Zelensky wishing for Putin’s death on his Christmas message:

My dear people, since ancient times, Ukrainians believed that on Christmas night, the heavens open.

And if you tell them your dream, it will surely come true.

Today, we all have one dream. And we have one wish for everyone:

"May he perish," as everyone says to themselves.

Netanyahu’s press office shared this AI-generated video on Instagram.

Russia says it plans to build a nuclear power plant on the Moon by around 2036 to support its lunar programme and a joint research base with China, according to Roscosmos.

The plant would power rovers, scientific equipment, and long-term infrastructure, marking a shift from one-off missions to a permanent presence.

The U.S., through NASA, has also announced plans to deploy a lunar nuclear reactor by about 2030 as part of renewed competition in space.

Source: Reuters

The U.S. Coast Guard is not yet able to seize the Venezuela-linked oil tanker Bella 1 because it lacks nearby specialized boarding forces.

The ship has refused boarding, meaning only elite Coast Guard teams—of which there are very few—can take it by force.

Source: Reuters

NEW: Algeria’s parliament has passed a law declaring France’s 1830–1962 colonisation a crime, banning its glorification and demanding an apology and reparations.

Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain and the United Kingdom have condemned Israel’s approval of 19 new settlements in the occupied West Bank.

The countries said the decision violates international law, risks further instability, and undermines prospects for peace, including efforts toward a comprehensive plan for Gaza.

Lieutenant General İlkay Altındağ, Director General for Defense and Security at Türkiye’s Ministry of National Defense, visited Tehran, where he said that Iran’s security is Türkiye’s security and stressed that Türkiye views Iran as its own home.

During the visit, he held talks with Iranian military officials on regional developments, border issues, shared threats, military cooperation, joint exercises, and exchanges of military delegations.

Source: IRIB

Russia has quietly joined U.S.-approved efforts to mediate a security agreement between Israel and Syria.

Moscow is pushing to redeploy Russian troops to southern Syria near the Israeli border—a move Israel prefers over an expanding Turkish presence.

While gaps remain, officials say Russian mediation has produced some recent progress, and Washington accepts Russia’s role as unavoidable given its dominance on the ground in Syria.

Source: Kan News

NEW: An explosion struck a mosque during evening prayers in Maiduguri, in Nigeria’s Borno state.

No information has yet been released on casualties.

NEW: Jordan carried out airstrikes against drug and weapons smuggling networks operating along its northern border with Syria.

The strikes targeted suspected Captagon production and storage sites in southeastern Suwayda and parts of Daraa.

The targeted areas under the control of Israel-backed al-Hijri's Druze militias.

A restaurant owner in Spain expelled a group of Israelis after a heated argument.

The owner, a Lebanese man living in Spain, said the group was rude and aggressive from the start and only later revealed they were Israeli, shouting “Viva Israel,” which escalated the situation.

“Get out! Go back to killing Palestinians. You murder people and then come here for vacation?” he said.

Ukrainian FPV drone hit a Russian soldier who was surrounded by the bodies of fallen comrades in a mass grave.

India's space agency ISRO launched the LVM3-M6 rocket carrying AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird Block-2 satellite into 520 km LEO.

It was ISRO’s heaviest-ever LEO payload (~6.1 tons), its first dedicated commercial launch for a US client.

NEW: US authorities have found more than one million additional documents potentially linked to Jeffrey Epstein, officials say.

The Department of Justice said lawyers are reviewing the material and making legally required redactions to protect victims before releasing it, a process that could take several weeks.

Colombian President Petro:

I invite Colombian citizens living in Argentina, Chile, and the United States to return to Colombia. They live better here.

Political changes there target Colombian identity as an enemy, because they based their votes on destroying migrant families.

Let’s not stay there — life is better in Colombia today.

Colombian President Petro:

The United States, Argentina, and Chile are going to launch programs against Colombian society.

We already have 5,000 immigrants from the United States brought here without chains.

Colombian President Petro:

Growth without equality is not progress. Progress is human development — living well, as Aristotle said — created not only by economic growth but by social equity.

The White House has ordered U.S. forces to focus on enforcing a “quarantine” on Venezuelan oil for at least the next two months.

The move prioritizes economic pressure through sanctions over military action, aiming to push President Maduro into concessions.

Officials believe Venezuela could face severe economic trouble by late January if no deal is reached.

Source: Reuters

Trump-backed conservative Nasry Asfura has been declared the winner of Honduras’ presidential election after a weeks-long vote count that raised concerns about the country’s fragile electoral system.

Asfura won 40.27% of the vote, narrowly defeating Liberal Party candidate Salvador Nasralla, who received 39.39% and has alleged fraud.

Trump:

We track Santa all over the world. We want to make sure that Santa is being good. We want to make sure that he's not infiltrated, that we're not infiltrating into our country a bad Santa.

Trump on Santa:

He tends to be on the cherubic side. You know what cherubic means? A little on the heavy side.