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Updated January 20, 2025 - 9:54 AM EST

Hamas Frees First Hostages as Ceasefire Begins

Gaza Children Return Home Only To Be Killed by Israel

Trump Envoy Witkoff May Visit Gaza

		*Netanyahu Says US Guaranteed He Can Restart Operations in Gaza*
		*Gaza Atrocities Will 'Haunt' Blinken, Says Former US Diplomat*

Massive Israeli Destruction Continues in Lebanon

Turkish Airstrike Kills Syrian Kurdish Leader as Offensive Continues

Cable Damage in Baltic Sea Caused by Accidents

US Made Significant Investment Into Ukraine's Drone Program

TikTok Briefly Shut Down, Restored After Trump Pledge

Trump Says He Had 'Very Good' Phone Call With China's Xi

Graham Wants Trump To Take Out Iran Nuclear Facilities

Viewpoints

	Beyond Vietnam: A Time To Break the Silence by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
	Dr. Martin Luther King's Prophetic Warning, Denouncing the Merchants of Death by Kathy Kelly

	The Fatal Effort To Dismantle UNRWA by Dan Steinbock
	Getting Russia Wrong: A Quarter Century of Putin by James W. Carden
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Spotlight

A Ceasefire Won't Stop Israel's Genocidal Agenda
by Tariq Kenney-Shawa

Frontline

	Domestic Abuse Surges as Ukraine Troops Bring Violence Home With Them
	Report Says Biden's 'Empty Threats' on Gaza Fed Israeli Impunity
	Gaza's Devastated Health System Needs $10 Billion To Rebuild: WHO

Hamas Releases First Three Israeli Hostages as Gaza Ceasefire Takes Hold
REUTERS/via Reuters TV

Russia/Ukraine

	Russia and Iran Presidents Sign Partnership Treaty in Moscow
	Netherlands Buys Patriot Parts To Replenish Ukraine Deliveries
	Three Killed in Russian Drone and Missile Attack on Ukraine's Kyiv

United Kingdom

	London's Met Police Arrests Organizer of National Gaza Rally
	Corbyn and McDonnell Face Police Questioning Over London Gaza Rally

Greenland/Canada

	Greenland Prime Minister: 'We Don't Want To Be Americans'
	Trudeau: If Trump Starts a Trade War, Canada Will Respond

The War at Home

	International Diesel Prices Surge After US Sanctions on Russia
	US Defense Contractor To Build 4,000-Worker Advanced Manufacturing Facility in Central Ohio
	Scores of Career State Dept. Diplomats Resign Before Trump Inauguration
	The US Air Force's $20 Billion Next-Gen Fighter Jet Question
	Trump To Tap Michael Ellis as CIA General Counsel
	CISA Should Abandon Disinformation Fight, Trump's DHS Pick Says
	Dismissed Space Force Lieutenant Colonel Tapped To Join Air Force Leadership Under Trump
	Dozens of Columbia University Law Faculty Demand Inquiry Into Professor's 'Termination'

Colombia

	At Least 80 People Killed in Northeast Colombia as ELN Peace Talks Fail
	'We Want Peace' Say Colombians Displaced by Fresh Guerrilla Violence

Afghanistan

	Funding Cuts to Afghanistan Are the Biggest Threat To Helping Women, Aid Agency Chief Warns
	Scores of Afghans Have Left for the US After Their Visas Were Processed in the Philippines
	CNN Found Guilty in Florida Trial of Libeling Navy Veteran in Afghan Story
	Mike Waltz: US Forces Will Not Return to Afghanistan
	Taliban Deputy Tells Leader There Is No Excuse for Education Bans on Afghan Women and Girls

India

	At Least 12 Maoist Rebels Killed by India's Security Forces
	India Replaces Russian Oil With Mideast and African Barrels

Asia

	In a First, China Will Send Vice President to Trump's Inauguration
	ASEAN Tells Myanmar Military Rulers Peace Should Be Priority, Not Election
	Yoon Supporters Storm South Korea Court After Detention Extended
	Does Imran Khan Conviction Threaten Pakistan's PTI-Government Negotiations?

