January 9, 2025

Daily News Brief

Israel kills nine Palestinians in Gaza air strikes "Israel’s air strikes on Gaza have killed at least nine Palestinians, with several others wounded. Civil defence teams recovered five bodies near Gaza Municipality Park, while four more victims were found following a strike in Deir al-Balah, according to medical sources. A house in western Deir al-Balah was leveled, leaving destruction and casualties as rescue teams search for the missing. Israel's genocidal war in Gaza, now in its four-hundred sixty-first-day, has resulted in over forty-five-thousand-nine-hundred-thirty-six-fatalities and one-hundred-nine-thousand-two-hundred-seventy-four-wounded among Palestinians." Fighting at Chad presidency leaves 19 killed, several injured "Gunfire echoed in Chad's capital N'Djamena as gunmen attacked the presidential complex. At least nineteen-people, including-eighteen attackers have been killed and nine others wounded. Tanks rolled through the streets as civilians fled in panic. The violence comes after the Chinese top diplomat Wang Yi visited the country amid regional instability, including terrorist attacks and Chad's strained ties with France. President Mahamat Idriss Deby is facing challenges as Chad seeks new global alliances amidst its oil wealth and humanitarian struggles." Russia-Ukraine war kills 650 children among 12,300 civilian fatalities "Over twelve-thousand-three-hundred-civilians, including six-hundred-fifty-children, have died in the Ukraine war since twenty twenty-two, says the United Nations. A surge in drone, missile and glide bomb attacks has driven a thirty-percent spike in casualties, with five-hundred-seventy-four civilians killed between September and November twenty-twenty-four. The UN has warned that these actions may constitute to war crimes." Number of 'ghost guns' recovered in US surged 1,600% since 2017 "The United States' Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives study reveals one-thousand-six-hundred-percent surge in so-called ghost gun recoveries at crime scenes from twenty-seventeen to twenty-twenty-three. These untraceable firearms, built without serial numbers and bypassing background checks, were linked to over twenty-seven-thousand-crimes, including one-thousand-seven-hundred-homicides. The study underlines the urgent need for stricter gun regulations, as sixty-percent of trafficked firearms end up in the hands of convicted felons. The Biden administration is awaiting a Supreme Court decision on regulations aimed at curbing ghost gun proliferation." Archaeologists uncover Queen Hatshepsut's temple in Egypt "Archaeologists in Egyptian city of Luxor have made significant discoveries, including intact portions of Queen Hatshepsut's valley temple and the tomb of Queen Teti Sheri, grandmother of the first pharaoh of the New Kingdom. The team, led by renowned archaeologist Zahi Hawass, unearthed over 1,500 decorated stone blocks from Hatshepsut's temple, which was intentionally destroyed centuries ago. The findings offer invaluable glimpses into the lives and legacies of these powerful women who shaped ancient Egyptian history."