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An Israeli airstrike in Syria kills a high-ranking Iranian general  ABC News Iranian leaders accuse Israeli missile strike of killing senior Revolutionary Guards member  Fox News Iran Accuses Israel of Killing Sayyed Mousavi, a Military Official  The New York Times Senior IRGC official

Pope at Christmas Mass: Let us fix our eyes on the True God  Vatican News – English Pope renews call for Gaza ceasefire and hostages released during Christmas Speech  Fox News Pope Francis blasts the weapons industry, appeals for peace in Christmas

The announcement makes the Sunday night airstrike in the Maghazi refugee camp among the deadliest in Israel’s air campaign in Gaza, launched on Oct. 7 in response to a deadly cross-border attack by Hamas militants.

Kremlin opposition leader Alexey Navalny moved to Arctic penal colony but doing well, spokesperson says  CBS News Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny located at Siberian penal colony two weeks after disappearance  CNN Russian opposition leader Navalny’s team finally locates him in remote prison

Houthi forces in Yemen are posing the latest threat to Washington’s efforts to contain the war in Gaza.

Hundreds of protesters tried to enter Belgrade’s city council on Sunday evening before riot police pushed them back using tear gas, pepper spray and batons.

In a symbolic change, Ukrainians celebrate Christmas on Dec. 25  NPR Christmas Moves to Dec. 25 in Ukraine, Another Rebuff of Russia  The New York Times For the first time in more than a century, Ukrainians celebrate Christmas on Dec 25  NPR Russia-Ukraine

In a stark rebuke of Russia, Ukraine joins the West in celebrating Christmas on Dec. 25 instead of Jan. 6-7 as it traditionally has done. (Image credit: Sergei Supinsky /AFP via Getty Images)

Would he pull more votes from Joe Biden or Donald Trump? That question unsettles both sides.

A weather observatory in the Chinese capital as of Sunday had recorded more than 300 hours of sub-freezing temperatures since Dec. 11 – the most since records began, in 1951, according to the official newspaper Beijing Daily.