U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has met leaders of Qatar and Jordan to discuss the future developments of the Israel-Hamas conflict. Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu is paying a state visit to China this week. A teacher in Portland has found the fuselage door plug that blew out of a Boeing aircraft during flight.

Seoul has ordered residents on two islands to evacuate after North Korean artillery fell in nearby waters. The Islamic State says its suicide bombers carried out the Kerman attacks in Iran. Newly unsealed documents in the Jeffery Epstein case feature some very prominent names.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi warns that those behind the deadly twin blasts in Kerman will be identified and punished. Both Hezbollah and Israel indicate that they want to avoid the further spread of war beyond the Gaza Strip. Former U.S. president Donald Trump asks the Supreme Court to intervene after Colorado's top court disqualified him from the state's Republican primary ballot.

The death toll of the magnitude 7.6 earthquake in central Japan has surpassed 60. The Hamas leader has called the killing of his deputy in Beirut a terrorist act. Former U.S. president Donald Trump has appealed Maine’s decision to disqualify him from the state’s primary ballot.

A man has stabbed South Korea’s main opposition leader. Dozens of people are dead following a magnitude-7.6 earthquake in Japan. Israel is planning to shift tactics and cut back on troop numbers in Gaza.

A massive earthquake triggers a tsunami warning for Japan. Rockets from Gaza set off sirens across central and southern Israel upon the arrival of the New Year. More than 70,000 people flock to Tian’anmen Square in Beijing to attend the first flag-raising ceremony of 2024.

The U.S. state of Maine has disqualified Donald Trump from its presidential primary. Israel says it made a mistake in one of its deadliest strikes on Gaza. The Danube River has burst its banks in Budapest.

A U.S. delegation led by Secretary of State Antony Blinken has reached deals with Mexico over the migrant issue. Israel steps up attacks in both Gaza and the West Bank. Nigeria is investigating the village attacks that killed more than 160 people.

Israel's budget deficit looks set to triple next year as its war against Hamas may take several more months. Moscow and Kyiv dispute the outcome of a Ukrainian attack on a Russian warship. China's Beidou Navigation Satellite System keeps expanding as it marks five years of global service.

The Israeli Prime Minister vows to keep up fighting against Hamas while visiting troops in northern Gaza. Gunfire at a Colorado mall leaves one dead, three injured. Serbia and Russia say foreign influences are behind the protests in Belgrade against alleged election fraud.