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Sunday, Jan 11th, 2026 - Dubai, United Arab Emirates  — Nationwide unrest challenging Iran's theocracy saw protesters flood the streets in the country's capital and its second-largest city Saturday night and into Sunday morning, crossing the two-week mark as an outside monitoring group said at least 116 people had been killed. With the internet down in Iran and phone lines cut off, gauging the demonstrations from abroad has ...

Sunday, Jan 11th, 2026 - Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article The president has stepped up attacks on ISIS in recent weeks after saying the U.S. should have 'nothing to do with' Syria Donald Trump has launched new strikes in Syria to drive out a resurgent Islamic State, after the terror group killed two American soldiers and an interpreter ...

Sunday, Jan 11th, 2026 - Trump urged Cuba to "make a deal" or face unspecified consequences, warning that the flow of Venezuelan oil and money would now stop. US President Donald Trump urged Cuba on Sunday to "make a deal" or face unspecified consequences, warning that the flow of Venezuelan oil and money to Havana would now stop. The communist-run island near Florida has been a US foe and ally of Caracas for decades, but Trump has ramped ...

Sunday, Jan 11th, 2026 - A Ukrainian drone attack has killed one person and wounded three in the Russian city of Voronezh, according to local officials. Governor Alexander Gusev said in a social media post on Sunday that a young woman died overnight in a hospital intensive care unit after debris from a drone fell on a house during the attack. Three other people were wounded overnight and more than 10 apartment buildings, private houses and ...

Sunday, Jan 11th, 2026 - – First responders on Sunday entered a contested neighborhood in s northern city of Aleppo after days of deadly clashes between government forces and Kurdish-led forces. Syrian state media said the military was deployed in large numbers. The clashes broke out Tuesday in the predominantly Kurdish neighborhoods of Sheikh Maqsoud, Achrafieh and Bani Zaid after the government and the Syrian Democratic Forces, the ...