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Black Sea

Oil spill prompts national emergency in Russia

aerial bombardment

WHO chief Tedros narrowly escapes aerial bombardment at Sanaa airport; UN condemns attack

Afghanistan

Afghanistan summons Pakistani envoy over airstrikes in Paktika

ambush

Syria: 14 security force personnel killed in clashes with gunmen

earthquake

Earthquake of magnitude 4.5 strikes in Tajikistan

customer

Japan Airlines confirms resumes ticket sales for same day flights following cyberattack

Canada

Trump repeats call to acquire Panama Canal, Canada, and Greenland in Christmas greetings

Azerbaijan Airlines

Death toll in Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash near Kazakhstan’s Aktau rises to 38

Afghanistan

Death toll rises to 46 in Pakistani airstrikes on Afghanistan’s Paktika province

'super-aged' society

South Korea becomes ‘super-aged’ society, one in five now aged 65 or older

Abul Hasan

Balochistan: Families stage protest against enforced disappearances of Zaman Jan, Abul Hasan

100 children

Pakistan: Over 100 children die in Parachinar amid ongoing road blockade and medical crisis

Azerbaijan passenger plane

4 dead as Azerbaijan passenger plane crashes in Kazakhstan, 29 survivors hospitalised

aircraft

Passenger plane en route to Russia from Azerbaijan crashes in Kazakhstan

Google Play

Iran lifts ban on WhatsApp, Google Play

CIO

South Korea: President Yoon defies second summons over martial law investigation

AI advisor

Ro Khanna defends Indian-origin Sriram Krishnan’s appointment as Trump’s AI advisor; calls it ‘American exceptionalism’

Brian Thompson

Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to charges of murder in fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO

Hamas leader

‘We will strike Houthis… just as we did to Haniyeh’: Israel confirms killing Hamas leader

Air Defense

Israel, Slovakia sign historic USD 582 million deal to boost Air Defense capabilities