January 1st, 2024

• ​Palestinian Terrorists Ring in New Year 2024 with Rocket Barrage at Israeli Cities
• As 2024 begins, IDF releases 5 brigades from Gaza, but says fighting likely all year
• Former PA minister reportedly killed in central Gaza strike; no comment from IDF
• IDF: Deaths of 29 out of 170 soldiers killed in Gaza op were friendly fire, accidents
• IDF finds Chinese weapons used in Gaza - report
• Outrage as far-right minister suggests some pilots refusing air support for Gaza troops
• Senior Far-Right Israeli Official Admits Gaza Is A 'Ghetto' For Palestinians - The comments by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich are the latest example of Israeli officials saying the quiet part out loud amid attacks on Gaza
• Smotrich touts revival of Gaza settlements after war, wants Gazans encouraged to leave - Finance minister advocates for 'voluntary emigration' of enclave's residents, opposes fuel going into Strip; stands by 2015 comment calling PA a 'burden' and Hamas an 'asset'
• Cabinet votes to postpone nationwide municipal elections until February 27
• Former Israeli Minister Apologizes For Role In Polarizing Country Before Hamas Attack
• In rare apology, Israeli minister says she 'sinned' for her role in reforms that tore country apart
• The U.S. and Israel: An Embrace Shows Signs of Strain After Oct. 7
• Aliyah in the shadow of war: Hundreds of immigrants arrive from North America since the start of Gaza war
• Argentina President Declares 'Unalterable Commitment to the State of Israel and the Jewish People'
• 'Unprecedented levels' of antisemitic abuse in New Zealand since October 7
• 'Friends' star David Schwimmer calls out skeptics of Hamas sexual assaults: 'Where is their outrage?'
• Hamas' rape, sexual atrocities exposed - 'Most significant trial in Israel' since Eichmann
• Israeli forces carried out arrests in East Jerusalem, West Bank overnight - Palestinian reports
• IDF ramps up strikes in Lebanon, and reportedly in Syria, amid ongoing attacks on north
• Armed drone shot down over Iraqi air base with US presence
• IDF downs two apparent drones launched at Israel by Iran-backed Iraqi militia
• UK's Cameron: Iran Shares Responsibility for Preventing Red Sea Attacks
• UK said set to join campaign against Houthis as group warns of 'consequences'
• Biden facing pressure to strike Houthi weapon bases in Yemen, NYT reports
• US sinks 3 Houthi attack boats as gunmen try to board container ship in Red Sea
• Yemen's Houthi Rebels Show No Sign Of Ending 'Reckless' Red Sea Attacks, U.S. Commander Says
• Global Shipping Giant Maersk Halts Ships' Passage via Red Sea for 48 Hours
• US said set to pull one of its aircraft carriers away from the Middle East
• Blaine Holt: 'We're Growing War; We're Not Shrinking It'
• New Year's Eve sweeps across the globe, but wars cast a shadow on 2024
• German police thwart suspected Islamist attack on Cologne Cathedral on New Year's Eve - Three suspects with links to an Afghanistan offshoot of ISIS arrested
• Russian 'egg king' survives assassination attempt
• Vladimir Putin Vows Russia 'Will Never Back Down' in New Year's Address
• Russia says 14 dead after 'indiscriminate' Ukrainian attack on Belgorod
• Russia retaliates against Ukraine after 24 killed in border city
• Ukraine Faces Growing Calls From US to Cede Land to Russia
• North Korea's Kim says military will 'thoroughly annihilate' US, South Korea if provoked
• Kim Jong Un tells military leaders to mobilize most powerful means to destroy enemies, including US: reports
• North Korea says it will launch three new spy satellites in 2024
• Analysis: Sweeping Chinese military purge exposes weakness, could widen
• China's Xi Jinping says Taiwan will 'surely be reunified' in year-end address
• China's Xi says 'reunification' with Taiwan is inevitable
• Xi Jinping rings in 2024 with rare admission that China's economy is in trouble
• Danish Queen Margrethe announces surprise abdication after 52 years on the throne
• DOJ accused of covering for 'deep state' by not holding second SBF trial on illegal political donations: 'Disgrace'
• Hunter Biden laptop repairman John Paul Mac Isaac's home 'swatted'
• Jack Smith argues Trump's immunity defense could allow president to murder, sell nuclear secrets
• Trump's wild year: Criminal charges set him up for the big house - or the White House
• Trump Attorney Binnall: Bureaucrats 'Out to Get' Trump
• Trump: 'Election Interference' Is Rush Job Before '24
• Dershowitz: Maine Ruling Like Letting Ex-Confederate States Decide Who Can Run
• Vivek Ramaswamy Blasts CNN for 'Egregious Interference with the Iowa GOP Caucus'
• Republican Presidential Candidate Nikki Haley Vows to Pardon Trump If He Is Convicted So 'We Can Move On'
• Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy's Resignation From House Effective Today, Leaves Republicans With Razor Thin Majority
• Zuckerberg Doomsday Bunker Sparks Concern for '24
• A New Kind of AI Copy Can Fully Replicate Famous People. The Law Is Powerless.
