World News Briefs -- December 26, 2019

MIDDLE EAST






Top chess player reportedly won't play for Iran due to ban on Israeli players.

ASIA







AFRICA





Hundreds of thousands turn out to mourn Algeria's powerful army chief


EUROPE








AMERICAS







TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR






ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS



China rare earth magnet exports to U.S. slide by a fifth in November.


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