Servicemen of Ukraine's 66th Mechanized Brigade exit a dugout with a Darts mid-range strike drone amid Russia's attack on Donetsk, Dec 16, 2025. REUTERS/Sofiia Gatilova/ File Photo |
- European Union leaders decided to borrow cash to loan 90 billion euros ($105 billion) to Ukraine to fund its defense against Russia for the next two years rather than use frozen Russian assets.Europe Affairs editor Andrew Gray tells the Reuters World News podcast why EU leaders had to abandon their initial plan.
- Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's push for tighter gun controls after 15 people were killed at Jewish festival at Bondi beach faces resistance from right-wing populists and mainstream conservatives, revealing a more-polarised landscape.
- US President Donald Trump's decision to impose a partial blockade on Venezuela marks a dramatic escalation in US pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, but it also risks undermining a top US policy goal: deterring a potential Chinese naval encirclement of Taiwan.
- Syrian, Kurdish and US officials are scrambling ahead of a year end deadline to show some progress in a stalled deal to merge Kurdish forces with the Syrian state, sources said.
- Bangladesh's interim government urged people to resist violence as police and paramilitary troops fanned out across Dhaka and other cities following protests overnight over the killing of a popular youth leader, sparking concerns of fresh unrest ahead of national elections in which he was due to run.
- Greece rescued 545 migrants from a fishing boat near Gavdos, marking one of the largest arrivals in recent months amid rising crossings from Libya to Mediterranean islands.
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- The suspect in last weekend's mass shooting at Brown University, identified as Portuguese national Claudio Neves Valente, 48, was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot, with investigators certain he also killed a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor two days later, officials said.
- Trump signed into law a nearly $1 trillion annual defense policy bill,despite provisions providing new aid to Ukraine and reining in his ability to dial down US involvement in the defense of Europe.
- Trump signed an order directing the loosening of federal regulations on marijuana, directing the attorney general to reclassify the drug as less dangerous, alongside painkillers and ketamine, a move that could further reverse decades of tough-on-weed policy.
- US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem ordered to pause the Diversity Visa Program, which offers up to 50,000 immigrant visas annually.
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