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🇺🇦🇷🇺 BREAKING: Four Greek-managed oil tankers were hit by drones near Russia’s CPC terminal in the Black Sea while waiting to load Kazakh oil. No injuries were reported, but the attacks further disrupted exports already cut after a November strike.
January 13, 2026 at 12:50 PM
🇺🇦🇷🇺 BREAKING: Four Greek-managed oil tankers were hit by drones near Russia’s CPC terminal in the Black Sea while waiting to load Kazakh oil. No injuries were reported, but the attacks further disrupted exports already cut after a November strike.
🇬🇧🇨🇳 BREAKING: China is reportedly planning to build a secret underground room that could be used to spy on the UK at the site of its controversial 'super embassy' in London. It includes hidden underground rooms beside key city data cables, per Daily Mail.
January 13, 2026 at 10:21 AM
🇬🇧🇨🇳 BREAKING: China is reportedly planning to build a secret underground room that could be used to spy on the UK at the site of its controversial 'super embassy' in London. It includes hidden underground rooms beside key city data cables, per Daily Mail.
🇺🇦🇷🇺 JUST IN: Overnight, Russia launched 18 ballistic missiles, 7 Iskander-K cruise missiles, and 293 drones at Ukraine.
Air defenses downed or jammed 247 targets, while impacts were recorded at 24 locations.
Air defenses downed or jammed 247 targets, while impacts were recorded at 24 locations.
January 13, 2026 at 7:41 AM
🇺🇦🇷🇺 JUST IN: Overnight, Russia launched 18 ballistic missiles, 7 Iskander-K cruise missiles, and 293 drones at Ukraine.
Air defenses downed or jammed 247 targets, while impacts were recorded at 24 locations.
Air defenses downed or jammed 247 targets, while impacts were recorded at 24 locations.
🇺🇸 BREAKING: Pentagon secretly bought and tested a backpack-sized device emitting pulsed radio waves, suspected by some investigators to be linked to Havana Syndrome, per CNN.
January 13, 2026 at 7:16 AM
🇺🇸 BREAKING: Pentagon secretly bought and tested a backpack-sized device emitting pulsed radio waves, suspected by some investigators to be linked to Havana Syndrome, per CNN.
🇺🇦🇷🇺 JUST IN: Russian losses on 12 Jan 2026 are estimated at 950 personnel, 3 tanks, 7 IFVs, 51 artillery systems, 2 MLRS, and 145 vehicles. Fighting intensity fell, but Russia resumed armored assaults, per Ukraine’s General Staff.
January 13, 2026 at 5:46 AM
🇺🇦🇷🇺 JUST IN: Russian losses on 12 Jan 2026 are estimated at 950 personnel, 3 tanks, 7 IFVs, 51 artillery systems, 2 MLRS, and 145 vehicles. Fighting intensity fell, but Russia resumed armored assaults, per Ukraine’s General Staff.
🇺🇦🇷🇺 NEW: Russian forces struck residential areas of a Kharkiv suburb overnight, killing four civilians and injuring six. 30 people were rescued from rubble as operations continue, per Ukraine’s State Emergency Service.
January 13, 2026 at 5:34 AM
🇺🇦🇷🇺 NEW: Russian forces struck residential areas of a Kharkiv suburb overnight, killing four civilians and injuring six. 30 people were rescued from rubble as operations continue, per Ukraine’s State Emergency Service.
🇺🇸🇮🇷 BREAKING: Trump is weighing airstrikes against Iran over deadly crackdowns on protesters while exploring renewed diplomacy. Tehran signals readiness for talks, even as security forces intensify repression nationwide.
January 13, 2026 at 5:12 AM
🇺🇸🇮🇷 BREAKING: Trump is weighing airstrikes against Iran over deadly crackdowns on protesters while exploring renewed diplomacy. Tehran signals readiness for talks, even as security forces intensify repression nationwide.
