January 1st, 2024

• ​Fatah official: Trump's White House return will destroy Iran and Hamas
• Hamas proposal: Week-long ceasefire in exchange for list of hostages
• Netanyahu: Fighting will resume after hostage deal - Hamas is refusing to release 12 live hostages, offering bodies instead
• Hamas said willing to free only 22 of 34 living hostages demanded by Israel in deal
• IDF soldiers trapped and killed 106 Hamas terrorists in two hours in northern Gaza
• IDF issues evacuation order for Gaza's al-Bureij after rockets fired from area
• IAF eliminates Nukhba commander who infiltrated Kibbutz Nir Oz on Oct. 7
• Hamas, UN Accuse Each Other After Looting Leads to 2 Deaths in Gaza
• Gaza famine accusations retracted after criticism from US ambassador; 45 patients leave Gaza for UAE via Israel
• Netanyahu Leaves Hospital to Vote as Coalition Members Dissent
• PM leaves hospital to cast decisive vote on a budget law, thwarting Ben Gvir revolt
• First in Knesset history: Hanukkah candles lit on Knesset floor
• Ford apologizes for X post declaring 'Israel is a terrorist state'
• Ford Motor Company says X account was 'briefly compromised' after posts call to 'Free Palestine'
• End-of-2024 stats show spike in Israelis leaving, as population growth slows
• The Israeli stock market surged by 28% in 2024, outperforming global counterparts despite the ongoing war
• Financial blows take effect on January 1, ushering in an expensive 2025 for Israelis
• Shin Bet says it foiled 1,040 major terror attacks in West Bank, Jerusalem in 2024
• US demands answers from new Syrian government after reports of attacks on minorities
• Islamist rebel commander tapped as acting Syrian defense chief
• France bombs Islamic State targets in Syria
• US hits targets across Yemen as Israel seeks global coalition to confront Houthis
• IAF downs Houthi missile fired from Yemen
• 'Don't call for de-escalation when we defend ourselves,' Israel tells UN of Houthis
• 'Zionists won't be allowed to sleep' - IDF struggles to disable Houthi terror in Yemen despite ongoing attacks
• 'God has become a pop star': Crowd in Tel Aviv Stadium sings 'God always loves me' as air raid siren sounds
• El Al cancels all Moscow flights until March after Russia downs airplane from Azerbaijan
• 'Russian' Ship Dragged Anchor 60 Miles Through Baltic Damaging Cables
• US announces sanctions on Russian, Iranian entities over alleged election interference
• Putin marks 25 years in the Kremlin with Ukraine war and internal authoritarianism at fever pitch
• Putin says he saved Russia, but a year of challenges suggests Moscow's position is precarious - Marking 25 years in office, Vladimir Putin says he has remade Russia as a sovereign power and will prevail in Ukraine, but economic and strategic setbacks complicate the picture
• North Korea's Kim calls Putin his 'dearest friend' - In his New Year letter to the Russian leader, Kim Jong Un praised their close bilateral ties. Relations between Pyongyang and Moscow have deepened since Russia's invasion of Ukraine
• Xi says no one can stop China's 'reunification' with Taiwan
• China Builds World's Longest Express Tunnel
• World's 500 Richest People Surpassed $10 Trillion in Wealth This Year
• 'Farms will come to a stop': Farmer warns of soaring food prices and shortages under Trump
• Trump on collision course with conservatives over debt limit
• Trump warns Senate GOP not to let Dems 'stall and delay' confirmation process for cabinet noms
• GOP Rep. Roy on Speaker Johnson: 'I Don't Believe He Has the Votes'
• Steve Bannon Welcomes 'Escalation' of MAGA Civil War Following Elon Musk's Insulting American Workers
• Report: Elon Musk's Tesla Replaced Laid Off Americans with Foreign Workers on H-1B Visas
• Trump ally Loomer rails against Musk's influence: 'Stage 5 clinger'
• Alan Dershowitz: 2024 Dangerous Year for Rule of Law
• We're Cooked: AI robot chefs taking over US jobs in restaurants and kitchens as humans are pushed out of all roles by droids - The robot chefs slash labor costs and food waste
• AI Robots Are Entering the Public World - With Mixed Results - They're terrible cocktail party guests but operators say the potential of what robots can do is growing
• AI Data Centers Are Causing 'Distortions' in the Power Grid from Coast to Coast
• Puerto Rico plunges into darkness as power outage hits more than 1.3 million customers on New Year's Eve
• Flights Temporarily Suspended at Halifax Airport After Airplane Landing Incident
• Flights canceled, roads blocked, and thousands stranded as heavy snowfall hits Kashmir, India
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Puerto, Chile
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Kandrian, Papua New Guinea
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
• Earthquake swarm on Reykjanes Ridge, Iceland
• Strong earthquakes near Fentale volcano spark eruption concerns, Ethiopia
• Popocateptl volcano in Mexico erupts to 22,000ft
• Ruiz volcano in Colombia erupts to 21,000ft
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 20,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 16,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 15,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Marapi volcano in Indonesia erupts to 11,000ft
• Kanlaon volcao in Indonesia erupts to 10,000ft
• Calling snap elections created more instability for France, Macron admits
• South Korean court issues arrest warrant for embattled President Yoon Suk Yeol
• Argentine Judge Orders Arrest of Nicaragua's Communist Dictator Daniel Ortega
• CNN's Jennings: Jimmy Carter Was a 'Terrible President,' He Saddled Up to Dictators
• Commentary: Carter, in death, becomes symbol of lost political 'decency' in U.S.
• Politically diverse congregations are getting rarer. One aims to endure. This California church is trying to figure out what's "too political" for a place of worship - or whether "being political" is the whole point of the Gospel.
• Man admits he set fires at majority Black church because of 'race, color, religion'
• Texas school district removes the Bible from libraries citing state law banning sexually explicit material
• Global Religious Freedom Declines as Government Restrictions Hit Record High
• Study: Drug Cartels 5th Largest Mexican Employer
• Tren de Aragua gang attacks agents, mobs border to flood US with members ahead of Trump presidency - "Their ideology is more of a terrorist ideology of destruction."
• WA gang-affiliated teen charged with kidnapping, stabbing, disemboweling 14-year-old boy released from custody on $300,000 bail
• The New Year's Eve ball is lit up and tested at Times Square in New York City on Monday - Officials 'Concerned' About 'Heightened' Threats for New Year's Festivities - Hundreds of Brand New NYPD Officers Called In
• 'State of Emergency': European Capitals Brace For New Year's Eve as Riots Feared
• Iraqi Couple Charged in Germany Over Keeping Yazidi Child Sex Slaves
• Virginia man arrested as agents find largest cache of 'finished explosive devices' in FBI history
• Netflix Comedian Accuses Dave Chappelle of Profiting from Making Transgender People 'Feel Unsafe'
• Transgender trailblazer Sarah McBride heads to her debut in Congress, hoping for a touch of grace
• JK Rowling Goes Scorched Earth on Kid-Transing Woke Libs: 'Worse Than Lobotomies'
• Virginia hospital shutters NICU after allegations staff member abused babies by breaking their bones, police investigating
• How UnitedHealth Became an American Goliath - From a humble base, it gobbled up big chunks of the U.S. health system, including doctor practices, pharmacy-benefits managers and medical billing services
• FDA Testing Cheese For Bird Flu Amid Multi-State Outbreak
• Ron Johnson slams Big Pharma, FDA over vaccine safety issues, calls for 'real science'
• Researchers Funded by Bill Gates Turn Mosquitoes into 'Flying Syringes' to Deliver Vaccines