United States-mediated talks between Israel and Syria focused on reviving the 1974 disengagement framework resume after a several-month hiatus, with Syria pressing for an Israeli withdrawal from territory entered after the fall of the Assad regime. (Reuters)
Three people are killed and others are wounded in Aleppo, Syria. The Syrian Armed Forces and the Syrian Democratic Forces blame each other for the attack. (Reuters)
Two Hezbollah militants are killed in a strike by the Israel Defense Forces in Al-Jumayjimah, Nabatieh Governorate, Lebanon. (The Jerusalem Post)
Israel authorizes Palestinian mobile operators Jawwal and Ooredoo to begin upgrading to 4G services in the West Bank after they sign management contracts with the Swedish telecommunications firm Ericsson. (Reuters)
Former Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores plead not guilty to charges of drug trafficking and narcoterrorism in the United States. They will remain in prison until their next court appearance in March. (NBC News)
Switzerland freezes all assets held in the country by de jure Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his associates for four years, following Maduro’s transfer to the United States, and is intended to secure the assets while their legal status is under investigation. (Reuters)
A Venezuelan decree authorizes a national manhunt for those involved in the American attack. (Reuters)
Venezuela orders police to find, arrest anyone involved in supporting U.S. attack (Reuters)
China tightens export controls on dual-use technology to Japan, banning shipments that could support the Japanese military, following diplomatic tensions over remarks related to Taiwan. (AFP via The Sun)
Delcy Rodríguez is formally sworn in as acting and first female president of Venezuela following Nicolás Maduro’s removal and transfer out of the country. (Reuters)
Pakistani counter-terrorism police seize two tons of explosives and arrest three people suspected of being members of the Baloch Liberation Army and planning attacks with it. (AP)
Uganda bans the live broadcasting and streaming of protests and violent incidents and restricts content deemed inciting or hateful ahead of the general election. (Reuters)
Sunday, January 4th, 2026
The death toll from the strikes rises to at least 80, including members of security forces and civilians. (The New York Times)
Cuba confirms that 32 of its citizens were killed during the attacks while carrying out missions. Two days of national mourning are declared. (Al Jazeera)
The United States Federal Aviation Administration lifts the ban on US flights through the Caribbean imposed following military strikes in Venezuela. Hundreds of flights were canceled or are rescheduled from yesterday. (Reuters)
A technical failure in Greece’s air traffic control communication systems forces authorities to impose a seven-hour nationwide ground stop and airspace closure, diverting aircraft to nearby countries and causing widespread delays and cancellations. (Reuters)
Switzerland freezes all assets held in the country by de jure Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his associates for four years to prevent the removal of potentially illicit funds following Maduro’s arrest and transfer to the United States. (Reuters)
Venezuela orders police to find, arrest anyone involved in supporting U.S. attack (Reuters)
Uganda bans the live broadcasting and streaming of protests and violent incidents and restricts content deemed inciting or hateful ahead of the general election. (Reuters)
Sunday, January 4th, 2026
The United States Federal Aviation Administration lifts the ban on US flights through the Caribbean imposed following military strikes in Venezuela. Hundreds of flights were canceled or are rescheduled from yesterday. (Reuters)
The United States Federal Aviation Administration lifts the ban on US flights through the Caribbean imposed following military strikes in Venezuela. Hundreds of flights were canceled or are rescheduled from yesterday. (Reuters)
Cuba confirms that 32 of its citizens were killed during the attacks while carrying out missions. Two days of national mourning are declared. (Al Jazeera)
BYD Company, based in China, surpasses the United States-based Tesla, Inc., as the world’s best-selling electric vehicle automaker after selling 2.26 million vehicles in 2025, overtaking Tesla’s 1.64 million. (AP)(DW)
The death toll from the strikes rises to at least 80, including members of security forces and civilians. (The New York Times)
The death toll from the strikes in Venezuela rises to at least 80, including members of security forces and civilians. The number could rise further. (The New York Times)
A technical failure in Greece’s air traffic control communication systems forces authorities to impose a seven-hour nationwide ground stop and airspace closure, diverting aircraft to nearby countries and causing widespread delays and cancellations. (Reuters)
A boat carrying 52 passengers capsizes in Nguru, Yobe State, Nigeria, killing at least 25 people and leaving 14 more missing. (Reuters)
Myanmar’s military government releases 6,186 prisoners, including 52 foreign nationals, and reduces prison sentences to mark Independence Day, while excluding inmates convicted of serious crimes. (Reuters)
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Sunday, January 4th, 2026
BYD Company, based in China, surpasses the United States-based Tesla, Inc., as the world’s best-selling electric vehicle automaker after selling 2.26 million vehicles in 2025, overtaking Tesla’s 1.64 million. (AP)(DW)
