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A person clears snow from a sidewalk in Przemysl, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, southeastern Poland, 07 January 2026. — EPA
Travel chaos across Europe as Storm Goretti brings heavy snowfall and ice
PARIS — Much of Europe is dealing with more snow and ice on Wednesday as Storm Goretti, the first named storm of the year, hits the continent’s Atlantic coast.Hundreds of flights in France and Belgium have been grounded, with passengers stranded at airports.Drivers in the UK are being warned of dangerous road conditions.Western Europe saw heavy snow overnight and into the morning on Wednesday as the French capital saw a rare stretch of sub-zero temperatures. A thick blanket of snowfall glistened on streets and monuments across Paris, with some residents resorting to skiing their way across the city. Around 100 flights were cancelled at Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport on Wednesday morning because of snowfall and fierce cold, and a further 40 at the French capital's Orly...
January 07, 2026

Travel chaos across Europe as Storm Goretti brings heavy snowfall and ice

Iranian army chief General Amir Hatami speaking during a ceremony for military academy students in Tehran, Iran, 07 January 2026. — EPA
Iran army chief warns of pre-emptive action after hostile rhetoric targeting Tehran
TEHRAN — Iran's army chief Maj. Gen. Amir Hatami threatened pre-emptive military action on Wednesday over "rhetoric" targeting the Islamic Republic. He was likely referring to threats made by US President Donald Trump's warning that if Tehran "violently kills peaceful protesters," Washington would "come to their rescue."The comments by Maj. Gen. Hatami come as Iran tries to respond to what it sees as a dual threat posed by Israel and the United States, as well as the protests sparked by its economic woes that have grown into a direct challenge to the government.Seeking to ease tensions, Iran's government began paying the equivalent of €6 a month to subsidise rising costs for dinner-table essentials like rice, meats and pasta.More than 71 million people will receive the...
January 07, 2026

Iran army chief warns of pre-emptive action after hostile rhetoric targeting Tehran

President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of Somalia. (EPA)
Somali president warns Israel-linked Somaliland moves threaten sovereignty
MOGADISHU — Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud warned that recent moves involving Somaliland, which he accused Israel of backing for strategic purposes, pose an existential threat to Somalia’s sovereignty and national security. In an interview with Al Arabiya English on Saturday, Mohamud said Somaliland remains an integral part of Somalia and has no legal standing as a separate state. He described actions by Somaliland’s leadership as violations of international law that have undermined efforts to preserve national unity through peaceful means. “So-called Somaliland is another region of Somalia,” he said, arguing that the secessionist project has proven “non-viable” and that its leaders are acting out of desperation in seeking international recognition. Mohamud alleged...
January 07, 2026

Somali president warns Israel-linked Somaliland moves threaten sovereignty

Captain Ibrahim Traore
Burkina Faso foils coup plot to overthrow President Traore
ISTANBUL — Burkina Faso’s government said late Tuesday that it thwarted a coup attempt against President Capt. Ibrahim Traore, accusing former transitional president Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba of orchestrating the plot.Security Minister Mahamadou Sana told national television RTB that the plot, which had been planned for late Saturday, was foiled “thanks to the professionalism of the intelligence services.”"Our intelligence services intercepted this operation in the final hours. They had planned to assassinate the head of state and then strike other key institutions, including civilian personalities," said Sana, further alleging that the plot had been funded from neighboring Ivory Coast.He said the plan involved a series of targeted assassinations of military and civilian...
January 07, 2026

Burkina Faso foils coup plot to overthrow President Traore

Aldrich Ames
Notorious CIA double agent Aldrich Ames dies in prison
WASHINGTON — Aldrich Ames, a former CIA case officer arrested by the FBI and sentenced to life in prison for espionage, died in custody at the age of 84, according to a spokesperson for the US Bureau of Prisons. The former counterintelligence officer, who was serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole, died on Monday at the Federal Correctional Institution in Cumberland, Maryland.The official said a Maryland medical examiner will determine his cause of death.Ames, one of the most notorious spies in US history, was responsible for the arrest and eventual execution of numerous Soviet and Russian officials secretly working on behalf of the US intelligence community.Ames was jailed on 28 April 1994 after he admitted to selling secret information to the Soviet Union and later...
January 07, 2026

