Indonesian couple caned for sex outside marriage and drinking alcohol
The Sharia police chief in Indonesia’s Banda Aceh province is unapologetic about the latest canings, imposed for behavior he said, “tarnishes our name.”
Day: January 29, 2026
Death Valley landmark Scotty’s Castle is reopening for limited tours after years of flood repairs
Scotty’s Castle, built in the 1920s, is tucked away in the desert in Death Valley National Park and was one of the park’s biggest attractions.
Ivory Coast’s cocoa growers face crisis amid drop in global prices
Ivory Coast says it will start buying back thousands of tons of unsold cocoa that have been sitting in warehouses and around the country’s ports since November 2026. The holdup has also seen the income of farmers stagnate in the world’s largest produc…
‘Wael’s last wish’: Man detained by ICE denied release for son’s funeral
Maher Tarabishi’s ailing son Wael died as he sat in a detention facility. His family says ICE is responsible.
Nation-state and criminal actors leverage WinRAR flaw in attacks
Multiple threat actors exploited a now-patched critical WinRAR flaw to gain initial access and deliver various malicious payloads. Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) revealed that multiple threat actors, including APTs and financially motivated groups, are exploiting the CVE-2025-8088 flaw in RARLAB WinRAR to establish initial access and deploy a diverse array of payloads. The WinRAR […]
China warns US attempts to contain it ‘doomed to fail’
The United States’ 2026 National Defense Strategy, released last week, said Washington would “deter China in the Indo-Pacific through strength, not confrontation”.
Ukraine intensifies deepstrikes against Russia with domestically-produced weapons
Since August 2025 Ukraine has stepped up its campaign of strikes against targets deep inside Russia. While the country’s Western allies have been reluctant to allow the use of long-range missiles for that purpose, they have not objected to Ukraine doi…
Brit Lottery winner batters girlfriend at five-star Tenerife hotel as they celebrated £3.6m jackpot on holiday
A BRIT lottery winner battered his girlfriend at a five-star hotel as they celebrated his £3.6million jackpot on holiday. Carpenter Sean Henderson attacked Suzanne Childs in the luxury GF Gran Costa Adeje resort in Tenerife, a month after his life-chan…
Mozambique LNG restart signal set to green-light 17 newbuildings
Vessels for stalled east African project will have been almost 10 years in the making when they finally deliver
‘We own our land’: Greenland’s indigenous people slam Trump, say Arctic Island not for sale
Greenland’s Inuit, who collectively own their land, express bewilderment at geopolitical interest in buying the island. Their traditional view sees them as guardians, not owners, of the land that predates and will outlast them. This principle is being…