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Iran Bolsters Border Security to Prevent ‘Infiltration’

Iran has sent additional units of special forces to fortify its northern border with Iraq and clamp down on what it says is infiltration by Kurdish opposition groups, Iranian state media reported on Friday. Gen. Mohammad Pakpour, chief of ground forces of the paramilitary Iranian Revolutionary Guard, said “armored and…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine’s first lady Olena Zelenska: ‘We’ll endure cold in the blackouts’

Olena Zelenska says Ukraine will keep fighting as “without victory there can be no peace”

Evening Standard

German lawmakers want to declare 1930s Ukraine famine a genocide

Lawmakers from Germany's ruling coalition and opposition want to declare the Holodomor, the death by starvation of millions of Ukrainians in 1932-33 under Soviet leader Josef Stalin, a genocide, according to a draft motion seen by Reuters.

Reuters

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Europe scrambles to help Ukraine keep the heat and lights on

European countries are scrambling to help Ukraine stay warm and keep functioning through the bitter winter months

The Independent UK

Andreas Kluth: Russia’s mass abductions are genocide

We can unearth the mass graves left in Ukraine by retreating Russian troops. We can talk to the Ukrainian survivors of rape and torture, the mothers of fallen soldiers, and the millions who live in constant fear of Russian bombing and terror. But we can’t contact the Ukrainian women and…

Tribune News Service

Afghanistan: after a year of Taliban government, women are more oppressed than ever

The recent announcement that women and girls in Afghanistan have been banned by the Taliban government from visiting parks and gyms – even if accompanied by a male “chaperone” – has understandably been greeted with outrage.

The Conversation

UN rights boss says Russian strikes plunge millions into hardship

The U.N. human rights chief said on Thursday that Russian strikes on critical infrastructure in Ukraine since October had killed at least 77 civilians and were plunging millions of people into extreme hardship.

Reuters

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Al Shabaab attack Somali military base, government forces fight back

Militants from Somalia's al Shabaab attacked a military base in the central Galgaduud region on Friday, the group and a local government minister said, prompting violent clashes as the army and allied clans sought to repel them.

Reuters

Commentary: An end-of-war settlement in Ukraine seems unlikely, but don’t discount any scenario

Ukraine’s capture of Kherson two weeks ago, coming after months of grueling combat, was perhaps the most humiliating setback for Russian forces since the war began nine months ago. The successful Ukrainian counteroffensive occurred five weeks after Putin declared Kherson, as well as Donetsk, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia, a part of…

Chicago Tribune

Ukraine's Zelenskiy Says Europe Must Avoid Division, Set Low Price for Russia's Oil

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday called on Europeans to remain united against Russia's war and to severely limit the price for Russian oil. "There is no split, there is no schism among Europeans and we have to preserve this. This is our mission number one this year," Zelenskiy said…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Cleverly promises Ukrainian president ‘action – not just words’ from UK

The Foreign Secretary shared a photo of his meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky during his visit to Ukraine.

The Independent UK

Kurdish Parties Welcome Baghdad’s Decision to Redeploy Forces on Border with Türkiye, Iran

The decision of the federal government in Baghdad to redeploy Iraqi forces on the borders between Iraq, Iran and Türkiye was welcomed by Kurdish parties, in particular the Kurdistan Patriotic Union, which enjoys wide influence in the Sulaymaniyah province bordering Iran. The federal decisions were taken during a meeting of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine's Zelenskiy says Europe must avoid division

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday called on Europeans to remain united against Russia's war as he addressed a conference in Lithuania.

Reuters

Azerbaijan cancels Armenia talks, says Macron cannot take part

President Ilham Aliyev said on Friday that Azerbaijan did not want France to take part in its peace talks with Armenia, and called off a four-way meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron and European Council head Charles Michel in Brussels on Dec. 7.

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The Independent UK

James Cleverly pledges more ambulances for Ukraine during visit to country

The Foreign Secretary announced a package of practical support to help the war-torn nation as winter sets in

The Independent UK

Russians forced to serve in Ukraine with ‘serious’ health problems – MoD

A number of ‘common themes’ are emerging in the experience of Moscow’s mobilised reservists, according to the UK Ministry of Defence.

Evening Standard

Vladimir Putin sending reservists to their death digging trenches under artillery fire, says UK

Vladimir Putin has sent mobilised reservists to their death as they were ordered to dig trenches on the frontline under Ukrainian artillery fire, British defence chiefs claimed on Friday.

Reuters

'Where is he now?’ Kherson mother looks for son after Russian retreat

Clutching aid she'd received at a crowded humanitarian distribution point in Ukraine's liberated city of Kherson, Anna Voskoboinik, a one-legged woman in a wheelchair, finds it hard to imagine life without her only son.

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Evening Standard

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly pledges continuing support for Ukraine in Kyiv trip

The Foreign Secretary announced a package of practical support to help the war-torn nation as winter sets in

Reuters

Putin tells mothers of soldiers killed in Ukraine: 'We share your pain'

President Vladimir Putin spoke on Friday to a carefully selected group of mothers of Russian soldiers sent to fight in Ukraine who praised his leadership while he told them their sons had not died in vain.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Yemen Presidential Council: Iran Involved in Dhaba Port Attacks

Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) accused on Thursday Iran of being involved in the recent attacks on oil ports in the Hadramawt and Shabwa provinces. It revealed that the debris of the drones used in the attacks match aircraft manufactured by Iran. The Iran-backed Houthi militias had in the past…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran 'Defends' Strikes on Northern Iraq, in Letter to UN

Iran told the UN on Thursday that it had no choice but to act in self-defense by striking Kurdish rebel groups in northern Iraq, state media reported. The Iranian republic has launched a series of cross-border missile and drone strikes on Iranian-Kurdish opposition groups, based in Iraq, which it blames…

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: shelling forces Kherson hospitals to evacuate as UN warns millions plunged into hardship – as it happened

Governor of Kherson says attacks on hospitals means patients evacuated for their own safety

The Independent UK

Ukraine news – live: Putin ‘forcing troops with chronic health problems into battle’

MoD also says Russia reservists are being killed in ‘large numbers’ in Donetsk Oblast

The Guardian - UK

UK foreign secretary visits Kyiv to reaffirm support for Ukraine

James Cleverly, who says Russia will fail in its attempt to ‘break Ukrainian resolve’, announces fresh support package

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