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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,415 

09 January 2026

News|Russia-Ukraine war Here is where things stand on Friday, January 9: Fighting: Overnight into Friday, Russia launche...

‘We just sit and cry’: Gaza’s cancer patients die waiting for treatment 

09 January 2026

For Hani Naim, the wait is not for a cure, but for permission to save his own life. Living with cancer for six years, Na...

Brazil’s President Lula vetoes bill to trim Bolsonaro prison sentence 

08 January 2026

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has vetoed a bill that would have reduced the prison sentence of his right...

Trump says meeting Iran’s ‘Crown Prince’ Pahlavi would not be appropriate 

08 January 2026

United States President Donald Trump has ruled out meeting with Iran’s self-proclaimed Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi, sugg...

‘I don’t need international law,’ Trump says after abduction of Maduro 

08 January 2026

United States President Donald Trump has dismissed international law, saying only his “own morality” can curb the ag...

Two wounded in a shooting with US federal agents in Portland: report 

08 January 2026

Federal agents in the United States have reportedly shot two people in the city of Portland, Oregon, a city where the ad...

Israel says Nickolay Mladenov to head Trump’s proposed Gaza ‘peace board’ 

08 January 2026

News|Israel-Palestine conflict Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that former United Nations Middle East env...

Syria imposes curfew in Aleppo districts as army, SDF clashes intensify 

08 January 2026

Authorities in Syria have imposed a curfew in several neighbourhoods of Aleppo city, as clashes intensified between the ...

Brazil to send national guard near border with Venezuela 

08 January 2026

News|US-Venezuela Tensions Sao Paulo, Brazil – Brazil plans to send national guard troops to northern Roraima state, w...

FBI takes over investigation into ICE agent killing of woman in Minneapolis 

08 January 2026

The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has taken over the case of the fatal shooting of a woman by a US...