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Five years after the military toppled a democratically elected government and imprisoned its leaders, the country is preparing to hold national elections beginning on December 28. Source link

During the tense campaign for her third term as prime minister of Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto survived one attempt on her life before she was shot dead by a teenage suicide bomber on December 27, 2007. She helped to build a political dynasty that continues. Source link

A man has been arrested after stabbing eight people at a factory in the Japanese city of Mishima.    Source link

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he has agreed to meet with US President Donald Trump in the near future and that they are working hard to end the war with Russia. Source link

Japan’s cabinet approves a record defence budget plan aiming to fortify its strike-back capability and coastal defence amid rising regional tensions. Source link

The winning ticket was sold at a Murphy USA in Cabot, lottery officials in Arkansas said on Thursday, local time. Source link

A US judge temporarily blocks the Trump administration from detaining a British man over his work combating online hate and disinformation. Source link

Donald Trump says he ordered a “powerful and deadly strike against ISIS terrorist scum” for targeting Christians at levels not seen for years. Source link

Sergei Udaltsov, the leader of the Left Front movement that opposes President Vladimir Putin, was arrested last year. Source link

From Bethlehem to Beijing, people around the world have been celebrating Christmas in their own traditional way. Source link