🇺🇦🇷🇺 WATCH: Ukrainian UAVs attacked Taganrog in Russia’s Rostov region, with locals reporting strikes near the Atlant Aero plant. Regional authorities confirmed an air attack and air defenses in action. The facility produces components for combat drones and EW systems.
January 13, 2026 at 5:12 AM
🇺🇦🇷🇺 WATCH: Ukrainian UAVs attacked Taganrog in Russia’s Rostov region, with locals reporting strikes near the Atlant Aero plant. Regional authorities confirmed an air attack and air defenses in action. The facility produces components for combat drones and EW systems.
🇺🇸🇬🇱 NEW: European states, led by the UK and Germany, are discussing a NATO Arctic mission and possible troop presence in Greenland after Trump reiterated threats to take the island.
January 13, 2026 at 4:58 AM
🇺🇸🇬🇱 NEW: European states, led by the UK and Germany, are discussing a NATO Arctic mission and possible troop presence in Greenland after Trump reiterated threats to take the island.
🇪🇺 NEW: EU Defense Commissioner Andrius Kubilius says Europe should consider a 100,000-strong standing army and overhaul defense decision-making, warning that fragmented national forces leave the bloc vulnerable.
January 13, 2026 at 4:13 AM
🇪🇺 NEW: EU Defense Commissioner Andrius Kubilius says Europe should consider a 100,000-strong standing army and overhaul defense decision-making, warning that fragmented national forces leave the bloc vulnerable.
🇺🇸🇮🇷 BREAKING: US President Trump announced 25% tariffs on countries doing business with Iran
January 12, 2026 at 11:01 PM
🇺🇸🇮🇷 BREAKING: US President Trump announced 25% tariffs on countries doing business with Iran
🇺🇦🇷🇺 WATCH: Ukraine struck multiple substations in the Russian-occupied Donetsk region, from Makiivka to Mariupol, leading to power outages.
January 12, 2026 at 10:59 PM
🇺🇦🇷🇺 WATCH: Ukraine struck multiple substations in the Russian-occupied Donetsk region, from Makiivka to Mariupol, leading to power outages.
🇷🇴🇲🇩 NEW: Moldova’s President says she’d vote for reunification with Romania if a referendum were held, citing Russia’s pressure, but admits most Moldovans oppose the move, with EU membership seen as the more realistic path.
January 12, 2026 at 10:54 PM
🇷🇴🇲🇩 NEW: Moldova’s President says she’d vote for reunification with Romania if a referendum were held, citing Russia’s pressure, but admits most Moldovans oppose the move, with EU membership seen as the more realistic path.
🇺🇸🇮🇷 BREAKING: The US has issued a security alert for Iran, urging Americans to leave immediately, avoid protests, and prepare for communications and transport disruptions.
January 12, 2026 at 10:47 PM
🇺🇸🇮🇷 BREAKING: The US has issued a security alert for Iran, urging Americans to leave immediately, avoid protests, and prepare for communications and transport disruptions.
🇺🇸🇺🇦 JUST IN: Zelensky and Trump plan to sign a $800B, 10-year postwar reconstruction deal in Davos, mixing loans, grants, and private investment, giving US firms priority access to Ukraine’s resources, per The Telegraph.
January 9, 2026 at 9:01 PM
🇺🇸🇺🇦 JUST IN: Zelensky and Trump plan to sign a $800B, 10-year postwar reconstruction deal in Davos, mixing loans, grants, and private investment, giving US firms priority access to Ukraine’s resources, per The Telegraph.
🇺🇸🇻🇪 BREAKING: The US seized the oil tanker Olina in the Caribbean, the fifth vessel intercepted under its Venezuela oil blockade. The ship was falsely flagged and had sailed from Venezuela amid efforts to curb sanctioned exports.
