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A general view from a street in Tehran, Iran, 08 January 2026. Following a sharp decline in the national currency and soaring prices for basic goods, the country is facing a wave of nationwide anti-government protests . — EPA
Iran plunged into internet blackout as anti-government protests spread
TEHRAN — Iran was plunged into a nationwide internet blackout Thursday evening as anti-government protests spread around the country.Footage verified by CNN showed mass protests in cities across Iran, with demonstrators blocking roads and setting fires in the streets of the capital. In the videos, opposing factions demonstrating across the country rallied around chants in support of and opposition to the Iranian government.Iranian state media downplayed the scale of Thursday's unrest. In some cases, they denied protests had taken place altogether, posting videos of empty streets.The peaceful demonstrations in Tehran and the second city of Mashhad on Thursday evening, which were not dispersed by security forces, can be seen in footage verified by BBC Persian.Thousands of people took...
January 09, 2026

Iran plunged into internet blackout as anti-government protests spread

Some 55 whales had washed up on Farewell Spit on Thursday
Six whales dead after mass stranding on New Zealand beach
WELLINGTON — Six whales have died on a remote beach in New Zealand's South Island following a mass stranding and volunteers are racing against time to get 15 others that are still alive back to the sea.Some 55 pilot whales washed up on Farewell Spit on Thursday. While most managed to make their way back out to sea, 15 have restranded and are now spread along about 1km (0.6mi) of the beach.A video from Project Jonah, a non-profit working with marine mammals, showed volunteers pouring buckets of water on the whales to keep them cool."When the tide comes in, we're going to have to move really quickly to bring these whales together, then move them out to deeper waters," said Louisa Hawkes from Project Jonah.Pilot whales are highly social animals and have a natural instinct to look...
January 09, 2026

Six whales dead after mass stranding on New Zealand beach

French farmers block the roundabout at the Champs Elysees with tractors during a demonstrationin Paris on Thursday as part of a nationwide day of protests to push the French government to block the Mercosur trade deal. — EPA
Farmers storm Paris with tractors to protest against EU-Mercosur free trade deal
PARIS — French farmers launched on Thursday a pre-dawn blockade of roads into Paris and several of the city's landmarks in protest against a sweeping trade deal the European Union hopes soon to sign with South American nations as well as other grievances.The farmers forced their way into central Paris with around 100 tractors to protest the EU's intention to sign the Mercosur free trade agreement with South American nations, defying police blockades meant to keep them out of the capital.Thursday’s protest was staged by the Rural Coordination union to put further pressure on France’s government, which opposes the trade deal covering Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay. French farmers say the agreement would damage their livelihoods.José Perez, President of the...
January 08, 2026

Farmers storm Paris with tractors to protest against EU-Mercosur free trade deal

Security forces deploy across the streets of Aleppo, northern Syria, 07 January 2026. — EPA
Thousands flee Aleppo as clashes between Syrian army and Kurdish militants escalate
DAMASCUS — Clashes between Syrian government forces and US-backed Kurdish militants have escalated in Aleppo's Sheikh Maqsud and Ashrafiyeh neighborhoods, killing at least nine people and displacing thousands.Clashes resumed on Tuesday between General Security Forces of the transition Government and the mainly Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), following a brief pause after the ceasefire announced in late December 2025.The Syrian army announced they would launch a new operation against positions of the US-backed group in Aleppo at 13:30 local time on Thursday. Authorities also declared a curfew in the province where intense clashes entered its third day.Initial fighting near the Alleramoon roundabout – on the historic city’s western outskirts – spread to the predominantly...
January 08, 2026

Thousands flee Aleppo as clashes between Syrian army and Kurdish militants escalate

Suspects  detained during a crackdown on cybercrime networks in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 16 July 2025.  — EPA
Cambodia extradites alleged cybercrime kingpin to China
BANGKOK — Cambodia says it has extradited to China a prominent businessman accused of running one of Asia’s largest criminal networks that trafficked workers and forced them to defraud victims globally.Chen Zhi, 38, a national of China and Cambodia, was extradited on Tuesday after a months-long investigation by the two countries, Cambodia’s Interior Ministry said in a statement. Chen was arrested on 6 January with two other Chinese nationals, the ministry said, adding that his Cambodian citizenship has been revoked.The operation was conducted at the request of the Chinese government, the ministry said, though it is unclear what charges Chen faces in China. He was arrested alongside two other Chinese nationals.Chen is the founder and chairman of Prince Group, which bills itself as one...
January 08, 2026

