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• One killed, several injured in joint US, UK, Israeli airstrikes on Yemen Press TV 11 Jan 2025 -- At least one person has been killed and nine others sustained injuries when US, British and Israeli warplanes carried out a string of airstrikes against various targets across Yemen.

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• N. Korean Soldier Claims He Thought He Was On Training Mission, Ukraine Says RFE/RL 11 Jan 2025 -- Ukrainian investigators are questioning two soldiers from North Korea whom the country's forces captured in Russia's Kursk region, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
• North Korean launch of 'new' missile fires up Guam security debate Radio Free Asia 11 Jan 2025 -- North Korea's launch of a "new" intermediate range ballistic missile earlier this week that "will reliably contain any rivals in the Pacific" has fired up debate about the U.S. military's ability to defend Guam from potential attack.
• IRGC top cmdr.: Iran's missile power constantly growing IRNA 11 Jan 2025 -- Major General Hossein Salami, Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), says Iran is constantly growing its missile power in terms of the number of the weapons and their quality.
• 'Dormant volcano': IRGC unveils new subterranean missile facility Press TV 11 Jan 2025 -- The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has unveiled one of its new underground missile bases, described as a "missile city", amid the Israeli regime's heightened escalation in the region and threats against the country.
• Iran unveils new 'missile city' showcasing military capabilities IRNA 11 Jan 2025 -- Iran has unveiled a new underground missile facility that marks a significant development in the country's strategic defense infrastructure.
• All US interests in region within Iran's reach: Army commander Press TV 11 Jan 2025 -- Iran is fully prepared to counter any threats to its national security, says the commander of the Army's Ground Force, noting that all US interests in the region are within the operational reach of the country's Armed Forces.
• All US interests in region within range of Iran's Army: Cmdr. IRNA 11 Jan 2025 -- Commander of the Ground Force of the Iranian Army, Brigadier General Kioumars Heidari, has said that all American interests in the region are within the range of the Iran's Army.
• Deputy Secretary Verma's Meetings with Serbian President Vučić and other Senior Serbian Officials US Dept. of State 11 Jan 2025

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• Prime Minister's Office Announcement Israel - Prime Minister 11 Jan 2025 -- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, this evening, held a discussion to assess the situation regarding the hostages and the missing with the Defense Minister, the heads of the security establishment, and with the American negotiators of both the incoming and outgoing administrations.
• Jan. 10: 'Axis of Resistance' operations against Israeli occupation Press TV 11 Jan 2025
• 46,537 Palestinians killed in Israeli war on Gaza IRNA 11 Jan 2025 -- At least 46,537 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip since the genocidal war began on October 7, 2023, according to official data.
• Israel strikes another school in north Gaza; two children among victims Press TV 11 Jan 2025 -- An Israeli airstrike on a school housing "thousands of displaced people" has killed eight people, including two children and two women, in northern Gaza's Jabalia town.
• Israeli strikes kill more civilians across Gaza Press TV 11 Jan 2025 -- Israel is pushing ahead with its genocidal onslaught on the devastated Gaza Strip, killing more Palestinians in its indiscriminate air and artillery strikes.
• Lebanon complains to UN Security Council over ongoing Israeli attacks Press TV 11 Jan 2025 -- Lebanon has complained to the UN Security Council over Israel's ongoing acts of aggression on agricultural lands as well as livestock in the southern part of the country in violation of a ceasefire agreement.
• Israeli Air Force Attacks Hezbollah Group in Southern Lebanon - IDF Sputnik 11 Jan 2025 -- The Israeli Air Force (IAF) has targeted a group of Hezbollah fighters in southern Lebanon after the detection of activities violating the ceasefire, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Saturday.
• Israeli regime's attack on southern Lebanon leaves five killed, four injured IRNA 11 Jan 2025 -- The Zionist regime's army violated the cease-fire agreement and once again attacked southern Lebanon, killing five people and injuring four others.
• Gaza hostage deal "possible" to be reached before Trump's inauguration People's Daily 11 Jan 2025 -- A White House spokesperson said on Friday a deal that would secure the release of the hostages held by Hamas in Gaza is "possible" to be reached before Jan. 20, the day when U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is set to be inaugurated to succeed incumbent President Joe Biden.
• Israel fears Ansarullah retaliation following joint US-British airstrikes in Yemen: Media Press TV 11 Jan 2025 -- A new report has revealed that the Israeli regime's so-called security service is on high alert as fears mount over Yemen's Ansarullah popular resistance movement launching an attack in retaliation for US-British-Israeli joint airstrikes on the Arab country.
• The Zionist regime attacked Yemen with 20 fighters IRNA 11 Jan 2025 -- The Israeli army radio announced on Friday night that the Israeli air force attacked Yemen with 20 fighter planes.

