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• NATO's Spending Reality Check: 5% is a Long Shot Sputnik 18 Jan 2025 -- NATO members won't be able to meet US president-elect Donald Trump's demand to raise military spending to 5% of GDP in the near future, Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro said.
• Sweden Joins NATO Forces in Latvia, Strengthening Regional Security Latvia MOD 18 Jan 2025 -- In a significant demonstration of unity and commitment to collective defence, today a Swedish Mechanized Infantry Battalion from the South Skåne Regiment arrived in Latvia to join the NATO Multinational Brigade Latvia, as part of the Multinational Division North based in the country.
• France Plans to Close Permanent Military Bases in Senegal by Summer - Reports Sputnik 18 Jan 2025 -- France plans to close its permanent military bases in Senegal, as well as in other countries in West and Central Africa, by the summer of 2025, Senegalese news agency reported on Friday, citing a French military source.
• INDIAN NAVAL SHIP MUMBAI TO PARTICIPATE IN MULTI-NATIONAL EXERCISE LA PEROUSE India PIB 18 Jan 2025 -- The indigenously designed and built guided missile destroyer INS Mumbai is participating in the fourth edition of the Multinational Exercise LA PEROUSE
• IRGC chief unveils new strategic underground storage facility in south Iran Press TV 18 Jan 2025 -- The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has unveiled a new strategic subterranean storage facility built on the shores of Iran's southern waters to house a large fleet of fast attack craft and other vessels.
• Philippines, U.S. Partner in Maritime Cooperative Activity in South China Sea US Navy 18 Jan 2025 -- The Armed Forces of the Philippines and the U.S. Navy conducted a bilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity (MCA) in the South China Sea, Jan. 17-18, 2025.
• Secretary Blinken's Call with UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan US Dept. of State 18 Jan 2025
• Secretary Blinken's Call with UK Foreign Secretary Lammy US Dept. of State 18 Jan 2025

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• Statement by PM Netanyahu Israel - Prime Minister 18 Jan 2025
• Statement by PM Netanyahu Israel - Prime Minister 18 Jan 2025
• Prime Minister's Office announcement on Saturday Israel - Prime Minister 18 Jan 2025
• Israel reserves 'right' to resume war: Netanyahu Press TV 18 Jan 2025 -- The Israeli regime's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Tel Aviv reserved the so-called "right" to resume its already-15-month-long genocidal war against the Gaza Strip any time it saw fit, upon likely implementation of a ceasefire deal between the regime and the territory's resistance movements.
• Netanyahu 'vows to continue Gaza war' after cabinet OKs truce deal Press TV 18 Jan 2025 -- Benjamin Netanyahu has promised to continue the war on the Gaza Strip in a bid to stop far-right finance minister Bezalel Smotrich from exiting his cabinet, Israel's biggest newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reports.
• Israeli regime approves Gaza ceasefire deal Press TV 18 Jan 2025 -- The Israeli regime's cabinet has voted to approve a ceasefire deal between Tel Aviv and Palestinian resistance movements in the Gaza Strip, after more than 460 days of genocidal war in which Israeli forces have killed more than 46,788 Palestinians, mostly women and children.
• Israeli regime approves Gaza ceasefire deal Press TV 18 Jan 2025 -- The Israeli regime's cabinet has voted to approve a ceasefire deal between Tel Aviv and Palestinian resistance movements in the Gaza Strip, after more than 460 days of genocidal war in which Israeli forces have killed more than 46,788 Palestinians, mostly women and children.
• The Chief of the General Staff at the Gaza Border Israel Defense Forces 18 Jan 2025
• IDF Chief of Staff Situational Assessment Regarding Operation Wings of Freedom Israel Defense Forces 18 Jan 2025
• Jan. 17: 'Axis of Resistance' operations against Israeli occupation Press TV 18 Jan 2025
• Gaza ceasefire set to begin, implementing it will be up to Trump VOA 18 Jan 2025 -- Israel's Cabinet approved a deal for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release, with 24 ministers voting in favor and eight ministers rejecting the agreement. The deal is scheduled to be implemented beginning Sunday.
• Gaza ceasefire to begin Sunday morning as Israel continues strikes VOA 18 Jan 2025 -- A ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war is set to begin Sunday at 8:30 a.m., mediator Qatar said Saturday after Israel's Cabinet voted to approve the truce and hostage release agreement.
