"A powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck an area along the west coast of Japan, causing a
tsunami wave of at least 4 feet as well as structural collapses and a large fire.
At least 30 people were killed in the earthquake in Ishikawa prefecture, according to the prefecture, and the death toll was expected to rise as authorities responded to more than a dozen reported cases of people trapped inside collapsed homes.
A fire that engulfed at least several blocks in the city of Wajima on the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa was mostly extinguished by Tuesday morning, footage from news helicopters showed. Tsunami warnings that were issued for areas facing the Sea of Japan following the quake and a series of aftershocks were lifted by midmorning." AP
"U.S. Navy helicopters sank three small boats used by Iran-backed Houthi militants to attack
a Maersk merchant vessel in the Red Sea, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said on. A spokesperson for the Yemen-based Houthis said 10 militants were “killed or missing” following the U.S. strike." France24
"The Russian military made good on its promise to "punish" those responsible for the attack
on Belgorod, striking a series of military facilities and decision-making centers in the city of Kharkov." Sputnik
"The Russians have completely destroyed the museum of UPA (Ukrainian Insurgent Army) Corporal Roman Shukhevych in Lviv on the birthday of Stepan Bandera." Pravada
"Strikes were recorded in Mykolaiv Oblast on the night of 31 December -1 January." Pravada
"Palestinian terrorists rang in the New Year on Sunday evening by firing a large barrage of rockets at Israeli cities at midnight, in a statement of defiance against the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) advance deep into the Gaza Strip.
According to the Cumta Telegram channel, which tracks Israel’s Red Alert system, the barrage targeted the cities along the corridor from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, just seconds after 12:00 a.m." Breitbart
"Maersk, one of the largest shipping companies in the world, suspended all container ship sailings in the Southern Red Sea after Iranian-backed Houthi militants attacked one of its vessels. This comes a day after the shipper reportedly attempted to restart sails in the critical waterway under the US' Operational Prosperity Guardian security umbrella.
US Central Command wrote in a post on X that the Maersk Hangzhou container ship was struck by a missile while transiting the Southern Red Sea. The vessel requested assistance from the US military, to which two Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, USS Gravely (DDG 107) and USS Laboon (DDG 58), responded.
"While responding, the USS GRAVELY shot down two anti-ship ballistic missiles fired from Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen toward the ships," CENTCOM said." ZeroHedge
"Anonprofit organization dedicated to saving Americans abroad whose lives are at risk iscurrently preparing for the possibility they may conduct rescue missions in Taiwan and mainland China ahead of a possible conflict. Project Dynamo is a nonprofit organization made up of former U.S. military and intelligence officials who came together in August 2021 to rescue Americans who were unable to leave Afghanistan before the military withdrew at the end of the month and were essentially left behind. Since then, they have continued their effort to rescue Americans that the U.S. military was not planning on saving at that time in countries across the world." WashingtonExaminer
"The missile strikes have killed at least 21 and injured 111, according to Russian officials....The UN has condemned Ukraine’s deadly shelling of the Russian border city of Belgorod. This comes after Moscow accused Kiev of deliberately killing civilians." RT
"At least 17 people have been killed and 85 injured in the biggest coordinated Russian drone and missile attack on Ukraine of the war. One popular online meme is to share a photo of the damage in their city with the tag “Russia is at war with kindergartens and maternity hospitals.” NV
“Israel carried out an aerial aggression from the direction of the Mediterranean Sea, west of Latakia, targeting a number of points south of the city of Aleppo.....19 pro-Iranian fighters – including four Syrians, and six Iraqis – were killed and more than 18 were wounded in at least nine air strikes. The Observatory added that the strikes targeted military positions, a weapons shipment from Iraq and an ammunition warehouse.” MS
"Israel launched a series of new airstrikes on the Syrian capital, especially with heavy strikes targeting Damascus International Airport.
"Around 11:05 p.m. Thursday, the Israeli enemy carried out an air attack from the direction of the occupied Syrian Golan, targeting some points in the southern region," a source was cited in Syrian state media as saying..... it emerged there had been a delegation of high-ranking Iranian officers set to arrive at the airport. Syria said it intercepted only some of the inbound projectiles.
Gulf news outlet Al-Arabiya is now reporting that the overnight attack "killed 11 members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)" according to its sources." ZH
"The Russian Defense Ministry has confirmed that its forces launched a series of air attacks against multiple targets in Ukraine. A statement from the ministry detailed 50 “group” strikes and a single “massive” barrage using precision missiles and drones." RT
"A death in battle is preferable to a car crash, Alla Martinyuk, an aide to the supreme commander of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, General Valery Zaluzhny, said in an interview on Friday.
Martinyuk, 37, is a former theater and TV actress who currently serves as an “external adviser” to Zaluzhny. In a broadcast shared on social media by the Kiev-based news agency UNIAN, she argued against the reaction of most Ukrainians to getting mobilized into the military.
“I now see when someone gets a summons, the mothers immediately write [that] they are already hysterical and almost immediately say goodbye to the lives of their sons,” Martinyuk said on air. “But I will tell you, this is not right. All this hysteria is not needed. You need to believe that your son is a hero and the flower of the nation.”
“We will all die anyway. Leaving this life with dignity is much better than walking down the street and [having] a brick fall on you or a car run you over,” she added." RT
"The death toll from a Russian missile attack on Kyiv has increased to nine, whereas eight people injured in the strike have been rescued from the rubble of a warehouse in the city's Shevchenkivskyi district." Ukrin
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