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South Korea has successfully extradited a 29-year-old Lithuanian national accused of stealing approximately $1.8 million in digital assets through sophisticated malware.

Israel and its supporters would have you believe that just being a Palestinian is a lethal threat. I am a Palestinian. And increasingly, that fact alone is treated as a provocation. In recent months, I have watched anti-Semitism a real, lethal form of hatred with a long and horrific history be stripped of its meaning and weaponised to silence Palestinians, criminalise solidarity with us, and shield Israel from accountability as it carries out a genocide in Gaza.

A new dash across the skies kicks off in 2026, reigniting geopolitical competition under the guise of peaceful exploration. The moon's south pole is emerging as the most valuable real estate in the solar system, offering peaks of eternal light for solar arrays and ice deposits in craters shielded from the sun. The US and a China-led bloc are eyeing the lunar surface and its potential to control a post-terrestrial economy.

In today's conflicts, women and girls are facing escalating violence with near-total impunity. From mass rapes in Sudan to attacks on schools and shelters in Gaza and Syria, and the segregation of women in Afghanistan, protection is collapsing as wars intensify. Speaking to Talk to Al Jazeera, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed warns that violence against women is not a side issue but a front-line threat to peace and development.

President Donald Trump will host his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, on Sunday to try to close out a peace agreement that would end nearly four years of war sparked by Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. Russia intensified its attacks on Ukraine's capital and elsewhere in the days before the meeting. The two will meet at Mar-a-Lago, Trump's private club in Palm Beach, Florida, where the U.S. president is spending the holidays.

President Donald Trump posted an optimistic Truth Social message Sunday morning about Vladimir Putin, right before his meeting with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky to discuss ending the war with Russia. I just had a good and very productive telephone call with President Putin of Russia prior to my meeting, at 1:00 P.M. today, with President Zelenskyy of Ukraine, Trump wrote. The meeting will take place in the main dining room of Mar-a-Lago. Press is invited.

Buzkashi, Afghanistan's national equestrian competition, showcases elite riders who must carry a leather-wrapped bundle historically a goat carcass but now a weighted facsimile across a designated goal line to earn points. Amid swirling dust clouds kicked up by galloping horses, a victor ultimately prevailed. The winning team took a celebratory circuit around the field, proudly displaying their flag in triumph.

We left it longer because we knew we were going to get [hot] weather at the back end that we knew we needed our grass [for]. You look back at it and you go, well, it's favoured the bowlers too much days one and two'. If that doesn't happen, then we set ourselves up really good for day three and four.

Kirk's resurgence was a big reason the 2025 Blue Jays finished where they did. In 506 plate appearances, Kirk slashed .282/.348/.421 with 15 home runs, with a 9.5 BB% and 11.7 K%. While his 116 wRC+ wasn't as good as the 129 wRC+ he posted in 2022, Kirk hit a career-best 15 home runs and finished with a career-high 4.7 fWAR.

Thailand and Cambodia said they have signed a ceasefire agreement to end weeks of fierce fighting along their border which has killed more than 100 and forced the displacement of more than half a million civilians in both countries. Both sides agree to an immediate ceasefire after the time of signature of this Joint Statement, the Thai and Cambodian defence ministers said in a statement on Saturday.

Not long after, Doumbouya announced a 36-month timeline for transition to civilian rule in the resource-rich west African nation on the Atlantic coast, shrugging off pressure from the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas), which wanted a swifter return to democracy. His actions triggered widespread protests and criticism from opposition groups and civil society, most of whom doubted his vow not to personally run for office.

Incursion follows Israeli defence minister's order for military to act forcefully' against the Palestinian town. Israeli forces have carried out mass arrests and forced dozens of families from their homes in the town of Qabatiya in the occupied West Bank, on the second day of a sweeping military operation ordered by Israel's defence minister. Israeli forces sealed off entrances to Qabatiya while rounding up and interrogating dozens of residents on Saturday, local sources told Al Jazeera.

What you need to know Russia strikes Ukraine with 519 drones and 40 missiles on Saturday A third of Kyiv without power, according to Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is headed to the US to meet with President Donald Trump in Florida US and Ukrainian teams have worked up a 20-point peace framework and the proposal has been handed to Russian negotiatiors, according to reports Russia said Ukraine trying to "torpedo" talks amid rush of diplomatic activity

This was Donald Trump's warning to Islamic State after the US attacked what it said were IS bases in Nigeria. It was arguably the most stark seasonal message ever delivered by a US president. How it may serve his ambition to receive a Nobel Peace Prize is not clear. The nation is a multi-ethnic country split between the mostly Muslim north and predominantly Christian south.

A general view of destroyed structures in Offa, Nigeria, on December 27, 2025, caused by debris from expended munitions that fell from U.S. strikes on unspecified militants linked to the Islamic State group in Nigeria. Abiodun Jamiu / AFP via Getty Images When President Donald Trump launched a series of airstrikes in Nigeria on Christmas, he described it as an attack against "ISIS Terrorist Scum in Northwest Nigeria who have been targeting and viciously killing, primarily, innocent Christians."

The discussion included several new initiatives that help both our nations move forward, the statement said. Palau welcomed U.S. commitments that deepen a long standing partnership and deliver concrete benefits for Palauan people in health care, security, pensions, disaster resilience, and labor. Together, Palau and the United States also reaffirmed a shared commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific that protects both nations' prosperity and security.