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A soldier stands next to one of the buses waiting to evacuate the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters from Aleppo, northern Syria, 09 January 2026. (EPA)
Syrian army halts operations in Aleppo’s Sheikh Maqsoud after escalation with SDF
DAMASCUS — The Syrian Army’s Operations Command announced Saturday a halt to all military operations inside the Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood in the northern city of Aleppo following an escalation with the YPG/SDF group. In statements carried by the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), the Operations Command said all military activity in Sheikh Maqsoud would cease starting at 3 p.m. local time (1200 GMT). The command said militants from the Syrian Democratic Forces entrenched inside Yassin Hospital would be transferred to the city of Tabqah, with their weapons withdrawn. It added that the army would begin handing over all health and government facilities in the neighborhood to state institutions and would gradually withdraw from the streets of Sheikh Maqsoud. — Agencies
January 10, 2026

Syrian army halts operations in Aleppo’s Sheikh Maqsoud after escalation with SDF

US President Donald Trump. (EPA)
Trump says ‘hundreds of billions’ to flow into Venezuelan oil after White House talks
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump said Friday that major oil companies are preparing to invest “hundreds of billions of dollars” in Venezuela following talks at the White House, as the United States signaled confidence in a shift in the country’s political and economic trajectory. Speaking to reporters as he departed the White House for his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida, Trump said he had met with more than a dozen senior oil executives to discuss future investment in Venezuela’s energy sector. “It was a great meeting we had today with the biggest companies anywhere in the world,” Trump said. “They’re going to be going in with hundreds of billions of dollars and drilling oil.” The comments follow a U.S. military operation on Jan. 3 that led to the capture of Venezuelan...
January 10, 2026

Trump says ‘hundreds of billions’ to flow into Venezuelan oil after White House talks

Donald Trump
Trump  says he canceled a ‘second wave’ of attacks as Venezuela cooperates with US
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said early Friday that he had cancelled a second wave of attacks on Venezuela due to the country’s cooperation with the United States.Trump's statement comes nearly a week after he ordered a military operation to oust Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, who is currently in US custody along with his wife Cilia Flores.Shortly after that military operation, Trump said in a news conference, “We are ready to stage a second and much larger attack if we need to do so. … We actually assumed that a second wave would be necessary, but now it’s probably not.”In Friday’s Truth Social post, Trump said US and Venezuela are “working well together, especially as it pertains to rebuilding, in a much bigger, better, and more modern form, their oil...
January 09, 2026

Trump  says he canceled a ‘second wave’ of attacks as Venezuela cooperates with US

Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in a meeting with judiciary officials in Tehran, 16 July 2025
Khamenei says rioters want to please Trump as Iran struggles to quell unrest
TEHRAN — Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday signaled a tougher crackdown on anti-government protests, accusing demonstrators of acting to please foreign powers, particularly the United States, as unrest continued across several cities despite a sweeping communications blackout.In a brief address broadcast on state TV, th86-year-old leader accused protesters of "ruining their own streets to make the president of another country happy" in reference to US President Donald Trump.Khamenei called on President Trump to “focus on the problems of his own country”, saying Iranian people will defeat all enemies. “The Islamic Republic came to power through the blood of hundreds of thousands of noble human beings,” he said. “The Islamic Republic will not back down in...
January 09, 2026

Khamenei says rioters want to please Trump as Iran struggles to quell unrest

Ukrainian rescuers work at the site of a Russian strike on a residential building in Kyiv, Ukraine, 09 January 2026. — EPA
Russia hits Ukraine with hypersonic Oreshnik missile 
KYIV — Four people were killed and 25 others injured as Russia used its hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missile as part of a massive attck on Ukraine overnight Friday.Loud booms could be heard for several hours in Kyiv after one of the largest Russian barrages onthe Ukrainian capiptal involving dozens of drones and missiles.Moscow used its Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic (IRBM) missile to target critical infrastructure in Lviv in western Ukraine, Mayor Andriy Sadovyi said.Oreshnik, which in Russian means “hazelnut tree”, is one of Russia’s newest weapons.According to the Western Command of Ukraine's Air Force, the Oreshnik that targeted the western Ukrainian city travelled at a speed of 13,000 kilometers per hour.Russia has previously confirmed that it used Oreshnik...
January 09, 2026