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• 'Teresa Magbanua' sustains vigilance vs. illegal CCG ship off Zambales Philippine News Agency 11 Jan 2025 -- The BRP Teresa Magbanua remains deployed off the coast of Zambales to deter the China Coast Guard's (CCG) illegal presence in the area, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said.
• Syria thwarts ISIS attempt to bomb Sayyida Zainab Shrine: Source IRNA 11 Jan 2025 -- The Interior Ministry of the Syrian government said that the Syrian Intelligence and security forces have thwarted an ISIS plot to detonate explosives inside the Shrine of Sayyida Zainab in Damascus.
• Rule of law, equal citizenship cornerstones of Syria's future: FM People's Daily 11 Jan 2025 -- Syria's interim Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shibani on Friday reaffirmed his government's commitment to guaranteeing freedom for all Syrians, stressing the rule of law and equal citizenship are cornerstones of the nation's future.
• Turkish forces 'neutralize' 11 Kurdish PKK militants in northern Iraq: Defense Ministry Press TV 11 Jan 2025 -- Turkish military forces have killed nearly a dozen members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militant group during a cross-border operation in Iraq's northern semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.
• Pezeshkian vows talks with Afghanistan on Iran's water share from Helmand River IRNA 11 Jan 2025 -- Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian has said that his administration plans to hold talks with Afghanistan to uphold water rights of Sistan and Baluchestan Province from the Helmand River also known as Hirmand.
• Deportation Of Afghans Sparks Rare Outrage In Tajikistan RFE/RL 11 Jan 2025 -- Tamkin Mehrabuddin and her sister were preparing lunch in their home in Tajikistan when police officers knocked on their door.
• Taliban Absent As Pakistan PM Opens Summit On Girls' Education RFE/RL 11 Jan 2025 -- Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said preventing girls from receiving an education is "tantamount to denying their voice" as he opened a major Muslim-led summit on the subject that remains sensitive in the Islamic world.
• Afghan Taliban skip Pakistan-hosted summit on girls education VOA 11 Jan 2025 -- Pakistan hosted a two-day global conference Saturday, where delegates advocated for the promotion of girls education worldwide in Muslim communities and denounced restrictions on female schooling as contrary to the principles of Islam.
• Somali president makes surprise visit to Ethiopia amid strained relations VOA 11 Jan 2025 -- Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud arrived in Ethiopia's capital on Saturday, exactly a month to the day since the two countries' leaders reached an agreement aimed at ending a bitter, yearlong dispute.

