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With Iran's uprising suppressed, Trump signals that military strikes are back on the table

U.S. President Donald Trump issued another ultimatum to Iran on Jan. 28, threatening to strike the regime if it does not agree to a deal on limiting its nuclear weapons program. Earlier in January, Iran was rocked by nationwide protests fueled by high inflation and the sharp depreciation of the Iranian rial. The protests quickly took a political turn, with demonstrators calling for the removal of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The scale of the unrest was unusually broad, with demonstra

Protesters burn images of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in central London, U.K., on Jan. 11, 2026.

Ukraine calendar: What will happen this week

Editor's note: This article is a shortened on-site version of KI Insights' public newsletter, The Week Ahead, covering events from February 2-8. Sign up here to start your week with an agenda of Ukraine-related events delivered directly to your inbox every week. Audio version of The Week Ahead is now available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or YouTube. The biggest expectation of the coming days is a new round of peace talks, previously announced to begin in Abu Dhabi on February 1. At the same ti

Ukraine war latest: Russia attacks passenger bus in Kherson Oblast, killing 1, injuring 5

This is Chris York and Yuliia Taradiuk reporting from Kyiv on day 1,437 of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Today's top story: Russian shelling hit central Kherson around midday on Jan. 30, killing the driver of a city bus and wounding five other civilians, according to the Kherson Oblast Prosecutor's Office. According to the office, at around 12 p.m. Kyiv time, Russian troops fired  artillery  at the city of Kherson, striking a bus. The State Emergence Services said one of the shells

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