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Rwandan-backed rebels clash with Congolese forces over control of Goma

Washington Post M23 rebels said they have advanced into Goma, a large city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Hundreds of thousands of residents have been displaced. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/27/goma-congo-drc-m23-rebels/

Gazans return to ruined homes, communities and lives

Washington Post Videos and photos from northern Gaza show a landscape reduced to piles of broken concrete and rebar — in many cases, with the remains of loved ones buried underneath. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/27/photos-palestinians-return-gaza-israel-hamas-ceasefire/

They Fled a Rebel Advance. Then the Rebels Marched on Their Refuge.

New York Times People who fled M23 rebels around Goma, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, have found themselves with nowhere left to go. https://www.nytimes.com/card/2025/01/27/world/africa/photos-rebels-goma-congo

Hegseth, Trump’s Pentagon ‘disrupter,’ vows swift action

Washington Post President Donald Trump’s return to the White House is generating turbulence at the Pentagon, where his new defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, vowed to bring change. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/01/27/hegseth-trump-military/

Belarus’ President Lukashenko extends rule after election rejected by opposition, EU

Fox News Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko extended his more than three decades in power in an orchestrated weekend election that the opposition and the European Union rejected as a farce. The Central Election Commission declared early Monday that Lukashenko won the election with nearly 87% of the vote after a campaign in which four…

Gazans Crowd the Road North, Joyful but Anxious

New York Times For nearly 16 months, hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians have lived in tents, barred from returning to northern Gaza. On Monday, Israel allowed them to walk back. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/world/middleeast/northern-gaza-palestinians-return.html

Airliner’s final 4 minutes of recordings are missing after crash that killed 179: investigators

Fox News The first report on last month’s Jeju Air crash in South Korea confirmed the plane’s two black boxes stopped recording about four minutes prior to the crash that killed 179 people on board. The preliminary accident report released by South Korea’s Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board on Monday said the flight data…

Palestinians stream back to northern Gaza after Israel lifts closure

Fox News Thousands of Palestinians are streaming back into the northern Gaza Strip on Monday after Israel lifted its closure as part of the ceasefire and hostage release deal with Hamas. Starting at 7 a.m. local time, Palestinians were allowed to cross on foot without inspection via a coastal road passing through part of a…

Sweden seizes vessel after new cable breach in Baltic Sea

Washington Post Sweden is investigating damage to a data cable linked to Latvia, the latest breach in the Baltic Sea region where European authorities are on high alert. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/27/sweden-latvia-baltic-cable-damage/

Live Updates: Gazans Make Long Trek Home as Cease-Fire Holds

New York Times Palestinians began arriving in northern Gaza, months after Israel ordered them to flee. The Israel-Hamas truce was holding after it appeared to falter over the weekend. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/27/world/israel-hamas-lebanon-gaza