January 28th, 2026

• Abraham Accords: Israeli FM Sa'ar visits Kazakhstan in landmark visit - Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar is visiting Kazakhstan with a large economic delegation after Astana announced it will join the Abraham Accords
• Lula, Macron push for stronger UN to face Trump 'Board of Peace'
• Al Jazeera: Trump's 'Board of Peace' puts rights abusers in charge of global order - By sidelining the UN and human rights, the US president is proposing a club of impunity, not peace
• As second phase of Gaza peace deal moves forward, Hamas leaders could leave Strip
• Netanyahu: No Gaza rebuild before Hamas disarms, Israel will keep 'security control' over Gaza
• Netanyahu: Israeli soldiers lost their lives in Gaza due to Biden-era arms embargo
• Hamas seeking role for its 10,000 police officers in Gaza ahead of disarmament talks; Israel regards them as terrorists
• High Court avoids decision on press access to Gaza, tells state to update it in March
• UN launches push to return Gazan children to school in aftermath of war
• Hostages Square countdown clock stopped after 843 days
• Int'l Holocaust Remembrance Day observed as Israel welcomes home its final hostage from Gaza
• As world marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day, concern over "AI slop" rewriting history
• Trump admin marks Holocaust memory day, says it's fighting 'scourge of antisemitism'
• On eve of International Holocaust Day, UN rights chief urges world to reject hatred - Slaughter began with apathy, not gas chambers, says Volker Türk; warns of 'disturbing trend' of antisemitism and 'dehumanization creeping into our daily lives'
• Minnesota gov. invokes Anne Frank while decrying ICE, draws rebuke from Holocaust Museum
• Guinness World Records lifts ban on Israeli submissions, recognizes new Israeli record marking 2,000 kidney transplants
• Ben-Gvir: Netanyahu's trial is crazy, Trump must intervene - The National Security Minister called the Prime Minister's trial 'a farce' and called on the US President to 'put an end to this abuse of the Prime Minister.'
• Azerbaijan arrests 3 men for planning attack on Israeli embassy at behest of ISIS
• Foiled Islamic State plot in Azerbaijan targeted Israeli embassy
• IDF says 3 Hezbollah operatives killed in separate strikes in south Lebanon
• Hezbollah Chief Says Lebanese Terror Group Concerned With Confronting US Threat Against Iran
• Report: Several of Iran's Jews detained over protests, community says it's a mistake
• 'Pools of blood, hundreds of gunshots': I am a surgeon in Iran - this is the horror I've witnessed in the crackdown
• Iran arrests Dr. Alireza Golchini for treating injured protesters, charges him with "waging war against God"
• Iranian Protesters Shoved Alive Into Body Bags
• Iranians say Tehran labeling those it killed as regime forces, in bid to cover up crimes
• Israel prepared for evacuation of tourists in event of Iran attack, says Tourism Ministry head
• Iran to Accept More Deportees from U.S. as Trump's 'Armada' Parks in Middle East
• Trump briefed that Iran regime's hold on power at 'weakest point' since 1979 - report
• Amid Iran tensions, US announces multi-day aerial military drill in Middle East
• Iranian president says US threats 'will achieve nothing other than instability'
• Iran situation is 'in flux' but diplomacy is still on the table, President Trump says amid ongoing military buildup - US aircraft carrier strike group arrives in Middle East, UAE forbids use of its territory for strikes
• Saudi Arabia to Iran: We will not accept an attack against you
• Netanyahu: If Saudis want deal, we expect them not to align with anti-Israel forces - As MBS cozies up to Turkey and Qatar and turns away from UAE, PM says he is following realignment closely and accuses Riyadh of 'nurturing all kinds of forces that attack Israel'
• Russia Abandons Strategic Airbase in Syria Near Turkish Border
• Ukraine war briefing: Nearly 2 million military casualties to date, study finds, with Russia bearing brunt of losses
• Zelenskyy: Russia Lost Twice as Many Troops in One Month as USSR Did in 10 Years in Afghanistan
• Beware the 'Anchorage Formula': Why Russia has invented an agreement with the US to mask its disdain for peace talks
• Report: Trump Will Only Sign Security Guarantees With Ukraine After Zelensky Agree To Surrender Remaining Donetsk Territory and End the War With Russia
• EU Bans Imports of Russian Gas, But Gives Itself Two-Year Grace Period
• 'Keep on Dreaming': NATO Secretary General Rutte Defends Trump Before EU Parliament, Says Europe Delusional To Believe It Can Defend Itself Without the US
• Taiwan fears U.S. ouster of Maduro may embolden China to mimic the move
• US Intelligence Raises Doubts About Venezuela Leader's Cooperation
• Ecuador Raises Tariffs on Colombian Crude Oil by 900 Percent
• Trade wars muzzle allied talks on Trump's Golden Dome missile shield - "International partners, I have not been allowed to talk to yet because of the trade wars."
