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The verdict and sentences in the closed-door trial of popular Belarusian blogger and RFE/RL consultant Ihar Losik and a group of co-defendants are due to be announced on December 14 in the southeastern city of Homel.

The United Kingdom publicly challenged Iran on December 12 to seize on a "last chance" to bring serious proposals to negotiations on a lasting solution to revive a six-year-old nuclear deal.

Plans for a pipeline to bring natural gas from Turkmenistan across the bottom of the Caspian Sea and on to Europe have been on the drawing board for a quarter of a century.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is in Warsaw for talks on the migrant crisis at the Polish-Belarusian border, tensions with Russia, and other pressing issues confronting the neighboring EU countries.

A Bosnian wartime drama that tells the bitter story of a UN translator watching helplessly as one of postwar Europe's worst atrocities unfolds has won the top prize and other big honors at the European Film Awards. 

Charles Oliveira first defense of his UFC lightweight title was one to remember.

Pope Francis has joined the international chorus of concern over tensions stemming from a Russian troop buildup near its border with Ukraine, urging dialogue to resolve strains and avoid armed conflict.

Separatist authorities in Moldova's breakaway region of Transdniester were holding a vote to pick a de facto president on December 12 in an election mostly ignored by Chisinau and likely to be poorly attended by would-be voters.

A meeting of the Group of Seven (G7) foreign ministers in England will wrap up on December 12 after talks dominated by Russia's massive troop buildup near Ukraine's border.

Naftali Bennett has announced a trip to the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) on December 12 for a meeting with that Gulf state's leaders in the first-ever visit by an Israeli prime minister.