(2025-12-22). What Makes US and Ukraine Optimistic About Russia Peace Framework? thinktank.pk As 2025 nears its end, renewed diplomatic efforts to resolve the nearly four-year Ukraine conflict have sparked cautious optimism in Washington and Kyiv. Recent high-level discussions in Florida, involving US envoys, Ukrainian representatives, European allies, and Russian officials, have been described as "productive and constructive." Despite deep divisions and no immediate breakthrough, both the United …
(2025-12-22). China's new APC looks shockingly like Germany's Boxer? Ukraine war may have exposed NATO's secrets. hindustantimes.com China has unveiled a new armored personnel carrier strikingly similar to Germany's Boxer APC, raising concerns about potential copying of Western military technology. Reports suggest some Boxer vehicles supplied to Ukraine may have been captured and studied by Russia, possibly creating a tech pipeline to China. Analysts warn that these clones could target global markets with cheaper alternatives, threatening Germany's defense exports. The Ukraine war appears to be opening a backdoor for the transfer of NATO battlefield secrets, while China accelerates its rise as a military tech power. Explore the full implicatio…
(2025-12-22). Car bomb kills Russian general in Moscow; Ukraine intelligence services suspected. tribune.com.pk 
(2025-12-22). Delivering Under Fire: How Nova Post Became a Wartime Success Story in Ukraine. moderndiplomacy.eu Business as Usual Under Air Raids On a November morning in the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv, an air raid siren pierced the routine bustle at a Nova Post branch, forcing staff and customers into a concrete shelter. Minutes later, with the all-clear sounded, employees returned to the counter and resumed sorting parcels. The drill …
(2025-12-20). Ukraine says latest peace talks with US, Europe 'productive'. ecns.cn Ukraine's talks with US and European partners over the past three days in the US state of Florida were "productive and constructive," Ukraine's top peace negotiator Rustem Umerov said on Sunday.
(2025-12-22). Orban slams EU's Ukraine policy: 'Sanctions crushed Europe, not Russia'. tehrantimes.com TEHRAN — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has sharpened his long-standing criticism of the European Union's approach to the war in Ukraine, warning that Brussels' decisions are placing an increasingly heavy burden on European citizens.
(2025-12-22). Europe Salvages Credibility? moderndiplomacy.eu "Had we left Brussels divided today, Europe would have walked away from geopolitical relevance," Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever told reporters. "It would have been a total disaster." European governments agreed to provide a ‚Ǩ90 billion loan facility to Kiev but failed in an effort to use ‚Ǩ210 billion in frozen Russian sovereign assets …
(2025-12-22). Romanian World BEYOND War Chapter Holds First Protest Against NATO Military Base. worldbeyondwar.org 
On December 18th, 2025, members of the Romanian chapter of World BEYOND War organized a protest in Kogălniceanu, the locality hosting an important NATO military base.
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(2025-12-22). Weekly Round Up: Met Police accused of using quashed power, hunger strike prisoners hospitalized, Bailey appeal dismissed, Danish "Ghetto Packages" likely discriminatory. ukhumanrightsblog.com 
Photo: indigonolan, CC BY 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons In the News UK News The Guardian and Liberty Investigates have conducted an investigation into the Metropolitan police's use of "cumulative disruption" as a justification to impost restrictions on protests. Liberty Investigates is an editorially independent investigative journalism group based in the civil liberties organization, Liberty. …
(2025-12-22). Trump's ally urges action on Hamas, Hezbollah. tribune.com.pk 
US Senator Lindsey Graham called on Sunday for renewed military action against Hamas and Hezbollah if they fail to disarm and accused the Palestinian Islamist group of consolidating its power in Gaza. | The Republican politician, on a visit to Israel, is a staunch ally of US President Donald Trump. | Beginning in October, a fragile ceasefire has so far halted two years of war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip despite both sides trading accusations of truce violations. | A separate ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah also came into effect in November 2024 after more than a year of hostilit…
(2025-12-22). RAPID RESPONSE: Deliver healthcare for the holidays! peoplesworld.org 
Deliver healthcare for the holidays! Call, write, or visit your U.S. Senators and Representative during the holidays and demand they immediately extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits. The refusal by MAGA to extend ACA tax credits before December 31 will result in doubled premiums, leaving more than 22 million people unable to afford healthcare. Demand …