• AI development expected to 'explode' in 2024, experts say - Governments will also have to grapple with how to regulate the new tech
• Your Car Is Tracking You. Abusive Partners May Be, Too.
• Major X5.0 solar flare erupts from Region 3536 - the strongest flare of Solar Cycle 25
• 7.5-magnitude earthquake hits western Japan triggering tsunami warning
• 6.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Anamizu, Japan
• 5.6 magnitude earthquake hits near Anamizu, Japan
• 5.6 magnitude earthquake hits near Anamizu, Japan
• 5.5 magnitude earthquake hits near Anamizu, Japan
• 5.5 magnitude earthquake hits near Anamizu, Japan
• 5.4 magnitude earthquake hits southwest of Africa
• 5.4 magnitude earthquake hits near Gorontalo, Indonesia
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Baiyin, China
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Anamizu, Japan
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Anamizu, Japan
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Anamizu, Japan
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits the South Sandwich Islands region
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Anamizu, Japan
• Sabancaya volcano in Peru erupts to 25,000ft
• Klyuchevskoy volcano on Kamchatka, Russia erupts to 23,000ft
• Ruiz volcano in Colombia erupts to 23,000ft
• Popocateptl volcano in Mexico erupts to 21,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 15,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 15,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Ebeko volcano in the Kuril Islands erupts to 10,000ft
• Dukono volcano in Indonesia erupts to 10,000ft
• Madgascar: Tropical Storm Alvaro formed in the Mozambique Channel
• Astonishingly high waves batter the iconic Lone Cypress
• 'Unprecedented' flooding in a Eurostar tunnel cancels trains between Paris and London
• South Korea's capital records heaviest single-day snowfall in December for 40 years
• Biden energy efficiency crackdown leaves no appliance in American home untouched
• What do they know? Mark Zuckerberg's new apocalypse bunker sparks bizarre conspiracy as Americans fear billionaires are Doomsday prepping
• North Carolina pastor attempted to stick wife's co-worker's head into deep fryer: police
• ISIS-Supporting Illegal Migrant Given UK Citizenship Despite Security Threat Warnings from MI5
• Rep. Gonzales: Biden Must Deal With Border or Lose Election
• Trump Warns Democrats Will Use Migrants to Win Election, Says They Have Been 'Signing Them Up' to Vote at a 'Rapid Pace'
• Donald Trump: Biden Allowing 'Invasion' at Border, a 'Migration of Civilization into Our Country'
• Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Accuses Biden Administration of Aiding and Abetting Cartels with Their Open Border Policies
• Chicago Mayor Johnson: Texas Governor Abbott Creating 'Chaos' with Migrant Transport
• Two men charged with staging armed robberies in Boston to gain special visas for victims of criminal activity for those they robbed
• Bill Clinton to be Named as "Doe 36" in Epstein Court Documents
• Woke UK Methodist Church Issues 'Inclusive Language Guide' Discourages Use of 'Hurtful' Terms Like 'Husband' and 'Wife'
• Pope Francis Under Fire from Black Christians for Allowing Gay Blessings
• German cardinal says Pope Francis' same-sex blessings declaration 'never would have happened' under Benedict
• Highest ranking trans member of US Space Force says 'inclusion is a national security imperative'
• Biden Administration Sends Taxpayer Dollars to Fund Ballroom Dance Program in Peru to "Uplift" Trans Youth
• USA Boxing to Allow Men to Hit Women Under Certain Conditions
• USA Boxing faces backlash after allowing post-op trans women to compete in female competition
• Transgender Inmate Who Tried to Castrate Himself Sues Georgia Prison for Causing 'Severe' Distress by Not Providing Sex Change
• Detransitioner blasts GOP governor's veto of ban on gender-affirming care for minors: 'Complicit' in this
• Death rates from rare heart condition surging among young Americans - Researchers warn that opioid epidemic is fueling lethal cases of infective endocarditis in younger adults
• CDC data: Covid-vaccinated kids more likely to be hospitalized for respiratory illness
• Pandemic Forever: L.A. County Reinstates Health Care Facility Mask Mandate