January 27th, 2026

• UN chief warns 'law of the jungle' is replacing rule of law - UN Secretary-General on Monday urged world powers to recommit to international law as the foundation of peace, justice and multilateral cooperation
• US Pentagon defense strategy hails Israel as 'model ally,' credits IDF role in regional stability
• Leaked "Board of Peace" Resolution Outlines U.S.-Led Plan to Rule Over Gaza - The draft framework, obtained by Drop Site, would bestow sweeping authority on Trump to determine all aspects of Gaza's governance and future
• US official: Over 25 countries have joined Board of Peace, which will first focus on Gaza
• Christian persecution watchdog questions United Arab Emirates' inclusion in Trump's Board of Peace
• Editorial: Phase II runaway train: Gaza peace plan moves ahead, but Israel is being left behind - Netanyahu and his government should have devised a "day after" proposal that made Israel an integral partner, instead of kowtowing to Trump's whims and the Board of Peace's dictates
• Final Israeli hostage remains returned from Gaza, allowing next peace plan phase to begin - "We promised, and I promised, to bring everyone back, and we brought everyone back," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said
• PM after Gvili's return: Next phase in Gaza is not reconstruction, it's demilitarization
• Trump: Hamas 'worked hard' to return body of last hostage; now it must disarm
• Ran Gvili found: All Israeli hostages have returned home from Hamas captivity in Gaza after 843 days - This is the first time in 4,208 days that there is no Israeli hostage in Gaza
• PM: Gvili's return an 'extraordinary achievement'; Trump: Amazing job; leaders remove hostage pins
• Commentary: With Ran Gvili's return, Israel's leadership fulfills sacred obligation to the nation it failed on Oct. 7
• Impromptu gatherings across Israel mark first time since 2014 without hostages in Gaza
• Boys collecting firewood in Gaza killed by Israeli fire
• Mormon charities funneled $140 million to Hamas-linked Islamic NGOs, investigation reveals
• Rome summons Israeli ambassador after Italian police held at gunpoint in West Bank - Italy says 2 carabinieri officers in diplomatic vehicle forced to kneel, subjected to interrogation by apparent settler while surveying area near Ramallah ahead of EU visit
• PA President Abbas visits Russia's Putin in attempt to 'return the Palestinian Authority to the political map' - Russian media hail meeting as first Moscow visit by foreign head of state in 2026
• On eve of International Holocaust Day, UN rights chief urges world to reject hatred
• Israel launches international confab on combating antisemitism
• At Knesset antisemitism event, European lawmakers blame Islamism, policy failures - Visiting politicians from hard-right parties warn of 'takeover from within' by radical Muslims, ahead of controversial confab Tuesday
• Kanye West apologizes for his antisemitism - again; Jewish groups mostly mum
• Netanyahu holds urgent talks as Smotrich calls for elections over budget vote delay - Holdup caused by ultra-Orthodox objections to proposed amendments to controversial draft bill; Haredi politicians, finance minister meet with Netanyahu to resolve issue
• Bennett files complaint against Likud over fake image of him with Arab party leaders
• Syria and Kurdish Forces Extend Ceasefire by 15 Days Amid Rising Tensions
• Houthis threaten new Red Sea attacks as US aircraft carrier heads toward Iran - Iran-backed Yemen rebels publish images of ships on fire with warning, 'Soon;' Iraq's Kataeb Hezbollah calls on all Iran's supporters to rise to its defense if the US attacks
• Israel strikes Hezbollah weapon depots with bunker-busting bombs amid looming threat of Iran escalation - US continues pressure for Beirut and Jerusalem to find security arrangement
• In speech praising Iran, Hezbollah leader says group faces 'major confrontation' led by US and 'Zionist aggression'
• Hezbollah chief: 'When Trump threatens Khamenei, it's our duty to confront this threat'
• Reports: Iran Crackdown Among Deadliest in Modern Times; 36,000+ Dead, Hospital Executions, Stuffed Alive in Body Bags
• Iranians are furious with Trump: 'He betrayed us' - Amid reports of the horrific massacre in Iran, Iranian protesters last night accused President Donald Trump of not providing the assistance he had promised
• Report: Iran's Khamenei Flees to 'Fortified' Bunker, Fearing U.S. Strike
• Israeli airlines ease cancellation terms amid jitters over possible war with Iran
• Israel officials frustrated with Witkoff's Iran diplomacy push - According to a senior Israeli source, President Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff is pressing for a diplomatic track with Iran, even as intelligence and testimony point to severe abuses by the regime. The source said the envoy presented Trump with a message from Iranian officials in an effort to delay a potential military strike.
