New penalties come as US President Trump welcomes purported Iranian decision to halt execution of antigovernment demonstrators. The United States has imposed new sanctions against Iran, targeting political and security officials over the crackdown on antigovernment protesters, amid US President Donald Trump's threats to intervene militarily against the country. The US penalties on Tuesday targeted Ali Larijani, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNCS), and several other officials, who it said were the architects of Tehran's brutal response to the demonstrations.
Clayton Kershaw might not have thrown his last pitch after all. Major League Baseball announced Thursday that Kershaw has committed to pitch for Team USA in the upcoming World Baseball Classic, the international tournament that will serve as a final send-off for an eventual Hall of Fame career. The WBC begins March 4. Kershaw, who will be 38 in March, previously announced that he would retire at the end of the 2025 season, which ended in a second straight championship for his Los Angeles Dodgers.
There are the sports tournaments and reality TV shows that demand moment-to-moment updates. (Last week, there were 268 edits on " 2026 Malaysia Open (badminton)" and 605 on "Bigg Boss (Tamil TV series) season 9.") There are the biographies of people whom someone has decided deserve memorializing. (Last week, user Mary Mark Ockerbloom created the article on Quaker abolitionist John Vickers and edited it 161 times.
The Syrian army is telling civilians to evacuate parts of the rural Aleppo governorate after accusing the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) of building up troops in the area, following days of deadly fighting inside Aleppo city, as concerns rise over a new front in the simmering battle. A humanitarian zone was expected to remain open on Thursday from 9am local time (6:00 GMT) to 5pm (14:00 GMT), allowing residents to leave Deir Hafer and Maskana in the eastern countryside.
Hamas leaders and representatives of other Palestinian factions in Gaza are in the Egyptian capital Cairo for talks on the second phase of the United States-led Gaza ceasefire deal, amid a teetering ceasefire that Israel has repeatedly violated as its genocidal war continues. Deep uncertainty remains over the next steps involving the disarmament of Palestinian armed groups in the Strip, rebuilding and daily governance.
Since United States armed forces abducted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on January 3, Machado has maintained a steady public presence. On Monday, she had an audience with Pope Leo at the Vatican. And on Thursday, she will meet with US President Donald Trump in Washington, DC. All the while, she has given interviews to news outlets like CBS, Fox News and the popular Venezuelan news website La Patilla.
India has shut down a medical college in Indian-administered Kashmir in an apparent capitulation to protests by right-wing Hindu groups over the admission of an overwhelming number of Muslim students into the prestigious course. The National Medical Commission (NMC), a federal regulatory authority for medical education and practices, on January 6 revoked the recognition of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Medical Institute (SMVDMI), located in Reasi, a mountainous district overlooking the Pir Panjal range in the Himalayas,
One minute you are riding the perfect wave, the next you're being dumped from a great height and having your world tipped upside down. Which is essentially how Razor will now be feeling after being ousted as All Blacks head coach barely two years into his tenure. On the surface he was everything New Zealand rugby could have wished for. The serial domestic winner who had guided the Crusaders to seven successive Super rugby titles, the empathetic everyman with the break-dancing skills to match.
