Iran would target US military, shipping if attacked: parliament speaker

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf told parliament in comments broadcast by state TV, apparently also referring to Israel
11 January 2026, 16:35 PM

Syria's Kurdish fighters agree to leave Aleppo after deadly clashes

Kurdish forces had controlled pockets of Syria's second city Aleppo and operate a de facto autonomous administration
11 January 2026, 10:04 AM

US announces 'large-scale' strikes against IS in Syria

CENTCOM's post on X did not give specifics on where they took place.
11 January 2026, 09:05 AM

Maduro says he is 'doing well' in US jail: son

Maduro Guerra spoke in a video released by the ruling PSUV party.
11 January 2026, 08:56 AM

Fresh protests in Iran as internet blackout persists

The demonstrations sparked by severe economic pressures have swelled and turned to ousting the clerical authorities.
11 January 2026, 08:53 AM

Tens of thousands protest in Minneapolis over fatal ICE shooting

More than 1,000 rallies planned nationwide this weekend against federal government's deportation drive
11 January 2026, 08:40 AM

‘US needs to own Greenland’

“We are going to do something on Greenland, whether they like it or not,” Trump said at a White House meeting with oil executives looking to benefit in Venezuela, where the United States last week overthrew the president.
11 January 2026, 01:02 AM

Iran crackdown fears grow as protests persist

Rights groups expressed alarm on Saturday that Iranian authorities were intensifying a deadly crackdown under cover of an internet blackout, after another night of mass protests in the biggest demonstrations to face the Islamic republic in years.
11 January 2026, 00:33 AM

1 dead, 7 missing after migrant boat sinks off Turkey

One person died and seven others were missing Saturday after a migrant boat sank in the Aegean Sea off the coast of Turkey, the Turkish coast guard said.
11 January 2026, 00:00 AM

South Africa defends naval drills with Iran, Russia

South Africa yesterday began naval drills with Russia, Iran and China, describing the manoeuvres off its coast as not merely a show of force but a vital response to rising maritime tensions.
11 January 2026, 00:00 AM

Anger grows as ICE hardens tactics

US President Donald Trump’s sweeping increasingly is sparking violent confrontations with both migrants and US citizens, a development grimly underscored by an ICE officer’s fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman this week.
11 January 2026, 00:00 AM

US judge to block Trump move to end thousands of LatAm migrants’ legal status

A federal judge said on Friday she will block US President Donald Trump’s administration from cutting short temporary legal status for 10,000 to 12,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala,
11 January 2026, 00:00 AM

Iran protests rage on, crackdown fears grow

Rights groups yesterday expressed alarm that Iranian authorities were intensifying a deadly crackdown under cover of an internet blackout on the biggest demonstrations in the Islamic republic in over three years after another night of mass protests.
11 January 2026, 00:00 AM

Venezuela eyes talks to resolve crisis

Venezuela was set to hold talks on Saturday with US envoys in Caracas on restoring diplomatic ties, days after US forces deposed Nicolas Maduro as its president.
11 January 2026, 00:00 AM

‘American? No!’

Greenland’s political parties said they did not want to be under Washington as US President Donald Trump again suggested using force to seize the mineral-rich Danish autonomous territory, raising concern worldwide.
11 January 2026, 00:00 AM

Defending a territory already on its way out

When US Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets his Danish and Greenlandic counterparts next week, Denmark will be defending a territory that has been moving steadily away from it and towards independence since 1979.
11 January 2026, 00:00 AM

Netanyahu hopes to ‘taper’ Israel off US military aid in next decade

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview published on Friday that he hopes to “taper off” Israeli dependence on US military aid in the next decade.
11 January 2026, 00:00 AM

Nearly.6m without power, heat, or water in Russia

The governor of Russia’s Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine, said on Saturday that 600,000 residents were without electricity, heating and water after a Ukrainian missile strike.
11 January 2026, 00:00 AM

Venezuela loyalists to rally one week after Maduro’s capture

Interim President Delcy Rodriguez pledges to cooperate with Trump
10 January 2026, 22:56 PM
10 January 2026, 15:15 PM