January 9, 2026 at 3:03 PM
🇺🇸🇻🇪 BREAKING: The US seized the oil tanker Olina in the Caribbean, the fifth vessel intercepted under its Venezuela oil blockade. The ship was falsely flagged and had sailed from Venezuela amid efforts to curb sanctioned exports.
🇺🇦🇷🇺 NEW: Ukraine calls an emergency UN Security Council meeting after Russia’s Oreshnik strike on the Lviv region, warning the attack near EU and NATO borders threatens all of Europe.
January 9, 2026 at 8:25 AM
🇺🇦🇷🇺 NEW: Ukraine calls an emergency UN Security Council meeting after Russia’s Oreshnik strike on the Lviv region, warning the attack near EU and NATO borders threatens all of Europe.
🇺🇸🇺🇦🇻🇪🇷🇺 JUST IN: Russia informally hinted in 2019 it would let the US act freely in Venezuela if the US let Russia have a free hand in Ukraine, a proposal the US rejected, says former Trump adviser Fiona Hill.
January 9, 2026 at 4:18 AM
🇺🇸🇺🇦🇻🇪🇷🇺 JUST IN: Russia informally hinted in 2019 it would let the US act freely in Venezuela if the US let Russia have a free hand in Ukraine, a proposal the US rejected, says former Trump adviser Fiona Hill.
🇺🇦🇷🇺 WATCH: Russia conducted a Oreshnik IRBM strike on Lviv, with MIRV impacts visible. Ukrainian Air Force says the missile reached ~13,000 km/h on a ballistic trajectory.
January 9, 2026 at 4:04 AM
🇺🇦🇷🇺 WATCH: Russia conducted a Oreshnik IRBM strike on Lviv, with MIRV impacts visible. Ukrainian Air Force says the missile reached ~13,000 km/h on a ballistic trajectory.
🇮🇷 NEW: Opposition channels in Iran report that up to 50 civilians were killed by Iranian security forces in Fardis, located approximately 50 kilometers from Tehran.
January 9, 2026 at 3:54 AM
🇮🇷 NEW: Opposition channels in Iran report that up to 50 civilians were killed by Iranian security forces in Fardis, located approximately 50 kilometers from Tehran.
🇮🇷 NEW: Real-time monitoring shows Iran is experiencing a nationwide internet blackout, following digital censorship linked to escalating protests in Tehran and other cities.
January 9, 2026 at 3:36 AM
🇮🇷 NEW: Real-time monitoring shows Iran is experiencing a nationwide internet blackout, following digital censorship linked to escalating protests in Tehran and other cities.
🇺🇸🇻🇪 WATCH: Trump said the US plans to seize billions of dollars’ worth of Venezuelan oil, potentially much more over time, and will meet major oil executives tomorrow to discuss next steps.
January 9, 2026 at 3:36 AM
🇺🇸🇻🇪 WATCH: Trump said the US plans to seize billions of dollars’ worth of Venezuelan oil, potentially much more over time, and will meet major oil executives tomorrow to discuss next steps.
🇺🇸🇲🇽 WATCH: Trump says the US will begin land strikes against drug cartels in Mexico
January 9, 2026 at 3:29 AM
🇺🇸🇲🇽 WATCH: Trump says the US will begin land strikes against drug cartels in Mexico
🇺🇸🇻🇪 BREAKING: DNI Tulsi Gabbard was excluded from US planning to capture Maduro over her anti-interventionist and anti-Western views, with aides joking “DNI” meant “do not invite.” VP Vance denies she was sidelined.
January 9, 2026 at 2:58 AM
🇺🇸🇻🇪 BREAKING: DNI Tulsi Gabbard was excluded from US planning to capture Maduro over her anti-interventionist and anti-Western views, with aides joking “DNI” meant “do not invite.” VP Vance denies she was sidelined.
🇮🇷 WATCH: Mass protests continue in Tehran and other cities in Iran.
January 8, 2026 at 6:46 PM
🇮🇷 WATCH: Mass protests continue in Tehran and other cities in Iran.