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Uganda’s Bobi Wine taken to unknown location in army helicopter, party says 

16 January 2026

News|Elections Bobi Wine‘s political party says the Ugandan opposition presidential candidate has been “forcibly” ...

Israeli attacks kill several as Gaza governance committee meets in Cairo 

16 January 2026

Israeli attacks have killed at least three Palestinians in Gaza in the latest violations of its tenuous ceasefire with H...

Trump names Tony Blair, Jared Kushner to Gaza ‘Board of Peace’ 

16 January 2026

Donald Trump has named former British Prime Minister Tony Blair to his so-called “Board of Peace”, which is expected...

Trump to pardon former Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vazquez after plea deal 

16 January 2026

The White House has confirmed to United States media that President Donald Trump plans to grant a pardon to a former gov...

‘Profoundly pro-American’: Machado outlines a vision for Venezuela’s future 

16 January 2026

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has given her first formal news conference since fleeing her home coun...

Syrian army launches strikes against Kurdish-led SDF east of Aleppo 

16 January 2026

The Syrian army has launched a military operation against Kurdish fighters in the Kurdish-controlled area of Deir Hafer,...

Iran says 3,000 people arrested as antigovernment protests subside 

16 January 2026

The Iranian authorities say at least 3,000 people have been arrested in weeks of antigovernment demonstrations, state ne...

‘Inevitably difficult’: Inside a family’s fight against the US boat strikes 

16 January 2026

As part of the petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, the Carranza family is seeking compensation an...

Trump may tariff countries that don’t go along with his Greenland plan 

16 January 2026

DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, News|Donald Trump US President Donald Trump says he may impose tariffs on countries th...

Palestinian child shot dead by Israeli troops in occupied West Bank 

16 January 2026

Israeli troops have shot and killed a Palestinian child in the occupied West Bank, as a wave of intensified Israeli mili...