• Israel to release over 1,890 Palestinians in first phase of Gaza truce: Egypt Press TV 18 Jan 2025 -- Egypt says Israel will release more than 1,890 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for 33 Israeli captives during the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal.
• Gaza Ceasefire to Begin on January 19 at 5.30 A.M. GMT - Qatar's Foreign Ministry Sputnik 18 Jan 2025 -- A ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip will enter into force at 8.30 local time (5.30 a.m. GMT) on January 19, Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed Al Ansari said on Saturday.
• Israel 'failed' in Gaza, forced to withdraw: Hamas IRNA 18 Jan 2025 -- The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas says it has forced the Israeli regime to withdraw from Gaza ahead of a ceasefire deal that is set to begin on Sunday.
• Israel failed to achieve goals in Gaza, Palestinians closer to liberation: Hamas Press TV 18 Jan 2025 -- Hamas says Israel has failed to achieve its objectives in its genocidal war in the Gaza Strip, stressing that Palestinians are closer to "liberation" after "shattering" the occupying regime's "arrogance" by resisting 15 months of brutal aggression against the besieged territory.
• Islamic Jihad warns Israeli captives could return 'in coffins' if attacks on Gaza continue Press TV 18 Jan 2025 -- The Palestinian Islamic Jihad warns that Israel's intensified airstrikes on Gaza could lead to the deaths of captives, whose release is set to begin once a ceasefire deal takes effect in the early hours of Sunday.
• Hezbollah leader says resistance achieved its goals against Israeli regime IRNA 18 Jan 2025 -- Sheikh Naeem Qassem, Secretary-General of Lebanon's Hezbollah movement, has congratulated the recent ceasefire deal in the Gaza Strip, noting that Gaza's self-sacrifice will be recorded in history.
• Hezbollah chief: Palestinians, resistance foiled Israel's 'dangerous plan' Press TV 18 Jan 2025 -- Hezbollah Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem says the Palestinian people and resistance fighters foiled Israel's "dangerous plan" by accepting a ceasefire agreement to end the regime's war on the besieged Gaza Strip.
• 'Lebanon is on the cusp of a more hopeful future', says UN chief Guterres UN News 18 Jan 2025 -- UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Saturday expressed optimism for Lebanon's future as he wrapped up a two-day solidarity visit with a call on the new government, the Lebanese people, and international community to "make the most of this atmosphere of opportunity".
• Harnessing the ceasefire to bolster aid delivery in Gaza - Statement by Muhannad Hadi, Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory UNOCHA 18 Jan 2025
• UN urges Israel to withdraw from Lebanese territory without delay Press TV 18 Jan 2025 -- UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix says a ceasefire between the Israeli regime and Hezbollah is "fragile," calling on Israeli troops to withdraw from areas in southern Lebanon at the earliest opportunity possible.
• UN secretary-general urges Israeli regime to stop operations in south Lebanon IRNA 18 Jan 2025 -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that the Israeli regime's military operations and "occupation" of southern Lebanon, nearly two months after the ceasefire, must come to an end.
• United States Announces Expanded Security Assistance to Support Lebanon's Implementation of Cessation of Hostilities US Dept. of State 18 Jan 2025 -- The U.S. Department of State convened a virtual donors meeting on January 16 with partners and allies to discuss critical security assistance needed for Lebanon to fully implement the cessation of hostilities with Israel announced on November 26, 2024.
• FM says Iran will continue to support Palestinian cause IRNA 18 Jan 2025 -- Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says his country will continue to support the Palestinian cause and the Palestinian people's legitimate resistance against the occupying Zionist regime.
• Egypt, Palestine, Qatar, US, Israel to Monitor Compliance With Agreement on Gaza - Reports Sputnik 18 Jan 2025 -- Egypt, Palestine, Qatar, the United States and Israel will coordinate, monitor compliance with agreement on Gaza, Al Qahera News channel reported, citing an Egyptian source.
• "We will mobilize all our means to heal the bleeding wounds of Gaza during the ceasefire period as well" Presidency of The Republic of Turkey 18 Jan 2025 -- Addressing AK Party's provincial congress in Adana, President Erdoğan said: "Just as we never left alone or unprotected our Gazan brothers and sisters for 467 days, we will inshallah mobilize all our means to heal the bleeding wounds of Gaza during the ceasefire period as well. Our fight aimed at bringing all those committing war crimes and crimes against humanity to account one by one will increasingly continue."
