Fierce fighting and global funding cuts have pushed more than 33 million people towards starvation.
Millions of people in Sudan are in urgent need of humanitarian help, aid organisations have warned, as the war in the east African state marked its…

Fierce fighting and global funding cuts have pushed more than 33 million people towards starvation.
Millions of people in Sudan are in urgent need of humanitarian help, aid organisations have warned, as the war in the east African state marked its…

These are the key developments from day 1,415 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Published On 9 Jan 2026
Here is where things stand on Friday, January 9:

For decades, the idea of a political alliance between Venezuela and the United States has seemed impossible with Caracas defining itself by Chavismo, a left-wing populist ideology rooted in anti-imperialism and confronting Washington’s…

Two meetings, held almost simultaneously towards the end of December, offered a stark illustration of the competing strategic visions now shaping the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant.
In Damascus, Turkiye’s foreign, defence and intelligence…

US president signals he is not ready to back the Israel-aligned opposition figure to lead Iran in case of regime change.
United States President Donald Trump has ruled out meeting with Iran’s self-proclaimed Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, suggesting…

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has vetoed a bill that would have reduced the prison sentence of his right-wing rival and predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro, who was convicted of plotting a coup.
On Thursday, Lula followed through with his…

United States President Donald Trump has dismissed international law, saying only his “own morality” can curb the aggressive policies he is pursuing across the world after the abduction of Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro.
“I don’t need…

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Portland police have urged calm as the shooting remains under investigation, amid heightened tensions over ICE actions.
Published On 9 Jan 2026
Federal agents in the United…

Despite an agreed-upon ‘peace plan’, Israel continues to violate the ceasefire.
In the three months since the United States unveiled a 20-point Gaza plan, more than 400 Palestinians have been killed and thousands injured in near-daily Israeli…