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January 20th, 2025

Trump Says He Will Designate Mexican Cartels as 'Terrorist Organizations,' Vows to 'Take Back' Panama Canal Gaza Ceasefire: Reporters Without Borders Calls for Open Borders for Journalists
Trump Pardons Approximately 1,500 Jan. 6 Political 'Hostages' A Ukrainian Victory Was Never Biden's Goal: Time Magazine
As Trump Is Sworn In, Macron Warns Europe It Can't Depend Only on US Weapons Trump's Special Missions Envoy Grenell Says He Has Spoken With Venezuelan Officials
Trump Administration Canceling Flights for Nearly 1,660 Afghan Refugees, Say US Official, Advocate Colombia Military Says Almost 20,000 Displaced by Guerrilla Violence
Robert Salesses Sworn in as Acting Secretary of Defense Brown Plans To Continue as Joint Chiefs Chairman Under Trump
Rubio Confirmed as Secretary of State on Trump's Inauguration Day China Says It Brokered a Ceasefire Between Myanmar Army and an Ethnic Rebel Group
Colombia's President To Declare 'State of Emergency' as Violence in the Country's North Escalates The Chinese President's Envoy Meets With Vance and Musk on the Eve of Trump's Inauguration
Leaders in Ethnically Divided Cyprus Fail To Reach Deal on New Crossing Points Palestinians Hoping To Return to Gaza's Rafah Find City in Ruins
What Is the First Thing You Will Do After the Truce? AU Strongly Condemns Killing of South Sudanese Nationals in Sudan
Darfur: Civilians Killed in Renewed Shelling as RSF Issues Ultimatum in El Fasher 16 Sudanese Nationals Killed in South Sudan Riots
Transnistria's Gas Reserves Sufficient for Just 11 Days: Minister Palestinian Child Killed in Israeli Raid, Soldiers Killed and Wounded in West Bank
Israel Expects Trump To Restart Supplying 2,000-Pound Bombs Two Israelis Severely Wounded in West Bank; Accidental Police Shooting Suspected
Biden Said His Pardon of Family Was Meant To Shield Them From Trump. That's Not the Full Story. Moldova Ready To Pump Gas to Transnistria Amid Humanitarian Crisis
Norway Cool on Trump's Demand for a Massive Defense Spending Increase Abd Al-Hadi Al-Iraqi's Family Requests His Release From Guantanamo Bay
Two Hopeful Developments for Girls' Education in Afghanistan: Former US Special Rep. Putin Congratulates Trump, Says Moscow Is Ready for Talks
Turkey May Invest 'Billions' in Libyan Offshore Oil US LNG Cargoes Divert to Europe as European Gas Prices Rise
Russia's Baltic Oil Shipments Drop 10% After EU Sanctions At Least 37 Fighters Killed in Turkish-Backed Push Against North Syria's Tishreen Dam
Defying Israel, Thousands Celebrate Prisoners' Release in West Bank Army Has Officers Write Haikus About WWII in Leadership Course
Jakarta Unaware of Reported Plan to Relocate Gaza Palestinians to Indonesia Joy Short-Lived for Wife of Palestinian Prisoner To Be Exiled Upon Release
Colombia Vows War as Guerrilla Violence Kills 100 As China Wields Rare Earths in US Trade War, Weaning Off That Reliance Could Take Time
Why Beijing May Step Up African Security Efforts After Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's 'Close Call' in Chad Attack EU Considers 'Staged Approach' To Suspending Syria Sanctions
Freed Palestinian Prisoner Reunited With Her Three Children Egypt's Sisi Meets Libya's Haftar for First Time in Three Years Amid Regional Shifts
South African Police Let Illegal Gold Mining Ringleader Escape Seven Killed in Ghana Clash Between Soldiers and Illegal Miners at Anglogold Ashanti Site
Israeli Military Prepares for Escalation in the West Bank, Continued Fighting in Gaza and Lebanon 'Beaten Before Release': Israeli Treatment of Palestinian Prisoners Casts Shadow on Celebrations
London Met Police Chief Tells Pro-Israel Group He Imposed Unprecedented Restrictions on Gaza Rally Yemen's Houthis To Only Target Israel-Linked Ships Following Gaza Ceasefire
WHO Says Needs Full Gaza Access During Israel-Hamas Truce China Says Conducted Final Test of Secretive Hypersonic Air-To-Air Missile
Taiwan Army Launches Own Drone Training Facility Brazilian Army Strengthens Arsenal With Turkish Heavy Machine Guns
India Orders Medium-Range Air Defense Missiles for Naval Vessels Ukrainians Train on American Drone That Defeats Russian Jamming
193 Journalists Killed by Israeli Forces in Gaza Since Oct 2023 Iraqi Parliament 'Secretly' Passes National Intelligence Law
Austin Tice's Mother Says New Syria Leaders 'Want To Find' Son Palestinians Begin Searching for the 10,000 Bodies Under the Gaza Rubble
What Was in the Hamas 'Gift Bags' Given to Freed Israeli Women? Beaten and Insulted: First Batch of Released Palestinian Women and Children Describe Abuses by Israel
Israel's Netanyahu Government on Edge Over Ben-Gvir's Gaza Exit Iran Denies Blasphemy Death Penalty for Rapper 'Amir Tataloo'
Interview With a Damascus Resident: 'People in Syria Are Scared' In Pictures: Gaza's Palestinians Return to Homes Reduced to Rubble
Gaza Doctors Relieved but Fear for the Future After Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Aerial Photos Show Scale of Israeli Destruction in Gaza
Khalida Jarrar: Who Is the Recently Freed Palestinian Prisoner? Despite Israeli Delays and Restrictions, a First Wave of Palestinian Prisoners Celebrates Freedom
Israel, PA Raid the Homes of Palestinian Prisoners Set To Be Released in Exchange Deal

January 19th, 2025

Scores of Career State Dept. Diplomats Resign Before Trump Inauguration
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