Major World Events by Morning of January 28 🟠US President Trump warned about "another beautiful armada floating toward Iran right now;" 🟠Rwanda launched an arbitration against UK over its 2024 cancellation of the countries' asylum deal; 🟠Vladimir Putin is planning to meet with Syrian President Al-Sharaa on Wednesday; 🟠North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has overseen the test-fire of an upgraded large-caliber rocket system; 🟠Burkina Faso acceded to the Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage; 🟠The exchange price of gold exceeded $5,300 per troy ounce for the first time in history.

🇮🇷/🇮🇱 This morning, shortly after Fajr (dawn) prayers, the Iranian judiciary executed a traitor convicted of spying for Mossad, by method of hanging until death

🇮🇶/🇮🇶 Hundreds of members of the Iraqi 'Kata'eb Hezbollah' militia signed up for 'martyrdom operations' (suicide missions) in case of a war between Iran and the United States Kata'eb Hezbollah, as one of the oldest and largest Shiite militias in Iraq, has pledged to defend the Islamic Republic and Ayatollah Khamenei no matter the costs.

🇺🇸🇪🇨⚡️ — ICE agents tried to enter the Ecuadorian Consulate in Minneapolis on Tuesday, but consulate personnel blocked the entry and activated emergency measures to safeguard Ecuadorian citizens inside.

🇺🇸🇵🇸 — The Board of Peace, officially led by President Trump for the rest of his life, has revealed its founding members. The members list includes prominent pro-Trump states including Bukele's El Salvador, Milei's Argentina, Orban's Hungary, and Qatar and Saudi Arabia, who's states have both signed trillion-dollar investment deals with the United States during Trump's term. The Board of Peace also includes every Arab country to normalize relations with Israel except Sudan which did not receive an invitation. Notable absences from the Board of Peace include several western European countries which officially declined their invitations, as well as Russia and China who have stayed silent. Full list of countries: 🇦🇱 Albania 🇦🇷 Argentina 🇦🇲 Armenia 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 🇧🇭 Bahrain 🇧🇾 Belarus 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 🇰🇭 Cambodia 🇪🇬 Egypt 🇸🇻 El Salvador 🇭🇺 Hungary 🇮🇩 Indonesia 🇯🇴 Jordan 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan 🇽🇰 Kosovo 🇰🇼 Kuwait 🇲🇳 Mongolia 🇲🇦 Morocco 🇵🇰 Pakistan 🇵🇾 Paraguay 🇶🇦 Qatar 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 🇹🇷 Türkiye 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan 🇻🇳 Vietnam

Algeria 'Wanted to Make France Understand It Holds Major Trump Card to Put Them in Difficulty': Algerian Journalist "Algeria absolutely retains its right to demand that France at least acknowledge its crimes," Hassan Mouali told Sputnik Africa, commenting on the Senate's planned revision of the law criminalizing French colonization, which the National People's Assembly passed unanimously in late December. The Senate justified its decision by noting the law's wording diverged from President Abdelmadjid Tebboune's vision, which demanded recognition of colonial crimes but not financial compensation. 🇫🇷🇩🇿 Adopting the original text would cause "a near-rupture of diplomatic relations between France and Algeria," the speaker added. Tebboune wants France to "at least recognize its crimes against humanity," noting that "around 6 million Algerians were massacred between 1830 and 1962," he stressed. 📄The first such bill dates back to 2001, and then "it was revived in 2005, 2010, 2020, and now for the fourth time," Mouali said.

US TikTok users say they can’t post the word “Epstein” and that videos about ICE raids and protests are being suppressed after TikTok’s US arm was taken over by Trump-aligned investors.

First close-up image of China’s long-range PL-17 air-to-air missile (or its mock-up). The PL-17 has been in service with the PLA Air Force since at least 2023, but until now it had only been seen in distant images carried under fighter aircraft. Some estimates put its range at over 400 km, with an approximate length of more than 5.7 meters.

