UN Security Council acts to boost aid to Gaza after US abstains (www.reuters.com)
China to increase curbs on video gaming industry (www.bbc.com)
Israel-Gaza live news: UN supports resolution on Gaza which stops short of calling for ceasefire (www.bbc.com)
Anger over Macron's defence of French actor Depardieu, accused of rape (www.rfi.fr)
WSJ News Exclusive | How Putin’s Right-Hand Man Took Out Prigozhin (www.wsj.com)
Nikolai Patrushev, a top ally of the Russian leader for decades, put in motion the assassination of the mutinous chief of the Wagner mercenary group...
Russia blasts US on frozen assets, missiles as Ukraine bombardment persists (www.aljazeera.com)
Container rates hit $10,000 as ocean freight inflation soars in Red Sea crisis (www.cnbc.com)
Biden signs executive order aimed at targeting banks that facilitate war in Ukraine (www.independent.co.uk)
White House has urged congressional Republicans without success to drop resistance to Ukraine funding over immigration dispute...
More than 20 countries now part of US-led Red Sea coalition, Pentagon says (www.reuters.com)
A total of more than 20 countries have agreed to participate in the new U.S.-led coalition safeguarding commercial traffic in the Red Sea from attacks by Yemen’s Houthi movement as more nations join the effort, the Pentagon said on Thursday....
‘Busiest Christmas I have seen’: families turn to food banks in Australia’s cost-of-living crisis (www.theguardian.com)
Hamas demands release of 3 top Palestinian leaders in any hostage deal with Israel (www.aa.com.tr)
German property prices plummet as housing bubble bursts (www.telegraph.co.uk)
China: Outrage over doctor punching patient during surgery (www.bbc.com)
British teenager behind GTA 6 hack receives indefinite hospital order (www.theguardian.com)
A Times Investigation Tracked Israel’s Use of One of Its Most Destructive Bombs in South Gaza (www.nytimes.com)
During the first six weeks of the war in Gaza, Israel routinely used one of its biggest and most destructive bombs in areas it designated safe for civilians, according to an analysis of visual evidence by The New York Times.
Biden set to sign executive order aimed at financial facilitators of Russian defense industry (apnews.com)
Israel's Golani Units Pulling out from Gaza (www.palestinechronicle.com)
'Chilling effect': People expressing pro-Palestinian views censured, suspended from work and school (www.cbc.ca)
Japan to sell missiles to US in ‘really welcome’ easing of arms export rules (www.scmp.com)
Rush of new defense deals with US shows Europe’s growing concern over Russia (www.politico.com)
Six European countries have inked defense pacts with the U.S. this month....