• Trump says Iran wants a deal as U.S. "armada" arrives
• US obtained 'smoking gun' evidence against Iran with Israeli help - Israeli intelligence helped prove that the mullah regime executed protesters, despite assurances President Donald Trump said he had received
• Iranian drone swarms pose threat to US ships, expert says as USS Abraham Lincoln approaches
• With mural of wrecked US aircraft carrier, Iran threatens retaliation in case of strike - Image at Tehran's Enghelab Square shows exploding jets, with blood forming stripes reminiscent of American flag, amid sky-high tensions as Trump moves forces toward region
• Myanmar: Jet fuel used in deadly air strikes flowing in on 'ghost ships' with suspected links to Iran
• Myanmar military using paramotors and gyrocopters for aerial attacks on civilians, opposition forces
• 'This is a fake election': Polls close in Myanmar but voters have little doubt junta proxy will prevail
• South Sudan army threat to 'spare no-one' condemned
• South Sudan crisis heightens 'risk of mass violence' against civilians, UN experts say
• Wife of Uganda's opposition leader describes moment armed men attacked her at home
• Uganda's military chief denies army assaulted Bobi Wine's wife
• Tearful goodbyes as Japan returns pandas to China amid worsening ties
• Russia Claims to Know the 'Names of Traitors' Who Gave Up Venezuela's Maduro
• After years of Russian denials, court accidentally admits Black Sea battleship was sunk by Ukraine
• Russia reportedly slams Trump's Golden Dome as 'provocative' as trillion-dollar shield takes shape - Defense expert calls project largest military undertaking ever and gives US negotiating edge
• NATO leader warns Europe is unable to defend itself without US assistance - Rutte, who spoke with Trump at the World Economic Forum last week, told European lawmakers in Brussels that they would need to double their expected economic spending on defense if they hoped to defend themselves without the U.S.
• CNBC: As Trump destabilizes foreign relationships, Europe forges new ties
• Silver finally hits $100 an ounce - and some experts say that's just the beginning
• Trump Says He's Sending Tom Homan to Minnesota Tonight as "Major Investigation" into Welfare Fraud and Ilhan Omar Underway
• Landmark Teen Social Media Addiction Trial Against Meta, TikTok, Youtube Begins in California
• Murphy: Trump Is Trying to 'Interfere' with 2026 Election
• Warriors Coach Steve Kerr: Americans Being 'Divided by Media for Profit, by Misinformation'
• European Commission Opens Investigation into Elon Musk's X over AI Deepfake Scandal
• South Korea repatriates 73 scam suspects from Cambodia in $33 million online fraud probe
• Survey: 95% of faculty say AI making students dangerously dependent on technology for learning - New survey finds 78% report cheating has increased since AI became readily available to students
• Like digging 'your own professional grave': The translators grappling with losing work to AI
• Liza Minnelli Says She Used AI Arrangements for her Latest Song
• Artificial Intelligence - Saudi Arabia's Futuristic Megacity Runs Into Dilemma: Why Build Housing When You Can Build a Data Center?
