Doctors accuse Israeli troops of desecrating bodies and shooting civilians at hospital Israel says was Hamas ‘command center’ ( edition.cnn.com )
Ukraine says it downed three Russian Su-34 warplanes ( www.bbc.com )
Ukraine's military says it shot down three Russian fighter jets on Friday in the south of the country....
US intelligence suggests Iran involved in planning attacks in Red Sea ( www.cnn.com )
The US on Friday released newly declassified intelligence that suggests Iran has been “deeply involved in planning the operations against commercial vessels in the Red Sea,” National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson told CNN....
Former Swiss banker admits helping wealthy US taxpayers hide assets in Singapore and elsewhere | The Straits Times ( www.straitstimes.com )
Israel still holding bodies of 17 dead Palestinian detainees, says prisoners group ( www.newarab.com )
South Korea: Students sue after teacher ends exam 90 seconds early ( www.bbc.com )
'The Wedding': Iranian spy plot to kill two news presenters in London uncovered by double agent ( www.itv.com )
Iranian spies offered a people-smuggler $200,000 (around £158,290) to assassinate two news presenters codenamed “the bride and the groom” outside their London studio, to show critics of the regime they “could do harm to them at any time”....
Journalist who broke story on decomposing babies in Gaza is shot, injured ( www.washingtonpost.com )
Archived link: https://archive.is/20231218080340/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/12/18/israel-gaza-journalist-shot-mohammed-balousha/
Modi's opposition furious as India suspends 141 parliamentary members ( www.nbcnews.com )
The suspended lawmakers were protesting a security breach in the parliament earlier this month which saw a man storm the lower house and released a gas canister....
EU takes action against Elon Musk's X over disinformation ( www.bbc.com )
Jewish and Arab volunteers help Arab Israeli farmers suffering from labor shortage amid war in Gaza ( www.timesofisrael.com )
“It is Terrorism”: Pope Francis Denounces Killing of Two Christian Women in Gaza ( www.vanityfair.com )
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China’s youth compete for stable gov’t jobs in unstable economic times ( www.aljazeera.com )
The number of candidates taking China’s civil service exam reaches a record high as graduates seek secure jobs.
South Korea to see population plummet to 1970s levels, government says ( www.cnn.com )
South Korea, the country with the world’s lowest birth rate, expects it to fall even further in the next two years while its overall population is expected to plummet to levels not seen since the 1970s....
India tries to discredit anti-modi news since 2020 using state intelligence agents ( archive.today )
NEW DELHI — Since 2020, an opaque organization calling itself the Disinfo Lab has published lengthy dossiers and social media posts claiming to reveal the personal relationships and funding sources behind U.S.-based critics of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi....
Ukraine starts mass production of 750 km range “kamikaze” drones ( euromaidanpress.com )
IDF sniper kills two women inside Gaza church, Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem says ( edition.cnn.com )
Cardinal convicted of embezzlement in Vatican financial trial sentenced to 5 1/2 years ( www.nbcnews.com )
More young people in South Korea consider marriage, childbirths as nonessential ( www.koreatimes.co.kr )
Award ceremony suspended after writer compares Gaza to Nazi-era Jewish ghettos ( www.theguardian.com )
A German foundation has said it will no longer be awarding a prize for political thinking to a leading Russian-American journalist after criticizing as “unacceptable” a recent essay by the writer in which they made a comparison between Gaza and a Jewish ghetto in Nazi-occupied Europe.
Finland to reseal entire border with Russia as temporary reopening sees new influx in migrants | Euronews ( www.euronews.com )
Israeli troops kill 12 Palestinians, desecrate West Bank mosque ( www.reuters.com )
Israeli troops killed a youth at a hospital and read out Jewish prayers at a mosque in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin during raids that Palestinian authorities said on Thursday killed 12 and that Israel said helped capture dozens of militants....
Wrongfully jailed for 20 years, Australia’s ‘most hated woman’ likely to receive record compensation ( www.theguardian.com )
Russia has lost 87% of troops it had prior to start of Ukraine war, according to US intelligence assessment ( www.cnn.com )
Russia has lost a staggering 87 percent of the total number of active-duty ground troops it had prior to launching its invasion of Ukraine and two-thirds of its pre-invasion tanks, a source familiar with a declassified US intelligence assessment provided to Congress told CNN....
Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny declared missing ( www.independent.co.uk )
Jailed Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny has been declared missing by his lawyers and allies just days after Vladimir Putin announced he would run for a fifth presidential term next year....
