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Moscow intent on pressing on in Ukraine: Putin

Russia's Vladimir Putin on Friday said the ball was in the court of the West and Kyiv in talks to end the war in Ukraine, while hailing Moscow's recent battlefield gains and threatening more.Speaking during his...

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends his annual end-of-year press conference and phone-in in Moscow. — Reuters

Moscow intent on pressing on in Ukraine: Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends his annual end-of-year press conference and phone-in in Moscow. — Reuters

French government calls for Christmas truce in farmer protests

Potatoes and cabbages are displayed by farmers unions outside the house of French President in the coastal city of Le Touquet to protest against the EU-Mercosur deal and the French government's management of the lumpy skin disease (LSD) outbreak. — AFP

EU agrees €90 bn for Ukraine, without Russian assets

Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, European Council President Antonio Costa and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen during a EU leaders' summit in Brussels. — Reuters

Zelensky: Ukraine seeks decision on Russian assets by year-end

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a press conference as part of the European Council meeting in Brussels. — AFP

Putin vows to achieve war goals, expand 'buffer zone'

Russia's President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech at an expanded meeting of the Collegium of the Russian Defence Ministry in Moscow. — Reuters

Greece approves 2026 budget amid protests

Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis speaks at the Greek parliament, in Athens. — Reuters

Path to Ukraine peace not 'straight line', says Starmer

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer

Europe to launch global claim for Ukraine war damages

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) and Dutch PM Dick Schoof address a joint press conference at the Catshuis in The Hague. — AFP

BBC to fight Trump's $10 bn defamation lawsuit

The logo of British broadcaster BBC is pictured at the entrance to their offices in London. — AFP

Zelensky sees progress in Berlin talks

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US-Ukrainian talks resume with territorial stakes unresolved

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (L) welcomes Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky at the presidential Bellevue Palace in Berlin. — AFP

Zelenskyy offers a compromise for peace talks

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Greek farmers continue blockades, rebuff talks

Farmers take part in a demonstration as they block with tractors, the port of Thessaloniki on December 12, 2025. Thousands of Greek farmers have since late November 2025 blocked highways, mainly in the centre and north of the country, to demand swifter access to EU subsidies delayed by an ongoing probe into multi-million fraud.

Ukraine's Zelensky ditches Nato ambition ahead of peace talks

A police officer works at the site of the Russian drone strike, in Zaporizhzhia. — Reuters

Chile far right eyes comeback in presidential vote

Chile's presidential candidate Jose Antonio Kast poses during the presidential runoff election in Paine. — AFP
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