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Updated December 27, 2022 - 8:55 PM EST

Report: CIA Directing Sabotage Attacks In Russia

		Ukraine FM: No Talks With Russia Until After War Crimes Tribunal
		Three Killed in Ukrainian Drone Attack Deep Inside Russia
		Ukraine Presidential Aide Calls for Destruction of Iran Arms Factories

Biden Signs $858 Billion 2023 NDAA

New Ukraine Aid Is More Than Most States Get in a Year

China Launches Drills Over New US Taiwan Aid

'A Sea Change': Biden Reverses Decades of Chinese Trade Policy

AFRICOM Says Six Killed in Latest Somalia Airstrike

North Korean Drones Penetrate South Korean Airspace

Viewpoints

	'Omnibus Shows Congress's Priorities: Authoritarianism & War by Ron Paul
	How Netanyahu Handed Ben-Gvir the Gun to Start an Annexation War by Jonathan Cook

	Zelensky Goes to Washington: Some Key Questions by Ted Snider
	While MBS Undermines America, Joe Biden Has His Back on Yemen by Trita Parsi
More Viewpoints

Spotlight

How Twitter Hid US-Military Info Ops From Public
by Eli Clifton

Frontline

	Netanyahu's Son Says Prosecutors Who Indicted Father Committed Treason
	Presumed-Dead al-Qaeda Leader Narrates Newly Released Video
	Power Shortages Persist, Nine Million Ukrainians With No Electricity: Zelensky

Belarus Says Russian Iskander Missile Systems Ready for Use

Incoming Israeli Government

	Netanyahu To Cede Significant Control Over Settlement Construction to Smotrich
	Israeli Far-Right Coalition Raises Specter That Doctors Could Refuse Treatment on Religious Grounds
	Israel's New Government Plans to 'Judaise' Galilee and Negev
	High Court Orders Netanyahu, Ben Gvir to Respond to Petition Against Nomination
	Netanyahu Backs Repeal of Ban on Racist Knesset Candidates, Plans Replacement Law
	Israeli Far-Right Officials 'Would Not Stand in Way' of Saudi Normalization
	US Rabbis Sign Letter Vowing to Block Far-Right Israel Lawmakers From Their Communities
	PLO Calls for International Boycott of New Israeli Govt

Palestine/Israel

	Settler Attacks Elderly Palestinian Woman in East Jerusalem
	Palestinian Toddler Injured in Settler Attack Near Nablus
	Israel Brings Charges for Less Than One Percent of Army's Alleged Abuse of Palestinians
	Israel Destroys Bedouin Village of Al-Araqib for 211th Time
	Palestinians Mourn 'Future of Football' Shot by an Israeli Sniper
	Haredi Faction Balks at Agreement With Likud, Demands Reopening of Talks
	UK Traded Jaffa 'Sand Dunes' With Zionists for Jerusalem Embassy Land
	Beatings, Humiliation, Fear: Israeli Jail, According to a Palestinian Teen
	Revealed: The Israeli Firm Selling 'Dystopian' Hacking Capabilities
	US Can Rejoin UNESCO After Boycott Over Palestinian Statehood Recognition

Syria

	Six Pro-Turkish Fighters Killed in Syria Clashes
	Attacks in Syria's Raqqa Kill Several Kurdish Security Officers

Iran

	Blast at Paint Manufacturing Plant in Iran Leaves 54 Injured
	Iranian Rapper Wins Appeal Against Protests-Linked Death Sentence

Iraq

	Iraq Daily Roundup: Five Killed
	Iraqi Parliament Calls on Judiciary to Detain Officials Involved in Soleimani Murder

Turkey

	Erdogan: West Only Provokes Conflict in Ukraine, Fails to Mediate
	Turkey in Talks With Russia About Using Syrian Airspace in Potential Operation
	Turkey Summons French Envoy Over PKK Protests
	Sweden 'Fully Committed' to Turkey's Demands for NATO Greenlight

Middle East

	US Citizen Held in UAE After Criticizing Sisi Released
	Jordanian Lawmaker Denounces Corruption, Calls on Saudi Arabia to Halt Aid Deliveries
	Egypt Said Stalling Implementation of Red Sea Island Transfer to Saudi Arabia
	Hezbollah Hands Over Suspected Killer of UN Peacekeeper
	US Helping Saudi Arabia Develop National Defense Plan
	Roadside Bomb Explosion Kills Two Yemeni Gov't Soldiers

