Israeli strikes kill at least 29 Palestinians in Gaza, hospital officials say — (LINK) ground.news: 131 media reports — 31 January 2026 (LINK)
IDF strikes Hamas, PIJ commanders in Gaza in retaliation for ceasefire violations — (LINK) ground.news: 4 media reports — 31 January 2026 (LINK)
Separatists kill at least 21 including civilians in multiple attacks in Pakistan's Balochistan province — (LINK) ground.news: media reports — 31 January 2026 (LINK)
UN risks 'imminent financial collapse' due to member states not paying their fees, secretary general warns — 30 January 2026 (LINK)
— António Guterres said the UN faced a financial crisis which was "deepening, threatening programme delivery", and that money could run out by July. He wrote in a letter to all 193 member states that they had to honour their mandatory payments or overhaul the organisation's financial rules to avoid collapse.
Putin attacks Ukraine just hours after Trump claimed he had promised not to: 111 long-range drones and one ballistic missile were fired into Ukraine on Friday by Russia — 30 January 2026 (LINK)
Epstein files: after the latest release, Gloria Allred, a women's rights lawyer who has represented many of Epstein's victims, told the BBC that numerous survivors' names had been disclosed in the latest release, including some who had not been previously identified publicly — 31 January 2026 (LINK)
— Allred said the Administration's stated hope that the release would "bring closure" to the victims was "ridiculous". "They have devastated so many of these survivors by publicly releasing their names," Allred said. "In some cases... they have a line through the names but you can still read the names. In other cases, they've shown photos of victims — survivors who have never done a public interview, never given their name publicly."
Gold and silver prices plunge following Trump's Fed pick announcement, following months of gains driven in no small part by fears over the central bank's independence — 30 January 2026 (LINK)
Paul Krugman on Warsh: a bad heir day at the Fed. No, Kevin Warsh isn’t qualified: The silver lining to his appointment is that he shouldn’t be able to do much damage, although with one big caveat: there’s no coherent argument behind the verbiage — (LINK)
UN: Choose peace over chaos, Guterres urges as he sets out final-year priorities — 29 January 2026 (LINK)
Trump, Schumer reach government funding deal, sacrifice DHS spending bill in the process — 29 January 2026 (LINK)
Trump threatens tariffs on countries selling oil to Cuba, declaring national emergency: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum had said her country is still sending oil to Cuba — 29 January 2026 (LINK)
Trump and co sue IRS and Treasury for $10 billion over leaked tax information between 2018 and 2020 — 29 January 2026 (LINK)
China executes 11 members of Myanmar scam mafia: State media — (LINK) ground.news: 40 media reports — 29 January 2026 (LINK)
— Among the executed were members of the 'Ming family criminal group', whose activities had contributed to the deaths of 14 Chinese citizens and injuries to 'many others', reported Xinhua.
Pakistan becomes latest Asian country to introduce checks for deadly Nipah virus — (LINK) ground.news: 13 media reports — 28 January 2026 (LINK)
Border agents involved in fatal shooting of Alex Pretti placed on leave — 29 January 2026 (LINK)
Internal review contradicts White House narrative of Pretti's death — (LINK)