U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he had asked the Defense Department to continue its surge of weapons deliveries to Ukraine, after condemning Russia's Christmas Day attack on Ukraine's energy system and some of its cities.

The treaty will "formalize the parties' commitment to close defense cooperation," Russia's foreign minister said in late October.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump criticized Ukraine's use of U.S.-supplied missiles for attacks deep into Russian territory in a Time magazine interview published on Thursday, comments that suggest he could alter U.

To make sense of global political trends which emerged prominently in 2024, the traditional Left-Right framework of analysis needs to be abandoned. Globalisation has led to a churning where nationalism undergirded by perceptions of threats of dominant groups has become the focal point of Right Wing mobilization.

Gideon Rachman talks to Alexander Gabuev of the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center, Jeremy Shapiro of the European Council on Foreign Relations and Karin von Hippel of the Royal United Services Institute

Trump shares Christmas message as Denmark responds to Greenland threats by boosting defense: Live - Danish defense minister says country will spend $1.5 billion to ensire ‘stronger presence’ in Arctic

Pope Francis appealed for weapons to be laid down in global conflicts and for the reconciliation between enemies in a Christmas Day message.

The fate of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet is still unclear after Republican senators spent much of December carefully dodging questions.

El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele may visit Russia, a diplomat claims, with a chance the LATAM leader could talk to Moscow about Bitcoin.