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Israel鈥檚 and Iran鈥檚 defenses are still vulnerable after the June war, so why is their leaders鈥� rhetoric so bellicose? The rationale for renewed hostilities still exists, but both governments also have an interest in deflecting dissent.

Traveling across China this year, the Monitor鈥檚 Beijing Bureau Chief found optimism, nimbleness, and resilience 鈥� even in the face of U.S. sanctions and slowing economic growth.

President Donald Trump says Ukraine and Russia are 鈥渃loser than ever before鈥� to a peace deal,聽even as Russia launched another round of attacks on Ukraine while Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy flew to the United States.

Taylor Luck, the Monitor鈥檚 Arab world correspondent, has a broad assignment, covering his beat with a close eye on and attentive ear to the events, thoughts, and moods prevalent in the region. He has been an integral part of our coverage of the war in Gaza 鈥� which, as he notes, takes a toll on the journalists involved 鈥� and of the new Syria unfolding before his eyes. His wide travels in the region this year are convincing him that there is cause for hope this season, welcome news for sure.

Many Ukrainians lament the reminder that a corrupt culture still lurks in the halls of power. Yet many are encouraged that the country鈥檚 anti-corruption apparatus proved strong enough to pursue even some of the country鈥檚 most powerful.

鈥淎quarium of Amazing Fishes鈥� in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, allows visitors to dream of worlds beyond a war that has made their city a battle zone.

For each Senegalese man who migrates to Europe, or dies trying, there are women left behind to build new lives.

England appears to be on the edge of a shift away from its traditional Labour-Conservative axis, to more radical parties such as Reform UK and the Greens.

The airstrikes on port infrastructure in Odesa come as the Kremlin sends an envoy to Florida to discuss the Trump administration's proposed peace plan. Meanwhile,聽European Union leaders agreed to provide $106 billion to support Ukraine's military and economic needs over the next two years.

Christmas came early this year in Venezuela, at leader Nicol谩s Maduro鈥檚 behest. It鈥檚 the same tactic Hugo Ch谩vez used as far back as 2003.