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The U.S. military conducted an airstrike late Monday on a Houthi command and control facility in Yemen's capital, Sanaa. According to U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), the targeted site was used as a hub to coordinate the rebels' operations, including attacks on American naval vessels and merchant ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.

Taiwan has received 38 advanced Abrams battle tanks from the United States, the Defense Ministry said on Dec. 16, reportedly the island's first new tanks in 30 years.

Washington has long been Taipei's most important ally and biggest arms supplier, angering Beijing, which claims Taiwan as part of its own territory.

Ahmad al-Sharaa, better known as Abu Mohammad al-Julani, has become one of the most controversial yet pivotal figures in the Syrian opposition.

President-elect Donald Trump said that Mexico's leader had agreed to "stop" migration in talks Wednesday, effectively closing the southern U.S. border, in claims that went further than his counterpart's account of a discussion about migration "strategy."

President-elect Donald Trump confirmed Monday that he plans to declare a national emergency on border security and use the U.S. military to carry out a mass deportation of undocumented migrants.

Iran's supreme leader vowed retaliation on Saturday for attacks by Israel, as an Israeli military official confirmed naval commandos seized a suspected Hezbollah operative in a Lebanon raid.

The “Mr. Tesla,” Elon Musk, who heavily funds voter outreach in support of Donald Trump‘s re-election bid, has ongoing contact with Russia’s most powerful man, as reported by the Wall Street Journal.

The recent U.S. strike with B-2 bombers on Houthi weapon depots in Yemen shows that the joint U.S.-Israel response to Tehran is taking shape, albeit gradually.

Air raid sirens were activated across central Israel, prompting millions of residents to take shelter as shells were fired from Lebanon, according to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), reported by Reuters. The IDF noted efforts to intercept some of the incoming shells.

Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has identified the United Nations and certain European nations as the fundamental cause of issues in West Asia, according to the Iranian news agency IRNA.