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Authorities in Russia said that after Ukraine's aerial assaults on Belgorod, 21 people were killed and over 100 were injured.  3 children were among the dead, according to the local government, in one of the bloodiest attacks since the conflict started.  According  to a source close to the Russian Investigative Committee, missiles fired from numerous launchers in Ukraine's Kharkiv region damaged a skating rink on the major Cathedral Square, a shopping complex, and residential structures.  The daily Kommersant reported this information. Moscow accused its neighbor of using a variety of weapons, including Czech-made Vampire rockets and Ukrainian Olkha missiles, to launch the attack on Saturday.  Vladimir Putin was briefed about the attacks, according to his spokesperson.  On Russia's request, the UN Security Council will meet in New York at 16:00 local time (21:00 GMT).  The Russian defense ministry previously stated that 13 missiles were destroy...

Since October 7th, at least 20,915 people have been slain and 54,918 have been injured as a result of Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, according to a statement released by the Gaza Health Ministry's spokesperson, Ashraf Al-Qudra.     Al-Jazeera reported that 241 people were martyred and 382 were injured in the previous 24 hours. Following the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas's surprise Operation Al-Aqsa Storm against the occupying troops in reaction to the Israeli regime's decades-long campaign of bloodletting and devastation against Palestinians, Israel launched its attack on Gaza on October 7.    The Israeli assault has left Gaza in wreckage, with half of the coastal territory's building stock damaged or destroyed and almost 2 million Palestinians displaced within the densely populated enclave amid food and potable water shortages.

France, Spain, and Italy have formally withdrawn from a Red Sea maritime task force led by the United States and entrusted with safeguarding Israeli-owned and Israel-bound commerce ships in transit.   The three states have made it clear that they are not going to collaborate with the US and will instead work under the auspices of global organizations such as the UN, NATO, or the EU.   It simply stated that French leadership of its ships would remain; it made no mention of sending extra naval forces.  In a statement, the French Defense Ministry said that it backed efforts to ensure freedom of navigation in the Red Sea and surrounding area, adding that it already operated in the region   The Italian Defense Ministry also said that, in response to certain demands from Italian ship owners, it will deploy the naval frig...

The Turkish defense ministry said on Saturday that twelve Turkish troops had been killed in a gunbattle with militants of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq in the past 48 hours.  The army launched airstrikes against PKK targets on Saturday, "killing" at least 13 PKK fighters in the ongoing fighting,  the Turkish government circulated the news  on social media. Turkey has regularly carried out airstrikes as part of its fight against PKK terrorists in neighboring Iraq.  The number of PKK members who surrendered to security forces had reached 114 as of July 2021.  On July 24, 2021, 15 terrorists who killed two Turkish troops in the Operation Euphrates Shield zone were also killed.  Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has been calling for a Kurdish state in Turkey for the last 40 years, their armed struggle has left over 40,000 people dead mostly civilians.  The PKK started fighting the Turkish state in 1984 and is recognized as a terrorist gro...

Several news agencies reported that at least 11 Iranian police officers were killed in a deadly assault on a police station in the southeast Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchistan on Friday.  A police spokesperson called the act "cowardly," and the state media said that a gang of "terrorists" was responsible for the assault on a police station in  Rask City. The provincial police of Sistan and Baluchistan reported that several attackers had been killed and others were injured and taken into custody, but they did not provide an exact figure.  The Jaish e Adl group, which is known to be active in the area that borders both Pakistan and Afghanistan, reportedly claimed responsibility for the nighttime attack.

25 Pakistan Army personnel were martyred and 27 terrorists were killed in 3 separate incidents in KPK's Dera Ismail Khan on Tuesday, ISPR said in a statement.  ISPR reported "more violence" in the DIG Khan district on December 11 and 12.  The report claims that early on Tuesday, a group of terrorists broke through a security checkpoint in the Daraban general area.  "The terrorists' attempt to breach the post was successfully prevented, forcing them to crash an explosive-laden car into it before carrying out a suicide bombing assault.  According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) office, "the building collapsed due to the subsequent blasts, leading in numerous casualties; 23 gallant soldiers embraced martyred, while all 6 terrorists were effectively engaged and sent to hell."  It continued by stating that cleansing operations were being conducted to get rid of the potential terrorists that could still be present in the area.  "Security fo...

At least 29 people were killed Sunday when a  bus plunged into a cliff in  Antique, central Philippines, local authorities said.  The 53-person bus carrying passengers was headed west from Iloilo City to San Jose de Buenavista in the province of Antique at 4:30 p.m. local time when it hit a concrete road barrier and then crashed into a 15-meter-deep gully in Hamtic town.  Provincial Antiquities governor Junlee Saylo said in a radio interview that 25 people died immediately and four others died in nearby hospitals.  According to the news website ABS-CBN, the victims were the bus driver, bus cleaner, and cash collector.  A locale newspaper, Panay News, cited the provincial government of Antique to report that two seriously injured passengers, one of whom was a male from Kenya, were transported to an Iloilo City hospital for healing.  Emergency services have recovered both survivors and the bodies of those who perished in the incident.