## [2018-12-26](/feed/2018/12/26/index.md)

##### Ukraine
### [Martial law in Ukraine ends a month after an attack on three Ukrainian Navy vessels near the Kerch Strait. ](/feed/2018/12/26/martial-law-in-ukraine-ends-a-month-after-an-attack-on-three-ukrainian-navy-vessels-near-the-kerch-strait.md)
##### Japan
### [Japan announces its intention to resume commercial whaling in July 2019 after withdrawing from the International Whaling Commission. ](/feed/2018/12/26/japan-announces-its-intention-to-resume-commercial-whaling-in-july-2019-after-withdrawing-from-the-international-whaling.md)
##### U.S.
### [After a 53-day trek, American professional endurance athlete Colin O'Brady allegedly becomes the first person to cross Antarctica alone and unaided; his claim of being unaided has been disputed, and the first person to really cross Antarctica alone and unaided was Børge Ousland in 1996 and 1997. ](/feed/2018/12/26/after-a-53-day-trek-american-professional-endurance-athlete-colin-o-brady-allegedly-becomes-the-first-person-to-cross-a.md)
##### U.S. president
### [U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump make an unannounced post-Christmas visit to troops at the Al Asad Airbase in Iraq, their first visit to a combat zone since taking office. ](/feed/2018/12/26/us-president-donald-trump-and-first-lady-melania-trump-make-an-unannounced-post-christmas-visit-to-troops-at-the-al-as.md)
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