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Updated December 31, 2024 - 7:58 PM EST

Biden Announces $6 Billion in New Ukraine Aid

Russia's 'Not Satisfied' With Trump Team Proposals

Haaretz: Stop Attacking Gaza Hospitals

		*Israeli Attacks Kill 27 More Palestinians in Gaza*
		*Palestinians Die Within Day After Abduction by Israeli Army*
		*UN Expert Urges Medical World To Cut Ties With Israel*

Ukraine's FM Meets HTS Leaders in Damascus

		*Foreign Jihadists Appointed to Senior Positions in Syrian Military*
		*US Concerned New Syrian Government Targeting Minorities*

Israeli Army Pushes Deeper Into Syria's Quneitra

Fighting Between Turkey, Syrian Kurds Escalates, 31 Killed

US Launches New Round of Airstrikes on Yemen

Viewpoints

	Carter Told Trump How To Put America First, but Will He Do It? by Medea Benjamin & Nicolas JS Davies
	Another Expert Report Finds Israel Is Committing Genocide. The West Yawns by Jonathan Cook

	Pretending Your Partners Aren't Who They Are by Ted Snider
	How the US and Israel Destroyed Syria and Called It Peace by Jeffrey D. Sachs
More Viewpoints

Spotlight

The Untold Story of Carter's Fateful Foreign Policy
by James W. Carden

Frontline

	Enabling Genocide? Former Biden Officials Reflect on the President's Legacy
	Khartoum Reports Nine Dead, 121 Injured From RSF Shelling
	Pope Francis Calls for 'Arms To Be Silenced' Across World

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Meets With HTS Leaders in Damascus

Israel/Palestine

	Women Wrestle With a Life Stripped of Privacy in Gaza
	Attacks on Gaza's Health Sector Make Hospitals a 'Battleground', WHO Chief Warns
	War Crimes at Kamal Adwan Hospital: Testimonies of Violence and Abuse
	Sixth Baby Dies From Severe Cold in Gaza
	Gaza Hospital Chief Held at Israel's Notorious Sde Teiman Prison, Released Detainees Say
	Palestinian Authority's Raid on Jenin Appeals to Israeli, Western Interest
	Aid Groups Demand End to Israel's Attacks on Gaza Hospitals
	Jimmy Carter: The Architect of Arab-Israeli Normalization That Sidelined the Palestinian Struggle
	Over 80 Percent of Gaza Displacement Tents Destroyed by Bitter Winter Conditions
	Netanyahu Believes Fighting Will Resume After Hostage Deal: Senior Political Sources
	Israeli Leader 'Took the Pants Off' US President

Syria

	Turkey To Print Syrian IDs, Passports as Cooperation With HTS Expands
	Now Syria's Long-Ruling Baath Party Is Collapsing, Too
	Syria FM Says Will Visit Saudi Arabia in First Official Trip Abroad
	Syria Official's Comments on Women Spark Uproar

Lebanon

	Lebanon's Economy Reels From Israel-Hezbollah War
	Egyptian Poet Abdel Rahman Yusuf Held in Lebanon After Celebrating Assad Fall in Syria

Middle East

	Turkey Says It's Ready To Supply Electricity to Syria and Lebanon
	Iran Confirms Arrest of Italian Journalist Cecilia Sala
	Houthi Attack Risk Complicates Navy's Calculus on Retrieving Downed Fighter Jet, Analysts Say
	Indiana Soldier Dies From Noncombat Injuries in Iraq
	How Did the MENA Region React to Jimmy Carter's Death?

Asia

	'An Old Friend' of China: Former US President Jimmy Carter Dies Aged 100
	India Launches Its First Space Docking Mission

Latin America

	Mexico To Investigate Town That Thanked Drug Lord for Holiday Season Gifts
	Donald Trump's Choice of Marco Rubio as Top US Diplomat Leaves Latin America Bracing

Russia/Ukraine

	Russia Unleashes Dozens of Attack Drones on Central and Eastern Regions of Ukraine
	Russia Warns the United States on Possible Nuclear Testing Under Trump
	Russia and Ukraine Exchange 300 POWs in UAE-Brokered Deal: Moscow
	Ukraine To Receive 24 Sea Sparrow Missiles From Greece
	Transnistria Starts Cutting Gas Supply as Ukraine Deal Expires

Germany

	Germany Seen Defenseless Against Russia's Oreshnik Missile System: German Foreign Ministry
	German Official Says Christmas Market Attack Suspect Shows Signs of Mental Illness

Europe

	Slovakia and Ukraine Exchange Energy Threats Ahead of a Gas Supply Squeeze
	Croatia's Milanovic To Face Rival in Election Run-Off Next Month
	An Iraqi Couple Is Charged in Germany With Keeping and Abusing Yazidi Girls as Slaves
	Catholic Priest in Belarus Sentenced to 11 Years

Mozambique

	Political Unrest Creates Shipping Crisis in Mozambique
	Undeterred: Energy Firms Pursue Mozambique Projects Despite Massacre Report

Africa

	Sudan Shield Forces Capture Town From RSF in Al Jazirah State
	Politician Among Protesters Arrested in Kenya While Calling for an End to Alleged Abductions
	Some War Amputees in Sierra Leone Turn to Farming To Combat Discrimination

Afghanistan

	Over One Million Afghan Migrants Returned in Nine Months: Ministry
	The Taliban Say They Will Close All NGOs Employing Afghan Women
	As Pakistan, Afghanistan Attack Each Other, What's Next for Neighbors?

Kazakhstan/Azerbaijan

	Kazakhstan Sends Azerbaijan Airlines Plane Flight Recorders to Brazil for Decoding
	Investigators of Azerbaijan Airlines Crash To Release Findings Within 30 Days: Official

South Korea

	South Korea Authorities Seek Arrest of Yoon Over Martial Law Declaration
	A Trump Defense Pick Points to Focus Shift From North Korea to China for US Forces Korea