Sudan

	Sudan Says One Killed, 17 Injured in RSF Shelling in Omdurman
	Sudan War Turning 'More Dangerous' for Civilians, UN Says
	US Sanctions on Army Chief Burhan Spark Sudanese Condemnation of UAE and Biden
	Paramilitary Attack Near Besieged Darfur City Kills 14
	Over 55,000 Displaced Sudanese Return to Southeastern State: UN
	Sudanese Attacked in South Sudan After Wad Madani Violence

DR Congo

	DR Congo Leader Rejects Direct Talks With M23 Armed Group
	IMF Approves $2.7 Billion Loan for DR Congo
	M23 Fighters Seize DR Congo Mining Town: Local Sources
	US Offered Infrastructure Incentive To Achieve Peace in Eastern DR Congo
	More Than 230,000 Displaced in DR Congo Since Start of the Year, UN Says

Gaza

	Photos: Palestinians in Gaza Celebrate Israel-Hamas Ceasefire
	UN Races To Feed One Million Gazans After Truce
	Abu Obeida's First Ceasefire Speech: Key Points
	ICC Prosecutor Sees 'No Real Effort' by Israel To Probe Alleged Gaza War Crimes
	What the Ceasefire Means to Palestinians Who Lived Through Israel's Genocide
	Palestinians in Gaza Desperate To Travel Abroad for Life-Saving Treatment
	'Bye Genocide Joe': Social Media Reflects on Biden's Gaza Legacy
	Israeli Army Drops Leaflets on Gaza Mocking Suffering of Palestinians Ahead of Ceasefire
	I'm Joyful at Ceasefire, but Fear for My Baby: Gaza Mother's Tale
	Gaza's Civil Defense Praised for 'Tireless Work' Through War
	Displaced Palestinians Return to Devastated Homes
	Israeli Security Cabinet Approves Gaza Ceasefire Deal
	'The Israeli Army Deliberately Targeted My Husband': Hussam Abu Safiya's Wife
	Photos: Displaced Palestinians Return Home After Gaza Ceasefire
	'Joy Beyond Measure': Celebrations in Gaza as Long-Awaited Ceasefire Begins

Israel/Palestine

	Hamas Intends To Uphold Agreement, Senior Official Tells Drop Site News
	Israel To Deport Some Palestinian Prisoners Released Under Ceasefire Deal
	Macron Urges Israel To Accelerate Troop Withdrawal From Southern Lebanon
	Palestinian Jailbreakers and Life Prisoners To Be Freed in Hamas-Israel Swap
	Kushner's Saudi-Backed Fund Doubles Stake in Firm Financing Illegal West Bank Settlements
	Palestinian Authority, Jenin Fighters Reach Deal After Weeks of Deadly Clashes
	Poll: Majority of Israeli Public Backs Continuing Hostage Deal After First Phase
	Over 80 Percent of Israelis Say Gaza War Goals Not Achieved
	Macron Says 'Palestinian Governance' Needed in Gaza as Ceasefire Enacted
	Palestinian Authority Reportedly Arrests Al Jazeera Journalist Covering Prisoner Exchange
	'Weapons in Hand': Mossad Chief Compares Palestinian Resistance to Vietnam's

Syria

	Did Syria's New Leaders Fake an 'ISIS Plot' To Attack the Sayyeda Zainab Shrine?
	Syria's Kurds Say Four Civilians Killed in Turkish Attack
	PKK To Leave Syria on Condition Kurds 'Maintain Leadership Role'
	HTS Raids and Forced Disappearances Fuel Fear in Syria's Alawi Heartlands
	Syrian Minister Rejects Kurdish-Led SDF's Proposal for Own Military Bloc
	200,000 Syrian Refugees Have Returned Since Assad's Fall: UN
	Syria's 300 Percent Customs Duty Hike Angers Turkish Businesses

Lebanon

	Israel Must Withdraw From Lebanon by January 26 Deadline: President Aoun
	US Pledges $117 Million in Aid to Lebanon Military

Iran

	Two Iran Supreme Court Judges Killed in Tehran Shooting Attack
	Former CIA Employee Pleads Guilty To Leaking Files on Israel's Iran Strikes

Egypt

	Egypt Ups the Ante in Red Sea Row With Renewed Rejection of Ethiopian Presence
	Egypt Steps Up Crackdown on Sudanese Nationals After Sudan's Army Triumphs

Africa