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EU leaders agree on joint borrowing to fund Ukraine, set aside plan to use Russian frozen assets

The leaders also gave the European Commission a mandate to continue work on a so-called reparations loan based on Russian immobilized assets, but that option proved unworkable for now.

UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks with European Council President Antonio Costa as they attend a European Union leaders' summit in Brussels, Belgium, December 18, 2025.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks to the media during a press conference following a shooting at Bondi Beach, at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, December 14, 2025

Bondi Beach attack was 'evil beyond comprehension,' Australia's Albanese says

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EU weighs pausing parts of landmark AI act in face of US and big tech pressure, FT reports

A Russian drone strike on the Nachlas Eliezer Synagogue in the Peresyp district of Odessa caused significant damage to the building

EU leaders back 'drone wall' to repel Russia after airspace violations


Von der Leyen: Israel will help free EU from depending on Russian energy

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett calls on Lebanon to use its own gas and stop fighting with Israel.

 EUROPEAN COMMISSION President Ursula von der Leyen arrives for a summit of European Union leaders in Brussels, last month.

European Commission president heads to Israel with gas deal in the works

The visit comes days after the EC proposed a deal to export gas from Israel to Europe via Egypt.

 EUROPEAN COMMISSION President Ursula von der Leyen arrives for a summit of European Union leaders in Brussels, last month.

Russia 'blackmails' world with food crisis to lift sanctions - Ukraine, EU, US

Western officials have accused Russia of weaponizing the food crisis to push other states to end their sanctions.

 Ears of wheat are seen in a field near the village of Zhovtneve, Ukraine, July 14, 2016.

Palestinian Minister backs out of EU Parliament hearing on textbook incitement

After initially agreeing to participate, Palestinian Authority (PA) Education Minister Dr. Marwan Awartani backed out of a debate on textbook incitement.

Palestinian students display their new Palestinian educational syllabus at the beginning of his new school year in Gaza Strip September 7, 2000