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Kremlin says NATO’s Rutte is irresponsible to talk of war with Russia

14 Dec 2025

MOSCOW, Dec 14 (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Sunday that NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte’s remarks about preparing for war with Russia were irresponsible and showed that he did not really understand the devastation wrought by World War Two. Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022 after eight years of fighting between Russian-backed separatists and …

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German authorities arrest five men suspected of planning Christmas market attack

14 Dec 2025

BERLIN, Dec 14 (Reuters) – German authorities have arrested five men suspected of being militant Islamists planning an attack on a Christmas market in southern Bavaria, police and prosecutors said in a joint statement. There has been a series of vehicle ramming attacks in Germany since an Islamist rammed a hijacked truck into a Christmas …

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Iran’s foreign minister to visit Russia and Belarus, foreign ministry says

14 Dec 2025

DUBAI, Dec 14 (Reuters) – Iran’s Foreign Minister, Abbas Araqchi, will visit Russia and Belarus in the next two to three days, foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei said on Sunday. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian met Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Turkmenistan on Friday. (Reporting by Dubai NewsroomEditing by David Goodman)

UK’s Starmer and EU’s von der Leyen discuss Ukraine peace plan, frozen Russian assets

14 Dec 2025

Dec 13 (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Saturday discussed work on U.S.-led peace proposals for Ukraine and moves to use frozen Russian sovereign assets to help provide funds for Kyiv. “Both agreed that this is a pivotal moment for Ukraine’s future, and that Europe …

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Zelenskiy says he will meet US and European representatives in Berlin

14 Dec 2025

KYIV, Dec 13 (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday he would meet U.S. and European representatives in Berlin to discuss “fundamentals of peace.” Zelenskiy said Ukraine needed a “dignified” peace and a guarantee that Russia, which invaded his country in 2022, would not attack again. Germany said earlier on Saturday that it …

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Rights groups condemn re-arrest of Nobel laureate Mohammadi in Iran

13 Dec 2025

DUBAI, Dec 13 (Reuters) – International human rights groups have condemned the re-arrest of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi in Iran, with the Nobel committee calling on Iranian authorities to immediately clarify her whereabouts.  Mohammadi’s French lawyer, Chirine Ardakani, said on X that the human rights activist was arrested on Friday after denouncing the …

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Ukraine’s Odesa suffers major blackouts after Russian attack

13 Dec 2025

KYIV, Dec 13 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s southern port city of Odesa and the surrounding region suffered major blackouts on Saturday after a large overnight Russian attack on the power grid that left more than a million households without power. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russia had attacked Ukraine with more than 450 drones and 30 missiles. …

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Thousands march in Hungary in protest over child abuse scandal

13 Dec 2025

By Krisztina Fenyo BUDAPEST, Dec 13 (Reuters) – Thousands of Hungarians marched to Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s offices on Saturday, led by opposition leader Peter Magyar, who urged the veteran nationalist to resign over an abuse scandal at a juvenile detention centre. Protesters walked through Budapest’s frosty streets behind a banner reading “Protect the children!”, …

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US says Belarus agreed to stop balloon flyovers into Lithuania

13 Dec 2025

By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS, Dec 13 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoy John Coale said on Saturday that Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko had promised to stop weather balloons flying from his country into Lithuania. “He agreed recently to do everything he could to stop the balloons,” Coale told Reuters in Vilnius, after two days …

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