Israeli strikes kill UN staff, more than 70 of his extended family in Gaza (www.aljazeera.com)
Issam Al Mughrabi, 56, who worked for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for three decades was killed along with his wife and children in an Israeli air strike on Friday....
‘Our hearts in Bethlehem’, says Pope in Christmas Eve mass, shadowed by war (www.aljazeera.com)
Nigeria: Attacks by armed gangs leave more than 100 dead (www.dw.com)
S. Korea to add nearly 700 more items to export ban list against Russia, Belarus (en.yna.co.kr)
Ukraine secures desperately needed funds from American-led World Bank (www.aljazeera.com)
Biden orders strike on Iranian-aligned group after 3 US troops injured in drone attack in Iraq (apnews.com)
President Joe Biden ordered the U.S. military to carry out retaliatory strikes against Iranian-backed militia groups after three U.S. servicemembers were injured in a drone attack in northern Iraq....
Watching the watchdogs: Why the West misinterprets Middle East power shifts (www.aljazeera.com)
India suspends newly-elected wrestling body after top athletes protest (www.aljazeera.com)
Anger in Kashmir after Indian army accused of killing civilians in custody (www.aljazeera.com)
Israel’s Netanyahu heckled inside parliament by families of Hamas captives (www.aljazeera.com)
Plane held in France over trafficking concerns lands in India (www.aljazeera.com)
Bethlehem’s bombed-out nativity sculpture sends a powerful message (www.aljazeera.com)
Egypt sets out ambitious Israel-Gaza ceasefire plan (www.aljazeera.com)
Malaysia’s MM2H visa changes draw cautious welcome, questions from ex-pats (www.aljazeera.com)
Revealed: how US residents are funding illegal settlements in the West Bank (www.theguardian.com)
Xi warned Biden during summit that Beijing will reunify Taiwan with China (www.nbcnews.com)
276 Indians stuck in a French airport for days for a human trafficking probe have left for India (www.nbcnews.com)
A charter plane grounded in France for a human trafficking investigation departed Monday for India with 276 Indians aboard, authorities said. The passengers had been heading to Nicaragua but were instead blocked inside a rural French airport for four days in an exceptional holiday ordeal....
Alexei Navalny: Russian opposition leader found, says team (www.bbc.com)
Anti-war candidate barred from Russia’s presidential election (www.theguardian.com)
Yekaterina Duntsova wanted to end the conflict in Ukraine, but her candidacy was rejected over alleged flaws in her application...
Maersk says it will resume shipping in the Red Sea (www.cnn.com)
Global shipping giant Maersk will restart operations in the Red Sea after suspending activity there following attacks by Iran-backed Houthi rebels on commercial vessels....
After approving blessings for same-sex couples, Pope asks Vatican staff to avoid 'rigid ideologies' (www.independent.co.uk)
Pope Francis has urged Vatican bureaucrats to avoid “rigid ideological positions” that prevent them from understanding today’s reality...
Pope decries ‘appalling harvest’ of civilian deaths in Gaza (www.aljazeera.com)
Viktor Orbán: The EU is blackmailing Hungary (www.politico.eu)
Hungarian PM lashes out at Brussels for holding back billions of euros....
Putin could attack Baltics and Moldova next, says Belgian army chief (www.politico.eu)
After Ukraine, the Kremlin’s next targets could be Moldova and the Baltic countries, Belgian army chief Michel Hofman has warned....