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Turkey says Syria using force is an option against US-backed fighters who helped defeat ISIS

Turkey says Syria using force is an option against US-backed fighters who helped defeat ISIS


January 16, 2026
Tensions between Syria’s transitional government and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) escalated this week after Turkey warned that Damascus could resort to military force against the group, following days of deadly clashes in and around Aleppo. The SDF played a critical role in aiding U.S. forces to defeat the Islamic State in Syria. Turkey’s […]
Pompeo says Iranian regime has arrived at ‘natural terminus’: ‘Let’s not waste this historic opportunity’

Pompeo says Iranian regime has arrived at ‘natural terminus’: ‘Let’s not waste this historic opportunity’


January 16, 2026
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo asserted in a Thursday post on X that the regime in the Islamic Republic of Iran has arrived at ‘its natural terminus’ and cautioned against squandering the ‘historic opportunity.’ ‘The Iranian regime has reached its natural terminus. The government has zero legitimacy, is weaker than ever, and has run […]
China quietly builds worldwide space network, alarming US over future military power

China quietly builds worldwide space network, alarming US over future military power


January 16, 2026
More than a decade ago, China launched its Belt and Road Initiative, pouring billions into ports, railways and power plants across the developing world to extend Beijing’s economic and political reach far beyond its borders. Today, experts say China is applying that same playbook to a far more strategic domain: space. Across Africa, Latin America […]
Former Ukrainian PM accused of bribing politicians with US dollars to weaken Zelenskyy’s government

Former Ukrainian PM accused of bribing politicians with US dollars to weaken Zelenskyy’s government


January 16, 2026
A former Ukrainian prime minister has been accused of plotting to bribe politicians with stacks of U.S. dollars in a scheme aimed at weakening President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s government, a former political adviser has claimed. Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (UNACB) first confirmed Jan. 13 it uncovered an alleged effort by the leader of an unnamed parliamentary […]
Biden DHS’s purchase of weapon linked to Havana Syndrome attacks leads House Republicans to demand answers

Biden DHS’s purchase of weapon linked to Havana Syndrome attacks leads House Republicans to demand answers


January 16, 2026
The Biden administration purchased a pulsed energy weapon suspected of being the type that may have caused ‘Havana Syndrome’ which caused a series of mysterious ailments for U.S. diplomats and government workers in Cuba.  The weapon was bought at the end of the Biden Administration and has since been tested by the Pentagon, Fox News […]
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado presents Nobel medal to Trump despite institute ban

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado presents Nobel medal to Trump despite institute ban


January 16, 2026
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said she presented President Donald Trump with her Nobel Peace Prize medal, describing it as a historic gesture recognizing his commitment to freedom and the fight against tyranny. Machado spoke with reporters outside the U.S. Capitol Thursday, when she was asked whether she offered her Nobel Peace Prize to […]
Trump’s tariffs could be undone by one conservative doctrine: ‘Life or death’

Trump’s tariffs could be undone by one conservative doctrine: ‘Life or death’


January 16, 2026
The Supreme Court is poised to rule soon on President Donald Trump’s use of an emergency wartime law to unilaterally impose sweeping tariffs on most U.S. countries — and which brought to the fore key questions over the ‘major questions doctrine,’ or the limiting principle by which courts can, in certain circumstances, move to curb […]
Trump’s pick for Iceland ambassador apologizes for joking about Arctic nation becoming 52nd state

Trump’s pick for Iceland ambassador apologizes for joking about Arctic nation becoming 52nd state


January 16, 2026
Former Rep. Billy Long, who was nominated by President Donald Trump to be ambassador to Iceland, has apologized after privately joking to House lawmakers that the Arctic island would become the ’52nd state’ with him as its governor. Long, a Republican who represented Missouri from 2011 to 2023 and served a brief stint as IRS […]
Lindsey Graham returns to Israel for talks with Netanyahu amid Middle East tensions

Lindsey Graham returns to Israel for talks with Netanyahu amid Middle East tensions


January 16, 2026
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, who visited with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem less than a month ago, said in a Thursday post on X he was going to Israel to meet with the foreign leader and his team. ‘I am traveling to Israel to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu […]
US ambassador warns Iran at emergency UN meeting that Trump is ‘man of action,’ ‘all options are on the table’

US ambassador warns Iran at emergency UN meeting that Trump is ‘man of action,’ ‘all options are on the table’


January 16, 2026
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz warned Iran during an emergency meeting of the Security Council that President Donald Trump ‘is a man of action’ who has ‘made it clear all options are on the table to stop the slaughter.’  Waltz said Thursday that, ‘We all have a responsibility to support the Iranian people and […]
France condemns Iran protest crackdown, weighs satellite internet aid amid blackout

France condemns Iran protest crackdown, weighs satellite internet aid amid blackout


January 15, 2026
France’s ambassador to the United Nations said Paris has strongly condemned Iran’s violent crackdown on nationwide protests, as the French government weighs possible satellite communications support to help Iranians circumvent a near-total internet blackout. In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, Jerome Bonnafont described what he said was an escalation in repression by Iranian […]
Trump told Iran has halted killings amid mounting protest pressure

Trump told Iran has halted killings amid mounting protest pressure


January 15, 2026
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday afternoon from the Oval Office that he learned the killing in Iran has ended.  ‘We’ve been told that the killing in Iran is stopping, and it’s stopped and stopping, and there’s no plan for executions or an execution,’ Trump said. ‘So, I’ve been told that on good authority. We’ll find […]
Key Republicans flip, kill effort to restrain Trump’s policing power over Venezuela

Key Republicans flip, kill effort to restrain Trump’s policing power over Venezuela


January 15, 2026
Senate Republicans successfully spiked a bipartisan attempt to curb President Donald Trump’s war powers authority after a pair of key GOP lawmakers reversed their positions.  Republicans turned to a rarely used Senate procedure previously used by Senate Democrats in a similar situation to nullify the Venezuela war powers resolution from Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va. The […]
Iran allegedly airs 97 ‘coercive confessions’ amid record-breaking North Korea-style internet blackout

Iran allegedly airs 97 ‘coercive confessions’ amid record-breaking North Korea-style internet blackout


January 15, 2026
The Iranian regime has allegedly broadcast at least 97 ‘coercive confessions’ from detained protesters on state television in just over two weeks, human rights groups say, as residents endure the longest internet blackout on record. The videos reportedly feature handcuffed detainees with blurred faces showing remorse for their actions since the protests began Dec. 28, […]
Top Iranian official downplays death toll, blames ‘Israeli plot’ as US considers strikes

Top Iranian official downplays death toll, blames ‘Israeli plot’ as US considers strikes


January 15, 2026
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi rejected claims of mass casualties amid a recent surge in protests within the Islamic country and blamed any killings that have taken place on an ‘Israeli plot’ intended to create a large number of casualties.  The claim came during a wide-ranging interview on Fox News’ ‘Special Report with Brett Baier’ […]