On New Year’s Eve, Russia Launches New Strikes on Ukraine
This photograph taken on Dec. 31, 2023, shows a heavily damaged building following an early morning Russian drone attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
North Korea Plans Spy Satellites Launches, Nuclear Material Production in 2024
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks at a plenary meeting of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, at the party’s headquarters in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this photo released Dec. 31, 2023, by the Korean Central News Agency.
California Law Banning Most Firearms in Public Taking Effect as Legal Fight Over It Continues
FILE – Gun owners fire their pistols at an indoor shooting range during a qualification course to renew their carry concealed handgun permits, at the Placer Sporting Club in Roseville, California, July 1, 2022.
Xi: China Will ‘Surely Be Reunified’ With Taiwan
In this photo released on Dec. 31, 2023 by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a New Year message in Beijing to ring in 2024.
Israel Strikes Syria After Rocket Fire, Army Says
An Israeli soldier checks a weapon in the Israel-annexed Golan Heights near the border with Syria, Dec. 28, 2023. The Israeli army said Saturday that it was carrying out strikes in Syria after two rockets fired from Syria fell into territory under Israel’s control.
North Korean Reactor Likely to Be Operational Next Summer, Seoul Says
FILE – International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Rafael Grossi arrives for an IAEA Board of Governors meeting in Vienna on Nov. 22, 2023.
Congo Election Body Says It Will Meet Deadline for Presidential Results
Security forces stand guard as they gather to prevent protests by supporters of presidential candidate Martin Fayulu outside his opposition party’s headquarters in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dec. 27, 2023.
Arrests of Catholic Priests in Nicaragua Tick Up as Dragnet Intensifies
FILE – Rolando Alvarez, bishop of the Diocese of Matagalpa and Esteli and critical of the Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, prays at a Catholic church where he was taking refuge prior to his imprisonment, in Managua, Nicaragua, May 20, 2022.
Biden Administration OKs Emergency Arms Sale to Israel, Bypassing Congress
FILE – President Joe Biden listens as he and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu participate in an expanded bilateral meeting with Israeli and U.S. government officials, Oct. 18, 2023, in Tel Aviv.
India Asks Pakistan to Extradite Suspected Terror Mastermind
FILE – Hafiz Saeed, founder and leader of Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, a U.S.-designated global terror group, addresses an anti-Indian rally in Lahore, Pakistan, on Oct. 26, 2018. India announced on Dec. 29, 2023, that it has asked Pakistan to extradite Saeed in a “money laundering case.”