Europe must race to ensure it can better defend itself as new military threats could emerge by the end of the decade even as the focus of security ally the United States shifts toward the Indo-Pacfic, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said.
EU leaders expressed confidence on December 15 that they would clear a large package of aid for Ukraine early in 2024, despite a veto by Hungary.
Iran's official IRNA news agency says an alleged agent of the Israeli intelligence service Mossad was executed in the southeastern Sistan-Baluchistan Province on December 16, without naming the individual or detailing the allegations.
The Netherlands has agreed to Bulgaria joining Europe's passport-free Schengen zone, the Dutch Justice Ministry said on December 15, ending its long-held opposition to the move.
One of Russia's largest book publishers and the country's biggest bookstore chain said on December 15 they were dropping two prominent Russian writers over pro-Ukrainian and anti-Russian comments.
A Pakistan court has banned media from reporting on proceedings in a closed-door trial of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan on charges of leaking state secrets, raising concerns about transparency ahead of national elections in February.
Slovak truckers have ended a blockade of the sole road freight border crossing with Ukraine, a Slovak hauliers' association and Ukraine's state border service said on December 15.
Britain said on December 14 that it has adopted a new sanctions regime against Iran as it announced measures against several individuals, including the head of Tehran's Quds Force, Esmail Qaani.
Finland will again shut its entire border with Russia to stop an influx of asylum seekers, Interior Minister Mari Rantanen said on December 14, just hours after Finland ended a two-week closure of all roads between the two countries.
U.S. officials say that Russian hackers are targeting servers hosting vulnerable software made by the Czech tech company JetBrains.
A declassified U.S. intelligence report assessed that the Ukraine war has cost Russia 315,000 dead and injured troops, or nearly 80 percent of the personnel it had when the conflict began, a source familiar with the intelligence said on December 12.
The European Union aims to convince holdout Hungary to back its proposed 50 billion-euro ($54 billion) aid facility for Kyiv at its summit to send a clear signal to Russia, a German government official said.
The U.S. Air Force moved to discipline 15 personnel over the leaking of classified military information allegedly by Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, the military said on December 11.
The COP28 climate summit in Dubai on December 11 approved a proposal to hold the next iteration of the annual event in the South Caucasus nation of Azerbaijan.
Austria, which has led opposition within the European Union to Romania and Bulgaria joining the Schengen open-travel area, said on December 11 that it was willing to relent but only on plane travel and in exchange for tighter security at the EU's external border.
A draft text published on December 10 proposed that next year's COP29 climate summit be hosted by Azerbaijan from November 11-22.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin on December 10 and voiced displeasure with "anti-Israel positions" taken by Moscow's envoys at the UN, an Israeli statement said.
Serbia on December 10 completed the interconnector to a pipeline in Bulgaria that would allow the Balkan country to diversify its gas supplies and reduce its dependence on Russia.
Iran and Saudi Arabia will start formal talks next week to resume direct scheduled flights between Tehran and Riyadh and other cities, an Iranian official told the state-affiliated news agency ILNA on December 10.
Azerbaijan is tipped to host next year's UN climate summit after striking a deal with longtime adversary Armenia over its bid.
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