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Pete Hegseth, the proposed Secretary of Defense under Donald Trump, has made numerous critical comments about international organizations, NATO, and various global issues.

Greek stocks remained on an upward course on Monday, with the benchmark continuing its ascent for a fourth day in a row while the index rebalancing triggered a considerable increase in turnover during the closing auctions. The week therefore appears front-heavy, given the slow trade expected on Thursday and Friday due to Thanksgiving in the US.

Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order immediately after assuming the presidency that would ban transgender people from joining the US armed forces.

Twelve people were killed, and eight others were injured in Israeli airstrikes on two areas of Tyre in southern Lebanon today, Monday (25/11), according to Lebanon’s Ministry of Health.

At least 11 people were killed and four others injured in a series of Israeli airstrikes in southern and eastern Lebanon on Monday, the Health Ministry said.

A ministry statement said eight people lost their lives in a strike targeting the southern town of Maarakeh.

Four other people were injured, including one seriously, in the attack.

At least two European nations have reopened discussions about potentially deploying their troops or private military companies to the conflict in Ukraine. The French newspaper Le Monde reports that these talks have been prompted by concerns over the possible election of Donald Trump as US President, which could lead to a cessation of American military aid to Kyiv.

Ruja Ignatova, the notorious figure behind the OneCoin cryptocurrency scam, is reportedly alive and being hidden by international criminal cartels, according to BBC investigative journalist Yordan Tsalov. Ignatova, who is one of the FBI's top three most wanted individuals, has a reward of 5 million dollars for information leading to her capture.

The Israeli ambassador to Washington on Monday said that a ceasefire deal to end fighting between Israel and the Lebanon-based Hezbollah could be reached "within days."

The Kremlin said today that the team of elected President Donald Trump speaks about peace, while the current U.S. government under Joe Biden does not.

A Romanian hard-right NATO critic and centre-right opposition party leader will likely face each other in a Dec. 8 presidential run-off vote, results showed, in an unexpected outcome that threatens Romania's staunchly pro-Ukraine stance.

With 99.9% of votes counted, hard-right Calin Georgescu, 62, had 22.9%, while centre-right contender Elena Lasconi was second with 19.16%.