• How The Israel-Hamas War Reshaped The Middle East RFE/RL 18 Jan 2025 -- The 15-month conflict in the Middle East has caused a dramatic shift in the regional balance of power.
• Yemen targets Israel's war ministry with ballistic missile IRNA 18 Jan 2025 -- The Yemeni armed forces spokesman, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, has said that Yemen's armed forces targeted Israel's war ministry in Tel Aviv with a ballistic missile.
• Yemeni armed forces conduct fresh anti-Israel operations IRNA 18 Jan 2025 -- The Yemeni Armed Forces have announced a series of coordinated operations against Israeli and US assets.
• Yemeni forces target Israeli war ministry with ballistic missile for 2nd time in less than week Press TV 18 Jan 2025 -- Yemeni Armed Forces have conducted a fresh missile strike against the premises of the Israeli ministry of military affairs deep inside the occupied territories in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.

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• Will those responsible for atrocities in Syria finally face justice? UN News 18 Jan 2025 -- Hopes are rising that, with the support of the United Nations, the architects of the brutal former regime of Bashar al Assad in Syria will eventually be held accountable for their crimes.
• PLA holds joint maritime, air combat patrol in South China Sea Global Times 18 Jan 2025 -- The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Southern Theater Command held a joint maritime and air combat patrol in South China Sea from Friday to Saturday with the aim of safeguarding peace and stability in the region, the PLA Southern Theater Command announced in a statement on Saturday.
• Iran will continue support for Yemeni government, people: Araghchi IRNA 18 Jan 2025 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said that the Islamic Republic will keep supporting the Yemeni government and people.
• Myanmar military regime enters year 5 in terminal decline Radio Free Asia 18 Jan 2025 -- Myanmar's military approaches the fourth anniversary of the coup d'etat that put them in power in terminal decline.

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• The European Leaders Courting Trump's Favor RFE/RL 18 Jan 2025 -- Flanked by U.S. flags, President-elect Donald Trump reeled off a list of tech bosses who had flocked to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida to meet him following his election victory.
• What A Potential TikTok Ban Means For U.S.-China Competition RFE/RL 18 Jan 2025 -- TikTok, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, is facing a ban in the United States. What happens next will have major repercussions for the global technology competition between China and the United States and could set the tone for incoming U.S. President Donald Trump's relationship with Beijing.
• Rubio vows to oppose Thai Uyghur deportations as US secretary of state VOA 18 Jan 2025 -- U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for secretary of state, is pledging to press Thailand to prevent the deportation of 48 Uyghurs held there since 2014 after fleeing alleged persecution in Xinjiang, in northwest China.
• Xi says ready to push for new achievements in building China-Vietnam community with a shared future People's Daily 18 Jan 2025 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Saturday that he is ready to work with Vietnamese leaders to deepen strategic mutual trust, strengthen practical cooperation, and push for new achievements in building a China-Vietnam community with a shared future of strategic significance.
• Xi congratulates Milanovic on reelection as Croatian president People's Daily 18 Jan 2025 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday sent a congratulatory message to Zoran Milanovic on his reelection as Croatian president.
• Chinese premier urges redoubled efforts to build clean government, fight corruption People's Daily 18 Jan 2025 -- Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Friday called for persistent efforts to improve Party conduct, build a clean government and fight corruption to provide a strong guarantee for high-quality development and the Chinese modernization drive.
• Xi, Trump hold phone talks People's Daily 18 Jan 2025 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday held a telephone conversation with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump at the latter's request.
• MOFA calls out China for its 'erroneous claim' over Taiwan CNA 18 Jan 2025 -- Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) on Saturday called out China for its "erroneous claim" about Taiwan and reaffirmed its stance that the country is sovereign and independent.
• PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan ROC MND 18 Jan 2025
• S. Korean president attends warrant hearing on whether to be detained for up to 20 days People's Daily 18 Jan 2025 -- South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol on Saturday attended the warrant hearing on whether to be detained for up to 20 days.
