January 31st, 2026

• Guterres warns UN faces 'imminent financial collapse' - 'The crisis is deepening,' secretary-general says, citing unpaid fees and budget rules on unspent money
• The world is quiet quitting the United Nations - Countries that have long seen the world body for the farce that it is are voting with their feet, choosing to walk other paths
• South Africa expels Israel's top diplomat over social media posts insulting Ramaphosa
• South Africa expels Israel's top diplomat in a move that could prompt a strong reaction from the US
• 'Free Palestine' activist tried to assassinate Biden in 2024 over Gaza, US feds say
• Israel set to reopen Gaza's Rafah border crossing with Egypt for first time since May 2024
• Two Palestinians said wounded by settler arson attack in West Bank
• IDF launches series of airstrikes on Hezbollah targets in south Lebanon
• Satellite images indicate Iran working to salvage nuclear materials from damaged sites
• Jake Wallis Simons - It's not war in Iran, it's mass murder on a scale close to Babyn Yar - Tehran's violent crackdown on protesters is a massacre comparable with the 1941 'holocaust of bullets'
• Iran accused of 'campaign of revenge' as doctors arrested for treating protesters
• WHO decries attacks on Iranian hospitals, medical staff during protest crackdown
• Iran targets injured at hospitals in crackdown on protesters
• 'Don't take us to a hospital': Iran protesters treated in secret to avoid arrest
• 'Standing over ER workers' heads with a gun': Iranians describe brutal protest crackdown
• Iran warns of 'hazardous consequences' after EU designates Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organization
• 'Europe is fanning the flames, made a major strategic mistake,' Iran threatens after EU sanctions against IRGC - Iran's Guard Corps blames EU's 'irrational, irresponsible and hateful action' on 'unquestioning obedience' to US and Israel
• Reports: U.S. Tells Middle East Allies to Prepare for 'Virtually Certain' Iran Strike - 'Only Question Is When'
• Amb. Huckabee: Massive U.S. attack on Iran "could happen very quickly" - adds President Trump wants "peaceful resolution" but says "we should be prepared for anything" - Trump is "deeply affected" by evidence of thousands of Iranians being murdered by the regime in Tehran
• Trump confirms talks with Tehran, is reportedly mulling raids by troops on Iranian facilities
• Trump says he's given Iran deadline to accept deal before potential strike
• Saudi defense minister says Trump not bombing Iran would embolden regime
• US missile destroyer docks near Eilat amid Iran tensions - The Israeli military said the arrival of the "USS Delbert D. Black" is part of ongoing cooperation between the IDF and the U.S. military
• Saudis won't let the US use its bases or airspace for an attack on Iran, senior Gulf official reveals
• US approves massive arms sales to Israel and Saudi Arabia for more than $15 billion amid Middle East tensions
• Syrian government, Kurds agree on integration deal; US hails 'historic milestone' - Deal will see Syrian Democratic Forces gradually merged into state's military after Syrian army captured swaths of Kurdish enclaves this month
• Suspected jihadists attack airport near Niger's capital
• ISIL claims responsibility for Niger airport attack - Claim comes after military ruler Abdourahamane Tiani accused France, Benin, Ivory coast of involvement in the attack
• Fears of renewed civil war as clashes erupt in western Tigray - Ethiopian Airlines suspends all flights to northern region after federal forces and Amhara militias engage Tigrayan troops in contested territory
• African Union chief expresses deep concern over rising tensions in Ethiopia's Tigray region
• Burkina Faso junta announces ban on all political parties
• Burkina Faso's junta dissolves all of country's political parties, saying they cause divisions
• President Donald Trump has said Russia's Vladimir Putin "agreed" not to strike the capital for a week with a harsh cold snap forecast. Russia routinely targets Ukraine's electricity supply.
• Russia strikes civilian train in Ukraine, killing five, in an attack Zelensky calls 'terrorism'
• Zelenskyy seeks 50,000 Russian 'losses' a month to win the Ukraine war
• Russian Negotiators Reportedly Apologize After Deadly Train Strike in Kharkiv
• NATO Is Having a Military Exercise. The U.S., Its Largest Member, Won't Be There.
