(2026-01-25). Protest at Santa Clara Hilton Hotel Calls Out Enabling of ICE. indybay.org On January 23, a protest was held at the Santa Clara Hilton Hotel to call out the company's enabling of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The action was one of many organized across the country in solidarity with the general strike called for January 23 in Minneapolis in response to ICE's fascist takeover of the city, and the killing of Renee Nicole Good on January 7.
(2026-01-25). Minneapolis Health Care Workers Are Organizing to Defend Their Patients From ICE. truthout.org Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have created a crisis in Minneapolis hospitals since escalating anti-immigrant operations in the Minnesota city in early December. Health care workers who spoke to Truthout report that the number of agents in hospitals has risen sharply since the beginning of the year, with ailing or injured detainees regularly brought into emergency… |
(2026-01-25). In Minneapolis, resistance to ICE hardens after agent kills another US citizen. scmp.com When Fabiola, a single mother and naturalised US citizen from Latin America, first learned of the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, ‚Äåshe said she was heartbroken and terrified. | Then she joined the thousands of other Minnesotans who have volunteered to track ICE agents since Good was killed, despite her fears for herself and her son Asher, who is seven.
(2026-01-25). Tensions Flare Over Controversial Shooting in Minneapolis. devdiscourse.com The fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by immigration agents in Minneapolis has sparked controversy. Senior Trump administration officials defended the shooting, claiming Pretti assaulted officers. However, videos suggest Pretti was unarmed, leading to public outrage and increased tension between local law enforcement and federal authorities.
(2026-01-25). Video from new angle: ICE agents fatally shoot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. albawaba.com 
ALBAWABA – A shocking video was released today from Minneapolis showing ICE agents shooting a man in the street. The person was identified as Alex Pretti, BBC reported.Federal immigration officers have shot and killed Alex Pretti, 37, in Minneapolis amid continued protests following the death of Renee Good, who was also shot dead by an immigration agent in the same city.Renee Good was killed around three weeks ago inside her car after federal officials said she was using her car as a weapon, despite refutations of the claim by authorities in Minnesota.üö®üá∫&u…
(2026-01-25). Outrage at Latest DHS Killing Erupts Across Minnesota and the US. truthout.org As hundreds of Minneapolis residents assembled in Whittier Park Saturday evening to demand once again that federal immigration agents leave Minnesota following the second fatal shooting of a legal observer in less than three weeks, one speaker demanded that the gathering must not simply be "another damn vigil." "This is a turning point," said Edwin Torres DeSantiago of the Immigrant Defense… |
(2026-01-25). Family ancestry slips through time. tribune.com.pk 
In a quiet room of a house in an old neighbourhood in Lahore, Muhammad Ashfaq shows his children a black-and-white photograph that he nimbly holds in his hand. The three elderly men visible in the picture are his ancestors, but he knows about only one of them, his grandfather. When his children ask who the other two elders are, Ashfaq has no answer. All he knows is that his family migrated from India to Pakistan in 1947, and chose to settle in Lahore. | Although people in his family associate with the Rajput clan, many have chosen different surnames. Ashfaq's story is shared by millions of families across Paki…
(2026-01-25). Tirah notification a 'warrant for confrontation': K-P CM. tribune.com.pk 
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi on Sunday warned that a federal notification regarding Tirah Valley could lead to confrontation between the provincial government and state institutions, saying he would convene a Pashtun jirga if the notification was not withdrawn and an apology issued. | Addressing a rally in Mingora, he rejected the alleged notification's claim that residents of Tirah Valley had migrated voluntarily. He said a jirga of the Afridi tribe would be convened to determine whether the displacement was forced or voluntary. | "If the claim is proven false, I will personally take my peo…
(2026-01-25). in a Syrian refugee tale wows Sundance. al-monitor.com As a million Syrians fled their country's devastating civil war in 2015, directors Itab Azzam and Jack MacInnes headed to Turkey where they would meet a young girl who encapsulated the contradictions of this enormous migration.In Ismir, they met Isra'a, a then-11-year-old girl whose family had left Aleppo as bombs rained down on the city, and who would become the subject of their documentary "One In A Million," which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on Friday.
