The Petersburg Post

Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 - United States President Donald Trump's plane has been forced to make a U-turn about an hour after departing its base for the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Air Force One, carrying the president, his entourage and reporters, returned to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland shortly after 11:00pm (04:00 GMT) on Tuesday night, owing to a "minor electrical issue", said White House Press Secretary Karoline ...

Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 - Jan. 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. military has seized a seventh tanker transporting oil from Venezuela, as the Trump administration seeks to control the nation's oil exports and revenue. The tanker, identified as motor vessel Sagitta, was captured by U.S. military forces Tuesday morning, U.S. Southern Command said in a statement, saying the operation was conducted "without incident." The Sagitta is a U.S. sanctioned ...

Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 - It follows the withdrawal of SDF troops sparking uncertainty over the security of roughly a dozen prisons and detention camps they were guarding, with IS prisoners among those detained. US troops have transferred 150 Islamic State (IS) prisoners from Syria to Iraq under plans that could see 7,000 detainees moved across the border. The new Syrian government under President Ahmed al Sharaa has been trying to reassert ...

Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 - Iranian state TV issued the first official death toll from recent protests, saying 3,117 people were killed. State television stated that 2,427 of the dead in the demonstrations that began Dec. 28 were civilians and security forces, but didn't elaborate on the rest. U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency, which relies on a network of activists inside the country to confirm reported fatalities, said the death ...

Wednesday, Jan 21st, 2026 - CAIRO (AP) — Israeli forces on Wednesday killed at least 11 Palestinians in Gaza, including two 13-year-old boys, three journalists and a woman, hospitals said, on one of the war-battered enclave 's deadliest days since the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel took effect in October. The United States is trying to push the deal forward and implement its challenging second phase . Among the dead were three ...