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Updated January 6, 2025 - 8:13 PM EST

Biden To Approve Massive Weapons Sale to Israel

		*Blinken Not Worried the World May Think He's Backed Genocide*
		*Report: Israel Considers Cutting Aid to Gaza Even More Under Trump*

Israeli Attacks Kill 49 More Palestinians in Gaza

		Israeli Lawmakers Demand 'Complete Cleansing' of Northern Gaza
		Israel Rushes Soldier Out of Brazil To Avoid War Crimes Probe

Syria's New Justice Minister Oversaw Executions

		100 Killed in Fighting Between Syrian Kurds, Turkey-Backed Fighters
		Israel Launches Major Airstrikes Against North Syria

Ukraine Launches New Offensive in Kursk

		Moscow Vows Response After Ukraine Fires More US ATACMS
		Zelensky Believes Trump Will Be 'Decisive'

Israeli DM Says Lebanon Deal May Be Scrapped Entirely

Viewpoints

	How the Foreign Agents Law Is Used To Silence American Dissidents by Joseph D. Terwilliger
	Banning TikTok Would Violate America's Free Speech Tradition by Jacob Mchangama & Jeff Kosseff

	America, Afghanistan, and the Price of Self-Delusion by John Sopko
	Inside the Minds of IDF Soldiers Who Commit War Crimes by Yoel Elizur
More Viewpoints

Spotlight

Is Trump's Bombast
Good Diplomacy?
by Doug Bandow

Frontline

	Rights Groups Sound Alarm Over 'Forced Disappearance' of Gaza Hospital Director
	Saudi Arabia Ready To Take Part in 'Syria's Renaissance': HTS Official
	Army Airstrike Kills 10 Civilians in Sudan's Khartoum: Activists

Israeli Attacks Kill 88 Palestinians in Gaza Over 24 Hours
Omar Ashtawy/IMAGO/APAimages via Reuters

Europe

	US To Impose 'Full Sanctions' on Serbia's Oil Sector in January: Serbian President
	French, German Officials Make First Visit to HTS-Ruled Syria
	Greenland's Leader Wants Independence From Denmark as Trump Hovers Over Arctic Island

Pakistan

	Pakistan Set To Receive $20 Billion Loan From World Bank
	Six Killed in Blast Claimed by Pakistan Separatists: Officials

China

	China's 'Metal Storm' Weapon Can Fire Millions of Rounds Per Minute: Project Scientists
	Chinese War Games System Sees Surprise US Attack on PLA Carrier Group in South China Sea

Myanmar

	More Than 3.5 Million Displaced by Armed Conflict in Myanmar: UN
	Myanmar's Military Regime To Free Nearly 6,000 Prisoners in Amnesty
	Myanmar Launches Frigate, Commissions Anti-Submarine Corvettes

South Korea

	South Korea Protesters Brave Cold To Demand President Yoon's Ouster
	Rival Camps Protest in South Korea as Authorities Press for Yoon's Arrest
	Blinken Wades Into Political Crisis With Stop in South Korea

Asia

	Blinken: US Foreign Policy Toward Afghanistan Will Not Change
	Indian Forces Clash With Maoist Rebels, Five Dead
	Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Survivor, Who Devoted His Life for Peace, Dies at 93
	Philippine President Removes Deputy From Security Council After Alleged Plot To Kill Him

Sudan

	Nine Rape Victims Undergo Abortions in Sudan's Al Jazirah State: Doctors
	Fighting Resumes in El Fasher; Sudan Army Intercepts Weapons Convoy
	Sudanese Minister Accuses Chad of Aiding Paramilitaries, Demands Action
	Sudan's Army Chief Welcomes Turkish Offer To Resolve Conflict

DR Congo

	DR Congo Case Against Apple Brings New Hope in Conflict Minerals Crisis
	New Refugee Wave as M23 Rebels Seize Two More Towns in DR Congo

Somalia

	African Union Pauses Somalia Troop Withdrawal To Ensure Smooth Transition to New Mission
	Ethiopia and Somalia Vow To Strengthen Ties

