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Updated January 7, 2026 - 12:00 AM EST

Dept of Justice Walks Back Maduro-Cartel Claims

		Trump Rules Out Elections, Plans Troops To Occupy Venezuela
		Maduro Says He's a 'Prisoner of War': Why That Matters
		Fox News Panelist Slams Trump's Military Action in Venezuela

US-Brokered Israel-Syria Talks Result in Deal

		Seven Killed, Many Wounded as Syrian Army, Kurds Clash in Aleppo
		Two Killed, One Wounded in Israeli Airstrike on S. Lebanon House

Witkoff: Progress Made on Security Guarantees for Ukraine

Netanyahu: Gaza Crossing With Egypt To Remain Closed

Viewpoints

	Venezuela Regime Change: Trump's Shocking Press Conference by Ted Snider
	US Arms Sales to Taiwan Risk Accelerating China's Timeline for Unification by Harris Jenner

	George W. Bush Missed the Chance for Peace With Russia by James Carden
	Three Key Lessons From the US's Venezuela Intervention by Ryan McMaken
More Viewpoints

Team America Is Back! and Keeping With History,
Has No Real Plan
by Col. Douglas Macgregor

Frontline

	RAF Spy Plane Flies Over Path of Oil Tanker Pursued by US Through Atlantic
	Senate To Vote Next Week To Block Trump's Military Action Against Venezuela

Gaza

	'Aid Cannot Reach Needed Scale': EU Presses Israel Over NGO Restrictions as Gaza Conditions Worsen
	Two IDF Soldiers Seriously Hurt in Separate Accidents in Gaza, Northern Israel
	Economic Survival in Gaza, Decimated by Israel, Counts on Small Initiatives
	Palestinian Church Committee Urges Churches Worldwide to Protect Aid Work in Gaza
	Seven Israelis Stranded in Gaza Blocked From Returning Due to Bureaucratic Stalemate
	US Political Theorist Michael Walzer Calls Israel War on Gaza a 'Criminal Effort'
	Gaza Children Risk Snipers To Attend Tent Schools
	Fuel Shortages, Lack of Equipment: Gaza's Civil Defense Suspends Operations
	Gaza Hospitals 'Overwhelmed' With Patients Amid Severe Shortage of Medication

Israel/Palestine

	Army OKs Tracking Bracelets To Enforce West Bank Restraining Orders as Settler Attacks Spike
	Israel's Arms Manufacturers Benefit From EU Funding for Cutting Edge Civilian Research
	Red Crescent Says Israeli Army Gunfire Wounds Five in West Bank
	Crime and Sexual Offenses Surge in Israel, Opposition Leader Lapid Tells Knesset
	'Year of Bloodshed': West Bank Authorities Record Nearly 24,000 Army, Settler Attacks on Palestinians in 2025
	Teenager Killed, Others Injured After Bus Runs Over Haredi Protesters in Jerusalem
	Israel Grants 4G Access to Palestinian West Bank Cell Firms; Gaza To Remain on 2G
	Israeli Foreign Minister in Somaliland: 'Unlike Palestine, It's Not a Virtual State'
	Israeli Forces Fire Live Rounds and Teargas as They Storm Birzeit University
	Blacknest: Inside Canary Mission's Secret Web of Unlisted Sites

Turkey

	Ankara Demands PKK, Affiliated Groups Lay Down Arms as 'Terror-Free Turkey' Drive Intensifies
	Turkey's Intelligence Chief Declares Africa a Strategic Priority
	Turkey Edges Closer To Leading Black Sea Mission Under Ukraine Security Guarantees

Middle East

	Security Forces Clash With Protesters in Iran's Main Market as at Least 36 Killed in Demonstrations
	US Proposed Demilitarized Economic Zone on Israel-Syria Border
	Lebanon Says Israeli Strikes Undermine Efforts To Prevent Escalation
	Qatar Slams 'Political Blackmail' as Israel Hinders Gaza's Rafah Crossing
	Yemeni Separatists To Attend Saudi Talks After Losing Key Southern Sites

Venezuela

	Behind the DoJ's Indictment of Maduro: A CIA-Created 'Network' and Coerced Star Witness
	Trump: US Oil Firms May Be in Venezuela for 18 Months
	US Air Force Deploys RC-135 Spy Plane Near Venezuelan Coast
	Specter of Iraq and Afghanistan Looms Over Maduro Raid, Vets Say
	Who Is Judge Alvin Hellerstein, the 92-Year-Old Overseeing Maduro Case?
	US Embargo Halts Venezuela Oil Shipments to Key Asian Buyers
	US Operation in Venezuela Undermined International Law, UN Rights Office Argues

Greenland

	Greenland Premier Says Territory Not at Point of 'Overnight Takeover' Like Venezuela
	US Weighing Options, Including Military, to Acquire Greenland: White House
	European Leaders Hit Back at Trump's US Takeover Designs on Greenland
	Rubio Told Lawmakers Trump Wants to Buy Greenland

The War at Home

	US Navy Signs $20.3 Million Deal To Upgrade E-6B Doomsday Aircraft
	Pentagon To Review 'Effectiveness' of Women in Combat Arms Jobs
	US Air Force Awards Boeing $2 Billion Contract to Begin B-52 Engine Upgrades
	Last Columbia Student Protester in ICE Detention: Leqaa Kordia on Her Nine Months in Captivity

United Kingdom

	UK Welcomes Establishment of Full Diplomatic Relations With Palestine
	UK Hunger Strike Passes 60 Days With Palestine Activists Suffering Severe Health Complications

Europe

	Netherlands Pulls Out of US Caribbean Drug Missions Amid Venezuela Tensions
	Germany Orders 200 Puma IFVs With Spike Anti-Tank Missiles for $4.9 Billion

Sudan

	Nearly 65,000 Flee Kordofan Amid Escalating Insecurity
	How Is Gum Arabic Fueling the War in Sudan?

Africa

	Somalia Condemns Israeli Foreign Minister's Visit to Hargeisa as 'Serious Violation'
	Tunisia Frees Humanitarian Workers After 20 Months in Prison

China

	Venezuela Attack Seen as Reminder for China To Boost Air Defense, Counter-Intelligence
	Can China and South Korea Reset Complex Ties After Xi-Lee Summit?
	What Assets Does China Have in Venezuela, and What Could Happen With Maduro Gone?

Asia

	Curfew Imposed in Nepal Border City After Protests Over Mosque Vandalism
	Taiwanese F-16 Crashes at Sea During Night Operations
	Thai Army Says Cambodia Claims New Border Strike Was Accident Amid Truce

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