Archives for January, 2026

A damaged car lies outside a burning building following unrest sparked by dire economic conditions, in a place given as Rasht, Iran, January 9, 2026, in this screengrab from Iran's state media broadcast footage. IRIB via WANA(West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

Where are the main US military bases in the Middle East?

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: Commercial vessels, including oil tankers, wait at an anchorage in the Black Sea off Kilyos near Istanbul, Turkey, December 9, 2022. REUTERS/Umit Bektas/File Photo

Kazakhstan urges Europe and US to help secure oil transport after CPC attack

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: Member of the rap group Kneecap, Liam O'Hanna, also known as Liam Og O hAnnaidh and performing under the name of Mo Chara, who has been charged with a terrorism offence in relation to the alleged display of a Hezbollah flag onstage in 2024, walks outside the Woolwich Crown Court on the day of a hearing, in London, Britain, September 26, 2025. REUTERS/Maja Smiejkowska/File Photo

UK prosecutors try to reinstate terrorism charge against Kneecap rapper

Reuters

Displaced Palestinians shelter at a tent camp in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, January 14, 2026. REUTERS/Haseeb Alwazeer

US expected to unveil post-war Gaza leadership, sources say

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: Iranian missiles are displayed at the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps(IRGC) Aerospace Force Museum in Tehran, Iran, November 12, 2025. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS/File Photo

Iran's Revolutionary Guards point to battle readiness and increased missile stockpiles, state media says

Reuters

An F-22 Raptor from the 1st Fighter Wing, 27th Fighter Squadron taxis for departure deployment to Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, from Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, U.S., June 24, 2019. Kaylee Dubois/U.S. Air Force/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Some personnel were advised to leave U.S. military base in Qatar, diplomats tell Reuters

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: A member of Syrian security forces speaks with men on a motorbike in Latakia, Syria, March 11, 2025. REUTERS/Karam al-Masri/File Photo

Syria asks Lebanon to hand over Assad-era officers after Reuters report

Reuters

A damaged car lies outside a burning building following unrest sparked by dire economic conditions, in a place given as Rasht, Iran, January 9, 2026, in this screengrab from Iran's state media broadcast footage. IRIB via WANA(West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

Death toll from Iran approaches 2,600, rights group reports

Reuters

Iran vows fast trials over protests after Trump threat

Agence France-Presse

FILE PHOTO: Cypriot President George Vassiliou speaks at a press conference about improving trade relations between Cyprus and Egypt in Cairo on November 22, 1989. REUTERS/Aladin Abdel-nabi 90001033/File Photo

George Vassiliou, 'eternal optimist' president who led Cyprus into the EU, dies at 94

Reuters

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot participates in a press conference in Beijing, China, 27 March 2025. JESSICA LEE/Pool via REUTERS

French foreign minister: Iran crackdown could be most violent in its contemporary history

Reuters

Cars burn in a street during a protest over the collapse of the currency's value, in Tehran, Iran, January 8, 2026. Stringer/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

At least 2,571 killed in Iran's protests, US-based rights group HRANA says

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks to the media outside the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, in Norfolk, Virginia, U.S., October 24, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

Far-right group targeting pro-Palestinian voices to close New York operation, NY AG says

Reuters

A Bedouin man gathers plastic sheeting as families begin to collect their belongings to leave their homes after harassment from Israeli settlers in Ras Ein al-Auja

West Bank Bedouin community driven out by Israeli settler violence

Agence France-Presse

The last 11 years have now been the warmest ever recorded

2025 was third hottest year on record: climate monitors

Agence France-Presse

Brunei’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah gestures following the 28th ASEAN-Japan Summit, as part of the 47th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia October 26, 2025. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa/Pool

Brunei sultan to undergo knee replacement surgery

Reuters