🇻🇪 NEW: US to keep over one-third of proceeds from first Venezuelan oil sale, distribute rest to Venezuelan banks, reports suggest. The initial US-controlled sale of Venezuelan oil was valued at roughly $500 million, according to Reuters. About $330 million of that is expected
Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states are warning Washington against military action on Iran, arguing it would destabilize the region and risk wider chaos, according to reporting from WSJ, Saudi Arabia is leading the push to persuade the U.S. not to strike Tehran, citing fears of
Jessica Plichta is a 22-year-old preschool teacher and anti-war activist based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She helps organize with Grand Rapids Opponents of War. On January 3, 2026, she was arrested live on camera during a broadcast interview with local station WZZM-13 after speaking at a protest against the U.S. operation that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Police charged her with obstructing a roadway and failing to obey a lawful order from an officer. Grand Rapids police say protesters were told multiple times to move off the street and onto the sidewalk. Video of her arrest went viral, sparking debate about protest policing and free speech. She has been released from jail and had this to say: 👇
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Holy shit.

Police just arrested a woman for protesting and saying, “This isn’t just a foreign issue, it’s our tax dol...
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🇸🇩 Sky News documents the scale of Sudan’s humanitarian catastrophe after 1,000 days of war. The video shows mass displacement and hunger, with around 30 million people—roughly 70% of the population—now in urgent need of aid, and sprawling displacement camps across the country. Exclusive footage from Al Fashir shows the city devastated by shelling after RSF advances, while soldiers who defended it describe being displaced and abandoned by their commanders. The report also traces how the war is being prolonged by foreign weapons, including UAE-linked armored vehicles, Chinese howitzers imported by the UAE, and U.S.-made rifles, in violation of UN arms embargoes.
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1,000 days of war in Sudan - Sky's @YousraElbagir explains.

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🔴 Details about the protest: PAL-Awda NY/NJ and community members rallied in Queens to disrupt a real estate event advertising properties on stolen Palestinian land. The event promoted sales in Ma’ale Adumim, an illegal settlement in the occupied West Bank, marketed as a “new
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🧵We refuse to lose sight of what matters. Palestine is not for sale. It is our duty to continue to show up and disrupt the sale of stolen P...
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🇧🇴 Bolivia is facing major strike action and unrest after the rollback of long-standing fuel subsidies and sharp price hikes that began in December. A national strike has mobilized unions, miners, teachers, coca growers, and transport workers against Supreme Decree 5503. The Bolivian Workers’ Union (COB), the country’s largest labor federation representing hundreds of thousands of workers, is leading an indefinite general strike with marches and roadblocks, with clashes reported in La Paz and other cities.
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Not Venezuela related: In Bolivia, the general strike against austerity has restarted, this time much larger with 43 highways across country blocke...
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⭕️ Some 35,000 people in the Gaza Strip are now living with war-related hearing loss caused largely by explosive blasts and shockwaves from bombardment, according to Le Monde, citing local health and rights groups. Children, adults, and the elderly face permanent disability, with the crisis compounded by a severe shortage of hearing aids, cochlear implants, batteries, and other assistive devices. These supplies have been blocked from entering Gaza for months due to Israel’s longstanding restrictions and ongoing blockade, leaving survivors without treatment despite the ceasefire.
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Interim Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez addressed the country today, saying U.S.–Venezuela relations are distorted by simplistic, hostile thinking shaped by an unprecedented rupture caused by U.S. aggression. Economic ties with Washington are neither central nor
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Venezuela's Delcy Rodríguez: "All the lies about 'drug trafficking', 'democracy', 'human rights'. They were the excuses. It was always about t...
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🇮🇷 A massive pro-government rally took place in Isfahan, Iran, on Tuesday, January 6, 2026, where thousands of participants gathered to show support for Iran’s Islamic establishment and government. State-aligned media and local reports said the crowd assembled under the slogan
🚨 BREAKING: New footage shows explosions around Caracas, Venezuela, as parts of the city’s south near a major military base lost electricity. Low-flying aircraft were seen and heard from across the capital, according to Reuters.
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BREAKING: US Airstrikes Ongoing Across Caracas, Venezuela

The so-called “anti-regime change President” we were told. A compl...
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