January 5, 2026

North Korea fired at least two ballistic missiles on Sunday (Dec. 4), just hours before the South Korean president’s visit to China. The launch marks the country’s first missile test in two months and has drawn sharp criticism from both South Korea and Japan. “Such ballistic missile launches violate relevant UN Security Council resolutions and

Venezuela’s toppled leader Nicolas Maduro is now held in a US Brooklyn jail on Sunday awaiting drug charges after he and his wife had been taken by US special forces on Saturday. Brooklyn jail also held other high-profile inmates such as convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein associates’ Elaine Maxwell and FTX founder Sam Bankman-Freed.