January 13th, 2026

• ​'A very special bond' - Samoa plans to open embassy in Jerusalem, FM Sa'ar invites Samoa's PM to Israel - Christian Pacific Island nation plans to open embassy this year, joining Argentina
• Bangladesh offers troops for Gaza stabilization force as US courts Muslim-majority allies
• IDF has demolished over 2,500 buildings in Gaza since start of ceasefire - report
• Hamas civil defense reports three killed in building collapse due to stormy weather
• Hamas seeks to rebuild shattered leadership as it faces postwar uncertainty
• Hamas orders handover of Gaza administration to gov't under Trump's Board of Peace - report
• Hamas says it instructed Gaza agencies to prepare to give up power as part of ceasefire plan
• Hamas says it will dissolve its Gaza government upon new Palestinian body taking over
• PA says Mahmoud Abbas, 90, underwent routine medical check-up, results are 'reassuring'
• In reversal, Jewish US House candidate Scott Wiener says Israel committed 'genocide'
• Israeli gov't plans to abolish the offense of 'fraud and breach of trust,' a central charge in PM Netanyahu's ongoing corruption trial - Opposition accuses coalition of trying to legislate away the charges against Netanyahu
• Former NYC mayor Adams launches cryptocurrency he says will combat antisemitism
• Mississippi's largest synagogue severely damaged in suspected arson attack
• A 'deliberate attack on Jews': Community condemns arson attack on Mississippi synagogue
• FBI: Mississippi suspect laughed as he confessed to torching 'Synagogue of Satan' - Stephen Spencer Pittman burned Jackson congregation due to the 'building's Jewish ties,' criminal complaint says
• Australia sets January 22 as national mourning day for Bondi victims
• Coalition advances bill to repeal criminal charge that Netanyahu faces in his trial - Opposition brands legislation to do away with the offense of fraud and breach of trust a 'mafia-like move' aimed at enabling PM and his allies to evade justice
• Netanyahu dismisses probe of his chief of staff, accuses critics of 'hunting' him
• Zamir unveils multi-year plan for reinvigorating IDF after two years of war - Five-year framework shaped by lessons of October 7, political guidance and a $111 billion budget focuses on war readiness, rehabilitation and future threats
• Germany signs $3.1 billion expanded Arrow missile defense deal with Israel
• Iran Claims Evidence U.S. and Israel Behind Deadly Riots
• 'There wasn't even time for CPR': Iran medics describe hospitals overwhelmed with dead and injured protesters
• Israeli ministers instructed to stay quiet on possible Israeli military intervention in Iran amid escalating protests
• Iran unrest may hamper regime's ability to strike Israel, says former Navy chief Eliezer Marom
• IDF says it's on alert for 'surprise scenarios' as US mulls military strikes on Iran
• Iranian Regime Taunts 'Delusional' Trump With 'Overwhelming Firepower' in Anti-U.S. Rant: 'Come, Be Burned'
• Trump's Iran briefing may be 'deception campaign' to mask moves already underway, expert says - National security expert suggests widely reported briefing could be intentional misdirection as protests intensify
• President Trump Says Iranian Leaders Have Called Him Begging to Negotiate
• White House: Trump Has All Options on Table Regarding Iran, Including Diplomacy
• US says diplomacy with Iran the 'first option' as toll in protests rises to 648
• Trump announces 'final' 25% tariff on countries doing business with Iran regime - Order comes as Iran faces fourteenth day of deadly protests with hundreds killed
• LA protesters swarm U-Haul truck that drove through anti-Iranian regime gathering, driver arrested
• US Embassy and TravelGov Warn of Escalation, Advise Americans To Consider Departing Iran by Land To Armenia Or Turkey
• China, Russia, Iran start 'BRICS Plus' naval exercises in South African waters
• South Africa Risks Angering Trump by Hosting Navies of Iran, Russia, China - Military exercises come at a time of already strained U.S. relations
• Ukraine Is Now Deploying 1,500 Anti-Shahed Drones a Day - and It's Changing the Air War
• Ukraine's USF hit over 350 targets inside Russia in seven months
• British Defence Secretary Says He Wants to Capture Putin Like Maduro
• French Lawmakers Submit Resolution to Begin NATO Withdrawal Process
• A Muslim NATO? Turkey seeks to join Saudi-Pakistani mutual defense pact in bid to reshape region - Possible entrance of Turkey into defense pact raises spectre of nuclear-enabled Turkey
• Trump Warns U.S Must Take Greenland: 'If We Don't Do It, Russia or China Will'
• House Republican introduces bill to let Trump annex Greenland
• Massachusetts Rep. to introduce bill opposing Trump threats to seize Greenland
• Greenland and the Donroe Doctrine - Greenlanders Want Independence from Denmark
• EU Commissioner Calls for 100-Thousand-Strong Unified Standing Defense Forces
• Carney visits China this week in a bid to rebuild ties and reduce Canadian dependence on US
• Xi stresses the need to win the fight against corruption in China
• Secret Service Finds "Suspicious Object" on Trump's Motorcade Route at Palm Beach
• Former Fed chairs, Treasury secretaries defend Jerome Powell amid Trump DOJ's criminal probe - Powell has denied wrongdoing and called the Trump DOJ's probe a pretext for pressuring the Fed to cut rates
• 'Builder-in-chief': Fed housing director backs Trump plan to ban investors from buying homes - "People live in homes, not corporations," Trump wrote.
