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Iran and Russia have reached a deal to conduct trade using their own national currencies, bypassing the U.S. dollar, according to reports from Iran’s state media on Wednesday.

The United Nations agency UNHCR has appealed for the protection of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar in Indonesia after a large crowd of students stormed a convention center housing hundreds of Rohingya in the city of Banda Aceh.

On Wednesday, the Biden administration revealed its plan to provide Ukraine with a new weapons package worth $250 million. This announcement comes amid a standoff in Congress over additional funding for Ukraine as Republican lawmakers are insisting on linking any foreign aid to measures for strengthening the border.

A nuclear arms confrontation between Iran and Israel and its allies has come closer after confirmation that Tehran tripled production of nearly weapons-grade uranium, Worthy News established Wednesday.

Wolfgang Schäuble, the Christian Democratic politician who helped lead Europe’s largest economy through the worst financial challenges since World War Two, has died at the age of 81, his family said.

The UK’s Conservative government last week published draft guidelines indicating that schools in England should tell the parents if a child wants to change their gender identity, Politico reports.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has condemned Colorado’s recent decision to remove former U.S. President Donald J. Trump from their ballot before the 2024 presidential elections.

A military standoff in one of the world’s key waterways escalated Wednesday after the United States confirmed it shot down drones and missiles over the southern Red Sea fired from Yemen by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels.

Russia has admitted that one of its warships was hit in a Ukrainian attack on a Black Sea port in Russian-occupied Crimea early Tuesday, killing at least one person. The strike on the peninsula comes after modern Ukraine celebrated its first Christmas Day under a new calendar amid ongoing clashes.

The Belarusian president confirmed on Christmas Day that Russia completed its shipments of tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus in a warning to the Western NATO military alliance.

The United States military on Monday hit facilities of terror groups in Iraq in what U.S. Secretary of Defense LIoyd Austin called “necessary and proportionate strikes” after several American forces were injured in a Christmas Day attack on a U.S. airbase.

The Iranian president has warned that Iran would retaliate against Israel for killing a high-ranking general in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Syria.

Iranian State TV announced on Sunday that Iran’s navy had enhanced its weaponry with the integration of advanced, locally manufactured Talaeieh and Nasir cruise missiles. These missiles, notably the Talaeieh, are described as “fully smart,” with a range exceeding 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) and capable of changing targets during their flight.

The FBI and U.S. intelligence agencies warn about China’s use of artificial intelligence, indicating potential risks beyond intellectual property theft. They are concerned that China could use AI for massive data collection on American citizens. The FBI has highlighted the importance of safeguarding artificial intelligence as a vital U.S. technology in response to China’s aim for substantial AI advancements by 2025, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Pope Francis has expressed his closeness to what he said are “our brothers and sisters suffering due to war,” including the people of Ukraine which faced a turbulent Christmas, with Russian shelling and drone attacks reportedly claiming the lives of at least four people. The leader of more than a billion Catholics, who has been involved in peace diplomacy with both nations, but there was no evidence Sunday his efforts had been successful.

Iran has denied U.S. allegations that it is involved in planning attacks by Yemen’s Tehran-aligned Houthi movement on commercial vessels in the Red Sea.

The Czech Republic plunged into a day of national mourning Saturday after a student killed 14 people and wounded 25 others at his Prague university in the worst mass shooting in the country’s, and Europe’s, recent history.

China’s battle with the West over control of the world’s critical minerals rapidly escalated Friday after the Communist nation banned the export of production technology for rare earth metals.

Britain’s High Court of Justice has ruled it is lawful to criminalize pro-life activity, including silent prayer vigils, inside a designated exclusion zone around an abortion clinic, the UK Christian Concern organization said in a press release.The ruling was handed down by Lord Justice Warby and Justice Thornton on Dec. 15, 2023.

American warships faced possible attacks Friday after Yemen’s Houthis warned they would strike U.S. warships if Washington targeted the Iranian-backed militia.