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Jan 17, 2026 - World

The family of a 23-year-old Iranian college student believes she was killed by a bullet fired by Iranian security forces

Jan 16, 2026 - World

Bobi Wine flown to unknown location, his party says, hours after security forces allegedly killed 10 of his campaignersThe Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine was taken from his house and brought to an unknown location on Friday, his party said as President Yoweri Museveni closed in on a landslide re-election.Wine’s National Unity Platform party said on Friday evening in a post on X that an army helicopter had landed in his compound in the capital, Kampala, and “forcibly taken him away to an unknown destination”. Continue reading...

Jan 16, 2026 - World

Online reactions rolled in Friday after news that President Donald Trump's foreign policy approval rating had sunk to its lowest yet. A new Marist poll found that only 37% of adults in the United States approve of how Trump has handled foreign policy, Newsweek reported. The results were gathered from January 12 to 13 and showed that 56% of those polled disapproved of Trump's international actions, while 7% were unsure.Users on social media had thoughts about the polling results and Trump's policies abroad. "A majority of Americans (56%) either strongly oppose or oppose the U.S. taking military action in Venezuela. 36% of Americans approve of how President Trump is handling the economy. 57% disapprove. 38% approve of how President Trump is performing in office. 56% disapprove," Sarah Longwell, founder and publisher of the Bulwark, wrote on X."How could 38% of those polled still approve of him? None are so blind as those that will not see," technology reporter and author Lance Whitney wrote on X."These numbers are brutal—and entirely justified. A majority of Americans finally see him for the profoundly unfit, narcissistic menace he is. Yet 38% remain in the cult. Astonishing," user Dr. Cole wrote on X."How can 38% approved of anything he does?" Retired educator Terry Hongell wrote on X."If you get your news on X, you probably thought Trump has a 90% approval," political commentator Tom Santos wrote on X."I am envious of the six percent of people who are not sure. I will never know what that is like," writer Andy Hutchins wrote on X."Buyers remorse, America? Oh well. You were warned. Still you said, let’s do it again!! Not a lot of sympathy here," Canadian novelist Jeffrey Luscombe wrote on X.

Jan 16, 2026 - World

Any Lucía López Belloza was detained at Boston’s airport in November and flown to Honduras two days laterUS citizens and permanent residents: have you been racially profiled by ICE?The Trump administration apologized in court for a “mistake” in the deportation of a Massachusetts college student who was detained trying to fly home to surprise her family in Texas for Thanksgiving.But the administration still argued that the federal government error should not affect her immigration case. Continue reading...

Jan 16, 2026 - World

A new poll shows that President Donald Trump's approval rating on his handling of foreign policy has dipped to its lowest since he returned to the White House, according to reports Friday. A new Marist poll found that only 37% of adults in the United States approve of how Trump has handled foreign policy, Newsweek reported. The results were gathered from January 12 to 13 and showed that 56% of those polled disapproved of Trump's international actions, while 7% were unsure. The changes in Trump's international policy approval highlighted how Americans have responded to the capture of Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro and the military incursion of that country, and Trump's continued threats to seize Greenland — signaling a major challenge for the Trump administration and growing concern among voters. Trump's moves could put the Republican Party in a tough spot ahead of the midterms in November. "These figures represent Trump’s lowest net approval on foreign policy (-19 points) with the pollsters during his second term, with it dropping from 41 percent in July 2025 and 39 percent in April 2025," according to Newsweek.Other recent polls, including CNN's new polling results Friday and a recent AP-NORC poll, echoed similar responses among voters.About six in 10 Americans disapprove of Trump's international policies, according to the AP-NORC poll conducted from January 8 to 11. That survey also found that a majority of Americans — 56% — felt Trump had "gone too far" with his use of military interventions in other countries. The White House has argued that Trump has a different approach compared to past presidents. "President Trump was not elected to preserve the status quo—he is a visionary leader who is always generating creative ideas to bolster U.S. national security," White House spokesperson Anna Kelly told Newsweek. “Many of this president’s predecessors recognized the strategic logic of acquiring Greenland, but only President Trump has had the courage to pursue this idea seriously," Kelly said. “As the president said, NATO becomes far more formidable and effective with Greenland in the hands of the United States, and Greenlanders would be better served if protected by the United States from modern threats in the Arctic region,” she added.