Ceremony for last Israeli captive returned from Gaza
Israeli police held a ceremony for the last slain captive, Ran Gvili, after the retrieval of his remains from Gaza.
Day: January 27, 2026
French MPs approve law seeking ban on social media for children below 15
President Emmanuel Macron hails the vote as a ‘major step’ to protect French children and teenagers.
Katy Perry and Pedro Pascal among celebrities calling for citizen action after Minnesota shootings
Singer Billie Eilish called Alex Pretti ‘a real American hero’ while the NBA Players Association says they ‘can no longer remain silent’
Bovino removed from his role as US Border Patrol commander at large
Bovino removed from his role as US Border Patrol commander at large, The Atlantic reports
Firefighters battle ’emergency level’ blazes in Australia heatwave
Firefighters in Victoria are battling at least six major fires amid a record-breaking heatwave.
Acceleration of permit-granting procedures [EU Legislation in Progress]
The energy infrastructure is a critical element of Europe’s economy and at the centre of the ongoing energy transition.
Live: Russian military chief visits troops in eastern Ukraine
The Russian army’s chief of staff, Valery Gerasimov, visited troops fighting in eastern Ukraine to “inspect the progress of combat missions”, Moscow’s defence ministry said on Tuesday. The visit came ahead of a new round of US-brokered trilateral talk…
Descope introduces dedicated identity infrastructure for AI agents and MCP ecosystems
Descope has updated its Agentic Identity Hub to provide MCP developers and AI agent builders with standards-based identity infrastructure for their AI systems. Organizations can now use Descope to manage AI agents as first-class identities alongside hu…
Immigration crackdown chief to leave Minneapolis
US President Donald Trump is scaling back the federal presence in the city in the wake of a second fatal shooting by Ice officers.
North Korea launches huge ballistic missiles in major WW3 threat
The projectile was fired off North Korea’s east coast on Tuesday.