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Updated January 16, 2024 - 9:03 PM EST

Senate Rejects Move To Probe Gaza Slaughter

US Launches More Strikes on Houthis in Yemen

		Two US Navy SEALs Missing After US Seized Alleged Weapons
		*Houthi Missile Hits US-Owned Cargo Ship in Gulf of Aden*

Iran Launches Missile Strikes in Iraq and Syria

New Jersey National Guard to Deploy to Iraq and Syria

Israeli DM: 'Intensive Phase' in North Gaza Is Over

		*CIA Providing Israel With Intelligence on Top Hamas Officials*
		Israel Ignored Warnings About Hamas Preparing for Oct. 7 Attack

Biden Ignores Palestinian Deaths in Gaza Statement

How Israel Killed Palestinians Waiting for Food Trucks in N. Gaza

UK Defense Secretary: Britain in 'Pre-War' Phase

Unofficial US Delegation Visits Taiwan After Election

Lloyd Austin Discharged After 2-Week Hospitalization

Viewpoints

	US Military Role in the Red Sea – Now Turning Offensive – Is a Bad Deal by Eugene Gholz
	In Genocide Case Against Israel at the Hague, the US Is the Unnamed Co-Conspirator by Jeremy Scahill

	Washington's Continuing Contempt for Its Iraqi 'Ally' by Ted Galen Carpenter
	From Gaza to Congo: On Zionism and the Unlearned History of Genocide by Ramzy Baroud
More Viewpoints

Spotlight

Biden, Israel's Accomplice in Gaza, Pretends To Be a Bystander
by Aaron Maté

Frontline

	China Urges Larger-Scale Gaza Peace Conference as Conflict Escalates
	EU's Eastern Members Demand Import Duties on Ukraine Grains
	Israeli Army Raids University in West Bank, Detains 25 Students

New Jersey National Guard Prepares to Deploy To Iraq and Syria Amid Attacks

Ukraine

	Romanian Farmers, Truck Drivers Protest Near Border With Ukraine
	UN Calls for $4.2 Billion in 2024 Humanitarian Aid for War-Ravaged Ukraine
	Ukrainian M1 Abrams Tank Seen With Explosive Reactive Armor
	Ukraine Says It Shot Down Two Russian Command and Control Aircraft

Russia

	Russian Lukoil Refinery Incident Has Moscow Considering Gasoline Export Ban
	Russian Air Strikes Focus on Ukrainian Military Industry for Now: Kyiv
	US Deputy Treasury Secretary To Discuss Use of New Russia Sanctions Authority in Trip to Europe, Japan

United Kingdom

	Rishi Sunak Defends His Decision for the UK to Join the US in 'Limited' Strikes on Yemen's Houthis
	Labour Leader Starmer Rows Back on 2020 Promise to Cancel Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia
	UK Home Secretary Announces Plan to Ban Islamic Group Hizb Ut-Tahrir

Europe

	UK's Alleged Use of Cyprus Bases to Arm Israel and Hit Yemen Draw Protests
	Azerbaijan Arrests Journalist, Charges Another as Press Crackdown Continues
	US Approves Possible Javelin Sale to Kosovo Amid Tensions With Serbia
	Switzerland Hosts President Zelensky and Offers to Host a Peace Summit for Ukraine

North Korea

	North Korea Says It Test-Fired Hypersonic Missile
	North Korea's Kim Calls for Change in Status of South, Warns of War

Asia

	We Mediate, but Not Accommodate TTP in Afghanistan: Taliban Official
	Why the Maldives Wants Indian Troops Out
	Myanmar Ethnic Minority Fighters Say Capture Town Near Bangladesh Border
	Party of Pakistan's Ex-PM Nawaz Sharif Launches Election Campaign
	Philippines Plans Military Upgrades to Disputed South China Sea Outposts
	Pacific Nation Nauru Cuts Ties With Taiwan, Switches to China

Africa

	Armed Gang Attack Military Camp, Village in Nigeria's Northwest
	Seven Killed by Strike in Sudan's White Nile State: Activists

Gaza

	Children Pulled Alive, Out of Rubble in Gaza City
	Gaza Death Toll Tops 24,000 as UN Agencies Call Urgently for More Aid
	Video Shows Chaos of Aid Delivery on Gaza Beach
	Freezing in Makeshift Tents, Gazans Burn Plastic to Survive
	Palestinians Scramble to Receive Aid From UN Trucks in Gaza: Video
	Pictures: the Ruined Landscape of Gaza City After 100 Days of War
	Israeli War Cabinet Member Calls for 'Grand Deal' to Secure Release of Captives in Gaza

Israel/Palestine

	Car-Ramming and Stabbing Near Tel Aviv Wounds Several Bystanders
	Palestine to Africa: How Maps Lie – and Some Tell the Truth
	Israel Forces Kill Five Palestinians in West Bank Amid Raids
	South Africa's Genocide Case Against Israel Has 'Global Support,' Finance Minister Says
	Israel's War Resisters Risk Jail Time
	Ex-Shin Bet Head Says Israel Should Negotiate With Jailed Intifada Leader
	Hamas Chief Haniyeh Calls for Palestinian Unity and Elections
	Lapid Accuses Netanyahu of Playing Politics With Budget While 'Businesses Are Collapsing'

Iran

	Iran Turns to Dirty Heavy Fuel Oil Amid Gas Shortage
	Iran FM: US Can't Call for Restraint While Backing Israel's War in Gaza
	Sweden Says Swedish National Arrested in Iran

Turkey

	Turkey Holds 18 People for 'Praising Terrorism' After Soldiers Killed in Iraq
	Turkey Frees Israeli Footballer Detained Over Gaza War Reference in Match

Middle East

	Iraq Weekly Roundup: 45 Killed
	Qatar Halts Five Gas Tanker Journeys Through the Red Sea After US-Led Air Strikes on Yemen
	International Shippers Warned Against Navigation in Red Sea

Latin America

	Colombia Extends Cease-Fire With FARC Splinter Group in Bid to Reduce Rural Violence
	Dozens of Prisoners Escape Ecuador Jail Amid Continued Military Operations
	Guatemala's Arevalo Becomes President After Congress Stalled Inauguration