Notorious CIA double agent Aldrich Ames dies in prison

Donald Trump
US adds 25 more countries to costly visa bond policy
WASHINGTON — The United States has put 25 more countries on a list of nations whose citizens could be required to post bonds of up to $15,000 to apply for entry into the country, the State Department website said on Tuesday.The list mostly included countries from Africa, Latin America and South Asia. It had a total of 38 countries as of Tuesday. The policy for the newly added nations will go into effect on January 21, the State Department website showed.Venezuela, whose toppled leader Nicolas Maduro was seized by US forces over the weekend and brought to New York, is also on the list."Any citizen or national traveling on a passport issued by one of these countries, who is found otherwise eligible for a B1/B2 visa, must post a bond for $5,000, $10,000, or $15,000," the State Department...
January 07, 2026

US adds 25 more countries to costly visa bond policy

The Bella 1, which changed its name to the Marinera recently
Russia sends navy ships to escort oil tanker being chased by US military
WASHINGTON — Russia has dispatched at least one naval vessel to escort an oil tanker being chased by the US forces, according to news reports. .The development deepens the confrontation between the two countries over the tanker, known until recently as the Bella 1 and now called the Marinera.The tanker is sailing northeast in the Atlantic Ocean between Iceland and Britain with its location transponder active, according to ship-tracking data from MarineTraffic. From there, it could head to the Baltic Sea or around Scandinavia to Murmansk, Russia’s ice-free Arctic port.The dispatching of the Russian naval vessel was reported earlier by The Wall Street Journal.President Donald Trump said last month that he was ordering a "blockade" of sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela,...
January 07, 2026

Russia sends navy ships to escort oil tanker being chased by US military

Yemen dismisses transport and planning ministers, refers them for investigation
Saudi Gazette report ADEN — Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council has dismissed Transport Minister Abdulsalam Humaid and Planning and International Cooperation Minister Waed Badheeb and referred them for investigation, as part of a series of emergency measures taken amid escalating security tensions in the country’s southern governorates. The decision was taken during an emergency meeting of the council on Wednesday, chaired by President Rashad Al-Alimi and attended by council members Sultan Al-Arada, Tareq Saleh, Abdulrahman Al-Mahrami, Abdullah Al-Alimi and Othman Mujalli, according to Yemen’s state news agency SABA. The council reviewed a comprehensive briefing on the repercussions of one member’s failure to respond to an invitation from Saudi Arabia, alongside unilateral...
January 07, 2026

Yemen dismisses transport and planning ministers, refers them for investigation

Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council meeting on Wednesday.
Yemen strips STC chief of presidential council membership, orders prosecution on treason charges
Saudi Gazette report ADEN — Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council chairman Rashad Al-Alimi has issued a republican decree removing Aidarus bin Qassem Al-Zoubaidi from the council and referring him to the public prosecutor on charges classified as “high treason” and actions harming state security and unity. The decision, issued Wednesday, was based on constitutional and legal references including Yemen’s constitution, the Gulf Initiative and its implementation mechanism, the 2022 decision transferring power and forming the Presidential Leadership Council, as well as laws governing crimes, penalties and the trial of senior state officials. The decree said the move was taken “in the interest of safeguarding the security of all citizens and affirming commitment to the sovereignty...
January 07, 2026

Yemen strips STC chief of presidential council membership, orders prosecution on treason charges

Oil derricks are seen in Cabimas, Venezuela, 18 December 2025. — EPA
Venezuela will turn over oil worth up to $2.8bn to US, says Trump
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Venezuela will turn over as much as 50 million barrels of oil to the US, worth roughly $2.8 billion at the current market price, to be sold in the open market with proceeds benefiting both countries.The announcement late on Tuesday, which came with few details, marked a significant step up for the US government as it seeks to extend its economic influence in Venezuela and beyond after the capture of leader Nicolas Maduro over the weekend. It’s also a blow to China, previously the top buyer of the country’s oil and a close partner, Bloomberg reported.Interim authorities in Venezuela will turn over “sanctioned oil,” Trump said on Truth Social.“This Oil will be sold at its Market Price, and that money will be controlled by me, as President...
January 07, 2026

Venezuela will turn over oil worth up to $2.8bn to US, says Trump

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