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White House, Lebanon announce extended ceasefire deadline for Israeli forces to withdraw
Israeli military vehicles drive past destruction in southern Lebanon, as seen from northern Israel, after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect, on January 26, 2025. GIL ELIYAHU / REUTERS The White House said, on Sunday, January 26, that Israel and Lebanon had agreed to extend the deadline for… Read Details ⇢
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‘We value life, every life’: ‘The people still alive must be brought back, reunited with loved ones’
As several more Israeli hostages return to their families, following 15 months of captivity, FRANCE 24’s Mark Owen welcomes Anat Ron-Kendall from Hostages Square in Tel Aviv. Ms. Ron-Kendall lost her father on October 7th, when Hamas militants and their allies launched the deadliest attack ever on Israeli soil. As… Read Details ⇢
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ICE arrests nearly 1k illegal aliens during sixth day of Trump administration
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) made nearly 1,000 arrests on Sunday, with lots of activity taking place in the southeastern United States, according to various ICE field offices. The agency said law enforcement officers arrested 956 people and lodged 554 detainers, which means “there’s probable cause to believe that the… Read Details ⇢
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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events – day 1,068 | News
Here are the key developments on the 1,068th day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Here is the situation on Monday, January 27: Fighting Kyiv’s regional military administrator Vadym Filashkin said Russian artillery fire on eastern Ukraine killed at least one woman in the city of Pokrovsk and injured four… Read Details ⇢
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This is the most addictive app I’ve ever used
Every once in a while I come across a game that I find so wildly addictive that I start to question whether I should have started playing it in the first place. My first experience of this was when I was in my early 20s and the game was called… Read Details ⇢
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Pianist Bella Schütz reveals herself in a luminous juxtaposition of Bach and Chopin
Bella Schütz in Paris, 2024. AMANDINE LAURIOL Placed under the aegis of Chiaroscuro, the juxtaposition of Johann Sebastian Bach and Frédéric Chopin leads to an observation: At 22, Bella Schütz displays a height of vision that most pianists acquire only after two or three decades of experience. Yet her borrowing… Read Details ⇢
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The liberation of Auschwitz: What the Soviets discovered on January 27, 1945
Eighty years ago on January 27, 1945, soldiers from Russia’s Red Army entered the gates of Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland and were the first to discover the horrors of the concentration camp where more than a million people, most of them Jews, had been murdered. They found just a few thousand… Read Details ⇢
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Texas boy, 12, facing charges after leading deputies in pursuit in stolen vehicle, sheriff’s office says
close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for January 26 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. A 12-year-old boy was charged after leading deputies in a chase while driving a stolen vehicle in Texas, according to officials. The Harris County Sheriff’s Office said… Read Details ⇢
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After the bloodshed: Can Bangladesh’s Awami League resurrect itself? | Sheikh Hasina
Dhaka, Bangladesh — On the afternoon of July 16, 2024, as Abu Sayeed, a student leader at the forefront of protests against then-Prime Minister Sheikh Haisna’s leadership, was shot dead by police in Rangpur – a northern district – a strikingly different scene was unfolding in the capital, Dhaka. At… Read Details ⇢