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Brandon Livesayand Bernd Debusmann,at the White House Watch: Video shows US military seizing oil tanker off Venezuela coast A US helicopter flies low over a hazy blue sea as it approaches a massive ship. It hovers as camouflaged soldiers holding rifles swing down ropes to the vessel’s deck. The video, released by the US government, […]

A judge has ordered the immediate release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported in March and brought back to the US to face criminal charges, from immigration custody. “Since Abrego Garcia’s return from wrongful detention in El Salvador, he has been re-detained, again without lawful authority,” Judge Paula Xinis wrote in her order. […]

Getty Images German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said the latest peace plan draft for Ukraine has been presented to US President Donald Trump – including a proposal on territorial concessions Kyiv may be prepared to make. But Merz highlighted the territorial issue was “a question that must be answered primarily by the Ukrainian president, and the […]

The European Union has agreed to indefinitely immobilize the assets of the Russian Central Bank, a central element of the reparations loan to Ukraine, still under intense negotiations ahead of a make-or-break summit next week. By doing so, the EU will lock the assets under its jurisdiction amid concerns that the US would seek control […]

Joshua Cheetham, Paul Brown, Richard Irvine-Brown & Matt MurphyBBC Verify BBC The oil tanker seized by US forces on Wednesday had a track record of faking or concealing its location information, apparently to hide its activities, ship tracking data shows. On Wednesday evening, the US confirmed that its forces seized a vessel during a helicopter-launched […]

After two years of negotiations, the European Union reached an agreement on Thursday to overhaul its pharmaceutical legislation—last updated two decades ago—under which the European pharmaceutical industry maintains lengthy patent and exclusivity periods. The European Council and the European Parliament struck a deal designed to improve patients’ access to medicines and build the competitiveness of […]

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte (left) and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (right) at a press conference in the Chancellery in Berlin.Image: keystone December 11, 2025, 3:32 p.mDecember 11, 2025, 3:32 p.m After the publication of the new US security strategy, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz pledged “absolute priority” to strengthening NATO’s European pillar. We need a […]

The government of Bulgarian Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov has resigned after protesters took to the streets in cities across the country and filled the centre of the capital Sofia on Wednesday night. Zhelyazkov’s dramatic move came ahead of a vote of no confidence in parliament, and 20 days before Bulgaria joins the euro. Protesters had […]

Fighting has not abated in the Democratic Republic of Congo or between Cambodia and Thailand in the wake of Trump-backed agreements.

December 11, 2025, 3:25 p.mDecember 11, 2025, 3:25 p.m Muslim girls in Austria will no longer be allowed to wear headscarves in schools until the age of 14. A corresponding change in the law was passed in parliament. The law applies from the beginning of the 2026/2027 school year. Image: APA/APA Family and Integration Minister […]