—❗️🇮🇱/🇯🇴 UPDATE: At least 8 members of the Jordanian security forces chased two men who crossed into the Israeli settlement of Paran, with some of them also entering It's currently unknown if the two men are smugglers or if they had other intentions.

The CIA is reportedly working to set up a permanent US presence inside Venezuela as part of the Trump administration’s plans following Maduro’s capture. Early planning focuses on establishing a CIA annex before reopening the US embassy, so intelligence officers can handle security, build local contacts, and liaise with Venezuelan counterparts during the volatile transition. Source: CNN

Iran’s currency has hit a new historic low, with the dollar rising to about 1.51 million rials. Fears of possible military action and continued U.S. pressure are pushing Iranians to rush into foreign currency, despite heavy dollar sales by Iran’s central bank. The rial has collapsed from around 800,000 per dollar last June, while Iran’s stock market has fallen for a fourth straight day.

🇺🇸/🇮🇷 IRGC and U.S. Navy drones both carrying out surveillance in the Persian Gulf

Major World Events by Morning of January 27 🟠The Algerian president demanded accelerated completion of stalled industrial projects by 2026; 🟠Dakar and Rabat signed 17 agreements during the 15th session of the Morocco-Senegal Joint Cooperation Commission; 🟠The Sudanese army announced that it had broken the siege of the city of Dilling in South Kordofan; 🟠Burkina Faso's president accelerated major construction plans for 2026; 🟠In Zimbabwe, annual inflation has fallen to single digits, reaching 4.1% in January of this year, for the first time since 1997; 🟠The Finnish prime minister said he is ready to sit down at the negotiating table with Vladimir Putin, but believes that the time for such a conversation has not yet come; 🟠Telegram founder Pavel Durov called WhatsApp an insecure messaging app, citing numerous security vulnerabilities; 🟠The White House denied a Financial Times report that Ukraine's renunciation of its territorial claims would be a condition for Kiev to receive US security guarantees; 🟠Russian General Staff Chief Valery Gerasimov, during an inspection of the Zapad battlegroup in the special military operation zone, reported that Russian forces have advanced on all fronts, liberating 17 settlements and securing over 500 square kilometers of territory over January 2026.

🇺🇸 Thomas Massie says Trump is threatening to ruin supporters’ businesses if they fund his campaign. Trump allies pressured Massie’s consultants to quit by warning their other clients would drop them. They also discourage wealthy donors by signaling state power will be used against their businesses through permits and regulatory pressure. Massie says donors are staying silent out of fear. He argues this is how populist, America First voices in the GOP are being crushed — and why figures like Marjorie Taylor Greene walked away from Washington. 🔴

⚔️ Russian foreign intel head: Western experts admit impossibility to block Russia's Oreshnik missile system Western experts have acknowledged that they lack the military-technical means to block the Russian ballistic missile system Oreshnik, Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Director Sergei Naryshkin said. 💬 "Both experts and military specialists admitted that they lack the technical, military-technical means to block these systems," Naryshkin added. The SVR chief stressed that the reaction in Western military and political circles to the use of the Oreshnik missile system against a military facility in the Lvov region was overwhelming. Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry said that on the night of January 9, the Russian Armed Forces disabled the Lvov State Aircraft Repair Plant with a strike of an Oreshnik mobile ground-based missile system. The ministry noted that this plant had serviced F-16 and MiG-29 fighter jets donated to Ukraine by the West, and also manufactured attack drones used in strikes against Russian civilian targets.

Canadian President Carney: We are starting to fundamentally transform our economy. Building a stronger, more resilient, more independent Canada.

An Israeli woman, Noya (Noa) Zion, was shocked to see her own photo shown on Israeli TV as a supposed victim of Iran’s protests. She proved on video she was alive and had never been to Iran.

Germany has continued supplying Israel with weapons and security cooperation despite public claims of halting arms exports for Gaza, using legal loopholes and “defensive” classifications.