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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with the family of five-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab in a gesture of solidarity on December 17 at the Presidential Complex in Ankara.

Hind Rajab was killed by Israeli forces in Gaza, alongside her family and Red Crescent paramedics who were attempting to rescue her.

Over a thousand people gathered outside the UK Ministry of Justice in London on December 17, in support of hunger-striking Palestine Action activists.

They demanded immediate bail for the detainees, better prison conditions, and for the UK government to stop arming Israel.

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Pro-Palestinian supporters chanting slogans were briefly detained by police during a pro-Israel rally at Dam Square in central Amsterdam.

Eleven Palestinian detainees were released by Israeli forces and transferred to Deir al Balah through the Kisufim crossing with the support of the International Committee of the Red Cross. They were later taken to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital for medical examinations.

Sanjay Nishad, fisheries minister in India’s Uttar Pradesh state, sparked outrage after laughing off an incident where Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar pulled a Muslim woman’s hijab.

As Sudan’s army retakes control of Khartoum, forensic teams are exhuming makeshift graves across East Nile, moving remains from war-torn streets and homes to cemeteries under an organised and documented process

The shooter of the deadly attack at Brown University on December 14 still remains at large.

US authorities released an enhanced video of the suspect on December 16 as the investigation continues

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Heavy rainfall at Hormuz Island in southern Iran drew widespread attention on December 16, as the island’s iron oxide–rich red soil washed into the sea, turning the coastline and surrounding waters a striking crimson.

The uncle of Syrian-Australian Ahmed al Ahmed expressed pride in his nephew, for his courage and humanity in confronting one of the Bondi Beach shooters in Sydney on December 14, before being wounded by gunfire.

A video from the occupied West Bank shows a Palestinian boy standing firm on his land, facing off against an illegal Israeli settler.

The moment captures the daily reality where even Palestinian children are forced to defend their presence and land

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Strong winds and heavy rain battered Gaza on December 15, ripping through makeshift tents sheltering displaced families.

According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), around 700 tents were damaged or flooded by December 16, affecting thousands of Palestinians living in harsh winter and post-war conditions.

“Six years ago, I was up here, and I said, this is our first Jewish president.”

Fox News host Mark Levin claimed during a White House Hanukkah event.

A far-right harassment episode outside the EPIC Mosque in North Texas has sparked outrage after demonstrators shouted anti-Islamic and white-supremacist slogans.

The insult, covered on the ground by TRT World, was organised by Jake Lang, a Republican candidate for the US Senate and head of the group Americans Against Islamification. Lang has previously said he wants to rid America of Muslims.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has launched multiple investigations into the mosque, a move EPIC Mosque leaders say is rooted in racism.

Muslims condemned the rhetoric, saying the demonstration contradicts Christian teachings of peace and coexistence.
Lang has previously drawn backlash for burning a Quran in Michigan.

Dashcam footage shows Boris Gurman, 69, and his wife Sofia, 61, trying to stop one of the alleged Bondi Beach attackers by grabbing his gun. Their family said the couple stepped in to protect others but were killed by the attacker.

A private jet slammed into an industrial diesel storage site in San Pedro Totoltepec, Oaxaca, killing all 10 people on board.

Heavy rains and strong winds swept across Gaza on December 15, flooding hundreds of tents housing displaced civilians and causing several injuries.

16-year-old Palestinian teenager, Muheeb Jebrin, was shot dead by an illegal Israeli settler near the village of Tuqu, southeast of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank.