Archives for January, 2026

FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomes his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, May 7, 2025. Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Russia loses ally in Venezuela but hopes to gain from Trump's 'Wild West' realpolitik

Reuters

Defending Dakar bike champion Daniel Sanders moves to the top of the standings

Dakar bike champion Sanders wins second stage to take lead

Agence France-Presse

FILE PHOTO: Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shibani attends a press conference at the Lebanese foreign ministry, in Beirut, Lebanon, October 10, 2025. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/File Photo

Syria, Israel resume U.S.-mediated security talks

Reuters

Sudan's national museum was plundered by looters at the start of the war in 2023

Virtual museum preserves Sudan's plundered heritage

Agence France-Presse

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan speaks during an interview with Reuters at the 23rd edition of the annual Doha Forum, in Doha, Qatar, December 6, 2025. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

Turkey to stress 'strategic priority' of Black Sea security at Ukraine meeting in Paris

Reuters

A motorcycle rides past a graffiti depicting President Nicolas Maduro, Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 3, 2026.

For Israel, capture of Venezuela’s Maduro seen as setback for Iran, Hezbollah

Considering Venezuela an ally of Iran and Hezbollah, Israel welcomed the capture of Venezuelan President Maduro by American forces.

Gul Ahmad (centre) along with his deceased stepbrother Habibullah's son Waheed (right) and Saeed offering prayers over his grave in Ghunjan

'I can't walk anymore': Afghans freeze to death on route to Iran

Agence France-Presse

People visit a makeshift memorial outside the "Le Constellation" bar, after a deadly fire and explosion during a New Year's Eve party in the upscale ski resort of Crans-Montana in southwestern Switzerland, January 4, 2026. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

Swiss police: last 16 victims of New Year's bar fire have been identified

Reuters

Video footage recorded on January 3, 2025 and released by the British Ministry of Defence shows a Royal Air Force Typhoon aircraft air-to-air refuelling during a joint patrol with French aircraft over Syria

France, UK conduct joint strikes against IS in Syria

Agence France-Presse

Protests by shopkeepers and traders in the capital Tehran erupted last week and have now spread to other Iranian cities

New clashes in Iran as protests enter second week: rights groups

Agence France-Presse

A flag of the UAE-backed separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) flutters on a military patrol truck, at the site of a rally by STC supporters in Aden, Yemen, January 1, 2026. REUTERS/Fawaz Salman

Yemeni government accuses separatists of Aden restrictions

Reuters

After more than two years of war 11 million Sudanese have been forced from their homes and many are reliant on humanitarian aid

114 killed in week of attacks in Sudan's Darfur: medical sources

Agence France-Presse

A flight radar map shows almost empty airspace over Greece, after airports across Greece suspended arrivals and departures due to unspecified issues affecting radio frequencies, according to the Greek aviation authority, in this screengrab obtained from the internet on January 4, 2026. FLIGHTRADAR24.COM via REUTERS

Radio frequency loss grounds flights in Greece, stranding thousands

Reuters

People walk past closed shops following protests over a plunge in the currency's value, in the Tehran Grand Bazaar in Tehran, Iran, December 30, 2025. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

Rights group says at least 16 dead in Iran during week of protests

Reuters

People gather by a makeshift memorial near the "Le Constellation" bar, after a fire and explosion during a New Year's Eve party in which people died and others were injured, in the upscale ski resort of Crans-Montana in southwestern Switzerland, January 2, 2026. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

Numerous teenagers among the dead in Swiss bar blaze, police say

Reuters

Displaced Palestinians take shelter in a tent camp, amid cold weather, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, December 28, 2025. REUTERS/Haseeb Alwazeer

Israeli forces kill three Palestinians in Gaza, local authorities say

Reuters