• 5.8 magnitude earthquake hits the southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
• 5.7 magnitude earthquake hits west of Macquarie Island
• 5.7 magnitude earthquake hits near Ponorogo, Indonesia
• 5.6 magnitude earthquake hits near Mendi, Papua New Guinea
• 5.5 magnitude earthquake hits near Dianga, China
• 5.4 magnitude earthquake hits near Ohonua, Tonga
• 5.4 magnitude earthquake hits the Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Ohonua, Tonga
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits the South Sandwich Islands region
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits the Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits the Kermadec Islands, New Zealand
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Severo-Kuril'sk, Russia
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Ohonua, Tonga
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Vilyuchinsk, Russia
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Nemuro, Japan
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits west of Macquarie Island
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits the southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
• Sabancaya volcano in Peru erupts to 26,000ft
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 21,000ft
• Popocateptl volcano in Mexico erupts to 21,000ft
• Purace volcano in Colombia erupts to 18,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 16,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Marapi volcano in Indonesia erupts to 12,000ft
• Over 1,000 evacuated after large coastal landslide in Sicily as Storm Harry damage exceeds USD 1 billion
• People cling to treetops as 'worst floods in a generation' sweep Mozambique
• Crocodile warnings as floods devastate southern Africa - More than 100 people killed and hundreds of thousands displaced in South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe
• Toronto Pearson sets all-time daily snowfall record as January 2026 becomes snowiest month since records began, Canada
• Millions dig out from record snow, South scrambling to restore power in extreme cold
• Major U.S. winter storm claims at least 24 lives in 14 states, leaves over 1 million customers without power
• Massive winter storm strains US power grid as operators scramble to avoid blackouts - Massive storm spanning 2,300 miles forces grid operators to take measures to prevent rolling blackouts
• Rare thundersleet reported in Texas as major winter storm leaves behind icy roads, U.S.
• Rare 'avalanche' blocks Pennsylvania road during major snowstorm
• Victorians urged to evacuate as massive fire burns through the Otways, Australia
• Christians Beaten, Abducted in Nigeria as Church Service Attacked, Prayer Books Desecrated, and Worship Instruments Broken
• Jennifer Welch claims Christians are not being persecuted as she says 'white evangelical Christianity is a cancer,' 'the worst people in our country'
• Knife-wielding nut allegedly asked Christian his religion - then stabbed him and dog before police shot him
• Luxury blue-city landlords accused of looking the other way as high-end buildings turn into crime hubs
• 'The View' hosts defend gun ownership as check to tyranny after years of show criticizing gun rights
• Gun rights groups and legal experts question Trump administration's stance on the Second Amendment after shooting
• Shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis has put America's gun lobby at odds with the White House - When various figures in the Trump regime suggested that CBP agents had been justified in shooting Pretti because he was carrying a holstered weapon, they provoked outrage from gun rights activists
• In 2024 Minnesota AG Keith Ellison Argued No Right to Carry a Gun at 'Political Rallies and Protests'
• DHS probes whether agents killed VA nurse following accidental discharge during Minneapolis ICE raid
• Top Police Liaison Resigns Days After Unhinged Democrat AG Kris Mayes Justify Shooting ICE Agents
• Minneapolis Police Chief: Doesn't Matter if Shooting Legally Justified Because People Are Upset
• White House eases tone on Pretti killing: Trump 'does not want any Americans to lose their lives'
• National Guard in Minnesota hands out coffee, donuts to anti-ICE protesters - Guard member called the action a 'demonstration of safety and security' as tensions rise over recent fatal shootings
• Schiff: Trump Flooding the Streets with Agents 'Shooting Americans in Cold Blood'
• Leavitt says Trump spoke to Walz, demands Minnesota 'work together peacefully' with ICE: 'Let cops be cops' - President urged Walz to end 'resistance and chaos' in Minnesota