News Reports

• Panama official rejects Trump threat to take back canal's control Press TV 11 Jan 2025 -- A Panamanian official has rejected US President-elect Donald Trump's claims that China controls the Panama Canal or his suggestion that the US could take it back.
• Trump's expansionist remarks widely rebuked People's Daily 11 Jan 2025 -- With his second term yet to begin, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has made a series of expansionist remarks, including plans to make Canada a U.S. state, rename the Gulf of Mexico, and gain control of the Panama Canal and Greenland.
• Statement on Venezuelan presidential inauguration Australia DFAT 11 Jan 2025 -- The Australian Government is concerned by this week's political developments in Venezuela, including with regard to the Presidential inauguration on 10 January 2025.
• Venezuela Intends to Build Multipolar World Together With BRICS - Maduro Sputnik 11 Jan 2025 -- Venezuela intends to work on building a multipolar world together with BRICS, this is one of the country's goals, President Nicolas Maduro said.
• HRH the Crown Prince Phones President Aoun of Lebanon to Convey the Leadership's Congratulations on Winning Presidential Election SPA 11 Jan 2025 -- His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, held a phone call today with President Joseph Aoun to convey congratulations from Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud as well as his own on Aoun's election and taking the constitutional oath as President of the Lebanese Republic.
• Statement by the Foreign Ministry regarding the latest US Sanctions against the Russian Federation Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 11 Jan 2025
• Russia vows to respond to US 'hostile actions' after sanctions imposed against its energy sector Press TV 11 Jan 2025 -- Russia has denounced fresh sanctions imposed by the United States against its energy sector aimed at harming the Russian economy, vowing to respond to Washington's "hostile actions."
• Russia to Respond to US Sanctions Against Energy Sector - Russian Foreign Ministry Sputnik 11 Jan 2025 -- The United States' decision to introduce new sanctions against the Russian energy sector will receive a response, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Saturday.
• Putin-Trump talks possible without any preconditions: Kremlin People's Daily 11 Jan 2025 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin is open to potential negotiations with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump without any preconditions, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Friday.
• German Foreign Minister Says Stricken Tanker In Baltic Sea Belongs To Russia's 'Shadow Fleet' RFE/RL 11 Jan 2025 -- German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said a heavily loaded oil tanker that Germany's maritime emergencies agency had to secure on January 10 in the Baltic Sea is part of the "shadow fleet" that Moscow uses to avoid sanctions on its oil exports.
• Chinese VP meets with UK chancellor of exchequer; China-UK Economic and Financial Dialogue convenes after a six-year hiatus Global Times 11 Jan 2025 -- Chinese Vice President Han Zheng on Saturday met with British Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves, who is in Beijing for the 11th China-UK Economic and Financial Dialogue (EFD), the Xinhua News Agency reported.
• China vows "highly proactive" fiscal policy to shore up economy People's Daily 11 Jan 2025 -- China is poised to implement a clear-cut fiscal policy in 2025 that aims to intensify countercyclical regulation and will be "highly proactive," officials said Friday.
• Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong and Pakistani Foreign Secretary Amna Baloch Hold the Fourth Round of Diplomatic Consultations at Vice-Foreign Ministerial Level between China and Pakistan PRC MofA 11 Jan 2025 -- On January 10, 2025, Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong and Pakistani Foreign Secretary Amna Baloch held the fourth round of diplomatic consultations at the vice-foreign ministerial level between China and Pakistan in Beijing.
• Chinese FM calls for China-Africa cooperation on global governance reform People's Daily 11 Jan 2025 -- China is ready to work with African countries to advance the reform of the global governance system, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Friday.
• PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan ROC MND 11 Jan 2025
• U.S., Taiwan discuss Taiwan's participation in global groups CNA 11 Jan 2025 -- The American Institute in Taiwan and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States held a meeting on Wednesday to discuss Taiwan's participation in international organizations, the U.S. State Department said on Friday.
• Iran to launch Pars-2 satellite by February IRNA 11 Jan 2025 -- The head of the Iranian Space Agency has announced that Iran plans to launch its Pars-2 Satellite by February 2025.
• Iran to unveil indigenous remote-sensing Pars-2 satellite next month Press TV 11 Jan 2025 -- The head of the Iranian Space Agency (ISA) says the domestically-manufactured remote-sensing Pars-2 satellite will be unveiled early next month, as he announced the ongoing construction of a third version of the spacecraft.
• CIA chief: No sign Iran has decided to go for nukes IRNA 11 Jan 2025 -- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director William Burns says there is no sign that Iran tries to go for nuclear weapons.
• Iran plans $120bn worth of investment in petroleum projects Press TV 11 Jan 2025 -- Iran is planning to invest up to $120 billion in petroleum projects as the country seeks to increase its oil and gas production to respond to a rising demand for energy.
• IRGC disbands spy network in southwestern Iran IRNA 11 Jan 2025 -- The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has dismantled an espionage team in the southwestern province of Khuzestan.
• Spy ring linked to foreign intelligence dismantled in southwest Iran Press TV 11 Jan 2025 -- The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) intelligence forces have arrested members of a network involved in collecting information about sensitive facilities in Iran's southwestern Khuzestan province for a foreign spy agency.
• France starts 2025 with fresh controversy, questions over Africa VOA 11 Jan 2025 -- France starts 2025 with a further drawdown of its military presence in its former African colonies, and fresh tensions ignited this week with controversial remarks by French President Emmanuel Macron.
• Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh calls for enhanced cohesiveness of the global community in view of the current security environment India PIB 10 Jan 2025 -- Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh has called for enhanced cohesiveness of the global community in view of the current security environment which, he said, is in a state of flux with multiple conflicts and challenges
• "A historic window of opportunity has opened up before our country to end the scourge of terror for good" Presidency of The Republic of Turkey 11 Jan 2025 -- Addressing AK Party's 8th Ordinary Provincial Congress in Diyarbakır, President Erdoğan said: "In the wake of some critical changes in our politics and our region, a new and historic window of opportunity has opened up before our country to end the scourge of terror for good. We think it would be wrong to waste it."