Ukrainian Bombers Just Blew Up Another Russian Warship. ‘Russia’s Fleet Is Getting Smaller And Smaller!’ (www.forbes.com)
Dual-national Israelis fight alongside army in Gaza despite outrage in France, South Africa (www.aa.com.tr)
Israeli policemen who assaulted Anadolu photojournalist reinstated amid investigation (www.aa.com.tr)
Demolitions reported in Furush Beit Dajan, Deir Ballut in the occupied West Bank: UN (www.aljazeera.com)
Japan announces sanctions against three senior Hamas figures (www.aljazeera.com)
UN Human Rights Office calls for investigation into Gaza ‘executions’ (www.aljazeera.com)
India’s navy deploys warships to Arabian Sea after tanker attack (www.aljazeera.com)
Former RT Host Anton Krasovsky Poisoned, Ukrainian Intel Says (www.kyivpost.com)
Ukraine proposes lowering age for military conscription from 27 to 25 (www.aljazeera.com)
US launches strikes on Iraq over drone attack blamed on Iran-backed forces (www.aljazeera.com)
Alexei Navalny discovered in remote Arctic penal colony (www.theguardian.com)
Jailed Russian opposition leader ‘doing well’, according to aides, nearly three weeks after going missing...
Watching the watchdogs: Why the West misinterprets Middle East power shifts (www.aljazeera.com)
Foreign workers in S. Korea reach all-time high of 1 million (www.koreaherald.com)
Nigeria: Attacks by armed gangs leave more than 100 dead (www.dw.com)
300 Indians stuck in French airport for fourth day amid trafficking probe (www.aljazeera.com)
Afghan schoolgirls are finishing sixth grade in tears. Under Taliban rule, their education is over (apnews.com)
Ukraine secures desperately needed funds from American-led World Bank (www.aljazeera.com)
Russia says it seizes Ukrainian town of Maryinka; Kyiv denies the claim (www.aljazeera.com)
‘Our hearts in Bethlehem’, says Pope in Christmas Eve mass, shadowed by war (www.aljazeera.com)
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.