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01.01.2025 14:00 The Yemeni deputy minister of information says the missiles fired by the country's Armed Forces reached the airspace of the occupied territories without being intercepted by Israel.

01.01.2025 14:00 2024 marked the thirty-fifth anniversary of a UN commitment to protect children from being recruited as soldiers. However, armed groups have increased the recruitment and use of children in armed conflict.

01.01.2025 14:00 Afghan authorities have officially inaugurated a hydropower dam in the capital Kabul aiming to boost the economy and agriculture sector in the landlocked country, the Ministry of Energy and Water said in a statement on Tuesday.

01.01.2025 14:00 The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has expressed deep alarm over Afghanistan's recent decision to revoke the licenses of non-governmental organizations that continue to employ Afghan women in the country.

01.01.2025 14:00 The UN refugee agency, UNHCR is deeply alarmed by the ongoing situation in Mozambique, where post-election unrest has forced thousands to flee their homes, including to seek safety in neighbouring countries.

01.01.2025 14:00 The EU and its Member States have underlined in the 17 December Council conclusions the positive developments in Kosovo regarding the electoral framework, based on EU's recommendations, ahead of the 9 February elections. While Kosovo and its citizens enjoy a vivid democracy, the non-certification of a political party because of political considerations rather than legal procedures would be a serious setback.

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01.01.2025 14:00 After Azerbaijan's president accused Russia of accidentally shooting down an airliner and covering up the cause, public anger in the Caucasian country is mounting against Moscow for its handling of the incident.

01.01.2025 14:00 An uneasy calm hangs over Chad, where the opposition is calling for an immediate end to the country's transitional government and the cancellation of the Dec. 29 general elections, which the opposition says were highly boycotted. Chad's elections management body has pledged to count the votes and declare the results, saying irregularities cannot influence the outcome.

01.01.2025 14:00 Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa — who has not signed death warrants for those facing capital sentences since he came to power in 2017 — signed the death penalty abolition bill into law Dec. 31, 2024, presidential spokesman George Charamba confirmed to VOA.

01.01.2025 14:00 North Korean soldiers are fighting with deteriorated supplies and outdated weapons and may have been carrying no food rations during their recent combat operations in Russia's Kursk region, a Ukrainian special operations sergeant told Radio Free Asia.

01.01.2025 14:00 In a New Year's Eve address to his nation, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his country would do everything it could in the new year to end the war with Russia.

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01.01.2025 14:00 The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise an enemy group, which broke into the territory of Kursk region.