🇷🇺🇺🇦 - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia is preparing to wage a new "year of war."

🇺🇳🇺🇸🇻🇪 - UN Secretary General António Guterres calls for avoiding an "escalation" between the US and Venezuela.

🇺🇸🇨🇩🇷🇼 - The M23 rebels confirm their withdrawal from a key town in the DRC to support US-backed peace efforts.

🇮🇱🇪🇬 - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approves a $35 billion deal to supply Egypt with natural gas.

🇨🇳🇺🇸🇻🇪 - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi tells the Venezuelan government he rejects "unilateral intimidation."

🇸🇩🇺🇳 - UN says over 1,000 civilians were killed when the RSF took over a displacement camp in Darfur, Sudan.

🇷🇺🇺🇸🇻🇪 - Russian Foreign Ministry urges US President Donald Trump not to make a "fatal mistake" over Venezuela.

🇬🇷🇹🇷 - Turkish media claim Greek Defense Minister Nikos Dendias called Turkey a "primary threat."

🇹🇷🇸🇾 - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan warns patience is running out over the SDF's integration into the Syrian state.

🇦🇲🇦🇿 - Azerbaijani government says 1,220 metric tons of gasoline have been shipped by train to Armenia.

🇺🇸🇹🇼 - US Department of State says an $11 billion arms sale to Taiwan has been approved.

🇺🇸🇨🇳🇹🇼 - Chinese Foreign Ministry calls on the US to stop selling weapons to Taiwan.

🇨🇳🇹🇭🇰🇭 - Chinese Defense Ministry denies its arms trade with Thailand and Cambodia is related to the conflict.

🇷🇺🇧🇾 - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko announces the deployment of Russia's Oreshnik missile system.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦 - US President Donald Trump says he hopes Ukraine will "move quickly" in peace negotiations with Russia.

🇯🇵 - Japanese government reaffirms its commitment to never possess nuclear weapons.

🇱🇾 - Libya's GNU fires an air defense missile for the first time since 2011.

🇺🇸🇸🇾 - ISIS praises the killing of US and Syrian forces in Palmyra as a "blow" to its opponents.

🇩🇰🇾🇪 - Danish shipping company Maersk says one of its vessels successfully navigated the Red Sea for the first time in two years.

🇷🇺🇺🇸🇻🇪 - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio rules out the possibility of an escalation with Russia over Venezuela.

🇺🇸🇸🇩 - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says ending hostilities in Sudan is a goal for the new year.