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LIVE: Israel escalates strikes on Lebanon, displaces dozens in Jerusalem
Germany charges ex-Syrian prison defender  over Assad-era abuses
Seizing ships as leverage: US vs Houthis
Trump’s Christmas gifts
Voices of Gaza: The large  Omari Mosque’s 2,000‑year past  lies in ruins
Syria’s government curbing once-booming Captagon industry: UN report
Are US oil tanker seizures off Venezuela legal or acts of piracy?
Denmark to summon US ambassador following Greenland envoy appointment
Israeli military storms West Bank towns, carries out demolition
Israel demolishes residential building in occupied East Jerusalem
Brawl breaks out in Turkish parliament on last day of budget talks
India and fresh  Zealand conclude free trade agreement
Venezuela’s reserves have strategical  advantages for the US
“Convenient for the US to declare war” with Venezuela
Australian p.m.  apologises over Bondi attack, calls for tougher hatred  laws
Israeli arms firms make evidence  profits of the back of Gaza war
If legislature  is going to avoid another shutdown, lawmakers request   to start talking
Russian general killed in car   bombing in Moscow
2025 in Gaza: 12 months, 12 pictures
Jerusalem’s Latin Patriarch leads Christmas mass at Gaza church
US accused of stealing oil after intercepting 3rd  Venezuelan tanker
Russia-Ukraine war live: Moscow probes Kyiv link after bomb kills general
Thousands of Serbians protest government force  on universities
Japan set to restart world’s biggest atomic  power plant
Is the US making a large  gamble to reshape Iraq?
Car bomb kills Russian general in Moscow
Swiss court to hear Indonesian islanders’ climate case against cement giant
LIVE: Thailand, Cambodia resume border clashes before talks
Sudanese bloc declares Nairobi roadmap, but is it a civilian   breakthrough?
US says talks with Russia, Ukraine in Miami ‘constructive, productive’
Two Palestine Action hunger strikers in UK prisons admitted to hospital
New clashes erupt on Thai-Cambodia border as ASEAN convenes peace talks
Malaysia court rejects Najib’s bid to service  conviction  under home  arrest
Morocco seal AFCON win against Comoros in 2025 opener
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,397
‘Alarming’ medicine   shortages in Gaza amid Israeli restrictions
How volatile is the political situation in Bangladesh?
Nigeria says 130 kidnapped Catholic schoolchildren freed
Democrats are united in bashing GOP on Obamacare. Medicare for All could reopen a rift.
Vance tries to weather the MAGA storm at Turning Point
US pursues another oil tanker close  Venezuela: Reports
Worker at France’s Elysee Palace to face trial over alleged theft
Swedish authorities board sanctioned Russian ship in national waters
Will Trump’s ‘imperfect plan’ for ending the Ukraine war work?
Russia criticises European moves to amend US plan to end Ukraine war
Barcelona see off Villarreal with goals from Raphinha and Yamal
Israeli arms companies’ revenues soared in 2024
Mo Salah focused on Egypt success at AFCON with Liverpool crisis behind him
UNICEF tells Al Jazeera what Gaza urgently needs but doesn’t have
Epstein files: Whose names and photos are in the latest paper  drop?