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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has rejected Russian President Vladimir Putin's suggestion to reduce the size of Ukraine's Armed Forces. Speaking at a press meeting in Brussels on December 18, Zelensky emphasized that Ukraine will not agree to any reduction, even if the country receives an invitation to join NATO.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump urged Republican lawmakers Wednesday to scupper a cross-party deal to avert a fast-looming U.S. government shutdown, as the White House accused him of "playing politics."

America's 21st century Middle East policy can be neatly described in one word: disaster. Conflicts, terrorism, state failure, an Arab Spring that became an Islamist winter - all have resulted from multiple attempts to remake the Middle East. Even genuine attempts at peace have backfired. Take President Obama's nuclear deal with Iran.

NEW YORK - New York Mayor Eric Adams lost a bid to narrow his five-count federal corruption indictment as a judge declined on Tuesday to dismiss a bribery charge related to luxury travel benefits provided by a Turkish official, with the trial set for April.

SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son smiles with President-elect Donald Trump during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks at a news conference at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort on Dec. 16, 2024 in Palm Beach, Florida.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Monday proclaimed Türkiye as a pivotal force in Syria's future, following the recent fall of the Assad regime.

Olaf Schultz’s course to the Chancellorship has been pretty much predestined for some time. His governing coalition had fallen apart and the only democratic option he had in his hands was to ask the Bundestag to send him, by order to dissolve it, to the presidential palace.

Demand from the US for the acquisition of housing in Greece has increased sharply following the results of the recent presidential elections, which, as the relevant data show, served as a catalyst for this new trend. The reason is the disappointment that prevails among a portion of citizens for the new Trump era and the policies that will be implemented.

Outgoing President Joe Biden said Thursday he had commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 people and pardoned 39 others, in what the White House called the largest single-day act of clemency in U.S. history.

Meta, owned by Mark Zuckerberg, donated $1 million to a fund supporting events for Donald Trump’s inauguration.

According to the Financial Times, this marks the first time Zuckerberg has made such a donation. In the past, Donald Trump had accused the company’s platforms of censoring right-wing voices and even threatened Zuckerberg with imprisonment.