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Russian missile and drone strike hits Kyiv ahead of key Ukraine-U.S. talks
The overnight assault targeted multiple districts across Kyiv, including residential areas and critical energy infrastructure, Ukrainian officials say
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Thailand and Cambodia agree to new ceasefire following weeks of border fighting
The deal includes a stipulation that Thailand will release 18 Cambodian soldiers held since earlier fighting in July if the ceasefire holds for 72 hours
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Australian prime minister says he will create a bravery award for heroes of Bondi beach attack
Albanese said he plans to establish a special honors system for the heroes and first responders who helped during the attack, such as Ahmed al Ahmed, a Syrian-Australian Muslim, who disarmed one of the assailants before being injured.
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Palestinian kills two people in car-ramming, then stabbing attack in Israel: police
The incidents resulted in Israel's defense minister ordering a military retaliation on what he said was the attacker's West Bank hometown.
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Pentagon report: Chinese military buildup and shift in nuclear force doctrine threatens US homeland
“China maintains a large and growing arsenal of nuclear, maritime, conventional long-range strike, cyber and space capabilities able to directly threaten Americans’ security,” according to the report.
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Trump launches 'powerful and deadly' strikes on ISIS in Nigeria for the killings of Christians
The Christmas night airstrikes in northwest Nigeria are targeting ISIS militants he accused of “viciously killing” innocent Christians. He said there will be “many more if the slaughter of Christians continues.”
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Pope Leo in first Christmas address focuses on politically charged issues of Gaza, Ukraine, economy
The new pontiff’s usual Christmas remarks prompted unease from European media outlets, and they raised increasingly common questions about the delicate line between moral balance and political activism.
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Explosion in Moscow kills three people near site where Russian general died from car bomb
Investigative Committee spokesperson Svetlana Petrenko said two Moscow traffic police officers were among the three people killed in the latest explosion, which occurred after the pair approached a "suspicious individual."
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Europe is critical of US gun rights and gun violence, but criminals abroad use other weapons to kill
Only about 20% of the homicides in the European Union are tied to gun violence most years, according to Eurostat data, compared to around 75% in the U.S.
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El Salvador’s Bukele offers to send all prisoners to willing country after Hillary Clinton comments
El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele said he'd release the country's entire prison population to any country willing to take them all, which he said would provide journalists and NGOs will subjects to interview who could “confirm whatever conclusions are already expected."
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Prior to missile attack, Trump increased monitoring violent anti-Christian operations in Nigeria
Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga. “The ongoing violence against Christians in Nigeria is one of the most egregious violations of human rights and religious freedom so far this century.”
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Turkey shuts down airspace over country's capital after plane crash kills Libya's top general
Turkish authorities closed Ankara’s airspace as a precaution after it lost contact with the plane and diverted multiple commercial flights away from Esenboga Airport. The commander's death was later confirmed by Turkish and Libyan officials.
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Human rights experts call on Iran to cancel execution of elderly woman for pro-woman message
"Criminalising women's activism for gender equality and treating such expression as evidence of armed rebellion constitutes a grave form of gender discrimination," UN special rapporteurs, working group tell regime.