Cambodia extradites alleged cybercrime kingpin to China

Brazil's President Andre Correa do Lago listens to the executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Simon Stiell (L) during the COP30 plenary session in Belem, Brazil, on 22 November 2025. — EPA
Trump pulls out US from UN climate treaty and 65 other global bodies
WASHINGTON — The United States is pulling out of the UN treaty that underpins international cooperation on climate change, along with several other global bodies.President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday suspending Washington's participation in UN agencies, commissions and advisory panels focused on climate, labour, migration and other issues his administration describes as promoting "woke" initiatives.This means the US will withdraw from 66 international organizations including the UN climate treaty framework, marking the most extensive retreat from global cooperation in its modern history.US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the institutions were "redundant in their scope, mismanaged, unnecessary, wasteful, poorly run, captured by the interests of actors...
January 08, 2026

Trump pulls out US from UN climate treaty and 65 other global bodies

For many children at this school, it's the first return to education since the war began
Gaza children risk snipers to attend tent schools after years without education
JERUSALEM — After two years of war, the hum of lessons and chatter of classmates resonates around the ruins of what was once Lulwa Abdel Wahab al-Qatami School, in the Tel al-Hawa neighbourhood in south-western Gaza City.The relentless Israeli war has destroyed the vast majority of Gaza’s educational infrastructure, forcing families to create makeshift “tent schools” in dangerous proximity to Israeli forces — an area demarcated by Israel as the “yellow zone”.According to Unicef, more than 97% of schools in Gaza were damaged or destroyed during the war. The Israeli military has made repeated claims that Hamas uses civilian infrastructure including schools to carry out operations but has rarely provided solid evidence.The Lulwa school was hit in January 2024, and for months...
January 08, 2026

Gaza children risk snipers to attend tent schools after years without education

Protesters shout during a rally held in response to an ICE agent in Minneapolisshooting and killing of Renee Nicole Good, in New York, New York, USA, 7 January 2026. — EPA
Woman fatally shot by immigration agent during raid in in Minnesota 
MINNEAPOLIS — A US immigration agent shot and killed a woman during a large-scale immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis on Wednesday.Ilhan Omar, the Democratic Minnesota congresswoman, said the 37-year-old victim was “a legal observer” of action by ICE, which had sent a surge of agents into the city in recent days tied in part to allegations of fraud involving Somali residents.The Department of Homeland Security said the woman, Renee Nicole Good, was a "violent rioter" who tried to run over Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.Colorado Governor Jared Polis on Wednesday called for a full investigation into the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent.“It has been reported that Ms. Good, the mother of a young child, is from the Colorado Springs area and has...
January 08, 2026

Woman fatally shot by immigration agent during raid in in Minnesota 

The vessel tanker Bella 1 at Singapore Strait in this picture taken from social media on March 18, 2025
US seizes Russian-flagged oil tanker after dramatic chase in Atlantic
WASHINGTON — The US forces seized an oil tanker linked to Venezuela on Wednesday after tracking it across the Atlantic, according to a social media post from US European Command.Originally called the Bella 1, the tanker was sanctioned by the US in 2024 for operating within a “shadow fleet” of tankers transporting illicit oil.Russia on Wednesday strongly condemned the seizure, saying Washington had no legal authority to use force against a vessel lawfully registered under another country’s jurisdiction on the high seas.In a statement issued on Telegram, Russia’s ministry of transport said the tanker Marinera, formerly known as Bella 1, had been granted a temporary permit to sail under the Russian flag on December 24, 2025, in line with Russian and international law.News of the...
January 08, 2026

US seizes Russian-flagged oil tanker after dramatic chase in Atlantic

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (R), alongside Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (L), speaks to reporters after briefing US Senators about the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in Washington,, 07 January 2026. — EPA
Marco Rubio to meet Danish officials next week to discuss Greenland
WASHINGTON — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday announced plans to meet with Danish officials next week to discuss the Trump administration's interest in Greenland.Rubio’s comments on Capitol Hill came as the Trump administration has amped up rhetoric about taking over Greenland, which is a self-governing territory of Denmark.US President Donald Trump doubled down on the idea this week, and the White House has refused to rule out using military force to seize the Arctic island.Rubio told reporters that "acquiring" Greenland has "always been the president’s intent from the very beginning," adding that “he’s not the first US president that has examined or looked at how we could acquire Greenland.”Denmark and Greenland sought the meeting after Trump and his...
January 08, 2026

Marco Rubio to meet Danish officials next week to discuss Greenland

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