Africa

	Five Army Volunteers in Burkina Faso Killed in Attack
	Mali's Army Claims Arrest of ISIS Leader

The War at Home

	Trump Appears With Italian Prime Minister Meloni at Mar-A-Lago Club
	40% Rise in Mental Health Diagnoses Among US Troops, Report Finds
	Tracing the New Orleans Attacker's Secret Radicalization
	Trump Signals Unhappiness With Morgan Ortagus, His Pick for Middle East Peace Team
	US Military Raises Base Security After New Orleans, Las Vegas Attacks

Latin America

	Honduras Threatens To Expel US Military Over Trump Deportation Threat
	Soldiers From Guatemala, El Salvador Deployed in Haiti

Gaza

	Photos: Israeli Forces Kill 200 in Three Days in Gaza, Overwhelming Hospitals
	'I Refuse a Cheap Death': Israel Kills Palestinian Journalist in Gaza
	Amid Israel's War, Palestinians in Gaza Struggle Against Cold, Diseases, and Displacement
	Israeli Strike Kills Palestinian Journalist Alongside His Parents in Central Gaza
	Israel Orders Evacuation of Gaza's Critical Indonesian, Al-Awda Hospitals
	Israel Confirms Gaza Hospital Director Hussam Abu Safiya Was Arrested and Taken to Detention Center
	Gaza Rescuers Are Haunted by Voices of Those They Couldn't Save

Israel/Palestine

	Palestinian Authority Forces Kill Father and Son in Jenin
	Hebron Clans Issue Joint Statement Condemning PA Assault on Jenin Camp
	12 Israelis Injured in Stampede After 'Intercepted' Houthi Missile Attack
	Palestinian Authority Suppresses Criticism of Jenin Operation in West Bank
	Scores Protest in Tel Aviv To Condemn Israel's Genocidal War, Death of Children in Gaza
	Israeli Attacks Damage Nearly 1,000 Mosques in Gaza, Authorities Say
	Ben-Gvir Is Officially the Worst National Security Minister in Israel's History
	Blowback Online to Jewish Chronicle Article Claiming Palestinian Solidarity Is Antisemitic
	Hamas Wants Ceasefire in Gaza as Soon as Possible, Senior Official Says
	Israeli Forces Kill Teenager Amid Intensified Raids in Occupied West Bank
	Israel Kills Member of Palestinian Security Forces
	First 50 Ultra-Orthodox Soldiers Drafted to IDF's New Haredi Brigade
	Israeli Settlers Pressured, the Cabinet Approved. Now Annexation Is Creeping Into West Bank's Area B

Syria

	Israel Reinforces Occupation of Deraa in South Syria
	Controversy as Syria's De-Facto Ruler Declines To Shake Hands With German FM Annalena Baerbock
	French Top Diplomat 'Would Have Preferred' if Syrian Leader Shook German Counterpart's Hand
	Syria Says International Flights to and from Damascus To Resume Tuesday
	Syria's FM Urges US To Lift Sanctions During Visit to Qatar
	Arab League To Appoint Syria Special Envoy to Engage With New Government
	Syria Puts Entry Restrictions on Lebanese After Border Clash: Lebanese Security Sources

Iran

	Iran Ready To Hold Constructive Nuclear Talks: Araghchi
	Middle East Crude Prices Surge as Supply From Iran and Russia Falls
	Iranian Plane Rigorously Searched at Beirut Airport Over 'Suspicious' Items, Causing Anger

Middle East

	Guantanamo Convict Sues To Stop US Plan To Send Him to Prison in Iraq
	Al-Qaeda Has Executed Yemeni Journalist Abducted Nine Years Ago, Says Media Watchdog
	Hezbollah Says 'Capabilities Restored' as Israel Threatens To Collapse Ceasefire
	Yazidi Woman Reunites With Family a Decade After ISIS Abduction
	Erdogan Expects Support From Syria in Turkey's Battle With PKK