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Pope Leo XIV: Peacemakers do not flee, but dare to stay even if it costs them some sacrifice.

The Pope to the Lebanese: You are a diverse country and a community made up of communities united by one language, the language of hope, which has allowed you to start anew.

Pope Leo XIV to the Lebanese: You are a people who do not give up, but a people who persevere in the face of difficulties and know how to be reborn.

Al Mayadeen's correspondent in South Lebanon: Israeli occupation targets bulldozer working to remove rubble of destroyed home in Shebaa.

IRGC sources tell Al Mayadeen that reports of Iranian missile strikes on northern Iraq are false, calling them rumors spread by enemy-linked media.

Trump: Venezuela airspace should be considered 'closed in its entirety'

AFP: Ukraine behind attack on Russian 'shadow fleet' tankers in Black Sea

Sheikh Qassem: We, our allies, the honorable in our nation, our people, and our army will never accept being subservient to the US or 'Israel'

Sheikh Qassem: They must despair, for whatever they do, this people cannot be defeated or broken, and we shall neither fall nor yield

Sheikh Qassem: Threats neither advance nor delay matters, yet the possibility of war or its absence exists because 'Israel' and the US are weighing their options

Footage released by the Russian Federal Security Service revealing devices meant to be used for an assassination plot in Crimea, Russia, December 1, 2025 (Sputnik)

FSB foils Ukrainian plots to assassinate Russia official, gas pipeline

FSB says it foiled a Ukrainian plot to kill a Russian officer in Crimea and stopped a bombing attempt targeting a gas pipeline near Moscow.

Today

US, Ukrainian officials meet in Florida to advance settlement efforts

US and Ukrainian officials held what both sides described as productive peace talks in Florida, aiming for a long-term settlement to the Ukrainian conflict.

30 Nov

European militaries boost procurement from German-French defense firm

Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Lithuania, and the Czech Republic order upgraded Leopard 2 A8 tanks from KNDS amid rising defense needs.

30 Nov

This photo, taken from a video released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Friday, May 17, 2024, shows the destruction of a Ukrainian sea drone in the Black Sea, Crimea. (AP)

Investigation ongoing into Black Sea attacks on Kairos, Virat tankers

Russia and Turkey are investigating recent Black Sea tanker attacks on Kairos and Virat. No casualties reported, but maritime security remains at risk.

30 Nov

A section of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium’s oil infrastructure, showing interconnected pipelines, valves and control systems at one of its export facilities

Kazakhstan blasts Ukraine after drone strike on oil export terminal

Kazakhstan has protested after a Ukrainian drone strike severely damaged a key Caspian Pipeline Consortium terminal in Russia, forcing a shutdown of operations and threatening the flow of most of Kazakhstan's oil exports.

30 Nov

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrives for an EU summit at the Egmont Palace in Brussels, on February 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

EU prolonged Ukraine war, fears admitting defeat: Orban

Hungarian PM Viktor Orban says EU leaders fear admitting Ukraine’s defeat, warning it would spark a political "earthquake" and expose the failure of anti-peace strategies.

29 Nov

EU prolonged Ukraine war, fears admitting defeat: Orban

Hungarian PM Viktor Orban says EU leaders fear admitting Ukraine’s defeat, warning it would spark a political "earthquake" and expose the failure of anti-peace strategies.

29 Nov

French President Emmanuel Macron, left, welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Monday, Nov. 17, 2025 before a joint press conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris. (AP)

Macron to meet Zelensky in Paris on Dec. 1 to discuss US peace plan

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on December 1 to discuss the US peace plan and security guarantees under the "Coalition of the Willing."