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January 20th, 2026

US Seizes Seventh Tanker Carrying Venezuelan Oil Trump Blasts Britain Over Deal To Return Diego Garcia
Pentagon Moves To Cut US Participation in Some NATO Advisory Groups UK Secrecy Over US Bases Amid New Military Build-Up
Ex-Military Leaders Back Mark Kelly in Lawsuit Against Pete Hegseth 30,000 Israelis Designated as Draft Evaders, but True Figure Is Higher, IDF Says
Germany Never Stopped Arming Israel's Genocide US Military To Expand by More Than 30,000 Troops This Year
'Content To Die': Afghanistan's Hunger Crisis Worsened by Winter, Aid Cuts Outcry as French Journalist Held for Covering Istanbul Protest
20 Palestinian Families Abandon Homes Near Jericho After Repeated Attacks by Settlers US Declares End to Military Support for Syrian Kurds
Canada Reverses Possibility of Paying $1 Billion To Join Trump's 'Board of Peace' Belarus Officially Joins Trump-Proposed Gaza 'Peace Board'
UN Rapporteur Says US Actions on Venezuela, Greenland Reflect Long-Standing Interventionism US Spying on Danish Military Facilities in Greenland
Trump Says 'You'll Find Out,' When Asked How Far He'll Go To Acquire Greenland Denmark, Greenland Propose NATO Mission in Arctic
China Says It Drove Away Philippine Aircraft Over Disputed Shoal Syria Gives Kurds Four Days To Accept Integration as US Signals End of Support
Belgian Court Reopens Patrice Lumumba Murder Case Keir Starmer Fails To Endorse Donald Trump's 'Board of Peace' for Gaza as UK Frets About $1 Billion Cost
What To Know About the Chagos Islands as Trump Slams the UK's Sovereignty Deal Danish MP Warns US Takeover of Greenland Will Start a War
Suspected Jihadist Attack Kills 31 Civilians in Niger Mexico Sends 37 Cartel Members to US in Latest Offer to Trump Administration
Israel's Settler Movement Takes Victory Lap as a Sparse Outpost Becomes a Settlement Within a Month Israel Prevents Palestinian Committee Members Appointed by Trump From Entering Gaza
Denmark's AkademikerPension Moves To Dump US Treasuries SDF Withdraws From Syria's Al-Hawl Camp Hours After Major Jailbreak of ISIS Fighters
UAE Formally Agrees To Join Trump's 'Board of Peace' for Gaza Some European States Rethink Presence at US-Backed Gaza Base, Diplomats Say
Trump Says EU Won't 'Push Back Too Much' as Denmark Sends Extra Troops to Greenland Trump Trolls European Leaders With Wild AI Image of Him Planting US Flag on Greenland, Leaks Fawning Texts From World Leaders
Saudis Keen To Oust UAE From Position of Regional Influence Palestinian Infant Dies of Cold as Israel Continues To Block Aid to Gaza
'Enough Is Enough': Belgian PM Urges Europe To Draw Firm Line With Trump Smotrich Rejects Trump's Gaza Plan, Calls for Shuttering of US-Led Coordination Center
Large Russian Drone, Missile Attack Causes Power Outages in Kiev Chernobyl Power Plant Loses External Power Supply After Russian Attacks on Ukraine's Energy Infrastructure, IAEA Warns
Japan Accuses US of Failing To Meet $6.9 Billion Arms Supply Deals Ben Gvir Celebrates as Israel Destroys Aid Agency Headquarters
Syria Govt, Kurds Trade Accusations Over Fate of ISIS Prisoners Morocco's King Accepts Invitation To Join Trump 'Peace Board': Statement
Sudan Paramilitary Forces Say Regret Deadly Chad Border Clash Norway Preparing for Property Requisitions in Wartime
Record 1,560 Sign Up for Latvia's July 2026 Military Draft Trump Undermines Key Allies UK and France Before Davos Visit
ISIS Claims Kabul Attack on Chinese Restaurant That Killed Seven People Full SDF Mobilization as Ceasefire Between Syria, Kurds in Tatters
Israel Is Preparing Land in Rafah To Corral Palestinians Into an Area Under Full Military Occupation Trump's Greenland Tariffs: What's Europe's 'Bazooka' Option To Hit Back?
Sanctions Request Against Netanyahu Filed by UK Lawyers, Rights Group Trump Threatens 200% Tariffs as France Declines To Join Board of Peace
Uganda's Bobi Wine: 'We Have Evidence' of Election Fraud in Museveni Win Sharp Rise in Malnutrition Cases, Preventable Diseases in Somalia: MSF
Confidential UAE Memo Details Plan To Push France To Act Against Muslim Brotherhood India and UAE Agree To Deepen Nuclear Cooperation in Mega Defense Pact
Israel Raids Hebron Amid Fears for Ibrahimi Mosque and Settlement Expansion B'Tselem Says at Least 84 Palestinians Killed in Israeli Torture Camps
Syria Accuses SDF of 'Political Blackmail' After ISIS Prisoners Allegedly Freed RIP Amb. Robert Hunter, Who Warned About NATO Expansion
Iran Arrests 470 Linked to Foreign-Backed Unrest Mass Protests in Iraqi Kurdistan, Region in Support of SDF
Turkey Challenges Netanyahu on Gaza Force Role Analysts Warn That Iran Crisis Carries Potential Nuclear Risks

January 19th, 2026

Trump Refuses To Rule Out Military Option for Greenland Paving Military Roads, Israel Prepares Permanent Control of West Bank Camps
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