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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

US-Ukraine text could form basis for future peace deal

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Putin: Russia will end fight when Ukraine withdraws

Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov greets Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Palace of Unity presidential residence in Bishkek - AFP

Ex-ally of Spanish PM arrested in graft probe

Former Spanish minister for development Jose Luis Abalos with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez at La Moncloa palace in Madrid. - AFP

EU Parliament votes for more transparency on foreign influence

EU Parliament votes for more transparency on foreign influence

Pope warns of conflicts endangering humanity on first overseas trip to Türkiye

Pope Leo XIV, Türkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his wife Emine Erdogan attend a meeting with representatives of Türkiye's authorities, civil society and diplomatic corps as part of the Pope's official visit at the Turkish national Library in Ankara. - AFP

British ex-paratrooper close to end of 27-year-long trek home

British ex-paratrooper Karl Bushby, who has been walking across the world for 27 years, reacts during his trip in Komarom, Hungary, on Wednesday. - Reuters

Hungary boosts oil to Serbia as energy crisis looms

A car fuels up at a Gazprom gas station powered by the Naftna Industrija Srbije - NIS, in Belgrade. — AFP

German far-left 'Hammer Gang' activists go on trial

A defendant hides behind a ring binder, at the Higher Regional Court of Dresden. — Reuters

He is taking the hardest taxi test in the World

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A woman killed by someone close every 10 minutes: UN

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Belgium hit by three-day national strike over govt austerity plans

A photograph shows an orange light sign on the railway tracks outside the Gare du Midi - Zuidstation, in Brussels.

French PM pressures lawmakers to pass 2026 budget

France's PM Sebastien Lecornu delivers a statement at the Hotel Matignon, in Paris. — Reuters

US, Ukraine work on 'refined' peace plan to end war with Russia

Ukrainian servicemen ride a military buggy along a road near a front line, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the frontline town of Pokrovsk in Donetsk region

Motorcyclist dies in ‘Globe of Death’ circus accident

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US, Ukrainian and European officials meet for peace talks

Officers of the US security stand guard at the Missions of USA in Geneva. — AFP
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