UN Condemns Nicaragua: UN condemns Nicaragua for 'forced disappearance' of priest (m.timesofindia.com)
Media Repression: UN slams media 'repression' in Guinea (m.timesofindia.com)
Storm Gerrit: Storm Gerrit disrupts trains and leaves thousands without power as it batters northern UK (m.timesofindia.com)
Pilots mistakenly cut power causing Nepal plane crash that killed 72: Report (m.timesofindia.com)
Vijayakanth laid to rest with full state honours in Chennai (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
Ukraine drives Russia back at sea and in the air, but concedes land (www.aljazeera.com)
Turkey arrests ISIL suspects as detention drive continues ahead of New Year celebrations (www.aljazeera.com)
Iran says it executes four people accused of links to Israel’s Mossad (www.aljazeera.com)
Ukraine urges increased support as Russia unleashes huge air assault (www.aljazeera.com)
Tax revenues will not be transferred to PA: Israeli finance minister (aje.io)
About 30,000 people dead or missing in Gaza: Official (aje.io)
Former China central bank official jailed for 16 years for graft: Caixin | The Straits Times (www.straitstimes.com)
Jaishankar says relationship between India and Russia much deeper (www.thehindu.com)
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on December 28 said that the relationship between India and Russia is not just about diplomacy or economics, it is something much deeper....
Iran executes four accused of sabotage, links to Israel's Mossad (www.reuters.com)
Dec 29 (Reuters) - Iran executed on Friday four people, including a woman, whom it accused of being “saboteurs” with links to Israel’s Mossad intelligence service, the Mizan news agency affiliated to the judiciary said....
Nepal earthquake survivors deal with deadly cold (www.dw.com)
The November earthquake in Nepal was the deadliest since 2015. Over 150 were killed. But now survivors are also at risk. Authorities say at least 34 quake survivors have died after weeks in makeshift tents in the cold.
Berlin’s plan for driverless magnetic trains derided by climate groups (www.theguardian.com)
Iran executes four accused of sabotage, links to Israel's Mossad (www.reuters.com)
Iran executed on Friday four people, including a woman, whom it accused of being “saboteurs” with links to Israel’s Mossad intelligence service, the Mizan news agency affiliated to the judiciary said....
Russia fires 122 missiles and 36 drones in what Ukraine calls the biggest aerial barrage of the war (apnews.com)
Russia launched 122 missiles and 36 drones against Ukrainian targets, officials said Friday, killing at least 18 civilians across the country in what an air force official said was the biggest aerial barrage of the 22-month war....