• Ayatollah Khamenei offers condolences over martyrdom of two senior judges in Tehran Press TV 18 Jan 2025 -- Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has expressed his condolences over the martyrdom of two high-profile Iranian judges in a terrorist attack in Tehran.
• Iran president calls for urgent probe to identify perpetrators of Tehran terrorist attack Press TV 18 Jan 2025 -- Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian has called for urgent action to identify the perpetrators of a terrorist attack at the Supreme Court building in downtown Tehran, in which two high-profile judges were assassinated.
• President orders security agencies to investigate assassination of Supreme Court judges IRNA 18 Jan 2025 -- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has directed security and law enforcement agencies to immediately launch an investigation into a shooting attack that claimed the lives of two Supreme Court justices in Tehran.
• Iran prosecutor general orders speedy probe into assassination of two Supreme Court judges IRNA 18 Jan 2025 -- Iran's Prosecutor General has ordered an immediate investigation into a deadly attack in downtown Tehran in which two Supreme Court judges of the country were assassinated.
• Two prominent judges assassinated in terrorist attack in downtown Tehran Press TV 18 Jan 2025 -- Two high-profile Iranian judges have been assassinated in a terrorist attack at the Supreme Court building in downtown Tehran.
• 2 Supreme Court judges assassinated in Tehran IRNA 18 Jan 2025 -- An assailant has opened fire near the Supreme Court headquarters in the Iranian capital, Tehran, killing at least two judges.
• 2 Iranian Supreme Court Judges Killed In Tehran RFE/RL 18 Jan 2025 -- Two prominent Iranian Supreme Court judges have been killed in an attack at the court's headquarters in Tehran, according to Iran's judiciary.
• Iran-Russia partnership deal primarily covers economic cooperation: Foreign Minister Araghchi Press TV 18 Jan 2025 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says a comprehensive strategic partnership agreement signed between Iran and Russia covers cooperation in all sectors, with a primary focus on economic matters.
• 300 Million Cubic Meters a Day? Russia-Iran Pipeline Promises Major Energy Boost Sputnik 18 Jan 2025 -- The Comprehensive Strategic Partnership treaty signed between Moscow and Tehran on January 17 shed light on a new project to deliver Russian gas to Iran.
• FM Araghchi says nature of Iran-Russia agreement is economic IRNA 18 Jan 2025 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said that the nature of the Iran-Russia comprehensive strategic joint agreement is mainly economic and covers all relevant fields, including trade and tourism, transportation, energy, and other issues in this domain.
• Russian Rosatom, Iran to cooperate building new nuclear power plants IRNA 18 Jan 2025 -- Russian company Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev has said that Iran and Russia will expand cooperation to build new nuclear power plants.
• CBI chief: Iran-Russia monetary agreement becomes operational IRNA 18 Jan 2025 -- Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Mohammad-Reza Farzin announced that the monetary agreement between Iran and Russia has become operational.
• Joint Statement between the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and the Prime Minister of Poland Gov.UK 18 Jan 2025 -- This joint statement was released following the meeting between Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Prime Minister Donald Tusk in Warsaw on 17 January 2025.
• Upcoming Belarus Election Cannot Be Credible In Current 'Repressive Environment,' Says Blinken RFE/RL 18 Jan 2025 -- The presidential election in Belarus later this month cannot be free or fair because of a "repressive environment" in the country, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on January 17 in a statement.
• India and US sign MoU on Cybercrime Investigations India MEA 18 Jan 2025 -- India and the US signed an MoU to enhance cooperation in cybercrime investigations, on 17 January 2025, in Washington DC.
• New leadership offers new hope for Lebanon Government of Norway 18 Jan 2025 -- 'Lebanon faces enormous challenges, but the country's new president and prime minister represent a new momentum in Lebanese politics that could have an impact far beyond Lebanon's borders,' said Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Espen Barth Eide.
• Georgian Protesters Back On Streets As Ex-President Takes Cause To Trump Inauguration RFE/RL 18 Jan 2025 -- Anti-government protesters took to the streets of Tbilisi on January 18, with many demonstrators wearing masks in defiance of new regulations banning face-coverings as authorities attempt to keep tabs on dissenters in the Caucasus nation.
• Nigeria Joining BRICS as Partner Country Sputnik 18 Jan 2025 -- Nigeria has become the ninth country to join BRICS as a partner state, the Brazilian Foreign Ministry said.