January 9th, 2026

• ​Somaliland official confirms talks with Israel on hosting a military base - Despite apparent reversal on base, Somaliland official and Israeli FM Sa'ar stress that agreement to establish diplomatic ties didn't include resettlement of Gazans
• Report: Saudi Arabia seeks leading role in reform of Palestinian Authority, wants Israel to release funds in return - Kingdom increases its involvement in PA, while UAE halts funds over lack of reform progress
• Netanyahu meets with former UN Mideast envoy tapped to represent Board of Peace - PM says Nickolay Mladenov has been 'designated' director-general of body overseeing implementation of Trump's Gaza deal
• IDF detects failed rocket launch from Gaza, amid diplomatic moves toward phase 2 of truce
• Hamas agency says 13 killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza after failed missile launch
• Israel proposed using PA funds to cover cost of Gaza rubble clearance - official
• US court dismisses lawsuit by Palestinian Americans demanding to be rescued from Gaza
• Australia to form royal commission into antisemitism after Bondi terror shooting
• Hungary's Orban says Budapest is Europe's safest city for Jews as antisemitism surges
• Russia accused of Holocaust distortion over 'Genocide of the Soviet People' memorial day
• Likud lawmaker warns: Tucker Carlson & Candace Owens are 'a threat to America as much as Israel' - Illouz urges Americans to 'reject the lies': When Jerusalem & Washington stand together, 'nothing on earth can defeat us'
• Divide Over Israel Could Sink Dems in Midterms
• Protesters chant 'we support Hamas' near New York City synagogue, Jewish school
• Israel 'asphyxiating' Palestinians for 'apartheid system' in West Bank: UN
• IDF raids West Bank's Birzeit University, says it aimed to disrupt 'pro-terror' gathering
• Settlers wound 3 Palestinians, torch cars in latest West Bank attack; 3 arrested
• Syria announces ceasefire after days of clashes with Kurdish fighters in Aleppo - At least 21 people have been reported killed in the clashes that has seen tens of thousands of civilians displaced amid an impasse in political talks
• Israel condemns Sharaa regime's 'attacks against Kurdish minority' in Syria's Aleppo
• Lebanese army says it has taken over security in Hezbollah-dominated south
• Lebanon says Hezbollah disarmed in south; Israel: Efforts 'encouraging' but insufficient
• Iran not seeking war with Israel and US but is 'ready for it,' says Iranian FM amid unrest
• Trump threatens Iran with 'hell' if it kills protesters, declines to meet the Shah's son
• 'Trump will kill Khamenei' if Iran's regime murders protesters, US Sen. Graham threatens as violent crackdown continues - Reports suggest regime is losing control of some cities, trade strikes continue
• Iran's Crown Prince Rises As Protests Increase and Russia Reports that Islamic Leader Being Replaced Is a Real Possibility
• Iran president calls for 'utmost restraint' in handling protests
• Tehran citizen speaks out: 'Iranians don't trust Trump; Netanyahu is most popular here' - Iranians were impressed by precision of Israeli strikes during Operation Rising Lion, citizen says
• Iran plunged into internet blackout as protests over economy spread nationwide
• Internet, phone lines cut across Iran as thousands rally in Tehran; death toll at 45 - Communications networks go dark right after start of Tehran protests urged on by exiled crown prince; protesters chant 'death to the dictator' and 'death to the Islamic Republic'
• Protests sweep Iran despite internet shutdown as state TV warns of casualties
• As unrest in Iran spreads, leaders face legitimacy crisis with no easy way out
• Russia strikes Ukraine with Oreshnik ballistic missile, one of its most advanced weapons
• Trump's former Russia adviser says Russia offered US free rein in Venezuela in exchange for Ukraine
• Trump says oil companies pledge to spend $100B in Venezuela
• The global implications of the US military operation in Venezuela
• Senate advances war powers resolution to limit further Trump strikes on Venezuela
• US Senate pushes back on Trump's military threats against Venezuela with war powers vote - Five Republicans join Democrats to advance resolution limiting the president's ability to conduct further attacks against the South American country following Maduro's capture
• Trump's "Donroe Doctrine" sets U.S. on great-power collision course
• Poll finds deep national divide as Americans split sharply on Trump's Maduro operation
• 'These People Are Stupid': Tuberville Torches Senators Who Want to Hamper Trump's Ability to Take Out Drug Lords
• Commentary: Maduro's Negotiated Exit & The Election Fraud Connection (Venezuela - Smartmatic - 2020 Election Rig) - Will 2026 be the year we see justice for the Great 2020 Election Rig?