• How Trump Became a Liability for Europe's Far Right - Europe's nationalist leaders once saw President Trump as an ideological ally. Now, as he threatens European sovereignty, they are seeking distance - at least for the moment
• EU and India clinch 'mother of all deals' in rebuff to Trump
• Minnesota fraud case is 'canary in the coal mine' for government systems - including elections, lawyer warns - Justin Riemer points to Minnesota scandal as example of vulnerabilities in government processes ahead of 2026 midterms
• FCC Chief Brendan Carr Moves to Curb Fraud as Agency Program Subsidized Phone, Internet Service for 116,000 Dead People
• Maxwell Lobs Grenade Naming 29 'Protected' Epstein Friends
• West Virginia librarian arrested for allegedly recruiting assassins on social media to kill Trump
• Dem Ohio AG candidate pledges to 'kill Donald Trump' by securing a conviction leading to capital punishment
• Pope Leo XIV warns against unchecked use of AI, overly 'affectionate' chatbots
• Fought without a single bullet: Official warns of coming 'AI-driven cyber war'
• 'Doomsday Clock' set to closer to midnight than ever as conflicts rage
• 'Doomsday Clock' moves closer to midnight over threats from nuclear weapons, climate change and AI
• Doomsday Clock 2026 update says apocalypse is closer than ever - The human race is at its closest point yet to destroying itself, according to a reset of the ominous but symbolic "Doomsday Clock."
• China's Quest for Space Supremacy in 2026
• EU deploys first satellite service in bid to limit US dependence
• EU's answer to Starlink should start up in 2029, commissioner says
• SpaceX's Starlink dodged 300,000 satellite collisions in 2025 - The company's mega-constellation is having to perform a huge number of manoeuvres to prevent a collision in Earth orbit
• Study: Chinese satellite forces 4,400 of its Starlink rivals into lower altitude - Researchers in China said the SpaceX decision was 'directly triggered' by a close call between two satellites in December
• 5.4 magnitude earthquake hits the Ascension Island region
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Sangay, Philippines
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Sangay, Philippines
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits the Ascension Island region
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Bantogon, Philippines
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Bantogon, Philippines
• Sabancaya volcano in Peru erupts to 22,000ft
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 21,000ft
• Sheveluch volcano on Kamchatka, Russia erupts to 20,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 14,000ft
• Marapi volcano in Indonesia erupts to 11,000ft
• Landslide leaves Sicilian town on cliff edge after storms
• EF-2 tornado hits downtown Geneva, Alabama, strongest since December 2000
• Millions Recovering from Harsh Winter Storm as 'Bomb Cyclone' Threatens East Coast
• Record snow buries Sapporo, 10 fatalities reported across Japan
• Extreme weather hampers fight against wildfires in Patagonia - Tens of thousands of hectares have burned in southern Argentina as firefighters struggle against heat, drought and strong winds, with Los Alerces National Park the hardest-hit area
• 'The land will be left as ashes': why Patagonia's wildfires are almost impossible to stop - Funding cuts, conspiracy theories and 'powder keg' pine plantations have seen January's forest fires tear through Chubut in southern Argentina
• Australian heatwave fans bushfires, towns evacuated, Melbourne endures hottest day in 17 years
• Victoria sets new all-time temperature record of 48.9C (120F) amid severe heatwave, Australia
• Unseasonable heat sets January record in West Palm Beach, Florida at 32.2C (90F)
• 'Abdication': Trump takes US out of Paris climate agreement for a second time - Experts are watching for how other countries will react as the 'real economy' shifts to cheaper, cleaner energy
• Trump pushes Congress to approve year-round sale of ethanol that would benefit American farmers
• Hard Times in the Delta as Farmers Consider Letting Crops Rot - Across the country, farmers are struggling. Prices for nearly every major crop are below what it costs to grow them.
