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Morning Briefing: Jan 1, 2025

Pro-EU protests in Georgia continue into new year

Man in critical condition after being pushed into path of New York subway train

French troops to withdraw from Ivory Coast: President

South Caucasus should be region of peace, cooperation: Azerbaijani president

UN official denounces world's silence on children suffering in conflict zones

Israel holding bodies of 198 Palestinians killed in 2024: NGO

Woman burned to death in New York City subway attack identified

UN reports 'highest number of' illegal Israeli settler-linked incidents in occupied West Bank

Zimbabwe abolishes death penalty 20 years after its last execution

Anadolu captures images of Assad family’s luxurious mansion in Damascus after regime’s fall

7 injured in car bombing in northern Syria's Tel Rifaat city

South Africa's president demands end to hostilities in Gaza in his New Year's message

Pain of lives shattered by Assad regime remains fresh in Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp

'Tragic and unacceptable' babies freezing to death from cold in Gaza: UNICEF

Netanyahu leaves hospital to attend crucial Knesset vote on 2025 budget

Palestinian seriously wounded by Israeli gunfire in West Bank

New Syrian administration leader meets with Christian delegation in Damascus

Asia-Pacific countries take steps to protect children from social media harm

US has spent $22B supporting Israel’s military since October 2023

UPDATE - Yemen's Houthis report 12 US-British airstrikes on capital Sanaa

UPDATE - Several injured in knife attack in Berlin

Over 82,000 Israelis left country in 2024, official figures show

Latin America 2024: A year marked by elections, protests, diplomatic strains

Several injured in knife attack in Berlin

Chief minister of India’s troubled Manipur state apologizes over ethnic killings

Yemen's Houthis report 6 US-British airstrikes on capital Sanaa

New York City police tightens measures as Times Square prepares for New Year’s celebrations

'Can't imagine how things can get any worse': Doctors back from Gaza share horrors inflicted on Palestinians

Finland ends participation in anti-Daesh/ISIS operation in Iraq

Iraq says shared border with Iran ‘fully secured’

No one can separate Taiwan from China: Xi

Pakistan launches 5-year economic plan to achieve 6% growth, push exports to $60B

Heavy rainstorms add to misery of displaced civilians in war-torn Gaza: UN agency

Ousted Syrian regime's 'war criminals' faced global sanctions over years of civil war

Harsh winter worsens plight of helpless Gazans under Israel’s genocidal war

Railway strike hits New Year's Eve trains in Britain

3 bodies, believed to be migrants, found in Bulgarian border area

Israel officially claims responsibility for assassinating Hamas deputy chief in Lebanon

Climate change, migrant accidents, mpox, armed conflicts hit Africa hard in 2024

Labour MP slams soaring property prices in UK

Southern African bloc calls for immediate end to hostilities in Mozambique

Over 13,500 Israeli soldiers injured since outbreak of Gaza conflict: Israeli media

Heavy rain, freezing cold worsen living conditions for Palestinians in war-torn Gaza

UPDATE - Woman injured in Russian airstrikes targeting Kyiv overnight

Turkish, Kuwaiti foreign ministers discuss developments in Syria

Horrors continue in Israel-bombed Gaza under world’s watch: UNRWA chief

French army targets ISIS terrorist group positions in Syria: Defense minister