Bernie Sanders publicly swears in Zohran Mamdani as NYC Mayor.

Zohran Mamdani:

If you are a New Yorker, I am your Mayor.

U.S. Department of State:

China’s military activities and rhetoric toward Taiwan and others in the region increase tensions unnecessarily.

We urge Beijing to exercise restraint, cease its military pressure against Taiwan, and instead engage in meaningful dialogue.

The United States supports peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and opposes unilateral changes to the status quo, including by force or coercion.

In 2025, about 4,336 km² of Ukraine was newly occupied by Russia—around 0.72% of the country.

From January 1, 2023, to January 1, 2026, the net increase in territory occupied by Russia reached 7,463 km² (1.28%), making 2025 one of the most difficult years during this period.

About 116,165 km²—19.25% of Ukraine—remains occupied by Russia, roughly one-fifth of the country.

Source: Ukraine's DeepState

Iranian protestors attacking a security officer in Hamedan.

DR Congo: Authorities accused Rwanda of killing over 1,500 civilians in eastern Congo since early December, following a renewed M23 offensive backed by Kigali.

Venezuelan President Maduro:

If the United States wants to seriously talk about an agreement to combat drug trafficking, we are ready.

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Leaked docs and hacked phones show ex–Assad-era commanders are rebuilding armed networks inside Syria, funded from abroad, with inflated fighter numbers and plans for new attacks.

Suhail al-Hassan (aka The Tiger) is allegedly operating from Russia with his son, coordinating ex-officers.

Org chart puts Rami Makhlouf at the top, followed by al-Hassan and Ghiyath Dalla.

al-Hassan claims huge numbers of fighters: “We have many, many numbers of fighters, officers, and soldiers.”

Handwritten docs claim 168,000+ fighters across Homs, Hama, the Coast, Damascus, etc. The leaker says the numbers are inflated to extract more funding.

Coastal militias tied to Miqdad Fatiha talk openly about road blockades and attacks: “Our revenge is coming.”

Plans include a Lebanon-based HQ near the border and recruiting non-Syrian fighters.

Venezuelan President Maduro:

If they want Venezuelan petroleum, Venezuela is ready for U.S. investment, like with Chevron.

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TeleSUR: How do you live personally, psychologically, spiritually, in a situation of more than five months of pressure and military threat by the first military power of the world?

Maduro: I have a bunker that cannot be penetrated which is God Almighty and I gave to him Venezuela to our Lord Jesus Christ and he is the king of kings, the king here of our homeland...

Maduro:

The petroleum stream deformed everything. We did not choose to have a model that depended on petroleum. We did not decide that.

When I was born in the year ’62, they had already imposed the model of capitalism that depended on petroleum, and we were a petroleum colony of the United States.

Maduro:

All of the cocaine that is moved in this region is produced in Colombia. All of it. All of the cocaine.

We’re the victims of Colombian drug trafficking, not from today, from decades.

Maduro:

If you do a survey, 80% of the US do not want a Vietnam war.

They do not want a new Afghanistan war. Or are they proud of Afghanistan?

Are they going to bring a Vietnam war, an Afghanistan war, an Iraq war, or a Libya war here for the Caribbean, South America?

Asked about a reported CIA drone strike in Venezuela, Maduro declined to comment, saying it “could be something we talk about in a few days.”

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Maduro:

Trump called me from the White House on November 21st. We talked for ten minutes.

It was a respectful, even amicable conversation, but what followed was not agreeable.

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Netanyahu asked Qatar in early September 2023 to increase funding for Hamas, including fuel financing, weeks before the October 7 attack.

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Maduro:

What is the goal of the current government of the United States?

They have already said it — to take all of the petroleum of Venezuela, the gold, the rare earths, the richness of Venezuela.

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Venezuela freed 88 more people detained after protests following the July 2024 election, bringing the total released in the past two weeks to 187, the government said on Thursday.

Authorities say the releases are part of a case review ordered by President Maduro.

BREAKING: Trump:

If Iran shots and violently kills peaceful protesters, which is their custom, the United States of America will come to their rescue. We are locked and loaded and ready to go.

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BIG: Yemen’s Saudi-backed internationally recognized forces are preparing to push the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) out of southern areas.

The governor announced a “peaceful operation” to retake military bases in Hadramout.

At least 6–7 people have been confirmed killed during the recent Iran protests (figures disputed) so far.

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