The U.S. State Department has approved a potential sale of 116 General Dynamics made M1A1 Abrams tanks, other vehicles and munitions to Poland in a deal valued at up to $3.75 billion, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.

"The question of financing has been a problem of Polish football for years," Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki wrote on social media on Tuesday (December 6). He added, however, that "there will be no government funds for bonuses for football players". Earlier that day, Morawiecki argued that "our players deserve some kind of bonus". Furthermore, in his view, a success like reaching World Cup last 16 "is worth every penny". Government spokesperson Piotr Muller also commented on the question of bonuses for national team players.

A Polish court ruled on Tuesday that an IKEA manager who dismissed an employee for posting anti-LGBT comments on an internal work forum was not guilty of religious discrimination.

The first 10 K2 tanks and 24 K9 howitzers from South Korea were officially handed over to Polish soldiers on Tuesday (December 6) in Gdynia, Poland. "To prevent aggression, to halt the enemy, the possession of this equipment by the army is necessary," president Andrzej Duda said at an official ceremony.

Poland's World Cup last-16 exit on Sunday ended a run fuelled by hopes and dreams but their fighting spirit was a fitting tribute on Miners' Day in Poland to celebrate their patron saint of 'hard work and good death'.

Two teenage girls saw a man running out of a toy store. They thought it might have a thief. Unfortunately, the 22-year old man disappeared behind neighbouring houses. The girls saw the man later again at a train, and this time they decided to act.

Two frigates that are part of Standing NATO Maritime Group One - SNMG-1 - entered the port of Gdynia on Friday morning (December 2). The Dutch and Danish vessels have come to Poland to restock.

The German government is not in talks with Ukraine about the transfer or deployment of Patriot air defence systems there, said a German government spokesperson on Friday.

Several Ukrainian embassies abroad have received "bloody packages" containing animal eyes, the foreign ministry said on Friday, after a series of letter bombs were sent to addresses in Spain including Ukraine's embassy in Madrid. Two of these facilities are located in Poland.

After saving a penalty against Saudi Arabia, Poland's goalkeeper Wojciech Szczęsny said he wanted to "face the best" at the World Cup - and true to his word, he was in the limelight again when he denied none other than Argentina's Lionel Messi from the spot.

Poland coach Czesław Michniewicz had instructed his players to avoid unnecessary bookings in their final World Cup Group C clash against Argentina on Wednesday, where fair play points could have decided their fate in the tournament. Lionel Messi missed a first-half penalty but Argentina's Alexis Mac Allister and Julian Alvarez scored in a 2-0 victory over Poland at Stadium 974 as both teams booked their places in the knockout stages of the World Cup. Poland next face a tough test on Sunday, when they will play the reigning world champions France.

A small group of demonstrators gathered outside South Africa's parliament in Cape Town on Wednesday to protest against the release from prison of the man who killed anti-apartheid leader Chris Hani in 1993.

Three Polish women have been arrested in an operation targeting Italy's most powerful crime family, the 'Ndrangheta, Polish police said on Wednesday.

The clash between Poland and Argentina will be a duel of the two teams, not strikers Robert Lewandowski and Lionel Messi, Poland coach Czesław Michniewicz said on Tuesday before their decisive final World Cup Group C match.

Janusz Waluś, the killer of South African anti-apartheid leader Chris Hani nearly three decades ago, was stabbed in prison and is receiving treatment, authorities said on Tuesday.

Poland plans to charge Ukrainian refugees for food and housing after 4 months of staying in state accommodation, the government said on Tuesday.

A Polish judge fiercely critical of the nationalist government's judicial reforms was reinstated in his job on Tuesday by a new disciplinary body after being suspended for two years.