The United States Federal Aviation Administration lifts the ban on US flights through the Caribbean imposed following military strikes in Venezuela. Hundreds of flights were canceled or are rescheduled from yesterday. (Reuters)
The death toll from the strikes in Venezuela rises to at least 80, including members of security forces and civilians. The number could rise further. (The New York Times)
A boat carrying 52 passengers capsizes in Nguru, Yobe State, Nigeria, killing at least 25 people and leaving 14 more missing. (Reuters)
Myanmar’s military government releases 6,186 prisoners, including 52 foreign nationals, and reduces prison sentences to mark Independence Day, while excluding inmates convicted of serious crimes. (Reuters)
United States president Donald Trump orders airstrikes on Caracas, Venezuela, killing at least 40 people, including civilians and military personnel. A national state of emergency is declared following the strikes. (CNN)
Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his wife, first lady Cilia Flores, are captured by U.S. forces and flown out of the country. Venezuelan vice president Delcy Rodríguez becomes acting president. (CBS News)
British and French aircraft carry out a joint strike on an underground facility alleged to be occupied by the Islamic State near Palmyra in central Syria. (The Guardian)
Four more protesters are shot dead by security forces in Malekshahi County, Ilam province, Iran. (Hengaw) (AP)
At least eight people are killed and 42 others are injured in overnight Russian attacks on the Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kherson, Mykolaiv, and Sumy Oblasts of Ukraine. (RBC-Ukraine)
At least 30 people are killed and others kidnapped by armed bandits in a raid on a village market in Borgu, Niger State, Nigeria. The market was also looted of food before being set on fire. (The Punch)
xAt least four people are trapped when a multi-story building collapses in Nairobi, Kenya. (AP)
Dozens of people are missing and at least 102 others are rescued after a boat carrying over 200 migrants capsizes off the coast of the North Bank Division of the Gambia. (AP)
The United Kingdom records its hottest and sunniest year in 2025 with an average temperature of 10.09 °C (50.16 °F), surpassing the 2022 record of 10.03 °C (50.05 °F). (Business Day)
The Pakistani anti-terrorism court sentences eight journalists and online commentators, including Wajahat Saeed Khan, Adil Raja, and Shaheen Sehbai, to life imprisonment in absentia for terrorism-related offences tied to digital content supporting former prime minister Imran Khan during the unrest. (Reuters)
Eleven people are killed and eleven others are injured after a bus and a truck collide head-on on a federal highway in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. (Reuters)
A Palestinian is killed and another is injured when Israeli forces open fire on stone-throwers near Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya, Nablus, West Bank. (Reuters)
One person is killed and another is injured in Russian drone strikes on Dniprovskyi District, Kherson, Ukraine. (RBC-Ukraine)
Turkmenistan legalizes the mining and exchange of cryptocurrency as digital assets, but maintains that digital currency cannot be used as legal tender. (AP)
At least 17 people are killed and 11 others are injured in flash floods caused by heavy rains and snowfall across Afghanistan. (AP)
Seven people are killed, 96 others are rescued and at least 97 are reported missing when a boat carrying hundreds of migrants capsizes in The Gambia. (Reuters)
The Vondelkerk in Amsterdam, Netherlands, catches fire, collapsing the tower and leaving only the exterior walls standing. (NOS in Dutch)
After months of a high-profile legal dispute, entertainment agency ADOR terminates its contract with singer Danielle and expels her from the South Korean girl group NewJeans. (The Independent)
High-speed rail service Eurostar temporarily suspends all trains between London and Paris, Brussels, and Amsterdam due to an “overhead power supply issue” in the Channel Tunnel that caused major disruptions. (DW)
Three people are killed and four others are injured, including one critically, in a livestreamed mass shooting when suspected Jalisco New Generation Cartel gunmen open fire on a Lamborghini in Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico. (BNO News)
Two trains on a rail line between Cusco to Machu Picchu in Urubamba province, Peru, collide, killing a train driver and injuring 40 passengers. (CBS News)
United States federal judge Angel Kelley of Massachusetts blocks the Trump administration’s plan to end temporary protected status for South Sudanese nationals, issuing an administrative stay that prevents the expiration of deportation protections while a legal challenge proceeds. (Reuters)
Israel announces the suspension of many international humanitarian organizations, including Doctors Without Borders, the International Rescue Committee, and divisions of Oxfam and Caritas, from operating in Gaza starting January 1 for allegedly failing to pass new rules to vet the organizations and cooperating with Hamas and other militant groups. (AP)
The Royal Saudi Air Force strikes the port of Mukalla, Yemen, targeting a ship with weapons delivered from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to the Southern Transitional Council. (AP)
Yemen ends its defense pact with the UAE, with leader Rashad al-Alimi ordering all Emirati forces to leave within 24 hours. He also declares a 90-day national state of emergency and a three-day blockade on the country’s southern and eastern regions. The UAE later announces that its remaining forces in Yemen will leave the country. (Reuters)
