💥 ❗️Israeli attack on school kills 20 people in Khan Yunis

A UNRWA school housing displaced people was targeted by Israeli forces in Khan Yunis today. The Palestinian News Agency reports that 20 people were killed, including children.

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Legacy of US war kills 140 Afghans in 2024

Unexploded mines in Afghanistan have claimed the lives of 137 people and injured another 333 people, including children, in 2024, the country's Directorate for Mine Action Coordination, Nooruddin Rustamkhil, said.

"Since the start of 2024, nearly 240 incidents have occurred nationwide, resulting in a total of 470 victims. Among them, 386 are children who have either been martyred or injured," he said.

Afghanistan leads the world in the number of deminers working in the country, with 2,235 deminers clearing its land of unexploded ordnance and mines, according to James Cowan, head of the international mine clearance charity HALO Trust.

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Mike Waltz: DoD is focused on bombers, not drones

The drone issue points to gaps in the authority of US departments, Donald Trump's national security adviser pick, Michael Waltz, said in an interview on CBS.

"I can tell you from the Defense Department standpoint, they're focused on bombers and cruise missiles. And it's pointing to gaps in our capabilities and our ability to clamp down on what's going on here," Mike added.

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Syria's al-Julani and UN envoy discuss refugees, revision of UN Security Council resolution

The leader of the armed opposition in Syria, Abu Mohammad al-Julani, discussed with the UN Special Envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, the adaptation of the 2015 UN resolution on Syria to the "realities on the ground" and the creation of conditions for the return of Syrian refugees, the high command of the Syrian armed opposition said.

"The importance of revising Resolution 2254 was discussed in connection with changes in the political sphere, which made it necessary to update the resolution in accordance with the new realities. The leader also stressed the importance of creating safe conditions for the return of refugees," the statement says.

According to the leader of the armed opposition, it is important to ensure the territorial integrity of Syria and achieve the restoration of the country's economy, the high command noted.

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Trump's team will take a 'hard look' at Orban's ceasefire plan in Ukraine - Mike Waltz

President-elect Donald Trump's team will examine Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's proposal for a ceasefire in Ukraine, the president-elect's incoming national security adviser Mike Waltz said.

"We need to stop the fighting. And if that is some type of cease-fire as a first step, we'll take a hard look at what that means," he said in an interview to CBS.

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⚡️ Syrian embassy will open in the US tomorrow - local media

Syria's embassy will open in Washington DC for the first time since 2014, when diplomatic relations were suspended, according to sources at a pro-opposition Syrian TV channel.

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🥴 Ukrainian TV shows map of Ukraine without Crimea

In the commercial of the New Year's show of "Kvartal 95", the actors dream about how "Russia disappears", while erasing Russia together with Crimea from the map, local media reported. The clip has already been removed from social networks.

Next time, don't forget about the new regions!

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🏛 Top US universities urge foreigners to return before Trump's inauguration

Top US universities are urging their international students who are leaving the country for winter break to return to the United States before Donald Trump signs executive orders on migration on his first day back in the White House, the Axios portal reported.

At least ten universities, mostly on the East Coast, including the University of Southern California, Brown University, the University of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, have urged international students to return to the United States before the inauguration on January 20, the publication said.

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Leader of South Korean ruling party resigns

Han Dong-hoon, leader of the People Power Party, has resigned as party chairman, the Yonhap news agency reported.

"I tried in every way to find a better way for this country instead of impeachment, but in the end I couldn't," he said, adding, "It's all because I'm not good enough. I'm sorry."

Han Dong-hoon had previously supported the impeachment of the president, although he was initially against it. After Yoon Seok-yeol's impeachment, the party's executive committee collapsed due to the resignation of several members.

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Ignorance is bliss

Outgoing US President Biden claims that the Democrats ran the 2024 campaign "basically scandal-free."

Really, Joe?

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US cuts Javelin missile deliveries to Ukraine after early improper inventory in 2022

Washington has significantly reduced the deliveries of Javelin anti-tank missiles to Ukraine after 2022. A recent US Department of Defense (DOD) audit report reveals that early shipments of such weapons to Kiev in 2022 were not properly inventoried, according to a Sputnik analysis of Pentagon reports from 2022 onward.

"After reviewing the status of these defense articles in the SCIP-EUM [Security Cooperation Information Portal–End-Use Monitoring] database, we further assessed that XXX of these XXX (91 percent) did not receive an initial or annual inventory since being transferred to Ukraine during 2022. Over half of these items without any inventory data were expendable defense articles, including XXX Javelin missiles and XXX Stinger missiles," the report said, with the specific number of the defense articles redacted as classified information.

Approximately 67% of the overdue Enhanced End Use Monitoring (EEUM) defense articles that were improperly tracked or monitored entered Ukraine in 2022, the document noted.

The audit also highlighted that many of the defense articles delivered to Ukraine in 2022, including Javelin missiles, were no longer in the possession of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF).

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