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Updated January 16, 2026 - 12:01 AM EST

US Surging Military Assets to Middle East

		*President Trump Tells Iran He Won't Attack: Iranian Envoy*
		*US Imposes New Sanctions on Iranian Officials*

Israel Kills at Least 10 Palestinians in Gaza

		*Netanyahu: 'Phase Two' of Gaza Deal a 'Declarative Move'*
		*Technocratic Committee Overseeing Gaza Transition Revealed*

US Seizes Sixth Venezuela-Linked Tanker

Machado Says She Presented Her Nobel Peace Prize to Trump

Israeli Strikes Pound Southern, Eastern Lebanon

Ukraine Reports 200,000 Soldiers AWOL

US Launches Two More Airstrikes in Somalia

Court Ruling May Lead To Re-Arrest of Mahmoud Khalil

Viewpoints

	Trump Wants $500 Billion More for the Pentagon as Deficits Mount by Ryan McMaken
	Trump on New START Nuke Treaty With Russia: If 'It Expires It Expires' by Stavroula Pabst

	War Powers Resolution: The Senate Had One Job by Thomas Knapp
	Venezuela – The Petroleum Fortress by Michael Holmes
More Viewpoints

On Foreign Policy, Trump 2.0 Is Dangerously Unrestrained
by Doug Bandow

Frontline

	Sudan Peace Efforts Resume in Cairo as Egypt and UN Push for Truce
	Medical Examiner Believes ICE Detainee Death Was Homicide, Recording Shows
	Jerusalem Christian Schools Suspend Classes To Protest Israeli Restrictions

The War at Home

	Female Troops Bristle at Pentagon's Review of Combat Roles
	Pentagon To Overhaul Independent Military Newspaper, Calling It 'Woke'
	Coast Guard Sets Deadline To Spend $25 Billion in Reconciliation Funds by 2027
	Lawmakers Propose $2.5 Billion Agency To Boost Production of Rare Earths
	The US Military's Annual Suicide Report Is Missing, and the Pentagon Isn't Offering Any Answers
	Trump Threatens To Use Insurrection Act To End Minneapolis Protests
	Trump Administration Apologizes for Deporting College Student Flying Home for Thanksgiving
	4,000 US Soldiers Deploy to Norway for Arctic Exercise
	Five US Lawmakers Investigated Over Warning Troops About Illegal Orders
	Naval Station Norfolk Sailor Found Dead in Building
	US Coast Guard Awards Its Biggest Shoreside Construction Contract Ever
	Federal Agent Shoots Man in Minneapolis, Prompting Tense Protests

Venezuela

	Cuba Pays Tribute to 32 Soldiers Killed in US Attack on Venezuela
	Halliburton Looking Forward to a Swift Return to Venezuela

Europe

	Denmark Helped US Intercept Oil Tanker Last Week: Danish Official
	Europe Needs to Acquire Weapons Similar to Russian 'Oreshnik': French President
	European Troops Arrive in Greenland as Talks With US Hit Wall Over Future

China

	Lutnick Warns Taipei to Keep Trump 'Happy' as US $500 Billion Chip Deal Draws China Rebuke
	China, Canada Lay Foundation for 'New Strategic Partnership' as Carney Visits Beijing

Asia

	Japan, Philippines Sign New Defense Pacts Amid Surging China Tensions
	Pakistan, KSA, Turkey Draft Trilateral Defense Agreement: Report
	US To Close Qatar Camp Housing Afghans Awaiting US Resettlement

Israel/Palestine

	Winter Cold and Collapsing Buildings Kill Palestinians in Gaza as Israel Blocks Shelter Supplies
	'Not Much Is Standing' in Gaza, Says UN Official
	Israel Carries Out Raids and Demolitions, Arrests Dozens Across West Bank
	Israel Shutters UNRWA Health Clinic in Jerusalem's Old City for 30 Days
	Rights Groups Warn Israel's Execution Bill Will Legalize State Killing of Palestinians
	Hamas Says Technocratic Committee Key To Consolidating Gaza Truce
	Slow Genocide: Death and Displacement Continue in Gaza Months Into Ceasefire
	Palestinian Bus Drivers Are on the Front Lines of Israeli Racial Violence
	Gaza Records Over 1,200 Israeli Ceasefire Violations
	Thousands Rally in Jerusalem To Demand Ultra-Orthodox IDF Enlistment

Iran

	Trump's Bluffs: Why US Strike on Iran Remains Real Threat
	Iranian Defense Minister Accuses US, Israel of 'Directing' Violent Riots
	Persian Gulf Leaders Convinced Trump To Go Easy on Iran, Say Officials
	'The Weave': Trump Believes Time Is on His Side To Attack Iran, Sources Say
	Russia's UN Envoy Urges West to Focus on Guarantees of Non-Confrontation Around Iran
	UN Security Council To Discuss Iran's Deadly Protests After US Request

Middle East

	US Lowers Security Alert at Qatar Air Base, Sources Say
	Maersk Resumes Key Red Sea Shipping Route
	Lebanon Charges Four Accused of Kidnapping for Israel's Mossad

Sudan

	Children Expected To Die of Hunger in Darfur 'Within Days', Says UN Sudan Chief
	Sudan Gold Production Surges During War as Smuggling Drains Economy

Africa

	Clashes Between Chadian Army, Rebels Kill Six
	Somalia Permits UAE Military Exit From Mogadishu

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