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Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 - Pre-dawn assault on the Olina oil tanker was carried out by US marines and navy sailors in the Caribbean near Trinidad The US early on Friday boarded another oil tanker, the US military said, as part of efforts to target sanctions-busting vessels traveling to and from Venezuela . US forces were seen in video footage that officials posted online landing on the ship's deck as the vessel named Olina was seized in the ...

Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 - Kyiv, Ukraine — Russia bombarded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles in a large-scale overnight attack, officials said Friday, killing at least four people. For only the second time, it used a new hypersonic missile it says flies at 10 times the speed of sound and is unstoppable. Ukraine's security service said it considered the use of the missile a war crime. Ukrainian President Volodymyr ...

Friday, Jan 9th, 2026 - DEIR AL BALAH (AP) — Israeli strikes across Gaza have killed at least 13 people, according to health officials, as U.S. President Donald Trump was expected to announce his Board of Peace to oversee the fragile ceasefire . Health officials and family members said at least one child was among the dead in northern Gaza following several strikes there as well as east of Gaza City. All 13 people were killed on ...