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Updated January 1, 2025 - 7:39 PM EST

FBI: New Orleans Attacker Was Vet With ISIS Flag

Israel Turns Gaza's Hospitals Into 'Death Traps'

		*Rainstorms Uproot Gaza Tents, Leave Children 'Freezing and Hungry'*
		*Know Their Names: Palestinian Journalists Killed by Israel in Gaza*

US Launches New Round of Airstrikes on Yemen

Hezbollah Threatens Retaliation if Israel Stays Past Deadline

US Calls for Syria Elections 'As Soon as Possible'

		*Foreign Jihadists Appointed to Senior Positions in Syrian Military*
		*UK's Blair Wanted Syria' Assad To Work With MI6 Against Jolani*

Russian Gas Flow to Europe Through Ukraine Ends

Biden Announces $6 Billion in New Ukraine Aid

US Repatriates Gitmo Detainee Held for Over 2 Decades

Viewpoints

	Wilson's Folly, the Washington Hegemon and Why There Is Still No Peace on Earth by David Stockman
	West Bank's Men of the CIA – Why Is PA Killing Palestinians in Jenin? by Ramzy Baroud

	Can Trump's Cabinet Help Pass the Defend the Guard Act? by Hunter DeRensis
	Keeping Sanctions on Syria Makes No Sense by Branko Marcetic
More Viewpoints

Spotlight

The Top Five Foreign Influence Fails of 2024
by Ben Freeman

Frontline

	Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin Loses Bid To Reject 9/11 Plea Deals
	Bush Thought He Was on 'Mission From God' in Iraq: Tony Blair Archives
	Fierce Fighting in Khartoum Endangers Sudanese Civilians

UN Says Israel Has Turned Gaza's Hospitals Into 'Death Traps'

Russia

	Russia and Ukraine Exchange 300 POWs in UAE-Brokered Deal: Moscow
	Russia, Ukraine Trade Dozens of Attacks as Sea Drone Downs MI-8 Helicopter
	Russian Gas to Europe Via Ukraine Set To Halt as Deal Lapses

Ukraine

	Ukrainian Soldiers Undergo Facial Reconstruction After Being Shredded by Russian Weapons
	Ukrainian Premier Says 'More Than Half' of 2024 State Budget Spent on Defense

United Kingdom

	9 UK Special Forces Troops Could Face War Crimes Prosecution
	Declassified Files Show UK Anger at Former French President Chirac Over Blocking Iraq Invasion

Europe

	Berlin Police Say They Have Detained a Syrian Man Who Attacked Two People With a Knife
	Montenegro Extradites Cryptocurrency Mogul Do Kwon to the US
	Netherlands To Open Archive on People Accused of Wartime Nazi Collaboration

Afghanistan

	Taliban's Foreign Policy: Triumphs and Trials in 2024
	Afghan Refugees in 2024: a Year of Hardship and Forced Returns
	2024 Ends With Still No International Recognition of Interim Taliban Government

Asia

	China Slams 'Groundless' Claims of Cyberattack on US Treasury
	South Korean Court Issues Arrest Warrant for Yoon Over Martial Law Decree
	2024 Deadliest Year for Pakistani Security Forces in Nearly a Decade

Sudan

	Sudanese Army Says It Destroyed Emirati Plane in Darfur
	Sudanese Refugees Begin Returning Home From Egypt

Mozambique

	Mozambique Opposition Leader Announces Break in Election Protests
	Mozambique Mourns Dozens Killed in Two Months of Election Unrest

Somalia

	Egypt Dispatching Troops by Air and Sea for New African Union Force in Somalia
	ISIS Launches Suicide Attack on Puntland Forces Base in Somalia's Dharjaale

Africa

	Senegal President Says No More 'Foreign Military Presence From 2025'
	Kenya President Admits Police Abuses at Protests
	Africa Has Entered a New Era of War

Latin America

	Charred Bodies in Ecuador Are Missing Adolescents: Officials
	Trinidad and Tobago Imposes State of Emergency Over Gang Wars

Lebanon

	Lebanese Military Enters Chamaa Following Israeli Withdrawal
	French Ministers in Lebanon for Talks With Army Chief

Gaza

	Doctors Back From Gaza Share Horrors Inflicted on Palestinians
	Doctors Launch Campaign To Free Gaza Hospital Head Abu Safiya
	A 'Genocidal Project' – Dr Abu-Sittah on Israel's Destruction of Gaza's Health System
	With Gaza War and Trump's Return, Silicon Valley Embraces a Military Renaissance
	Dozens of Patients and Wounded Evacuated From Gaza for Treatment
	Hamas Official Says Israel 'Obstructing' Gaza Ceasefire Talks

Israel/Palestine

	Thousands of Indian Workers Replace Palestinians in Israel's Building Sector
	Israeli-Born Author Renounces Citizenship, Calling It 'A Tool of Genocide'
	Israel Offers Displaced Settlers 'Financial Compensation' To Return North Despite Lasting Security Concerns
	Palestinian Authority Continues Security Campaign in Jenin Despite Public Criticism
	Far-Right Israeli Minister Shlomo Karhi Storms Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound
	UN Rights Expert Slams Israeli Plan for Volunteer Prison Guards
	Netanyahu Leaves Hospital To Attend Crucial Knesset Vote on 2025 Budget
	2024 Ends With 122 Journalists Killed Worldwide: IFJ Report
	Haredi MK Says He Opposes IDF Service Because Orthodox Soldiers 'Leave Religion' in the Army
	Netanyahu Hails Passage of Key Budget Law, Blasts Ben Gvir for Nearly Defeating It
	25 Days of Palestinian Authority Violence – What Is Happening in Jenin?
	Supercomputer Talks Between Israel, Amazon, and Google Collapse: What It Means for Palestine

Syria

	Abductions, Extra-Judicial Killings Mount in Syria Under HTS Rule
	Turkish-Backed Fighters Kill Three Kurdish Security Personnel in Aleppo Attack
	Syria Authorities Name HTS Military Chief as Transitional Defense Minister
	Syrian Lawyers Demand Free Bar Association Elections After New Council Appointed To Govern
	SDF Claims Turkey Building Two Military Bases Near Manbij, Syria
	France Strikes Suspected ISIS Positions in Syria
	More Than Half of Syrian Children Out of School: Save the Children
	Syria's De Facto Leader Holds Talks With Kurdish SDF Amid Intense Clashes in Syria's North
	Iraqi Fighter Describes Torture and Release From HTS Detention in Syria

Middle East

	Iraq Monthly Roundup: 86 Killed in December
	Yemen Pledges To Continue Defending Itself
	Kurdish Rights Can Be Obtained Peacefully in Turkey: Kurdish MP
	Iran Security Chief Says 'New Resistance' Against Israel To Emerge in Syria