Save the Children reports that approximately 130,000 children under the age of 10 have been trapped in northern Gaza for 50 days without food or medical care.

It has been 456 days since Israel launched its war of aggression and genocide in the Gaza Strip. Key events that took place in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and the entire Middle East over the past 24 hours.

Senegalese President Bassirou Diomai Fay made a significant announcement in his New Year's address. He said that starting in 2025, all foreign military personnel in the country would be expelled.

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot have made an official visit to Syria on behalf of the European Union. They held talks with the country's new leader, Ahmed al-Shar, and representatives of civil society.

The Israeli parliament (Knesset) has decided to allocate an additional $150 million to the propaganda budget in order to improve the country's international image.

The situation in Pakistan and Afghanistan remains tense. On December 24, Pakistani airstrikes in eastern Afghanistan killed at least 46 people. The Pakistani government said the attacks targeted terrorist hideouts where Tehrik-i Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants were hiding. However, the Afghan government said most of the victims were women and children.

Russian State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin has proposed a ban on the use of foreign words in the names of commercial buildings, residential complexes, and neighborhoods. He said the measures are aimed at supporting the Russian language and strengthening national identity.

In the 2010s, the conflicts in Syria and Lebanon made occasional headlines, but the crisis in Yemen was largely forgotten. Unfortunately, Sudan has fallen off the radar this year, driven by conflicts in Gaza, Ukraine and Lebanon. In the coming year, governments and news agencies around the world must pay attention to the events in Sudan and think of new ways to give the Sudanese stories the attention they deserve. From an article by Tufail Hussein, director of British Islamic Relief.

On the first day of 2025, the construction of new religious educational institutions began in the Chechen Republic, part of the Russian Federation.

According to a poll conducted by the Egyptian Rasd TV channel, former Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was named "Person of the Year." Sinwar's life and courage, as well as his decisive actions for the liberation of Palestine, made him a symbol of resistance and unity in the Arab world. In his last lines before his death, Sinwar said: "The time has come: O mother, I saw in a dream. I was standing in front of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, in the gardens of Paradise. They said: "Well done! Look!"