On Thursday, January 29, the Council of the European Union decided to impose new restrictive measures linked to serious human rights violations in Iran and Iran’s continued military support for Russia’s war against Ukraine.

In Kryvyi Rih, drone attacks caused multiple fires.

The proposed bill would enshrine in law the end of so-called "conjugal rights" – the notion that marriage means a duty to have sex.

Since the start of the day, there have already been 180 combat clashes between the Armed Forces of Ukraine and Russian troops, with the heaviest attacks continuing in the Pokrovsk sector. Increased enemy activity has also been observed in the Huliaipole and Oleksandrivka sectors.

The Pechersk District Court of Kyiv has extended businessman Ihor Kolomoisky’s preventive measure of detention until March 25 in the case concerning a contract killing.

Russia received 38 soldiers’ bodies in exchange as part of an agreement between the warring countries.

A mayor in the Philippines has survived a rocket launcher attack on his vehicle in broad daylight.

From regime change to retaliation, the BBC’s Frank Gardner outlines possible outcomes of US strikes on Iran.

Total combat losses of Russian troops in the war against Ukraine from February 24, 2022 to January 29, 2026 are estimated at about 1,237,400 personnel, including 830 killed or wounded over the past day.

Tehran says its armed forces are ready "with their fingers on the trigger" to respond to any aggression.