Japan-Tajikistan talks

Japan-Tajikistan talks

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (R) and his Tajikistani counterpart, Sirodjidin Muhriddin, shake hands at the Japanese Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2025.

Japan-Kyrgyzstan talks

Japan-Kyrgyzstan talks

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (R) and his Kyrgyzstan counterpart, Jeenbek Kulubaev, shake hands at the Japanese Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2025.

Destination Weddings In Cappadocia - Turkey

Destination Weddings In Cappadocia - Turkey

A couple poses for a photo during a destination wedding in Cappadocia, T??rkiye, Dec. 13, 2025. TO GO WITH "Roundup: Foreign wedding travelers help boost Turkish economy" Photo by Mustafa Kaya/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Destination Weddings In Cappadocia - Turkey

Destination Weddings In Cappadocia - Turkey

A couple poses for a photo during a destination wedding in Cappadocia, T??rkiye, Dec. 13, 2025. TO GO WITH "Roundup: Foreign wedding travelers help boost Turkish economy" Photo by Mustafa Kaya/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Destination Weddings In Cappadocia - Turkey

Destination Weddings In Cappadocia - Turkey

A couple poses for a photo during a destination wedding in Cappadocia, T??rkiye, Dec. 13, 2025. TO GO WITH "Roundup: Foreign wedding travelers help boost Turkish economy" Photo by Mustafa Kaya/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

China Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo

China Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun holds a press conference in Beijing on Dec. 17, 2025.

China Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo

China Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun holds a press conference in Beijing on Dec. 17, 2025.

China Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo

China Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun holds a press conference in Beijing on Dec. 17, 2025.

China Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo

China Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun holds a press conference in Beijing on Dec. 17, 2025.

China Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo

China Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun holds a press conference in Beijing on Dec. 17, 2025.

Weekly Cabinet Meeting - Paris

Weekly Cabinet Meeting - Paris

France's Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Noel Barrot leaves after a weekly cabinet meeting at the presidential Elysee Palace in Paris on December 17, 2025. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRES.COM

Weekly Cabinet Meeting - Paris

Weekly Cabinet Meeting - Paris

France's Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Noel Barrot leaves after a weekly cabinet meeting at the presidential Elysee Palace in Paris on December 17, 2025. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRES.COM

Government's Statement On The Fight Against Drug Trafficking And Organized Crime - Paris

Government's Statement On The Fight Against Drug Trafficking And Organized Crime - Paris

French Foreign and European Affairs Minister Jean-Noel Barrot during the government's statement on the fight against drug trafficking and organized crime at the National Assembly, in Paris, on December 17, 2025. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

Hearing of Monique Barbut on COP 30 at the National Assembly - Paris

Hearing of Monique Barbut on COP 30 at the National Assembly - Paris

French Minister of Ecological transition, Biodiversity and International Negotiations on Climate and Nature Monique Barbut during a joint hearing with the Foreign Affairs Committee on the outcome of COP 30 for the Committee on Sustainable Development and Regional Planning at the National Assembly, in Paris, on December 17, 2025. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

Hearing of Monique Barbut on COP 30 at the National Assembly - Paris

Hearing of Monique Barbut on COP 30 at the National Assembly - Paris

French Minister of Ecological transition, Biodiversity and International Negotiations on Climate and Nature Monique Barbut during a joint hearing with the Foreign Affairs Committee on the outcome of COP 30 for the Committee on Sustainable Development and Regional Planning at the National Assembly, in Paris, on December 17, 2025. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

Hearing of Monique Barbut on COP 30 at the National Assembly - Paris

Hearing of Monique Barbut on COP 30 at the National Assembly - Paris

French Minister of Ecological transition, Biodiversity and International Negotiations on Climate and Nature Monique Barbut during a joint hearing with the Foreign Affairs Committee on the outcome of COP 30 for the Committee on Sustainable Development and Regional Planning at the National Assembly, in Paris, on December 17, 2025. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

Hearing of Monique Barbut on COP 30 at the National Assembly - Paris

Hearing of Monique Barbut on COP 30 at the National Assembly - Paris

French Minister of Ecological transition, Biodiversity and International Negotiations on Climate and Nature Monique Barbut during a joint hearing with the Foreign Affairs Committee on the outcome of COP 30 for the Committee on Sustainable Development and Regional Planning at the National Assembly, in Paris, on December 17, 2025. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

