S. Korea to add nearly 700 more items to export ban list against Russia, Belarus (en.yna.co.kr)
Uttar Pradesh: School van driver booked for raping 12-year-old girl (www.edexlive.com)
Hamas, Islamic Jihad reject Gaza gov. overhaul for permanent ceasefire, Egyptian sources say (www.reuters.com)
Hamas and the allied Islamic Jihad have rejected an Egyptian proposal that they relinquish power in the Gaza Strip in return for a permanent ceasefire, two Egyptian security sources told Reuters on Monday.
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)
Britain’s Home Secretary apologizes for joke about spiking his wife’s drink with date-rape drug (edition.cnn.com)
Alexei Navalny: Russian opposition leader found, says team (www.bbc.com)
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....
Pope decries ‘appalling harvest’ of civilian deaths in Gaza (www.aljazeera.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....
Iran summons Russia’s envoy again over islands dispute | Politics News | Al Jazeera (www.aljazeera.com)
Ukraine Awaits Delivery Of First F-16 Jets In Coming Days As Kyiv Seeks To Counter Russian Air Superiority (www.rferl.org)
KYIV – Ukraine will likely receive it first shipment of advanced F-16s in the next few days, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte told President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in a phone call as Kyiv seeks to disrupt Russia’s air superiority over Ukrainian skies amid continued battles on December 23 in the east and south of the country....
Iran, Eurasian Economic Union sign free trade agreement (www.presstv.co.uk)
Hamas Police Officer Fatally Shoots Boy Approaching Humanitarian Aid Truck to Keep Others Away: (themessenger.com)
Israeli bulldozers run over pregnant women in Gaza (www.siasat.com)
WSJ: Biden pressured Netanyahu to abandon plans for preemptive strike on Hezbollah (www.ynetnews.com)
Israel planned to launch a preemptive strike against Hezbollah on October 11 which was narrowly averted due to intervention from U.S. President Joe Biden, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday....
Thousands protest in Belgrade to demand annulment of elections (www.reuters.com)
Iran’s navy adds sophisticated cruise missiles to armory (www.politico.com)
State TV said both Talaeieh and Nasir cruise missiles have arrived at a naval base near the Indian Ocean....
China Quietly Rebuilds Secretive Base for Nuclear Tests (www.nytimes.com)
In the remote desert where China detonated its first atom bomb nearly 60 years ago, a drilling rig recently bored a deep vertical shaft that is estimated to plunge down at least a third of a mile. It is the strongest evidence yet that Beijing is weighing whether to test a new generation of nuclear arms that could increase the...