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Kremlin rejects Rutte's war warning as 'irresponsible'

Moscow's rebuke reveals widening gulf between NATO's five-year readiness clock and Russia's denial of hostile intent

By Elena Kowalski

/ 14 Dec 2025

Kremlin rejects Rutte's war warning as 'irresponsible'

Thailand weighs fuel export block as ceasefire claim collapses and fighting spreads to coast

Military considers maritime interdiction despite Energy Ministry stating oil shipments halted in June, as border closures and displacement deepen

By Chen Wei-Lin

/ 14 Dec 2025

Thailand weighs fuel export block as ceasefire claim collapses and fighting spreads to coast

Israel's Gaza assassination tests a ceasefire built on ambiguity

Hamas chief negotiator warns targeting of senior commander threatens truce viability as unresolved rules of engagement collide with phase-two transition

By Layla Hassan

/ 14 Dec 2025

Israel's Gaza assassination tests a ceasefire built on ambiguity

Ukraine offers to drop NATO bid for binding security guarantees

Diplomacy focuses on whether non-NATO pledges can deliver deterrence that Budapest Memorandum failed to provide

By Elena Kowalski

/ 14 Dec 2025

Ukraine offers to drop NATO bid for binding security guarantees

Thailand imposes coastal curfew as Cambodia shuts border and ceasefire claims unravel

Geographic spread and closure of crossings highlight verification crisis as external truce announcements fail to halt operations

By Chen Wei-Lin

/ 14 Dec 2025

Thailand imposes coastal curfew as Cambodia shuts border and ceasefire claims unravel

Dayton at thirty: commemorations and conditionality

Thirty years after the accords ended Europe's bloodiest war since 1945, Bosnia's path to stability still depends on the institutions and mandates that enforced the peace

By Elena Kowalski

/ 14 Dec 2025

Dayton at thirty: commemorations and conditionality

Palmyra ambush kills two U.S. soldiers and American interpreter, testing new U.S.–Syria partnership

CENTCOM cites a lone ISIS gunman; Syrian monitor says the attacker served in state security. The incident highlights insider-threat risks as Damascus and Washington deepen counter-ISIS cooperation.

By Layla Hassan

/ 14 Dec 2025

Palmyra ambush kills two U.S. soldiers and American interpreter, testing new U.S.–Syria partnership

Six UN peacekeepers killed in drone strike on South Kordofan base

Bangladesh condemns attack as Guterres warns targeting UN forces may constitute war crimes under international law

By Amara Okonkwo

/ 13 Dec 2025

Six UN peacekeepers killed in drone strike on South Kordofan base

Prisoners for potash: Washington tests Belarus engagement as EU holds the line

The deal and its immediate contours

By Elena Kowalski

/ 13 Dec 2025

Prisoners for potash: Washington tests Belarus engagement as EU holds the line

Berlin talks test whether Washington's deal-making can meet Europe's sovereignty guardrails

U.S. envoy Witkoff and Kushner meet Zelenskyy and European leaders this weekend in a high-stakes attempt to align a joint peace framework

By Elena Kowalski

/ 13 Dec 2025

Berlin talks test whether Washington's deal-making can meet Europe's sovereignty guardrails

Fighting persists after Trump ceasefire claim as Thailand rejects truce

Cambodia reports Thai naval strike on Koh Kong and F-16 raids; evacuations widen as verification gap stalls diplomacy

By Chen Wei-Lin

/ 13 Dec 2025

Fighting persists after Trump ceasefire claim as Thailand rejects truce

Iran detains Nobel laureate Mohammadi at memorial service

Security forces arrest peace prize winner alongside rights defenders as regime criminalizes collective mourning

By Layla Hassan

/ 13 Dec 2025

Iran detains Nobel laureate Mohammadi at memorial service