U.S. President Donald J. Trump states that if Iran shoots and violently kills peaceful protesters, the United States will come to their rescue, adding, “We are locked and loaded and ready to go.”

The Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine has warned that Russia is preparing a large-scale provocation that will cause significant human casualties and will be blamed on Ukraine, in an attempt to disrupt ongoing peace negotiations mediated by the United States.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced the completion of its withdrawal of military forces from Yemen, following a request earlier this week from the Yemeni Government and Saudi Arabia.

The Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, has stated that all American bases and forces across the Middle East will be “legitimate targets” in response to any intervention by the United States in the ongoing civil unrest throughout Iran. This follows a post last night by President Donald J. Trump, in which he threatened to intervene if Iranian security forces shoot and kill peaceful protestors, claiming that they are “locked and loaded and ready to go” against Iran.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced that final, system-wide testing for Artemis Il, the first crewed lunar spaceflight mission by the United States since Apollo 17 in 1972, will begin in roughly two weeks, with the earliest launch date scheduled for February 6, 2026.

During today’s Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl at Amon G. Carter Stadium on the campus of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas, a routine pregame parachute stunt descended into chaos, as a member of the “All Veteran Group” Parachute Demonstration Team collided with the field goal net, before falling roughly 35ft onto the concrete below, nearly landing on the band for Texas State.

Thankfully, reports have stated that the parachutist only suffered minimal to minor injuries, and was able to walk soon after the crash, with university officials attributing the incident to heavy winds early Friday. Of the six-man parachute team, only four were able to safely land on the field, with one being forced to land outside the stadium while the other struck the net, resulting in no injuries to bystanders or the parachutists, a Spokesperson told NewsNation.

The U.S. Coast Guard has announced it is suspending its search for two suspected narco-terrorists, the survivors of a series of strikes Tuesday, December 30, by Joint Task Force-Southern Spear (JTF-SS) against three narco-trafficking vessels in the Eastern Pacific, approximately 400NM southwest of the Mexico-Guatemala Border.

The Israel Defense Force has raised its level of alert due to ongoing anti-government protests and civil unrest in Iran, with senior defense and intelligence officials meeting both Thursday and Friday to discuss various scenarios, including a resumption of the with Twelve-Day War with Iran. The Israeli Government under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has directed ministers and other officials to not speak publicly about the situation in Iran, “We need to keep quiet, not talk. No Israeli official should interfere in what is happening there, what Trump is doing is already enough,” an official told i24NEWS.

Initial reports of explosions heard throughout the Venezuelan capital of Caracas.

Smoke can be seen rising from the site of several explosions, possibly the result of airstrikes, near Fort Tiuna in the southern suburbs of Venezuela’s capital of Caracas.