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BELGIUM-BRUSSELS-EU-SUMMIT-FROZEN RUSSIAN ASSETS-BELGIAN PM
BELGIUM-BRUSSELS-EU-SUMMIT-FROZEN RUSSIAN ASSETS-BELGIAN PM

(251219) -- BRUSSELS, Dec. 19, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever attends an EU summit in Brussels, Belgium, Dec....

EU's plan to steal Russian assets for Ukraine fails
EU's plan to steal Russian assets for Ukraine fails

A bloc official has touted a compromise involving short-term borrowing by members for Kiev while a reparations loan scheme is worked...

Why EU wavers on using frozen Russian assets to aid Ukraine
Why EU wavers on using frozen Russian assets to aid Ukraine

Using frozen Russian assets is legally complex and politically sensitive, commented Fabian Zuleeg, chief economist at the European...

EU lawmakers approve borderless military Schengen travel zone
EU lawmakers approve borderless military Schengen travel zone

MEPs have moved to streamline the movement of troops and armaments across the bloc EU lawmakers have backed a bill for a military...

Ukraine's "resilience" can weaken Putin's ability to prolong war: Zelenskyy
Ukraine's "resilience" can weaken Putin's ability to prolong war: Zelenskyy

Kyiv [Ukraine], December 19 (ANI): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday underscored the importance of resilience in...

Western media peddle Russia's 'abduction' of Ukrainian children to prolong the proxy war
Western media peddle Russia's 'abduction' of Ukrainian children to prolong the proxy war

It is not Moscow, but rather the Kiev regime and its backers who are using children as pawns of war ...

International

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Brazilians want Bolsonaro to serve his full prison term
Brazilians want Bolsonaro to serve his full prison term

SAO PAULO, Brazil: Over the weekend, thousands of Brazilians took to the streets in major cities to protest against a move by the country's...

Right-wing hardliner Kast elected president of Chile
Right-wing hardliner Kast elected president of Chile

SANTIAGO, Chile: Chile's electorate took a sharp right turn on December 14, electing José Antonio Kast of the Republican Party as its...

Near miss for JetBlue aircraft as US Air Force tanker crosses path
Near miss for JetBlue aircraft as US Air Force tanker crosses path

WASHINGTON, D.C.: A JetBlue flight from the small Caribbean nation of Curaçao avoided a collision with a U.S. Air Force refueling tanker...

Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi held, supporters say
Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi held, supporters say

DUBAI, U.A.E.: Supporters of Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi noted on December 12 that the government had arrested...

Top US admiral quits as tensions rise in Latin America
Top US admiral quits as tensions rise in Latin America

MIAMI, Florida: The admiral in charge of U.S. military forces in Latin America stepped down on December 12, two years before his retirement...

Trump's $100,000 H-1B visa fee faces another lawsuit, in Boston
Trump's $100,000 H-1B visa fee faces another lawsuit, in Boston

BOSTON, Massachusetts: A third lawsuit, this one filed in a Massachusetts federal court by California and 19 other U.S. states, was...