• Trump has 'very good' call with Jacob Frey after WH says Border Patrol could be removed from Minn if he cooperates
• Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino to leave Minnesota, as Tom Homan takes over - Gregory Bovino's departure comes after nurse Alex Pretti, who was armed, was fatally shot by federal agent while filming officers on Minneapolis street
• DHS confirms existence of body cam footage of anti-ICE protester's death
• Neighbor says Alex Pretti was member of ICE Watch Signal chat - Jeanne Massey, who lives just a block away from Pretti, said that he was a member of an anti-ICE agitator group to keep tabs on the federal immigration force
• Barack and Michelle Obama condemn ICE, praise Minnesota anti-ICE agitators as 'peaceful' after Alex Pretti shooting
• Bill Clinton Throws Gasoline on the Fire, Attacks Trump Administration After Fatal ICE-Involved Shooting of Armed Man in Minneapolis
• Minnesota drags Trump's ICE to court in effort to pause immigration crackdown - The emergency hearing comes as tensions between ICE agents and protesters continue to escalate in wake of a second fatal shooting
• Fetterman urges Minneapolis ICE op to stand down as city spirals to 'ungovernable and dangerous' levels
• Self-described Minn. Antifa member calls for 'armed' men to stop immigration agents he calls 'mass murderers'
• NJ Gov. Sherrill: ICE Is Terrorizing American Citizens, 'We Need Them Off the Streets Immediately'
• Kathy Hochul blasted for knocking ICE as DHS offered federal help during NY blizzard
• Another shutdown likely after ICE killings in Minnesota prompt revolt by Democrats
• Long Island Dems side with House GOP to pass DHS, ICE funding bill
• Democrat who broke with party says his DHS funding vote a 'mistake' after 2nd Minneapolis ICE shooting - Rep Tom Suozzi, one of 7 Democrats who voted with Republicans last week, regrets vote as others stay silent
• Klobuchar: ICE Is 'Making Us Less Safe,' I Won't Vote to Fund Them
• Republicans divided on ICE tactics as shutdown looms
• Republican voices grow for thorough probe into officers' killing of man in Minnesota
• GOP senator after fatal Minneapolis shooting: 'The credibility of ICE and DHS are at stake'
• GOP candidate drops out of MN governor's race over ICE raids - Madel was vying for the nomination in a crowded field that includes MyPillow founder Mike Lindell
• Former Vikings Star Jack Brewer Says Dems Hate ICE Because They Are 'Deporting Their Voters'
• Vikings Announcer Paul Allen 'Taking a Few Days Off' After Calling Minneapolis Anti-ICE Activists 'Paid Protesters'
• NBA Union Says 'Players Can No Longer Be Silent,' Calls for 'Solidarity' with Those 'Risking Their Lives to Demand Justice'
• Private Jet That Crashed in Maine Was Registered to Anti-ICE Lawyers Spending Millions to Elect Democrats in Texas
• FBI Investigates Organized Coordination Behind Minnesota Riots After Leaked Chats Surface
• Infiltrated: Far-left NYC group pushes narrative that immigration enforcement is 'ethnic cleansing'
• Arizona Police Association Slams Attorney General Kris Mayes for Encouraging Leftists to Shoot and Kill ICE Agents: "Reckless, Irresponsible, and Dangerous to the Safety of All Law Enforcement Professionals in this State"
• Mass immigration is economic warfare and few Americans understand why - Mexico received $64 billion from US last year while some countries depend on remittances for 25% of GDP
• Interpol arrests more than 3,700 suspects in global trafficking crackdown
• Illegal Immigrant Arrested in Georgia After Allegedly Assaulting 11-Year-Old Girl in Her Home, Forced Younger Sister to Watch Attack
• Neonatal Nurse Pleads No Contest to 9 Charges of Abusing Infants - Will Serve Disgraceful Sentence Despite Damning Video Evidence
• Former French Senator Joël Guerriau on Trial for Drugging Female National Assembly Member To Sexually Abuse Her
• Trump admin refers Minnesota to DOJ for allowing transgender athletes to compete in girl sports
• HHS: Illinois Law Forcing Pro-Life Doctors to Provide Abortion Referrals is Against Federal Law
• Foreign aid cuts leave Gen Alpha increasingly exposed to leprosy, Christian aid charity warns
• Airports launch COVID-style health checks after outbreak of deadly virus
• Asia on Alert as Nipah Virus Outbreak in India Raises Fears of Deadly Spread
• Nipah virus detected among health staff in West Bengal, India
• Nvidia Chief Promotes Chinese 'Wet Markets,' Made Infamous in Coronavirus Disaster
• American Academy of Pediatrics breaks from Kennedy's vaccine policy again
• Doctors are ignoring new federal vaccine recommendations