In a bipartisan push, senators have called on President Biden to brief the upper chamber to provide specific details on efforts underway to secure the release of Austin Tice from captivity in Syria.
South Korea's former defense minister, Kim Yong Hyun, attempted suicide while in detention over the president's martial law declaration, but officials were able to stop him.
U.S. Navy destroyers USS Stockdale (DDG 106) and USS O'Kane (DDG 77) successfully defeated a range of Houthi-launched weapons while transiting the Gulf of Aden for the second time.
Chinese robotics company, Logon Technology, unveiled the RT-G autonomous spherical robot which will use AI and facial recognition to aid law enforcement.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he wants to establish a relationship with the incoming Syrian government but warned Israel will protect itself amid strikes.
The fall of the Bashar al-Assad and the mass liberation of numerous notorious prisons in Syria has brought renewed hope for the location and return of American Austin Tice, held captive for 12 years.
Brazilian President Luiz InĂ¡cio Lula da Silva is recovering in an ICU after undergoing surgery to drain an intracranial hemorrhage following a fall at home in October.
Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad was finally toppled after 13 years of civil war, having ruled Syria since 2000. The world's attention turns to Assad's unaccounted stockpile of chemical weapons.
Taiwan is raising concerns about a massive deployment of Chinese naval ships and military planes in the past 24 hours, saying the build-up could eventually lead to war.