belgium October 29, 2019. (Reuters)

Belgian Police Detain Former EU Foreign Policy Chief Mogherini in Fraud Probe

Belgian police on Tuesday detained former European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini and a current senior EU diplomat as part of a fraud…

World  Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks with journalists as he attends the VTB Investment Forum "Russia Calling!" in Moscow, Russia, December 2, 2025. (Sergei Ilnitsky/Pool via Reuters)

Putin Warns Europe: If You Want War, Then Russia Will Defeat You

President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday warned European powers that if they started a war with Russia then Moscow was ready to fight and that the defeat of…

World File photo: Police secure an area after a deadly shooting in the eastern German city of Halle on October 9, 2019. REUTERS/Marvin Gaul

Germany Sends a Libyan Man Suspected of War Crimes to the ICC to Face Justice

A Libyan man accused of crimes against humanity and war crimes in a Tripoli prison has been sent by Germany to the International Criminal Court to face justice…

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World Bullet holes are shown where a mass shooting took place Saturday at a banquet hall in Stockton, Calif., Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Mass Killings in 2025 in the US Hit the Lowest Level since 2006

A shooting last weekend at a children’s birthday party in California that left four dead was the 17th mass killing this year — the lowest number recorded since…

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World NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte talks at the press conference during his visit in Slovenia, in Brdo pri Kranju, Slovenia, October 13, 2025. REUTERS/Borut Zivulovic

NATO's Rutte Says He Expects New Contributions to Ukraine Arms Aid Program

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Tuesday that he expected new contributions from allies to the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) program,…

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World   Men stand on logs swept away by flash flood in Batang Toru, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)

More than 1,300 Dead from Floods in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand as Rescue Efforts Intensify

Emergency crews raced to reach survivors and recover more bodies Tuesday as the death toll from last week’s catastrophic floods and landslides surged past 1…

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World The Iranian flag waves in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters, before the beginning of a board of governors meeting, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Vienna, Austria, March 1, 2021. (Reuters)

Iran Court Demands US Pay $22 Bn for Allegedly Backing 2022 Protests

An Iranian court has demanded that the United States pay an amount of $22 billion for purportedly providing support for mass protests in 2022, a judiciary…

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World US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (C), alongside White House Special Envoy Steve Witkoff (L) and Jared Kushner (R), attend a meeting with Ukrainian officials headed by Rustem Umerov in Hallandale Beach, Florida on November 30, 2025. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP)

Kremlin: Trump Son-in-law Kushner to Join Putin-Witkoff Talks in Moscow

US President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner will join US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Vladimir Putin in Moscow for talks on resolving the conflict…

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World  French President Emmanuel Macron waits for the arrival of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy for a meeting with at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, December 1, 2025. (Reuters)

Macron Heads to China as Europe Walks Tightrope between Rivalry and Reliance

French President Emmanuel Macron will travel to China this week for his fourth state visit, as Europe seeks to balance economic and security threats from…

World US President Donald Trump gestures as he departs Walter Reed National Military Medical Center following his annual physical exam, in Bethesda, Maryland, US, October 10, 2025. (Reuters)

Doctor Says Trump Had Preventative Screening MRI on Heart, Abdomen with ‘Perfectly Normal’ Results

Donald Trump' s doctor says the president had MRI imaging on his heart and abdomen in October as part of a preventative screening for men his age, according to…

World People offer flowers for the victims near the site of a deadly fire at Wang Fuk Court, a residential estate in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong's New Territories on Tuesday, Dec 2, 2025. (AP)

Hong Kong Orders Judge-Led Probe into Fire that Killed 156

Hong Kong's leader said on Tuesday a judge-led committee will investigate the cause of the city's deadliest fire in decades and review government oversight of…

World  Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting with participants of the 5th Congress of Young Scientists at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, November 28, 2025. (Alexander Nemenov/Pool via Reuters)

Russia’s Putin Seeks to Boost Energy, Defense Exports with India Visit

Russian President Vladimir Putin starts a two-day visit to India from Thursday, pitching for more sales of Russian oil, missile systems and fighter jets in a…

World  Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong speaks during a press conference in Canberra on August 11, 2025. (AFP)

China’s Military Reaching Further, More Frequently into Pacific, Says Australia

Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong said China is more frequently projecting military power further into the Pacific, in a speech highlighting the…

World Spokesperson of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Brigadier General Ali Mohammad Naeini (IRNA)

Iranian Official Warns Israel of ‘More Serious Response’ to Any New Attack

Israel has sustained a clear and undeniable defeat in the recent 12-day war conflict, said the spokesperson of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC),…

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World A woman stands next to an anti-US mural during the 46th anniversary of the US expulsion from Iran, in Tehran, November 4, 2025. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

Tehran: Recognizing Our Rights is Only Solution to Nuclear Program

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei said on Monday the only solution to preventing Iran's nuclear program from being treated as a problem lies…

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World Flames and thick smoke rise from a tanker after blasts rocked two vessels from Russia’s shadow fleet in the Black Sea near Türkiye's Bosphorus Strait, in this image released November 28, 2025. Turkish Directorate General for Maritime Affairs/Handout via REUTERS

Türkiye Says Tanker Sailing from Russia Reports Attack

Türkiye on Tuesday said a tanker reported coming under attack in the Black Sea on its way from Russia to Georgia, days after two other vessels were hit off the…

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