(2026-01-25). Nueva muerte a manos del ICE sacude a Minesota. cubadebate.cu Mineápolis ha vuelto a verse sacudida este mes por otra muerte ocurrida durante un operativo de agentes del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas de EE.UU. (ICE). El hecho tuvo lugar en medio de protestas generalizadas contra el accionar de la agencia, desplegada en el estado de Minesota por órdenes de Donald Trump.
(2026-01-25). Punjab recovers 44 rare bar-headed geese in operation. tribune.com.pk 
Punjab's Forest and Wildlife Department recovered 44 bar-headed geese in an operation against mafia allgedly involved in the illegal smuggling of rare birds on Sunday. | Acting on a tip-off, officials recovered 44 bar-headed geese, a migratory species that travels to Pakistan from Siberia during winter. The birds were seized during a raid conducted by the Forest and Wildlife Department's staff. | On the instructions of Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz, the rescued birds will be released into the wild on Wednesday. The department said the geese will be freed at Kala Chitta National Park. | According to a post…
(2026-01-25). Tragedy at Sea: Mediterranean Boat Disaster. devdiscourse.com In a tragic incident in the Mediterranean, one migrant has been rescued while 50 others are feared drowned after their boat sank, officials confirmed on Sunday. The survivor was stranded at sea for 24 hours before being found.
(2026-01-25). US preparing to deport Iranians despite unrest, killings: NGO. newarab.com 
(2026-01-25). Prisoners for Palestine slam Met Police over Wormwood Scrubs violence and arrests. thecanary.co 
The group Prisoners for Palestine has hit back at what it calls the "violent" and "wildly disproportionate" response of the Met Police to a peaceful protest at HMP Wormwood Scrubs. It says that Wildly disproportionate response at Wormwood Scrubs As the Canary has reported, on Saturday 25 January evening, at least 86 people were arrested […] | By
(2026-01-25). At "No Tech for ICE" Demo, Deadly Consequences of Palantir's Technology Heavily Protested. indybay.org Hundreds chanted "Hey, hey, ho, ho, Peter Thiel has got to go".
(2026-01-25). Across Wisconsin Sunday, January 25, 2026: Stop ICE Terror Now! Protests (City Listings). wibailoutpeople.org 
(2026-01-25). Iran must be held accountable for mass killings of protesters and restoration of Internet services. fidh.org The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), together with undersigned organisations, expresses grave concern over the Iranian authorities' nationwide repression of peaceful protests and their systematic use of lethal and excessive force against civilians. As Iran faces a deepening economic crisis, thousands of protesters have reportedly been killed, arbitrarily detained, or subjected to torture, while authorities have imposed an internet shutdown to conceal serious human rights (…) | – |
(2026-01-25). Bay Area Stands with the People of Minnesota. indybay.org In solidarity with the people of Minnesota, Bay Area residents took to the streets of San Francisco on January 23 to protest ICE terror. The protest march started at the Target store located at 4th and Mission.
(2026-01-25). Fresh protests after man shot dead in Minneapolis operation. geo.tv 
(2026-01-25). Manitowoc, January 25, 2026: Stop ICE Terror NOW! Emergency Protest. wibailoutpeople.org 
(2026-01-25). The police and MSM are lying about what happened at Wormwood Scrubs. thecanary.co 
As the Canary reported overnight, police violently arrested what we now know to be 86 people who were peacefully protesting at Wormwood Scrubs prison. The demonstrators had gathered in a show of support for political prisoner Umer Khalid, who has added a thirst strike to his ongoing hunger strike against the Starmer regime's contempt for Palestinian lives […] | By
(2026-01-25). Minneapolis live news: US federal agents shoot dead nurse Alex Pretti. aljazeera.com Videos show the victim holding a phone in his hand, not a handgun, as he ‚Å tried to help other protesters.
