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Bulgarian government resigns after weeks of street protests

Bulgaria’s government resigned on Thursday after less than a year in power, following weeks of street protests over its economic policies and its perceived failure to tackle corruption.

December 12, 2025 8:01 am
 

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US plans more seizures of Venezuelan oil tankers after first interception

The U.S. is preparing to intercept more ships transporting Venezuelan oil following the seizure of a tanker this week, as it increases pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, six sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday.

December 12, 2025 7:40 am
 

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US seizes Venezuelan oil tanker amid sanctions crackdown

More than 30 U.S.-sanctioned oil vessels doing business in Venezuela could face punishment by Washington after the Coast Guard seized a supertanker carrying Venezuelan crude for export, according to shipping data.

December 11, 2025 5:06 pm
 

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Thailand and Cambodia keep fighting across contested border ahead of expected Trump calls

Fighting between Thailand and Cambodia entered its fourth day on Thursday as both sides waited for a promised telephone call from U.S. President Donald Trump, who says he believes he can again end the conflict between the two Southeast Asian nations.

December 11, 2025 4:08 pm
 

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Machado arrives in Oslo after missing Nobel ceremony

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado arrived in Oslo in the middle of the night on Thursday, the head of the Nobel committee said, after she failed to reach the Norwegian capital in time to receive her award at a ceremony held hours earlier.

December 11, 2025 2:00 pm
 

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Ukrainian sea drones disable sanctioned Russian oil tanker in Black Sea

Ukrainian sea drones on Wednesday hit and disabled a tanker involved in trading Russian oil as it sailed through Ukraine’s exclusive economic zone in the Black Sea to the Russian port of Novorossiysk, a Ukrainian official said.

December 11, 2025 1:01 pm
 

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US farmers say Trump's $12 billion aid package won't cover losses

U.S. farmers facing steep losses this year welcomed President Donald Trump’s $12 billion aid package announced on Monday, but said they would need more than that to fully offset low crop prices and lost export opportunities from his trade war.

December 11, 2025 12:00 pm
 

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Air India admits compliance culture needs overhaul after flying Airbus without permit

An Air India investigation into why one of its Airbus planes conducted eight commercial flights without an airworthiness permit found “systemic failures”, with the airline admitting it needed to do better on compliance, a company document showed.

December 11, 2025 11:32 am
 

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Thailand-Cambodia fighting rages on as Trump signals intent to intervene

Thailand and Cambodia traded accusations of targeting civilians in artillery and rocket attacks on Thursday, as U.S. President Donald Trump said he would try to intervene to stop the fighting and salvage a ceasefire he brokered earlier this year.

December 11, 2025 10:34 am
 

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Canada lists four extremist, insurgent groups as foreign terrorist entities

Canada has added four transnational extremist and insurgent groups to its list of foreign terrorist entities, Canada’s Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree said in a statement on Wednesday.

December 11, 2025 9:39 am
 

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Europe leaders and Trump discuss Ukraine peace efforts

The leaders of Britain, France and Germany held a call on Wednesday with U.S. President Donald Trump to discuss Washington’s latest peace efforts to end the war in Ukraine, in what they said was “a critical moment” in the process.

December 11, 2025 6:10 am
 

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Russian bombers join Chinese air patrol near Japan as Tokyo-Beijing tie strains

Japan has scrambled jets to monitor Russian and Chinese air forces conducting joint patrols around the country, the Japanese defence ministry said late Tuesday, amid rising tensions between Tokyo and Beijing.

December 10, 2025 5:50 pm

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