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A swim for unity at Bondi beach, the scene of Sydney’s darkest day. But on land tensions fray

Jewish voices say an attack of this kind was entirely predictable given the surge in antisemitic attacks in Australia since 2023The sun rises early at this time of year, hitting the south of the beach first before chasing the shadows north, the gradual retreat of the darkness to the light.Hanukah, t…

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Putin spurns compromise, boasts of military momentum ahead of Miami talks

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday boasted of Russian military advances in Ukraine and ruled out any compromises with Kyiv ahead of meetings with U.S. officials in Miami this weekend aimed at agreeing to terms to end Moscow’s nearly four-year war. Putin was speaking at his annual, end-of-ye…

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US launches airstrikes against dozens of Islamic State targets in Syria

US official describes strikes as large-scale response to recent attack that killed two US Army soldiers and interpreterThe US military launched airstrikes against dozens of Islamic State targets in Syria on Friday in retaliation for an attack on US personnel, two US officials said on Friday.The atta…

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US launches retaliatory strikes in Syria

The U.S. military conducted strikes against several Islamic State group sites in Syria on Friday, retaliating a week after two U.S. service members and one civilian were killed by a gunman tied to ISIS in an ambush attack. U.S. forces, as part of “Operation Hawkeye Strike,” eliminated ISIS fighters…

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Ukraine can now invest in ramping up its drone production thanks to EU loan, says Zelensky

The news that the EU will be loaning Ukraine €90 billion for the next two years is good news for the country, who is spends most of its tax revenue on defence to fight off the Russian invasion. Volodymyr Zelensky said the money will help the country invest in ramping up the production of innovative …

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The EU agrees to help Ukraine financially without Russian assets

All eyes were on Brussels as EU leaders met for a make-or-break summit to find a way to lend billions of euros to Ukraine. But as Belgium pushed back against the use of frozen Russian assets, demanding guarantees against potential repercussions from Russia, the EU settled on another plan: a €90 bil…

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European Union loans Ukraine billions as Putin boasts about war

Russian President Vladimir Putin reacted to the European Union's massive loan to fund Ukraine's war against Russia. Haley Ott reports.

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Caesar Act Repeal and the Syria Sanctions Removal Report Card

Where things stand along the path of Syria sanctions removal and what restrictions remain to inhibit burgeoning investment and development in post-Assad Syria.
The post Caesar Act Repeal and the Syria Sanctions Removal Report Card appeared first on Just Security.

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Trump on possibility of war with Venezuela: ‘I don’t rule it out, no’

President Trump said Thursday he was not ruling out the possibility of war with Venezuela amid his administration’s escalating pressure campaign against the country and its leader, President Nicolás Maduro. “I don’t rule it out, no,” Trump told NBC News in an interview. “I don’t discuss it,” he adde…

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Putin claims Ukraine is ‘on the retreat’

Leader says Russia wants its most hardline demands to form the basis for any peace talks

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Palestinians tell BBC they were sexually abused in Israeli prisons

Two men say they experienced the kind of abuse highlighted in recent reports on Israel's treatment of prisoners, which Israel denies.

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Ukraine claims it struck a Russian shadow fleet tanker in Mediterranean Sea

Ukraine's Security Service says it struck a Russian "shadow fleet" tanker in neutral waters in the Mediterranean Sea for the first time, according to a security official.

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UN chief Guterres condemns Houthi detention of 10 more UN staff in Yemen

A spokesperson for Antonio Guterres calls for UN staffers' immediate release, as 69 now detained in the country.

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'We cannot accept an enormous gap in standards between EU and Mercosur': COPA-COGECA's Tsiforou

Farmers in the EU have protested on many occasions over unfair foreign competition and the viability of their businesses. They gathered again in Brussels on December 18, while an EU summit was going on, this time focusing their ire on the Mercosur free trade agreement between the EU and Latin Americ…

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Is Russia’s war on Ukraine coming to an end? Putin won’t say

The war on Ukraine was a big topic at Vladimir Putin’s annual Q&A session, but the question of its end went unanswered.

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U.S. strikes ISIS targets in Syria, after killing of 2 soldiers and interpreter

The airstrikes on ISIS targets are being conducted in response to the killing of two U.S. Army soldiers and an civilian contractor by a lone terrorist in Palmyra, Syria.

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Rubio says ‘progress but ways to go’ in efforts to end Russia-Ukraine war

US top diplomat's remarks come as Ukraine negotiators travel to US for new round of talks on ending the conflict.

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Satellite images track Trump’s squeeze on Venezuela

Photos, data and videos show increasing military pressure on Nicolás Maduro after US president refuses to rule out war

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Gaza’s tech workers contend with little electricity, limited internet

Coders and engineers in Gaza’s tech sector are fighting to finish projects and keep clients.

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Russia's Putin says it is up to Ukraine and its allies to end hostilities

At his annual press conference on Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the ball was in Kyiv and its allies' court to end the war in Ukraine. The Kremlin chief also said he was certain that Moscow would take more cities and towns in eastern Ukraine before the end of the year.