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Updated January 2, 2025 - 8:26 PM EST

Suspect in Las Vegas Bombing Was Green Beret

FBI: New Orleans Attacker Was Veteran With ISIS Flag

US Military Aid to Israel Reaches $22 Billion

		*Heavy Israeli Attacks on Gaza Kill More Than 90 Palestinians*
		*What It's Like To Sleep in a Damp, Frigid Tent: A Report From Gaza*

Israeli Settler Violence Highest in 2024

Palestinian Authority Shuts Down Al-Jazeera in Occupied West Bank

US Launches Round of Airstrikes on Yemen

Hezbollah Threatens Retaliation if Israel Stays Past Deadline

Ivory Coast Says French Troops To Leave Country

Russian Gas Flow to Europe Through Ukraine Ends

Viewpoints

	Trump Must Heed the Bromwich Principle by James W. Carden
	Israel's Violent Land-Thieves Have Set Their Sites on Even More of the West Bank Haaretz

	Why Does the Canadian Military Help Bomb Yemen? by Yves Engler
	Big Tech Isn't Gonna Solve Our Problems by William D. Hartung
More Viewpoints

Spotlight

US Helps Syria's Al Qaeda Offshoot While Punishing Syria's People
by Aaron Maté

Frontline

	Why Trump 2.0 Could Push China-US Relations Into 'High-Risk' Territory
	Gaza Population Down by Six Percent Since Start of War
	Sudan's Healthcare System on the Brink as War Rages On: MSF

Israel Kills Dozens of Palestinians in Gaza on New Year's Day
Abed Rahim Khatib/dpa via Reuters Connect

Russia

	Putin Issues Orders To Draft Basics of State Language Policy by June 1
	Cutting Off Russian Gas to EU Will Have 'Drastic' Impact, Slovak PM Warns
	Russia Attacks Central Kyiv With Drones, Two Killed
	Russian Gas Flow to Europe Via Ukraine Stopped: Who Does It Hurt?

Europe

	Poland Takes Over EU Presidency for Six Months
	Romania, Bulgaria Join Borderless Schengen Zone After 13-Year Wait

Sudan

	Sudan's Leader Rules Out Pre-War Status With RSF, Calls for Civilian Protection
	Over 100,000 Displaced in Blue Nile State Due to RSF Attacks
	Dozens Protest in Sudan as Army-Backed Gov Switches Banknotes
	Sudanese FM Rejects Parallel Government
	Darfur Joint Force Buries Hundreds of RSF Fighters

DR Congo

	23 DR Congo Soldiers Face Death Penalty or Prison for Alleged Desertion or Crimes
	ADF Rebels Kill at Least 12 in DR Congo
	'We Are Waging an Existential War': M23 Leader Bertrand Bisimwa on DR Congo Conflict

Somalia

	AU Commits To Stabilize Somalia as New Mission Begins Work
	US Military Presence in Somalia Likely To Be Scrutinized by Incoming Trump Administration

Africa

	Burkina Faso Extends Amnesty to Those Involved in Failed 2015 Coup
	Kenya President Ruto Admits Security Abuses Amid Kidnapping Outrage
	Senegal President Says No More 'Foreign Military Presence From 2025'

Pakistan

	Elders in Pakistan Broker a Peace Deal Between Sunni and Shiite Tribes After Deadly Clashes
	Tensions Escalate After Pakistan Pounds Afghanistan With Airstrikes
	Pakistan and India Conduct Annual Exchange of Nuclear Assets List Under Bilateral Pact

Taiwan

	Why Mainland China's Taiwan Integration Experiment in Fujian Is Starting to Fizzle
	Taiwan's Lai Says Island Must Show 'Determination' To Defend Itself

Asia

	South Korean Court Issues Arrest Warrant for Yoon Over Martial Law Decree
	First US Aircraft Carriers in 12 Years Visit Malaysia

Israel/Palestine

	Nearly 1,100 Palestinian Babies Killed in Israeli War on Gaza, Authorities Say
	Israeli Protesters Block Main Tel Aviv Highway Over Lack of Hostage Deal
	Gallant Resigns From Knesset, Remains Likud Party Member
	Israel Threatens To Step Up Gaza Strikes
	Gaza Ceasefire on Standstill as Israel Refuses To Free Prisoners
	Photos: Heavy Rains Continue To Compound Misery of Displaced Palestinians in Gaza
	After a Year of Death and Destruction, Palestinians Hope for End to Gaza War in 2025
	Israel Sees Growing Exodus as at Least 82,000 Leave Country in 2024
	Israeli MK Leaves Knesset Meeting After Bereaved Families Demand State Commission of Inquiry
	Over 1,500 Tents Housing Displaced Gazans Inundated by Rainwater
	From Tunisia to Morocco, New Year's Eve Becomes Protest for Gaza
	Outspoken Mother of Hostage Barred From Knesset Over 'Unacceptable Behavior'

Syria

	Abductions, Extra-Judicial Killings Mount in Syria Under HTS Rule
	Saudi Arabia Launches Air Bridge To Deliver Urgent Aid to Syria
	'Revived' ISIS Killed Over 750 People in Nearly 500 Attacks in Syria Throughout 2024: Report

Saudi Arabia

	Saudi Arabia Executes Six Iranians for Drug Trafficking
	Saudi Arabia Seeks To Buy 100 Turkish Fighter Jets
	Saudi Arabia Invites Syrian FM for Official Visit

Yemen

	Yemen's Houthis Claim To Shoot Down Another US Drone
	Mysterious Airfield on Gulf of Aden Is Nearly Completed
	Yemen's Houthis a 'Menace' for Israel Despite Weakened Iran

Iraq

	Iraq Yearly Roundup: 1,342 Killed in 2024
	Crisis in Iraqi Prisons: Overcrowding and Widespread Abuses

Iran

	Iran To Hold Nuclear Talks With Three European Powers Jan. 13: Local Media
	Iran Security Chief Says 'New Resistance' Against Israel To Emerge in Syria

The War at Home

	FBI Says It Seized Largest Cache of Homemade Explosives in Its History at Virginia Home
	Trump Tower Fire: Police Investigating Tesla Cybertruck Explosion at Las Vegas, Nevada Hotel as Possible Act of Terror
	Carter's Mideast Peace Legacy Survives, but Mostly in Name
	Cybertruck That Exploded and Truck in New Orleans Attack Rented on Same App: Sources