• Trump considers paying 'Greenlanders' to join the US - U.S. officials are considering lump sum payments to Greenlanders to encourage their secession from Denmark and potential union with the U.S. Proposed payments could range from $10,000 to $100,000 per person
• Experts: Europe should prepare for Greenland's annexation and end of NATO - US and Russian ideologies would be in perfect alignment, leaving Europe as an island of liberalism, according to analysts
• Trump: 'It may be a choice' between seizing Greenland or preserving NATO
• Canada fears conflict in the Arctic after Trump threats to Greenland
• Trump says only limit on his power is his 'own morality' - In interview with New York Times, US president says he does not need international law, calls for ownership of Greenland, and says his family can conduct foreign business deals
• National security experts sound alarm over CCP-linked land ownership near US military bases: 'Unthinkable'
• Trump: Fannie, Freddie to Buy $200 Billion of Mortgage Debt to Bring Mortgage Rates Down
• JD Vance announces new assistant AG for nationwide fraud crackdown after Minnesota allegations
• Tim Walz and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison Criminally Referred to DOJ for Investigation and Prosecution Over Somali Fraud Scandal
• Here We Go: NY Governor Kathy Hochul and Zohran Mamdani Announce Plans to Spend Billions on 'Free' Childcare Program
• Radical Activist Judge James Boasberg Faces Removal as Sens. Cruz and Schmitt Call for Impeachment Over Repeated Abuse of Power
• Brazil's Lula vetoes law reducing Bolsonaro's sentence
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Murghob, Tajikistan
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Murghob, Tajikistan
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near San Agustin de Valle Fertil, Argentina
• 5.0 magnitude earthquake hits near Patea, New Zealand
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 24,000ft
• Popocateptl volcano in Mexico erupts to 20,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 18,000ft
• Purace volcano in Colombia erupts to 17,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 14,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Mayon volcan oin the Philippines erupts to 11,000ft
• Evacuations underway after Mayon volcano's dome collapse and pyroclastic flows, Philippines
• Damaging tornado hits Purcell, Oklahoma, destroying multiple structures
• Juneau, Alaska, braces for more snow: 'There's nowhere to put it'
• Extreme Cold Warning issued for parts of Alaska
• Europe Cold Snap Grounds Flights, Chokes Roads and Rails
• Israel sees highest January temperature in 66 years
• Oceans soaked up record amount of heat in 2025, study shows - After highest reading in modern history, report warns of an increase in tropical cyclones, rising sea levels and coral death
• Trump withdraws US from 66 global organizations and treaties in broad pullback - White House announces exits, including from key climate treaty, saying membership was 'contrary to the interests of the United States'
• 2 dead, 6 wounded after shooting outside LDS church in Salt Lake City, police say
• 54 violent transnational gang members, affiliates arrested in NYC in Operation Salvo: DHS
• Border Patrol agents shoot two alleged Tren de Aragua gang members who tried to run them over with car in Portland: DHS
• Dem Rep. Bynum: Don't Know Details of Portland Shooting, Know Border Patrol Engaging in 'Terrorism'
• Protesters, law enforcement clash in Minneapolis after immigration agent kills woman - Trump administration derides 37-year-old mother Renee Nicole Good as 'deranged leftist,' claims she tried to kill officers with her car
• Border czar Homan says officers have right to self-defense after fatal Minneapolis incident
• Straight Talk From Florida Sheriff Grady Judd: 'If You Violently Assault Police With a Two-Ton Weapon, Expect to be Shot'
• ICE Agent Involved in Minneapolis Shooting Was Dragged by Illegal Driver, Hospitalized Last year
• Blood-Soaked Wife of Woman Shot by ICE Agent Cries 'I Made Her Come Down Here, It's My Fault' in Video from the Scene
• GoFundMe for Wife and Son of Woman Who Was Fatally Shot While Trying to Mow Down ICE Agent Raises Nearly $600K in Less Than a Day
• Who Is Renee Nicole Good? "She/Her" Recently Moved Back From Canada Where She Was Trying To Escape Trump - She Was "Trained against these ICE agents" and Won Prize For Grotesque Poem "On Learning To Dissect Fetal Pigs"
• Renee Nicole Good Trained as an 'ICE Watch' Warrior After Meeting Militant Activists Through Child's 'Social Justice' Focused Charter School
• FBI shuts down Minnesota's investigation into ICE shooting and blocks access to evidence - Minnesota investigators face obstacles in probing a fatal ICE shooting after the FBI refuses a joint investigation
• Minnesota must play a role in the investigation into Renee Good's killing by ICE, governor says
• Tim Walz prepares National Guard deployment as tensions rise with federal agents
• GOP lawmakers call on Trump to arrest Walz after governor warns of National Guard move
• "Tim Walz is a Joke... He Should Resign": VP JD Vance Rips Tim Walz to Shreds for Inflammatory Anti-ICE Rhetoric
• Vance slams liberal press for lying about Minneapolis shooting - "The way that the media by and large has reported this story has been an absolute disgrace, and it puts our law enforcement officers at risk every single day."
• "How Have You Let Yourself Become Agents of Propaganda?" - VP Vance Publicly Shames Reporters for Pushing Radical Propaganda on ICE Violence
• Minneapolis Public Schools cancels class Jan. 8 and Jan. 9 after ICE shooting
• Kristi Noem threatens to send more ICE agents to Minneapolis as protests grow
• ICE agents shove women to the ground and Minnesota protestors cry 'shoot me'
• Budget Airline Cancels Its Deportation Contract With ICE, Citing 'Political Controversy'
• Report: Democrats Are Going to Push Another Government Shutdown to Try to Defund ICE
• US pauses some aid to Somalia, South Sudan over 'theft'
• Church, government officials in Spain sign reparations agreement for abuse victims
• Disgraced Hollywood Mogul Harvey Weinstein Negotiating Plea Deal To Avoid Third Sex Crimes Trial
• Christian author confesses years-long extramarital affair, declaring he 'disqualified' himself from ministry - 'I am filled with remorse and repentance, and I have nothing to stand on except God's mercy and grace,' Philip Yancey noted
• Catholic group asks SCOTUS to block California law against revealing students' gender identities to parents - Attorneys for the Thomas More Society said parents only 'relinquish authority' needed for the school to carry out its 'educational mission'