Hearing of Monique Barbut on COP 30 at the National Assembly - Paris

Hearing of Monique Barbut on COP 30 at the National Assembly - Paris

French Minister of Ecological transition, Biodiversity and International Negotiations on Climate and Nature Monique Barbut during a joint hearing with the Foreign Affairs Committee on the outcome of COP 30 for the Committee on Sustainable Development and Regional Planning at the National Assembly, in Paris, on December 17, 2025. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

Hearing of Monique Barbut on COP 30 at the National Assembly - Paris

Hearing of Monique Barbut on COP 30 at the National Assembly - Paris

French Minister of Ecological transition, Biodiversity and International Negotiations on Climate and Nature Monique Barbut during a joint hearing with the Foreign Affairs Committee on the outcome of COP 30 for the Committee on Sustainable Development and Regional Planning at the National Assembly, in Paris, on December 17, 2025. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

Hearing of Monique Barbut on COP 30 at the National Assembly - Paris

Hearing of Monique Barbut on COP 30 at the National Assembly - Paris

French Minister of Ecological transition, Biodiversity and International Negotiations on Climate and Nature Monique Barbut during a joint hearing with the Foreign Affairs Committee on the outcome of COP 30 for the Committee on Sustainable Development and Regional Planning at the National Assembly, in Paris, on December 17, 2025. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

Hearing of Monique Barbut on COP 30 at the National Assembly - Paris

Hearing of Monique Barbut on COP 30 at the National Assembly - Paris

French Minister of Ecological transition, Biodiversity and International Negotiations on Climate and Nature Monique Barbut during a joint hearing with the Foreign Affairs Committee on the outcome of COP 30 for the Committee on Sustainable Development and Regional Planning at the National Assembly, in Paris, on December 17, 2025. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

Hearing of Monique Barbut on COP 30 at the National Assembly - Paris

Hearing of Monique Barbut on COP 30 at the National Assembly - Paris

French Minister of Ecological transition, Biodiversity and International Negotiations on Climate and Nature Monique Barbut during a joint hearing with the Foreign Affairs Committee on the outcome of COP 30 for the Committee on Sustainable Development and Regional Planning at the National Assembly, in Paris, on December 17, 2025. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

Nanchang International Land Port Foreign Trade Train

Nanchang International Land Port Foreign Trade Train

NANCHANG, CHINA - DECEMBER 15, 2025 - Gantry cranes are hoisting containers at Nanchang International Land Port in Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province, China on December 15, 2025.

Nanchang International Land Port Foreign Trade Train

Nanchang International Land Port Foreign Trade Train

NANCHANG, CHINA - DECEMBER 15, 2025 - Gantry cranes are hoisting containers at Nanchang International Land Port in Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province, China on December 15, 2025.

Nanchang International Land Port Foreign Trade Train

Nanchang International Land Port Foreign Trade Train

NANCHANG, CHINA - DECEMBER 15, 2025 - Gantry cranes are hoisting containers at Nanchang International Land Port in Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province, China on December 15, 2025.

Nanchang International Land Port Foreign Trade Train

Nanchang International Land Port Foreign Trade Train

NANCHANG, CHINA - DECEMBER 15, 2025 - Gantry cranes are hoisting containers at Nanchang International Land Port in Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province, China on December 15, 2025.

Nanchang International Land Port Foreign Trade Train

Nanchang International Land Port Foreign Trade Train

NANCHANG, CHINA - DECEMBER 15, 2025 - Gantry cranes are hoisting containers at Nanchang International Land Port in Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province, China on December 15, 2025.

Nanchang International Land Port Foreign Trade Train

Nanchang International Land Port Foreign Trade Train

NANCHANG, CHINA - DECEMBER 15, 2025 - Gantry cranes are hoisting containers at Nanchang International Land Port in Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province, China on December 15, 2025.

Nanchang International Land Port Foreign Trade Train

Nanchang International Land Port Foreign Trade Train

NANCHANG, CHINA - DECEMBER 15, 2025 - Gantry cranes are hoisting containers at Nanchang International Land Port in Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province, China on December 15, 2025.

