They said it was 3,000 last week, now it's 1,000 — what happened?

Ah we used 2,000 missiles to take down Santa. Makes sense, my apologies.

— 🇮🇱 NEW: Israel is ranked in last place in Ipsos' Nation Brands Index (NBI) for a second year in a row

The 2025 Nation Brands Index showed Israel falling 6.1%, the steepest single-year drop in the index’s history.

In the category measuring human sentiment, including 'trust, empathy, and goodwill' toward citizens, Israel ranked last. Among the majority of Gen-Z respondents, Israel was seen as an illegitimate state.

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—❗️🇮🇱/🇮🇷/🇱🇧 NEW: The IDF claims it eliminated a member of the IRGC Quds Force in Ansariyeh, southern Lebanon today

According to the official IDF statement, they eliminated 'Hussein Mahmoud Marshad Al-Jawhari', a member of IRGC-QF Unit 840.

However, his name is Arabic, not Iranian; the person killed was likely a Lebanese member of Hezbollah who was tasked with being a liaison officer in contact with the Quds Force.

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— 🇮🇱/🇮🇷 NEW: Hebrew media reports that charges have been filed against 40-year-old Israeli settler Vadim Kupriyanov for filming the home of former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on behalf of Iranian agents

He was a maintenance worker at the Kirya, the Israeli Ministry of Defense Headquarters in Tel Aviv.

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— 🇷🇺/🇮🇷 NEW: Russian IL-76TD cargo plane landed in Isfahan, Iran, and then returned to Chelyabinsk

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— 🇮🇷/🎄NEW: Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari, Chief of the Army's Joint Staff, visited the home of a disabled Armenian-Christian veteran on the day of Christmas

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— 🇮🇱 NEW: Israel shot down two unidentified drones entering its airspace from the West

The IDF called it a 'smuggling attempt'.

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—❗️🇹🇷/🇮🇷/🇸🇾/🇮🇱 NEW: During Erdoğan's upcoming visit to Tehran, he will try to convince Iran's Supreme Leader to establish ties with the new Syrian government

In exchange, Turkey would deploy radars inside Syrian territory that would allow Iran to detect Israeli attacks early. Such radars already existed, but were destroyed by Israel following the fall of Bashar Al-Assad.

Israel recently signed strategic cooperation agreements with Cyprus and Greece, two of Turkey's major enemies; Turkey increasingly sees this bloc as a future threat.

Iranian leadership is split on the Syria issue. Some prefer pragmatism and support restoring relations for strategic reasons, others say diplomatic ties with the Jolani regime cannot be justified due to its past.

Another major issue is Turkey's support for Azerbaijan, which has been complicit in Israeli attacks on Iranian territory during the 12-Day War. Some Iranian politicians say Turkey should tell its smaller brother to 'behave'.

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— 🇮🇷/🇻🇦NEW: President Pezeshkian called Pope Leo XIV, offering him a Merry Christmas on behalf of Iran

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— 🇮🇷/🎄NEW: In a yearly tradition, Iran's President Pezeshkian also visited a Christian family for Christmas, alongside his daughter

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— 🇺🇸/🇳🇪 NEW: Niger has banned all American citizens from entry into the country

According to an official statement, Niger has 'fully and definitively halted the issuance of visas to all U.S. citizens and imposed an indefinite ban on their entry into the country'.

The move comes in response to the United States designating Niger as non-eligible for U.S. visas amid Trump's travel ban.

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Our sincere apologies to the blacks!

The mistake has been fixed (thanks to whoever sent us this comment)

—❗️🇺🇸/🇳🇬 BREAKING: President Donald Trump announces that the U.S. military launched 'a powerful and deadly strike' against ISIS targets in Nigeria, allegedly to protect Christians

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