• Minnesota Fraud Whistleblowers Threatened to Stay Silent: 'We're Going to Track Your Children'
• Ilhan Omar Named as 'Top' Suspect in Somali Fraud Investigations
• Patel fired 'corrupt' FBI agents in anti-Trump Arctic Frost inquiry who 'weaponized' law enforcement
• Oregon election system faces scrutiny as state moves to address 800,000 inactive voters: 'Astounding' - Oregon has faced multiple lawsuits in recent months over its voter rolls
• Michigan County Clerk Identifies 239 Non-Citizens in Jury Pool Over Only 4 Month Period - MI Voter Rolls Show 4 of Them Voted - One Non-Citizen Voted Several Times
• Trump Regrets Not Seizing Voting Machines After 2020 Election - In an interview, the president said he should have ordered the National Guard to take the machines to find evidence of fraud, but added that the Guard might not have had the sophistication to do so
• Pope Leo XIV calls out jihadist violence, warns 'Orwellian-style' ideology is eroding free speech in the West
• America's artificial intelligence advantage faces growing challenge from China's accelerated tech push - Industry leaders say race remains unsettled as both nations increase spending on AI infrastructure and development
• 5.6 magnitude earthquake hits near Easter Island region
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Tobelo, Indonesia
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Severo-Kuril'sk, Russia
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Lospalos, Timor Leste
• Popocateptl volcano in Mexico erupts to 21,000ft
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 20,000ft
• Purace volcano in Colombia erupts to 18,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 16,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 15,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Tropical Cyclone Koji brings severe flooding across north and central Queensland, Australia
• Wildfires burn 15,000 ha (37,000 acres), forcing thousands to evacuate in Argentine Patagonia
• Hazmat response underway after suspected nitric acid release in Montague Gardens, Cape Town
• Charlie's Legacy: Ex-Playboy Playmate Jenny McCarthy Has 'Surrendered' to Jesus, Says Kirk's Death Immediately Drove Her to Start Studying the Bible
• New California bill named after Charlie Kirk, Melissa Hortman adds 'political affiliation' to hate crimes
• "My Husband is Dead!" - Elderly Florida Man Executed by Monster with Criminal History While Gardening in Front Yard
• Mom killed shielding kids after husband erupts in rage over NFL game: police
• Customer threatens to kill fast-food workers during heated dispute: 'She wanted her money back'
• Socialist Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson says illegal immigrants 'deserve' to vote
• Worst of the Worst Criminal Illegal Alien Murderers, Rapists, Pedophiles, and Gang Members Arrested over the Weekend
• Somali Murderers Among 5,000 Criminal Illegals Added to DHS 'Worst of the Worst' Public Database
• New York City Mayor Mamdani makes it harder for feds to monitor Tren de Aragua gang at Rikers
• Sanctuary New York: ICE Arrests Afghan Migrant Who Tried to Murder His 'Bad Muslim' Sister
• Sanctuary Oregon: Illegal Alien Gang Member Charged with Ramming Border Patrol Vehicle in Violent Attack
• Tren de Aragua pimp who attacked Border Patrol agents with car in Portland charged with assault
• Conservative Journalist Nick Sortor Detained in Minneapolis After Driving Through Rioters Who Were Threatening to Kill Him
• Renee Good's Minnesota 'ICE Watch' Group Promoted Manual Teaching Assault on Law Enforcement, Calls De-Arrests a 'Micro-Intifada'
• Alyssa Farah Griffin on ICE Shooting: 'I Feel Like We're Losing Our Collective Humanity'
• Patriots Raise Over $250,000 For Minnesota ICE Agent as His Family Go Into Hiding
• Bill Ackman donates $10,000 to GoFundMe of ICE agent attacked by leftist activist in Minnesota - "I am big believer in our legal principal that one is innocent until proven guilty."
• Minnesota sues federal government to try to end deployment of immigration agents
• Bill O'Reilly: What's Happening in Minnesota is Not Protesting, it's Rebellion Against the Government
• Trump Cancels Biden Rules Forcing Banks to Give Loans to Illegals
• Heritage Foundation Report Shows Family Breakdown in America is at a Potential Point of No Return
• Texas A&M is banning Plato, citing his "gender ideology" - The regents used AI analysis software to audit syllabi for unapproved content
• Washington Post urges Supreme Court to 'save women's sports' ahead of major trans athlete case
• Abortions Hit Recent High, 1.12 Million Babies Killed as Abortion Pills Flourish
• Investigation: Google's 'AI Overview' Provides Wildly Inaccurate Medical Advice
• Israeli team pioneers bacteria 'factories' to produce medicine inside the body - In peer-reviewed study on mice, Technion scientists say novel method using harmless microneedle patches opens the door to treat war wounds, diabetes, and inflammatory skin diseases
• Study Identifies Over 300 Peer-Reviewed COVID-19 "Vaccine" Cancer Cases Across 27 Countries - Journal Hit With Cyberattacks