Nanchang International Land Port Foreign Trade Train

Nanchang International Land Port Foreign Trade Train

NANCHANG, CHINA - DECEMBER 15, 2025 - Gantry cranes are hoisting containers at Nanchang International Land Port in Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province, China on December 15, 2025.

Meeting on agricultural policy at Matignon - Paris

Meeting on agricultural policy at Matignon - Paris

French Deputy Minister for Foreign Trade and Attractiveness Nicolas Forissier leaves the Hotel Matignon after a meeting with the prime Minister, government ministers and prefects on agricultural policy in Paris on December 16, 2025. As farmers criticize the government's handling of lumpy skin disease (dermatose nodulaire contagieuse) affecting livestock, and oppose the signing of a free trade agreement with Mercosur. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

Meeting on agricultural policy at Matignon - Paris

Meeting on agricultural policy at Matignon - Paris

French Deputy Minister for Foreign Trade and Attractiveness Nicolas Forissier leaves the Hotel Matignon after a meeting with the prime Minister, government ministers and prefects on agricultural policy in Paris on December 16, 2025. As farmers criticize the government's handling of lumpy skin disease (dermatose nodulaire contagieuse) affecting livestock, and oppose the signing of a free trade agreement with Mercosur. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

Meeting on agricultural policy at Matignon - Paris

Meeting on agricultural policy at Matignon - Paris

French Deputy Minister for Foreign Trade and Attractiveness Nicolas Forissier leaves the Hotel Matignon after a meeting with the prime Minister, government ministers and prefects on agricultural policy in Paris on December 16, 2025. As farmers criticize the government's handling of lumpy skin disease (dermatose nodulaire contagieuse) affecting livestock, and oppose the signing of a free trade agreement with Mercosur. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

Meeting on agricultural policy at Matignon - Paris

Meeting on agricultural policy at Matignon - Paris

French Deputy Minister for Foreign Trade and Attractiveness Nicolas Forissier leaves the Hotel Matignon after a meeting with the prime Minister, government ministers and prefects on agricultural policy in Paris on December 16, 2025. As farmers criticize the government's handling of lumpy skin disease (dermatose nodulaire contagieuse) affecting livestock, and oppose the signing of a free trade agreement with Mercosur. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

Meeting on agricultural policy at Matignon - Paris

Meeting on agricultural policy at Matignon - Paris

French Deputy Minister for Foreign Trade and Attractiveness Nicolas Forissier arrives at the Hotel Matignon to attend a meeting with the prime Minister, government ministers and prefects on agricultural policy in Paris on December 16, 2025. As farmers criticize the government's handling of lumpy skin disease (dermatose nodulaire contagieuse) affecting livestock, and oppose the signing of a free trade agreement with Mercosur. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

Meeting on agricultural policy at Matignon - Paris

Meeting on agricultural policy at Matignon - Paris

French Deputy Minister for Foreign Trade and Attractiveness Nicolas Forissier arrives at the Hotel Matignon to attend a meeting with the prime Minister, government ministers and prefects on agricultural policy in Paris on December 16, 2025. As farmers criticize the government's handling of lumpy skin disease (dermatose nodulaire contagieuse) affecting livestock, and oppose the signing of a free trade agreement with Mercosur. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

Meeting on agricultural policy at Matignon - Paris

Meeting on agricultural policy at Matignon - Paris

French Deputy Minister for Foreign Trade and Attractiveness Nicolas Forissier arrives at the Hotel Matignon to attend a meeting with the prime Minister, government ministers and prefects on agricultural policy in Paris on December 16, 2025. As farmers criticize the government's handling of lumpy skin disease (dermatose nodulaire contagieuse) affecting livestock, and oppose the signing of a free trade agreement with Mercosur. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

Meeting on agricultural policy at Matignon - Paris

Meeting on agricultural policy at Matignon - Paris

French Deputy Minister for Foreign Trade and Attractiveness Nicolas Forissier arrives at the Hotel Matignon to attend a meeting with the prime Minister, government ministers and prefects on agricultural policy in Paris on December 16, 2025. As farmers criticize the government's handling of lumpy skin disease (dermatose nodulaire contagieuse) affecting livestock, and oppose the signing of a free trade agreement with Mercosur. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

