Protests spread nationwide after woman fatally shot by U.S. immigration agent

Thousands of demonstrators rallied in Minneapolis and cities across the United States after a federal immigration agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother, in the city this week — a killing that has intensified outrage over the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown and the tactics of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Organizers said more than 1,000 events were planned nationwide under the slogan “ICE, Out for Good,” a dual reference to the agency and to Good. In Minneapolis, protesters…

Rights group says Iran protest death toll surpasses 500

More than 500 people have been killed in two weeks of protests across Iran, a U.S.-based rights group said, as Tehran warned it would target U.S. bases and Israel if President Donald Trump follows through on threats to intervene on behalf of demonstrators. HRANA said it has verified the deaths of 490 protesters and 48 security personnel, and more than 10,600 arrests since the unrest erupted on Dec. 28 over soaring prices before expanding into the largest challenge to the clerical establishment since 2022. Iran has not…

Rights group reports Iran protest death toll surpasses 500

Unrest across Iran has killed more than 500 people, a rights group said Sunday, as Tehran warned it would target U.S. military bases and Israel if President Donald Trump follows through on threats to intervene on behalf of protesters. U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) said it had verified the deaths of 490 protesters and 48 security personnel and recorded more than 10,600 arrests in two weeks of demonstrations that began Dec. 28 over soaring prices before swelling into the largest challenge to Iran’s…

Human rights group reports over 500 killed in Iran protests

Iran unrest death toll tops 500 as Tehran warns U.S. bases would be targets if Trump intervenes More than 500 people have been killed in two weeks of nationwide protests in Iran, a U.S.-based rights group said, as a senior Iranian official warned that any American intervention would put U.S. military bases and Israel in the crosshairs. HRANA, which compiles reports from activists inside and outside Iran, said it has verified the deaths of 490 protesters and 48 security personnel, with more than 10,600 arrests since…

Dozens of homes destroyed, one killed as Australian bushfires rage

Australia bushfires razed hundreds of buildings across southeast Victoria as authorities confirmed the first death from the disaster and warned of more dangerous conditions to come. Temperatures surged past 40C (104F) under a searing heatwave that blanketed the state, driving dozens of fast-moving blazes that have scorched more than 300,000 hectares combined. Officials declared a state of disaster a day earlier; on Saturday, they began tallying losses as winds eased and crews gained access to hard-hit communities. Emergency…

Greenland opposition insists diplomacy will triumph amid US threats

Greenland’s opposition leader said Sunday he does not believe the United States will invade the Arctic territory, urging calm after President Donald Trump was quoted threatening to take over the island “the easy way or the hard way.” Speaking on RTÉ’s This Week program, Naleraq party leader Pele Broberg said “people have nothing to fear” and argued an invasion “would not make any sense” from the U.S. or any other power. “I believe that diplomacy and dialogue will win in the end,” he said. His comments followed a rare joint…

Israel Formally Recognizes Somaliland, Signaling a Landmark Diplomatic Shift

Somalia’s month-long presidency of the UN Security Council, its first in 54 years, has arrived with an unexpected geopolitical twist: a fight to contain the fallout from Israel’s recognition of Somaliland and the wider regional implications it carries from the Horn of Africa to the Red Sea and Gaza. In its opening days, the council convened an emergency session on Venezuela. But Mogadishu has made clear it intends to use the gavel to rally opposition to Israel’s move and to defend Somalia’s internationally recognized…

Greenland opposition leader says panic won’t prevail; U.S. invasion unlikely

Greenland opposition leader Pele Broberg said he does not believe the United States will invade the Arctic territory, urging calm and diplomacy after President Donald Trump suggested Washington could take control of the island “the easy way or the hard way.” In an interview with RTÉ Radio’s This Week, Broberg, who leads the Naleraq party, said an invasion “would not make any sense from anyone’s logical point of view, be they from the US, Russia, China or Denmark.” He added: “I believe that diplomacy and dialogue will win in…

Renewed protests sweep Iran as internet blackout drags on

Anti-government chants filled Tehran as protesters pressed the biggest challenge to Iran’s clerical leadership in more than three years, defying a deadly crackdown and a sweeping internet blackout that rights monitors say has masked rising casualties. Demonstrations now stretching into a second week have tested the theocratic establishment that has ruled since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has struck a defiant tone, denouncing protesters as “vandals” and accusing the United States of…

Top Netanyahu aide detained by Israeli police in high-profile case

Israeli police detained a senior aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on suspicion of obstructing an investigation, in a case local media said is tied to the leak of military information during the Gaza war. Police did not name the official, but Israeli outlets reported it was Tzachi Braverman, Netanyahu’s chief of staff and Israel’s ambassador-designate to the United Kingdom. Officers searched his home, according to Israeli media, and the aide was “being questioned under caution,” police said. “This morning, a senior…