Syrian authorities arrest 21 people in the Latakia Governorate and impose a curfew in the provincial capital following sectarian violence linked to unrest after a mosque bombing and protests in Alawite-majority areas. (AFP via Al Arabiya)
Turkish police detain 357 people nationwide suspected of being Islamic State members following clashes between the two sides yesterday. (DW)
Moody’s downgrades the credit rating of Budapest, Hungary, to Ba1 and places it on review for a further cut, citing weak liquidity, uncertainty over state transfers, rising solidarity tax obligations, and the partial suspension of European Union funds to Hungary. (Reuters)
The search for the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 resumes in the southern Indian Ocean under a contingent fee agreement between Ocean Infinity, which has deployed autonomous underwater vehicles, and the Malaysian government. (AFP via France 24)
The South African Police Service confirms at least 41 young men were killed from circumcision procedures during traditional initiation activities over the past two months in South Africa. (MSN)
China conducts the largest live fire exercises to date around Taiwan, designating multiple sea and air zones for drills by naval and air units to rehearse a blockade and to signal opposition to recent United States arms sales to Taiwan. (Reuters)
Russian president Vladimir Putin signs a law allowing the government to disregard criminal judgments issued by foreign or international courts that lack a treaty basis or a United Nations Security Council mandate. (Reuters)
Two people are killed and 32 are injured during a Russian missile and drone strike on Kyiv, Ukraine. Damage to critical infrastructure leaves 40% of Kyiv’s residential areas and surrounding districts without heating. (BBC News)
Protests erupt in Tehran, Iran, for a second day after the Iranian rial drops in value and inflation rates increase by 42.2%. The leader of the Central Bank of Iran resigns in response. (AP)
Israel introduces new rules for aid groups, forbidding activities or criticism that “delegitimizes” Israel, without providing specific definitions. Aid groups say that the requirements are political and may hinder criticism of Israel’s actions in Gaza. (ABC News)
Three police officers and six Islamic State gunmen are killed in a shootout during a raid at a house in Elmalık, Yalova Province, Turkey. Eight other officers and a civilian are also wounded. (Al Jazeera)
The Syrian transitional government orders the military to secure a mass grave at a former military base near Al-Dumayr, Rif Dimashq Governorate, and opens a criminal investigation into a covert operation that transferred thousands of bodies there from another site during the previous administration. (Reuters)
Haibat al-Halbousi of the Iraqi Progress Party is elected Speaker of the Council of Representatives following the recent parliamentary election. (Reuters)
Three people are killed and another is injured when an avalanche hits a ski resort on the Pyrenees in Panticosa, Aragon, Spain. (Daily Express)
The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission raids multiple companies and freezes six bank accounts while investigating alleged bribery linked to army procurement contracts, as army chief Muhammad Hafizuddeain Jantan is placed on leave pending the inquiry. (Reuters)
Sunday, December 28th, 2025
The Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal sentences a former Ba’athist lieutenant to death for the massacre of Barzanis during the Anfal campaign against Kurds in the 1980s. (The New Region)
At least three people are killed and dozens of others are injured after gunfire erupts during Alawite-led protests in Latakia, Syria, demanding decentralization and for the transitional government to release Assadist detainees. (Reuters)
Six people, including a two-year-old girl, are killed and three others are injured in a mass shooting at a beach in Puerto López, Manabí Province, Ecuador. (TRT World)
Citizens of the Central African Republic vote to elect a president and 140 members of the National Assembly. The incumbent Faustin-Archange Touadéra seeks a third term in office. (Reuters)
Sixteen people are killed and three others sustain burn injuries after a fire breaks out at a retirement home in Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. (Reuters)
Three people, including a toddler, are killed and three others are injured when a building collapses in Soweto, Gauteng, South Africa. (AP)
Nine people are killed, including five children, and three others are injured, including the perpetrator and another child, in a mass stabbing spree at multiple houses in Richelieu, Commewijne District, Suriname. (AP)
Prime Minister Albin Kurti’s Vetëvendosje party wins the election with about half of the votes and an estimated 56 of the 120 assembly seats but falls short of the 61 seats required to govern without support from minority parties. (Al Jazeera)
Citizens of Myanmar vote in the first phase to elect the nation’s legislature, held under the supervision of a military junta amidst a civil war. (AP)
Citizens of Kosovo vote for the second time in a year to elect the members of the Kuvendi. (AP via ABC News)
Citizens of Guinea vote for a president as incumbent Mamady Doumbouya seeks to be elected four years after leading a coup. (Reuters)
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