Meeting Of Pierre-Yves Bournazel Horizons Candidate For Mayor Of Paris 2026 - Paris

Meeting Of Pierre-Yves Bournazel Horizons Candidate For Mayor Of Paris 2026 - Paris

Franck Riester, Member of the French National Assembly and former Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade and the Attractiveness of France during a campaign event of Pierre-Yves Bournazel, Horizons candidate for mayor of Paris 2026 at La Bellevilloise in Paris on December 15, 2025. At this public meeting, Pierre-Yves Bournazel discuss his commitment and career, outline his vision for the future of Paris, and present new proposals for his program. Photo by Tomas Stevens/ABACAPRESS.COM

China Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo

China Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun holds a press conference in Beijing on Dec. 15, 2025.

China Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo

China Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun holds a press conference in Beijing on Dec. 15, 2025.

Jimmy Lai's son meets press after conviction

Jimmy Lai's son meets press after conviction

Sebastien Lai, the son of detained pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai who founded the now-defunct Apple Daily, holds a press conference in London on Dec. 15, 2025, after a Hong Kong court earlier in the day found the 78-year-old guilty of colluding with foreign forces under a Beijing-decreed national security law.

Jimmy Lai's son meets press after conviction

Jimmy Lai's son meets press after conviction

Sebastien Lai, the son of detained pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai who founded the now-defunct Apple Daily, holds a press conference in London on Dec. 15, 2025, after a Hong Kong court earlier in the day found the 78-year-old guilty of colluding with foreign forces under a Beijing-decreed national security law.

Press Conference of Emmanuel Macron With Nikos Christodoulides - Paris

Press Conference of Emmanuel Macron With Nikos Christodoulides - Paris

Benjamin Haddad, Minister Delegate to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, responsible for European Affairs and a Cyprus minister during a document signing ceremony following their meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on December 15, 2025. Photo by Jeanne Accorsini/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

Press Conference of Emmanuel Macron With Nikos Christodoulides - Paris

Press Conference of Emmanuel Macron With Nikos Christodoulides - Paris

Benjamin Haddad, Minister Delegate to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, responsible for European Affairs and a Cyprus minister during a document signing ceremony following their meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on December 15, 2025. Photo by Jeanne Accorsini/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV Presides Mass For Jubilee of Prisoners - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV Presides Mass For Jubilee of Prisoners - Vatican

The hosts for the celebration will be donated by the Casa dello Spirito e delle Arti Foundation through the project "Il senso del Pane" (The Meaning of Bread), which since 2016 has involved more than 300 prisoners each year in the creation of hosts destined for over 15,000 Italian and foreign dioceses, religious congregations, parishes, monasteries and Christian communities during a mass on the occasion of the Jubilee of Prisoners at St Peter's basilica in the Vatican on December 14, 2025. Photo by ALESSIA GIULIANI/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV Presides Mass For Jubilee of Prisoners - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV Presides Mass For Jubilee of Prisoners - Vatican

The hosts for the celebration will be donated by the Casa dello Spirito e delle Arti Foundation through the project "Il senso del Pane" (The Meaning of Bread), which since 2016 has involved more than 300 prisoners each year in the creation of hosts destined for over 15,000 Italian and foreign dioceses, religious congregations, parishes, monasteries and Christian communities during a mass on the occasion of the Jubilee of Prisoners at St Peter's basilica in the Vatican on December 14, 2025. Photo by ALESSIA GIULIANI/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Qingdao Port Foreign Trade Container Terminal

Qingdao Port Foreign Trade Container Terminal

A cargo ship was loaded and unloaded with foreign trade containers at Qingdao Port in Qingdao City, Shandong Province, China on December 15, 2025.

Qingdao Port Foreign Trade Container Terminal

Qingdao Port Foreign Trade Container Terminal

A cargo ship was loaded and unloaded with foreign trade containers at Qingdao Port in Qingdao City, Shandong Province, China on December 15, 2025.

Qingdao Port Foreign Trade Container Terminal

Qingdao Port Foreign Trade Container Terminal

A cargo ship was loaded and unloaded with foreign trade containers at Qingdao Port in Qingdao City, Shandong Province, China on December 15, 2025.