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Amid ongoing unrest, some Iranian women are now going about their lives without Islamic mandatory head coverings.

More roadblocks were set up overnight in northern Kosovo, where tensions have been running high in recent weeks between the ethnic Albanian-led government and the ethnic Serbian community.

Russian forces bombarded scores of towns in Ukraine on Christmas Day as Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was open to negotiations, a stance Washington has dismissed as posturing.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic dispatched the army chief on the night of December 25 to the border with Kosovo, General Milan Mojsilovic himself announced, as strained relations between the two countries were exacerbated by recent blockades.

Eventually Ukraine must be rebuilt and that will cost billions. Depending on the outcome of the war, there are demands that Russia foot the bill. To many that might sound like a good plan, but is it practical, or even legal?

A regional Taliban police chief and two others have been killed in a car bomb attack in Afghanistan's northeastern Badakhshan Province.

Observers say there are more repressive measures in the pipeline as the Taliban reverts to the brutal policies of its first stint in power. In recent weeks, the militant group has reintroduced corporal punishments and intensified its assault on women's rights. 

Jadi Mirmirani, considered to be one of Iran's leading technologists and a defender of digital rights, has said that he has been sentenced to six years in prison for comments he posted on social media.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he asked for India's help in implementing a "peace formula" during a telephone call with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 26.

Russia's nuclear arsenal and the rules Moscow has laid out for its use are the only factors preventing the West from starting a war against Russia, a top ally of President Vladimir Putin said in an article published on December 25.