(2026-01-25). Monday 1/26: No Monday: Weekly Protest at Tesla in San Francisco. indybay.org At the Tesla Dealership, 999 Van Ness (corner of Van Ness and O'Farrell), San Francisco…
(2026-01-25). Iranians struggle as internet shutdown hits livelihoods. al-monitor.com Cut off from the global internet for more than two weeks, online content creator Amir spends his days scanning the few news websites available on Iran's domestic web for signs that connectivity to the world might return.Amir, 32, has been unable to produce his reviews of video games and movies since January 8, when authorities imposed an unprecedented communications blackout amid mass anti-government protests that authorities acknowledge left more than 3,000 dead.
(2026-01-25). Iran: Oral statement at the United Nations Human Rights Council. fidh.org On 23 January 2026, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) delivered a statement during the 39th Special Session of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council on the deteriorating human rights situation in Iran. The statement highlighted the Iranian government's "extraordinarily harsh crackdown" on protesters, which included thousands of summary killings and arbitrary detentions, and called for the release of all those detained in connection with the protests. Read the (…) | – |
(2026-01-25). Protest at Veterans Administration Medical Center. indybay.org Veterans for Peace Chapter 69 holds regular demos in San Francisco. This was their first at the large VA Medical Center in nearby Menlo Park. There will be more soon, especially in light of this morning's news about a VA nurse murdered by ICE.
(2026-01-25). We Can Fight This: Minnesota's General Strike Shows How. theintercept.com 
Demonstrators participate in a rally and march during an "ICE Out" general strike and day of protest on Jan. 23, 2026, in Minneapolis. Photo: Stephen Maturen/Getty Images | There is a possible future in which the events that unfolded in Minnesota on January 23, 2026, are forgotten. The fact of the largest general strike in the state in nearly a century may be only remembered, if at all, as a big day of protests and walkouts, and no more than that. | In that future, the possibility of mass, coordinated, and powerful action is wiped from the public imaginary — because, within 24 hours, federal agents…
(2026-01-25). Chabahar Retreat is Political Cowardice. ummid.com Chabahar retreat was a political cowardicea and, a nation that retreats without protest will eventually discover that there is nothing left to retreat from.
(2026-01-25). Activist calls out Miliband's £1m-a-day carbon hypocrisy. thecanary.co 
An activist from Axe Drax has interrupted a keynote speech from Ed Miliband to highlight Labour's funding of the controversial 'biomass' company: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Axe Drax (@axe_drax) Axe Drax Miliband! According to Axe Drax: Drax Power Station in North Yorkshire was once the UK's largest coal-fired […] | By
(2026-01-25). 86 arrested outside London prison over Palestine Action demonstration. tribune.com.pk 
British police arrested 86 people on suspicion of aggravated trespass after protesters breached the grounds of a prison in west London during a demonstration in support of a Palestine Action activist, authorities said on Sunday. | The Metropolitan Police said the arrests were made Saturday evening outside HMP Wormwood Scrubs, where demonstrators gathered to protest the detention of a prisoner reportedly on hunger strike. | Police said the group refused to leave when ordered, blocked prison staff from entering and leaving the facility, and made threats toward officers. Some protesters also gained access to a st…
(2026-01-25). ICE Executes Beloved ICU Nurse in Minneapolis — Nation Erupts, Government Lies Exposed. scheerpost.com By Joshua Scheer Some of the responses to the brutal murder of Alex Pretti by federal agents. Pretti, a U.S. citizen and an ICU nurse at a Veterans Affairs hospital known for his care and compassion, was shot and killed Saturday morning in Minneapolis. Family members and colleagues say he was participating in protests against …
(2026-01-25). Iran judicial chief says protesters to receive no leniency. newarab.com 
The head of Iran's judiciary warned on Sunday that those behind a recent wave of What began earlier this month as demonstrations against the high cost of living boiled over into a broader protest movement that represented the gravest challenge to the Islamic republic's clerical leadership in years. | The protests have abated following a government crackdown, carried out under an internet blackout that left the country largely cut off from the outside world. | "The people…
(2026-01-25). Saturday 1/24: Justice for Ronald Tinsley – Protest & Vigil. indybay.org Corner of Palm Ave and Del Monte Blvd, Marina…