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Belarusian opposition politician Maria Kalesnikava freed by authorities, report says

13 Dec 2025

Dec 13 (Reuters) – Opposition politician Maria Kalesnikava has been freed from prison in Belarus after serving more than five years, independent news outlet Zerkalo cited her sister Tatsiana Khomich as saying on Saturday. Khomich said she had spoken to Kalesnikava by phone, the outlet reported. (Reporting by Felix Light and Mark Trevelyan; Editing by …

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‘Peace is not far away’ says Erdogan, returning from Putin meeting

13 Dec 2025

ISTANBUL, Dec 13 (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, fresh from a meeting with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, said he hopes to discuss a Ukraine-Russia peace plan with U.S. President Donald Trump, adding that “peace is not far away”. Erdogan met Putin in Turkmenistan on Friday, and they evaluated “comprehensive peace efforts” to end the war, …

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Libya’s Red Castle museum opens for first time since fall of Gaddafi

13 Dec 2025

By Ahmed Elumami Dec 12 (Reuters) – Libya’s national museum, formerly known as As-Saraya Al-Hamra or the Red Castle, has reopened in Tripoli, allowing the public access to some of the country’s finest historical treasures for the first time since the revolt that toppled Muammar Gaddafi.  The museum, Libya’s largest, was closed in 2011 during a …

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Two killed in Ukrainian drone strike on Russia’s Saratov, regional governor says

13 Dec 2025

MOSCOW, Dec 13 (Reuters) – Two people were killed overnight in a Ukrainian drone strike on the Russian city of Saratov, regional governor Roman Busargin said on Saturday. In a statement on Telegram, Busargin said that the two people had been killed, along with an unspecified number of injured, in an attack on a residential …

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North Korean leader Kim hails troops returning from Russia mission, state media says

13 Dec 2025

SEOUL, Dec 13 (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended a welcoming ceremony for an army engineering unit that had returned home after carrying out duties in Russia, the North’s KCNA news agency reported on Saturday.  In a speech carried by KCNA, Kim praised officers and soldiers of the 528th Regiment of Engineers …

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US envoy Witkoff will travel to Berlin to meet with Zelenskiy and European leaders

13 Dec 2025

By Steve Holland WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) – U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and European leaders in Berlin this weekend, a U.S. official briefed on the matter said. Witkoff will also meet with his counterparts from France, Britain and Germany on Sunday and …

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One dead in Russia’s Saratov region after drone alert

13 Dec 2025

Dec 13 (Reuters) – One person was killed and infrastructure was damaged in southern Russia’s Saratov region after an air raid alert for drones was issued, regional governor Roman Busargin said early on Saturday. Busargin, writing on Telegram, gave no details of any strike, but earlier in the evening cited Russia’s defence minister in issuing …

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Russia attacks two Ukrainian ports, damaging three Turkish-owned vessels

13 Dec 2025

By Yuliia Dysa and Max Hunder KYIV, Dec 12 (Reuters) – Russia attacked two Ukrainian ports on Friday, damaging three Turkish-owned vessels including a ship carrying food supplies, Ukrainian officials and one ship owner said, days after Moscow threatened to cut “Ukraine off from the sea”. Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed retaliation against …

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US aims for international Gaza force deployment early next year, say US officials

12 Dec 2025

By Steve Holland and Michelle Nichols WASHINGTON/UNITED NATIONS, Dec 12 (Reuters) – International troops could be deployed in the Gaza Strip as early as next month to form a U.N.-authorized stabilization force, two U.S. officials told Reuters, but it remains unclear how Palestinian militant group Hamas will be disarmed. The officials, speaking on condition of …

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Exclusive-US briefly withheld some intelligence from Israel during Biden era

12 Dec 2025

By Erin Banco and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) – U.S. intelligence officials temporarily suspended sharing some key information with Israel during the Biden administration over concerns about its conduct of the war in Gaza, according to six people familiar with the matter.  In the second half of 2024, the U.S. cut off a …

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