After withdrawal of SDF | Members and families of IS*IS smuggled from Al-Hawl Camp Al-Hawl Camp in Al-Hasakah countryside witnessed organized smuggling operations of ISIS members and families after the withdrawal of SDF from the camp that has held ISIS cells for many years, after the “International Coalition” forces refused demands of SDF to interfere to stop the attacks by local armed groups of the Syrian authority on the vicinity of the camp. According to local SOHR sources, smuggling networks took advantage of the security chaos and withdrawal of SDF to smuggle detaineea through several routes.
https://www.syriahr.com/en/376653/Jerusalem churches denounce Christian Zionism as betrayal of faithChristians made up around 12.5 percent of the population of historic Palestine before 1948, compared with roughly 1.2 percent today across Israel and the occupied territories. During the war on Gaza, churches were repeatedly bombed and at least 44 Palestinian Christians were killed, according to the committee. Zionist organisations, some of them funded by the Israeli government, including Ataret Cohanim, continue efforts to take control of church-owned properties near the Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City, close to the Christian and Armenian quarters.
https://www.newarab.com/news/jerusalem-churches-accuse-zionism-hijacking-christianity Sadr urges Iraqi factions to set aside differences as 'great danger' looms from Syria Sadr called on political parties to focus on what he described as mounting dangers, warning of severe consequences if divisions persist. “Leave your conflicts and your competition over this fleeting world… and pay attention to the dangers surrounding you… for neither God nor history will have mercy on you,” he said, as he appealed for unity amid regional instability.
https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iraq/180120261Museveni’s son threatens Bobi Wine after Uganda electionUganda’s General Muhoozi Kainerugaba issued the threat on Tuesday just days after Museveni, 81, was declared winner of a seventh term as president in an election declared a “sham” by the opposition over claims of fraudulent votes. … “We have killed 22 NUP terrorists since last week,” Kainerugaba wrote on X Tuesday, referring to the opposition National Unity Platform, led by Wine, who came second in the ballot. “I’m praying the 23rd is Kabobi,” he added, using his nickname for the opposition leader.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/20/musevenis-son-threatens-bobi-wine-after-uganda-electionhttps://archive.ph/wEn0URSF admits border clash as Chad says seven soldiers killedThe admission came after the spokesperson for the Chadian government, Qassem Sharif, announced last Friday that an RSF armed incursion into Chad had killed seven Chadian soldiers and wounded others near Jargeira in North Darfur, close to the eastern Chad border. The area has repeatedly changed hands between the RSF and the Joint Force amid a week of heavy fighting.
https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/article/rsf-admits-border-clash-as-chad-says-seven-soldiers-killed‘They’re emboldened’: British far-right activists step up harassment of asylum seekers in northern FranceFrench groups supporting asylum seekers also say that water tanks, which they provide for asylum seekers who have difficulty accessing other sources of water, are being vandalised and damaged, making them unusable. Asylum seekers who have had unwelcome visits to their sleeping spaces by far-right activists have insisted that although they are fearful, they refuse to rise to the bait when the activists goad them.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/19/theyre-emboldened-british-far-right-activists-step-up-harassment-of-asylum-seekers-in-northern-franceUnemployment reaches highest rate in nearly five yearsAs 21,000 Job Centre staff began balloting for strikes, official figures showed Britain’s overall unemployment rate rose to 5.1 per cent over the past three months. Youth unemployment is up to 13.7 per cent despite 16 to 24-year-old economic inactivity dropping from 32.8 to 29.7 per cent over the last year, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/unemployment-reaches-highest-rate-nearly-five-yearsColombia slashes wages for its legislators as public spending balloons ahead of electionIn its decree Tuesday, Colombia’s government said that wages currently received by legislators are “disproportionate in relation to the average income of the (nation’s) population and the country’s economic reality.” “Austerity measures are necessary to the extent that they don’t affect the fundamental rights of citizens” the decree said.
https://apnews.com/article/colombia-petro-congress-wages-cut-slashed-reduced-election-c72b54a7c4f8d07a0427eb5a9a9b7dc2US military seizes another Venezuela-linked tanker in the CaribbeanThe U.S. military said it seized a Venezuela-linked tanker on Tuesday in the Caribbean, marking the seventh such apprehension since the start of U.S. President Donald Trump's month-long campaign to control Venezuela's oil flows.
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/us-military-seizes-another-venezuela-linked-tanker-caribbean-2026-01-20/Men charged with contract killing of Indigenous leader to go on trial in PeruFive men are due to go on trial on Tuesday over the killing of an Amazonian Indigenous leader, in a legal case that could test whether Peru can hold perpetrators accountable for violence linked to illegal logging and drug trafficking in one of the world’s most dangerous regions for environmental defenders.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/20/trial-peru-amazon-quinto-inuma-alvarado-indigenous-leaderMyanmar Junta Unleashes Reign of Terror in Recaptured Mandalay TownsFamilies of members of the Mandalay People’s Defense Force (MDY–PDF) have reportedly been killed or arrested and charged under harsh laws. Residents said young men were press-ganged into military service. Although displaced villagers have been allowed to return, authorities are restricting movement, barring people from leaving without “valid reasons.”
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-junta-unleashes-reign-of-terror-in-recaptured-mandalay-towns.htmlChina urges Taliban to tighten security after suicide attack on restaurant in Kabul“China expresses deep condolences over the lives lost and heartfelt sympathies to the injured. We have lodged urgent representations with the Afghan authorities, urging them to make every possible effort to save and treat the injured, ensure the safety of Chinese nationals, projects and institutions, thoroughly investigate the attack, and bring those responsible to justice at the earliest,” Guo Jiakun said.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/china/ensure-safety-of-our-nationals-beijing-to-taliban-after-chinese-restaurant-blast-in-kabul-is-claims-responsibility/articleshow/126802610.cmshttps://archive.ph/C4167