Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny located in Arctic prison 3 weeks after contact with him lost (www.scmp.com)
Israel hits Bethlehem in Christmas raids on occupied West Bank (www.aljazeera.com)
December 24, 2023: Muted Christmas as Palestinian Christians mourn for Gaza
Israeli soldier stabbed injured Palestinian inside ambulance in West Bank, says doctor (www.aa.com.tr)
Russia exports almost all its oil to China and India - Novak (www.reuters.com)
Who’s Killing All These Stories About a Controversial Tech Mogul? (www.thedailybeast.com)
A tech guru is waging a war on major media outlets across three continents, hiring a “media assassin” law firm to kill stories connecting him to “hacks-for-hire” controversy.
80 Unidentified Palestinians Buried in Mass Graves in Rafah (www.democracynow.org)
Ukraine digs in as the West stumbles to keep up with Russian war production (www.cbc.ca)
Israel bombards urban refugee camps in central Gaza (apnews.com)
Netanyahu pushes for 'voluntary migration' for Palestinians in Gaza: Israeli media (www.aa.com.tr)
From Israel Hayom: www.israelhayom.co.il/news/…/15002089 (in Hebrew)
Canada in payout talks with two Michaels over China imprisonment (www.scmp.com)
244 US cargo planes, 20 ships deliver over 10,000 tons of military equipment to Israel — report (www.timesofisrael.com)
Iraq calls for cooperation with Iran in oil, gas projects (en.mehrnews.com)
American Spies Confront a New, Formidable China (www.wsj.com)
Zionism and Africa (orinocotribune.com)
Classroom massacre: Survivors say Israel executed innocents in Gaza school (www.aljazeera.com)
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Ukraine to celebrate Christmas on 25 December for first time (news.sky.com)
Eurasian Economic Union adopts declaration on economic development (news.cgtn.com)
Doctors accuse Israeli troops of desecrating bodies and shooting civilians at hospital Israel says was Hamas ‘command center’ | CNN (www.cnn.com)
Israeli soldiers raiding a hospital in northern Gaza desecrated the bodies of dead patients with bulldozers, let a military dog maul a man in a wheelchair, and shot multiple doctors even after vetting them for terror links, according to allegations by staff and patients....
Israeli air strike in Syria kills top Iranian military adviser (www.aljazeera.com)
Iraqi government calls air strikes 'hostile acts' after Pentagon said it struck areas used by pro-Iran forces to target US forces. (www.middleeasteye.net)
Reminder that Iraq has formally asked US to withdraw the occupation forces previously and US continues to refuse.