• X Executive Accuses Beijing of Flooding Chinese Content in the Social Media Site With SPAM and Pornography, Trying To Drown Out Protests and Dissent
• Xi's Military Purge May Set Back His Taiwan Ambitions
• Panama boots China from Panama Canal in another victory for Trump's Monroe Doctrine revival
• Pushed by Trump, US allies are resetting relations with China
• Alienated by Trump, U.S. allies turn to China and India for trade deals
• Trump Warns Starmer: 'Very Dangerous' for UK to Do Business with China
• Trump's trade minefield squeezes America's allies
• Commentary: The World Files for Economic Divorce from America
• Trump picks Kevin Warsh to lead Federal Reserve, tapping central bank critic - Warsh is an established figure in Republican economic circles whose selection to head the world's most important central bank is likely to be well-received by GOP policymakers
• Silver plunges 30% in worst day since 1980, gold tumbles as Warsh pick eases Fed independence fear
• Democrats and Republicans Team Up to Slip Stealth Amnesty into DHS Funding Bill as Shutdown Looms
• Senate passes federal funding compromise; Democrats score victory in DHS revolt
• Senate passes funding deal, but government will still partially shutdown at midnight
• Shutdown to Begin at Midnight After Senate Caves to Democrat Demands on ICE Funding
• Trump's Justice Department releases massive cache of Jeffrey Epstein files
• Revelations From Massive New Epstein DOJ Release Start Pouring In: Late Pedophile Says Bill Gates Got STD From Affairs, Arranged Russian Woman for Former Prince Andrew
• Epstein claimed Bill Gates caught STD from 'sex with Russian girls,' slipped Melinda antibiotics in latest files released by DOJ
• Lawless Clinton Judge Permanently Blocks Trump's Executive Order Requiring Proof of Citizenship to Vote or Register to Vote
• Apple buys Israeli startup, reportedly for $2 billion, that reads facial 'micro movements'
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits the South Sandwich Islands region
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits the Kermadec Islands region
• Sheveluch volcano on Kamchatka, Russia erupts to 28,000ft
• Sabancaya volcano in Peru erupts to 24,000ft
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 21,000ft
• Popocateptl volcano in Mexico erupts to 19,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 16,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 16,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• States of emergencies declared in Southeast ahead of significant nor'easter impacts along East Coast
• Florida braces for coldest conditions in decades this weekend - It will be cold enough to require winter clothing, have iguanas dropping from trees and farmers holding their breath for damage in the citrus groves in Florida this weekend. It could even snow in some areas.
• Footage of massive snowfall in Kamchatka is AI-generated
• Chinese Embassy in Japan issues new security alert after tear gas attack, 420-million-yen robbery targeting Chinese nationals in Tokyo
• More than 200 killed in mine collapse in eastern DR Congo: Report
• Sacrificed at the Altar of Globalist-Imposed Multiculturalism: Sudanese Migrant Throws German Teen Girl to Her Death on Subway Tracks
• ICE Wars: Lady Gaga Stops Show in Japan to Give Speech Trashing US for Enforcing Immigration Laws
• Anti-ICE protesters clash with agents outside federal building in downtown Los Angeles
• Minneapolis anti-ICE manual instructs agitators to make 'flashpoints' to 'inspire people into taking more militant, organized action'
• Hillary Clinton says events in Minneapolis show the 'moral rot at the heart of Trump's MAGA movement' - In scathing new essay she claims the MAGA movement is a 'war on empathy'
• Journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort arrested after Minnesota church protest
• DOJ Charges Don Lemon with Federal Civil Rights Crimes
• Don Lemon could face up to a year in prison if convicted on criminal charges
• Don Lemon's arrest prompts Jane Fonda and LGBTQ+ rights group to rally for press freedom
• Don Lemon released without having to post bond: "I will not be silenced"
• How AI deepfakes have skirted revenge porn laws - Limits unclear when explicit images of individuals look real, but are digitally generated
• Bethel Church admits failures after expose alleges prophetic deception, sexual abuse
• Son of Norway crown princess to stand trial for allegedly raping 4 women
• Hungarian prosecutors charge Budapest mayor over role in banned LGBTQ+ march
• Criminal Charges Pressed Against Budapest Mayor After Hundreds of Thousands Defy Pride Ban - "Despite threats or punishment, I will continue to fight. Freedom and love cannot be banned."
• Florida couple sues fertility clinic after allegedly giving birth to someone else's baby - Steven Mills and Tiffany Score realized their newborn daughter wasn't theirs when they noticed she appeared 'racially non-Caucasian'
• Colorado declares disaster emergency as presumptive bird flu outbreak hits facility with 1.3M chickens
• Horror outbreak of 'yellow jack' disease leaves 70 dead
• Wigan lottery winner, 80, helped build counterfeit drugs empire, court told
• Thousands of products, including Cheerios, Gatorade and Advil, recalled in 3 states due to rat, bird droppings