• At least 18 killed, two dozen missing after ferry sinks in Philippines
• One person in critical condition after being shot in incident involving Border Patrol in Arizona
• Sanctuary New Jersey: ICE Seeks Custody of Illegal Alien Accused of Fracturing 8-Year-Old Girl's Skull in School Bus Attack
• NYC ICE Watch calls for multiple 'fronts' across US to 'distract' feds
• Liberals in Media Are Justifying and Defending Leftists Bringing Guns to Anti-ICE Protests
• Appeals court frees ICE to detain, arrest, pepper-spray Minnesota agitators
• Alex Pretti was among 50 anti-ICE agitators confronting Minnesota Border Patrol before he was shot
• Alex Pretti interfered with ICE agents during earlier operation, broke his rib after being tackled
• Radical Nurse's Union on Shooting Death of Anti-ICE Activist: "Pretti's death will not be in vain. ICE messed with the wrong profession. We nurses will fight to abolish ICE"
• Stephen Miller says CBP team 'may not have been following' proper procedure ahead of Alex Pretti shooting: report
• New Details About Fatal Shooting of Alex Pretti Emerges - Two Agents Discharged Weapons
• President Trump on Alex Pretti: 'I Don't Like the Fact that He Was Carrying a Gun'
• Trump laments deadly shootings in Minnesota, insists Bovino-Homan shakeup not a 'pullback'
• Trump says government will 'de-escalate' in Minnesota following Pretti shooting
• Frey says Minneapolis won't comply with federal immigration law after Homan meeting
• Tim Walz Declares Victory, Bashes ICE and Trump Administration Ahead of Meeting with Tom Homan - "This Doesn't End with Greg Bovino"
• Border Czar Tom Homan Reveals He Met with Walz, Frey: 'Productive Starting Point'
• Agitators swarm Tim Walz's office in Minnesota Capitol to demand immigration justice - Demonstrations follow recent fatal encounters involving federal immigration agents in Minneapolis, including deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti
• Protesters swarm Tim Walz's office after he signals willingness to work with Trump
• Rioters arrested outside Minn hotel allegedly housing Bovino - they say there's a place in hell for him 'next to Charlie Kirk'
• Ilhan Omar sprayed by unknown substance after man charges her at Minneapolis town hall - Omar continued with her town hall despite the attack
• Former Special Forces Officer: What's Unfolding in Minneapolis Isn't a "Protest," It's an Insurgency
• Minnesota judge summons ICE leader to court, threatens contempt sanctions - The chief judge, a George W. Bush appointee, said the administration had repeatedly violated or slow-walked court orders in Minnesota
• NYU Prof Wants 'Nuremberg Trials' for ICE and Trump Officials When Dems Retake Power
• "We Will Find You": Democrat Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner Vows to Hunt Down ICE Agents for Decades Like Nazis Were Hunted
• Tim Walz's Daughter Slams ICE as 'Horrible Gestapo': 'Cannot Be Funded'
• Fetterman: Labeling ICE as Nazi, Gestapo 'Something as a Democrat I Refuse to Ever Engage In'
• 'I Hope Your Wife Dies:' ICE Agents, Their Families Face 8,000% Increase in Death Threats
• Leftist Ghoul Leaves Sickening Voicemail for ICE Agent: "I Hope Your Wife Dies, I Hope your Mom and Dad Die... I Hope You Get Hit by a Bus... Kill Yourself"
• Virginia Nurse Placed on Leave Pending Investigation Following Social Media Post Encouraging People to Poison ICE Agents
• Chicago Teacher Placed on Leave Over Facebook Post Expressing Support for ICE
• TikTok users say they can't upload anti-ICE videos. The company blames tech issues
• Meta Is Blocking Links To ICE List on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads
• Hispanic pastor says his church may close because of ICE raids; leaders call for reform at NHCLC event
• ICE agent barred from entering Ecuadorian consulate in Minneapolis: Report
• Italian officials voice outrage at the presence of U.S. ICE agents at the 2026 Olympics
• U.S. Population Growth Slows Sharply as Immigration Numbers Plunge
• Schweizer: Gates, Soros-Funded Groups Have Goal of 'Transforming America' Through Mass Migration
• Spain's Socialist Government Moves to Legalize Up to 500,000 Illegal Migrants in Sweeping Decree
• Idaho Bill Would Fine Cities for Flying LGBTQ+ Pride Flag
• Prison Abolitionist Claims Reporting Her Gang Rape Would Have Been 'Silly and Strange'
• Leftist writer never reported her Las Vegas gang rape because she believes 'in the abolition of police and prisons'
• First Year of Trump 2.0 Leaves Pro-lifers with Misgivings - At the March for Life, pro-life Christians express concerns with Washington's waning commitment to their cause
• Dr. Oz: Russian, Armenian 'mafia' hijacked Calif. healthcare
• Dr. Oz promises to 'aggressively' go after 'mafia' stealing billions through Cali hospice fraud
• Dozens of CDC vaccination databases have been frozen under RFK Jr. - Anti-vaccine Kennedy may be "enacting a self-fulfilling prophecy," expert says
• UK and certain European countries lose WHO's measles-free status