Hamas denies responsibility for Rafah blast
Hamas has denied it was behind a blast in Gaza, claiming the area is fully controlled by the Israeli military
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Pope’s Christmas service includes ‘unexpected gesture’ seen as protest to key Trump policy
Pope Leo XIV made an “unexpected gesture” at his Christmas service that is being taken as a dig at Trump’s key policy.The pope, who has been accused of making “pointed remarks” aimed at Trump in the past, gave a Christmas speech largely devoid of poli…
India’s defence partnership with Israel enters new phase with signing of Strategic Agreement
By R Anil Kumar ‘Make In India’ Meets Israeli Tech: How ATEMM Deal Recasts India-Israel Defence Ties The Belrise–Plasan ATEMM pact highlights how India-Israel defence ties are shifting from arms sales to joint manufacturing and battlefield technology i…
Iran seizes tanker in the Middle East Gulf
Iranian authorities claim the seized tanker was being used smuggle refined petroleum out of the country.
Istanbul police detain 115 suspected ISIS members believed planning Christmas attacks in Turkey
Turkish authorities have detained 115 suspected ISIS members they believe were planning to carry out attacks on Christmas and new year celebrations in the country, the chief prosecutor’s office said Thursday.
LastPass 2022 Breach Led to Years-Long Cryptocurrency Thefts, TRM Labs Finds
The encrypted vault backups stolen from the 2022 LastPass data breach have enabled bad actors to take advantage of weak master passwords to crack them open and drain cryptocurrency assets as recently as late 2025, according to new findings from TRM Lab…
‘It’s the wildest place I have walked’: new national park will join up Chile’s 2,800km wildlife corridor
Government poised to officially protect 200,000 hectares of remote Patagonian coastline and forest Chile’s government is poised to create the country’s 47th national park, protecting nearly 200,000 hectares (500,000 acres) of pristine wilderness and co…
Pope Leo’s 1st Christmas sermon decries treatment of Palestinians in Gaza, harm of wars on the ‘defenceless’
Pope Leo gave his first Christmas sermon on Thursday from St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, decrying conditions for Palestinians in Gaza in an unusually direct appeal during what is normally a solemn, spiritual service.
European countries condemn Israel’s expansion of West Bank settlements
Fourteen countries, including France and Germany, condemned on Wednesday Israel’s recent approval of new Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank.