Fri 23 January 2026: The Voice of Hind Rajab, a film inspired by the final moments of a five-year-old Palestinian girl killed in Israeli fire in Gaza, has been nominated for an Academy Award in the Best International Feature Film category, Anadolu Agency reports. Directed by Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania, the film is based on […]
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Fri 23 January 2026: US President Trump has said that a “massive armada” is heading towards Iran, even as he seeks to avoid further conflict in the Middle East. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on Thursday while travelling from Davos to Washington, Trump said the United States is positioning a large naval presence […]
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Thu 22 January 2026: According to the UN, more than 1,800 Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians – about five per day – were documented in 2025. Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has approved the issuance of gun licences to Israelis in 18 additional illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, as the right-wing government […]
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Thu 22 January 2026: US President Donald Trump is set to formally announce and sign the charter of the “Board of Peace” during a ceremony in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday. The ceremony is scheduled to start at 0930GMT. The initiative, initially conceived as a mechanism to oversee the Gaza ceasefire and post-war reconstruction, has since […]
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Wed 21 January 2026: Gold prices continued to see record highs on Wednesday amid persistent geopolitical and economic uncertainty. Spot gold rose about 2% to $4,860 an ounce as of 0950GMT, after touching an all-time high of $4,888 earlier in the session. Gold has surged around 77.1% over the past 12 months, driven by trade […]
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Wed 21 January 2026: US President Donald Trump warned Iran on Tuesday that his country would respond forcefully if Tehran acts on alleged assassination threats against him. “They shouldn’t be doing it, but I’ve left notification. Anything ever happens, we’re going to blow the whole — the whole country is going to get blown up,” […]
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Tue 20 January 2026: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated on Monday his firm opposition to the deployment of Turkish or Qatari forces in the Gaza Strip, amid growing disagreements with the United States over post-war arrangements for the territory. Speaking during a weekly parliamentary session, Netanyahu said there would be “no Turkish or Qatari […]
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Mon 19 January 2026: Israel and the United Arab Emirates were reportedly in cahoots since the early 2000s to build commercial ties, long before the Abraham Accords were signed between the two nations in 2020 that officially “normalised” their partnership, with disgraced billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein playing a key role in brokering the ties, […]
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Mon 19 January 2026: The STC’s collapse leads to Yemeni government strides in the south, but Houthis remain defiant in the north. Sanaa, Yemen – Naef has been a government soldier in southern Yemen for nine years. When he joined the government army in 2016 – aged only 19 – he thought that the Yemeni government’s […]
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Mon 19 January 2026: Iran accuses US and Israel of provoking unrest, opposition claims state forces responsible for majority of deaths. Tehran, Iran – Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has acknowledged that “several thousands” of Iranians have been killed since protests started in late December among shopkeepers in downtown Tehran, before gradually spreading to big and small cities. […]
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