Libya

	Libya Pro-Haftar Pilot Released in Prisoner Swap
	Revealed: Libya Aborted Plan to Hand Gadhafi Spy Chief to US at Last Minute

Somalia

	14 Iranian Fishermen Freed by Al-Shabaab After 8-Year Captivity
	Journalists in Somalia Slam Government Restrictions, Arrests

Niger

	Niger Troops Kill Five Jihadist Fighters in Southeast: Governor
	Three Dead in Niger Military Helicopter Crash

Africa

	Ethiopian Federal Government Delegation Heads to Tigray
	Ten Dead After Bus Hit Mine in Burkina Faso: Governor
	Rebels Kidnap Civilians in DR Congo Clashes: Local Sources
	Two Military Officers Arrested in Gambia for Alleged Link to Foiled Coup
	Two Shot Dead by Al-Shabab Militants in Coastal Kenya

Russia

	Russia Willing to Resume Gas Supplies to Europe Via Yamal Pipeline
	Japanese Buyers of Russian LNG Face Insurance Uncertainty
	Russia's FSB Says Ukrainian Saboteurs 'Liquidated' While Trying to Enter Border Region
	Russia's Lavrov: Either Ukraine Fulfils Moscow's Proposals or Our Army Will Decide
	Kremlin Confirms That Putin and Xi Will Hold Talks Before the End of the Year

Ukraine

	Ukraine's Zelensky Seeks India's Help With 'Peace Formula'
	Early Christmas in Ukraine Signals Split With Russian Orthodox Church
	German Firm Rheinmetall Sends 26 Logistics Trucks to Ukraine
	Situation at the Front Is 'Difficult and Painful': Zelensky
	Netherlands Pledges 2.5 Billion Euros in 2023 Ukraine Aid
	Ukraine Challenges Russia's UN Seat, Wants It Stripped of Veto Powers

Lithuania

	Ukrainians Get Trained in Howitzer Repairs in Lithuania
	Lithuania Procures Switchblade Kamikaze Drones From US for $47.8 Million

France

	Three Dead in Kurdish Center Shooting in Paris; Suspect Arrested
	Paris Shooting: Protesters Clash With Police After Deadly Attack on Kurdish Community
	France Places Paris Shooting Suspect Under Formal Probe

Europe

	Serbia Places Its Troops on Kosovo Border on Combat Alert
	Albania Orders Three Bayraktar TB2 Combat Drones From Turkey
	Two Belgian Soldiers With Ammo Arrested Next to European Commission
	Sweden's Saab to Provide Finnish RBS 70 MANPADS With Bolide Missiles
	Palantir Awarded $90m Deal to Bolster UK Military Intelligence Capabilities

Afghanistan

	Afghanistan Interior Ministry Has Banned Poppy Cultivation
	Male Students Boycott Classes Over Afghan Ban on Women's Education
	Kabul Residents 'Frustrated' With Electricity Blackouts
	UN to Taliban: 'Vital' to Reverse Ban on Women in NGOs
	Head of Badakhshan Security Department Killed in Afghanistan Blast
	UN Official Urges Western States to Resume Diplomatic Missions in Kabul
	Taliban Orders NGOs to Send Women Workers Home

China

	Chinese Ambassador Admits Russian Invasion of Ukraine Has Hurt Relations With EU
	China Defends Ukraine War Stance, Aims to Deepen Ties With Russia

Koreas

	North Korea's Kim Kicks Off Key Party Meeting Ahead of New Year
	South Korea Suspends Flight Departures Upon Military Request

Nepal

	Nepal's New Govt Seeks to Balance Ties With India, China, Economy in Focus
	Ex-Maoist Rebel Leader Prachanda Becomes Nepal PM for Third Time

Asia

	Fiji Deploys Military as PM Refuses to Concede Poll Defeat
	Dozens of Rohingya Land in Indonesia After a Month Adrift at Sea
	Sri Lanka's Ousted Ex-President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Family Leaves for US
	Congress Mandates More Oversight on Pentagon Plans for Defending Guam

Latin America

	Salvadoran Troops Encircle Capital District in Second Gang Crackdown
	Argentina's Army, Air Force to Split New Order of Bell Textron Helos
	Colombia Begins Negotiations to Buy 16 Rafale Fighter Jets
	Peru Arrests Six Generals Amid Graft Investigation of Ex-President Castillo