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THE MOMENT YOU’VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR.

Jake Paul’s final moments against Anthony Joshua… pic.twitter.com/NCI2OktHB1

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But Belgium’s pushback prevented the bloc from using frozen Russian assets to aid Kyiv.

An Oscar-shortlisted documentary shows actual battle in startling clarity.

Scott Anderson’s “King of Kings” offers a timely picture of U.S. myopia and miscalculation in Tehran.

“The Secret Agent,” Brazil’s Oscars hopeful, probes an undigested history.

Iran’s most celebrated director asks what a world after the Islamic Republic might look like.

The latest installment in James Cameron’s cultural juggernaut reflects a sad realism about current affairs.

Test yourself on the week of Dec. 13: Chile votes, Russia-Ukraine negotiations continue, and Iran’s currency tumbles.

From Ukraine to South America, the EU is forging its own path.

Smog is crossing borders and wrecking lives.

Former U.S. ambassador: “This was never a counternarcotics mission. This has always been a regime change mission.”

History doesn’t suggest a demilitarized zone in eastern Ukraine would work.

REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the acceleration of permit-granting for defence readiness projects
Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Committee on Security and Defence
Lucia Yar, Henrik Dahl

Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

An unlikely partnership could allow Tokyo and Seoul to counter China.

How the Houthis—and a new civil war in Yemen—could upend the post-Gaza balance of power.

 

Aside from Singapore, which has executed 17 people so far this year, Southeast Asia is retreating from the death penalty.

Critics fear this is a step toward the United States declaring war on Caracas.

The U.S. is killing for the sake of spectacle.

The coming year will determine whether the territory’s recovery can break the region’s cycle of violence.