Russia hits Ukraine with hypersonic Oreshnik missile 

Law enforcement officials work a scene following reports that federal immigration officers shot and wounded people in Portland, Oregon, on Thursday
Minnesota officials say FBI blocked their access to ICE shooting probe
MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota officials say the FBI has blocked their access to an investigation into the fatal shooting of a woman by a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent.Protests and vigils have occurred nationwide after the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good, who died on Wednesday after being shot in her car.Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has accused the Trump administration of blocking state officials from involvement in the case, but the US vice president said the investigation is a federal issue.Officials have offered differing accounts of the incident, with the Trump administration claiming the ICE agent was acting in self defence, while local officials say the woman posed no danger.Amid calls for a transparent investigation, the FBI has taken over the probe, with a...
January 09, 2026

Minnesota officials say FBI blocked their access to ICE shooting probe

The International Space Station with the Earth 265 miles below on December 2, 2021
NASA shortens space mission after astronaut's medical issue 
WASHINGTON — Four astronauts will return from the International Space Station more than a month ahead of schedule after an unnamed crew member experienced a medical issue.NASA has not provided details about the nature of the problem, citing privacy concerns. The space agency said Thursday the US-Japanese-Russian crew of four will return to Earth in the coming days, earlier than planned.NASA canceled its first spacewalk of the year because of the health issue. NASA officials stressed that it was not an onboard emergency, but are "erring on the side of caution for the crew member,” said Dr James Polk, NASA's chief health and medical officer.“We have a very robust suite of medical hardware on board the International Space Station,” Polk noted during a Thursday news conference....
January 09, 2026

NASA shortens space mission after astronaut's medical issue 

Donald Trump
Trump signals US ground operations in Mexico to target drug cartels
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump announced Thursday that American forces would begin ground operations in Mexico targeting drug cartels, following months of naval strikes in the eastern Pacific and Caribbean."We are going to start now hitting land with regard to the cartels. The cartels are running Mexico," Trump said in an interview with broadcaster Sean Hannity on Fox News.Trump provided no additional information on the timing or scope of the planned land attacks.Any military strikes on Mexican territory without Mexico City's consent would violate international law and mark an unprecedented attack on a US ally and major trading partner.The statement follows Saturday's Delta Forces-led capture of Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro at a Caracas compound where he was...
January 09, 2026

Trump signals US ground operations in Mexico to target drug cartels

Federal agents clash with anti-ICE protesters in Portland, Oregon, on October 12, 2025
Border patrol officers shoot and wound Portland couple, a day after ICE agent kills Minneapolis woman
WASHINGTON — Two people have been wounded in a shooting involving US federal agents in Portland, Oregon, officials said.A US Border Patrol agent shot and wounded a man and a woman in a vehicle on Thursday afternoon after the driver allegedly tried to run over agents, a senior federal official said.The shooting occurred a day after a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good as she was driving toward him on a street in Minneapolis, Minnesota, after being ordered to exit her SUV by other ICE agents.The city's police department said in a statement that the man and woman had been taken to hospital and their conditions were unknown.The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said the incident happened at 14:19 local time (22:19 GMT) with the traffic stop...
January 09, 2026

Border patrol officers shoot and wound Portland couple, a day after ICE agent kills Minneapolis woman

Rescuers are racing against the clock to find survivors
Woman dead, 38 missing after massive landfill collapses in Philippines
MANILA — At least one person died and 38 others went missing after a mountain of rubbish collapsed at a landfill in the central Philippines on Thursday, athorities said.Police, firefighters and disaster-mitigation personnel retrieved eight people who were trapped on Thursday afternoon in the avalanche of garbage and debris in the village of Binaliw in Cebu city, police said on Friday.One of those rescued, a 22-year-old female worker at the landfill, died while being brought to a hospital, regional police director Brig. Gen. Roderick Maranan told The Associated Press.Many of the victims are believed to be sanitation workers at the landfill. The cause of the collapse is still unclear.Some 300 people from various government agencies and civilian groups have been deployed to the...
January 09, 2026

Woman dead, 38 missing after massive landfill collapses in Philippines

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