MANILA, Philippines – On January 24, US immigration brokers shot and killed a US citizen in Minneapolis, sparking fierce protests and condemnations from native leaders within the second such incident this month.
President Donald Trump and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz struck a conciliatory be aware after a personal cellphone name on January 26, in an indication the 2 sides need to defuse a disaster over the deportation drive. A senior Trump administration official stated that Gregory Bovino, a prime US Border Patrol official who has been a lightning rod for criticism from Democrats and civil liberties activists, might be leaving Minnesota together with a few of the brokers deployed with him.
On January 26, Cebu kicked off the Philippines’ yearlong chairmanship of the Affiliation of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Ten overseas ministers of ASEAN met and mentioned regional points in the course of the ASEAN Ministers’ Retreat. The “Queen Metropolis of the South” additionally hosted the ASEAN Tourism Discussion board, the bloc’s largest gathering of tourism officers and stakeholders, spanning a spread of occasions — from the commerce occasion ASEAN Journey Trade to the ASEAN Tourism Convention.
In the meantime, sturdy waves battered M/V Trisha Kerstin 3, inflicting it to sink on January 26 off Baluk-Baluk Island, Basilan, whereas en path to Jolo, Sulu. Eighteen our bodies have been retrieved on the day of the tragedy. The tragedy has prompted the Division of Transportation to floor your entire passenger fleet of the transport firm, which has stored its dominance regardless of being linked to 32 maritime incidents since 2019.
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An individual is detained throughout a protest on the scene of a taking pictures involving federal immigration brokers in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 24, 2026. PHOTO BY SETH HERALD/REUTERS
Legislation enforcement officers stand guard behind crowd-control limitations as a Molotov cocktail explodes exterior the Prime Minister’s workplace throughout an anti-government protest triggered by a corruption investigation into Deputy Prime Minister Belinda Balluku, in Tirana, Albania, on January 24, 2026. PHOTO BY FLORION GOGA/REUTERS
Residents heat up and cost their digital units inside a tent of a government-run humanitarian help level throughout an influence blackout after essential civil infrastructure was hit by in a single day Russian missile and drone strikes in Chernihiv, Ukraine, on January 24, 2026. PHOTO BY MAKSYM KISHKA/REUTERS
Daniel Browne, 5, wears a poster round his neck as he stands amongst demonstrators in help of Palestinians throughout a protest in relation to the ceasefire in Gaza, in Dublin, Eire, on January 24, 2026. PHOTO BY CLODAGH KILCOYNE/REUTERS
Derrick Rose cries throughout his jersey retirement ceremony after an NBA recreation between the Chicago Bulls and Boston Celtics on the United Heart in Chicago, Illinois, on January 24, 2026. PHOTO BY KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/IMAGN IMAGES VIA REUTERS
Kids float on a plastic makeshift canoe as authorities burn remaining buildings of their Makoko riverine group in Lagos, Nigeria, on January 25, 2026. Officers are eradicating buildings, together with houses and faculties, close to energy strains, in a wider push to get better lagoon-side land from the historic fishing group typically known as the ‘Venice of Nigeria’. PHOTO BY SODIQ ADELAKUN/REUTERS
Guests movie and {photograph} 4-year-old male large panda Xiao Xiao at Ueno Zoo in the course of the final viewing day earlier than the deliberate return of dual large pandas Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei to China, in Tokyo, Japan, on January 25, 2026. PHOTO BY ISSEI KATO/REUTERS
Tribes from varied faculties put together for his or her efficiency within the Dinagyang Ati tribe competitors on the 2026 Dinagyang Pageant in Iloilo Metropolis on January 25. PHOTO BY RAPPLER
An individual walks amid a serious winter storm spreading throughout a big swath of america, in Brooklyn, New York, on January 25, 2026. PHOTO BY AMR ALFIKY/REUTERS
Environmental activists from Greenpeace protest with an enormous inflatable gasoline tanker that includes figures of Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump in Brussels, Belgium, on January 26, 2026. PHOTO BY YVES HERMAN/REUTERS
A survivor is dropped at shore as Philippine authorities proceed search and rescue operations after a ferry sank off the coast of Basilan previous midnight on January 26, 2026. SCREENSHOT FROM GOVERNOR MUJIV HATAMAN’S VIDEO
Fashions current creations by designers Georges Hobeika and Jad Hobeika as a part of their Haute Couture Spring/Summer time 2026 present for style home Georges Hobeika in Paris, France, on January 26, 2026. PHOTO BY GONZALO FUENTES/REUTERS
Lynden Nicolson the Guizer Jarl blows candles on a cake in full regalia at Up Helly Aa, Europe’s largest fireplace pageant marking the top of the xmas season, in Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Britain, on January 27, 2026. PHOTO BY TOBY SHEPHEARD/REUTERS
Brandenburg Gate is illuminated within the colours of Israel on Worldwide Holocaust Remembrance Day in Berlin, Germany, on January 27, 2026. PHOTO BY LIESA JOHANNSSEN/REUTERS
An individual kneels close to posters with pictures of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti, after they have been fatally shot in two separate incidents by federal immigration brokers, following a vigil in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 28, 2026. PHOTO BY SETH HERALD/REUTERS
Cultural dancers showcase conventional Filipino performances in the course of the official opening of the ASEAN Tourism Discussion board at Mactan Shrine in Lapu-Lapu Metropolis, Cebu, on January 28, 2026. PHOTO BY JACQUELINE HERNANDEZ/RAPPLER
Environmental teams led by the Kalikasan Individuals’s Community for the Atmosphere maintain an indignation protest towards alleged mining plunder in Dupax Del Norte and different components of Nueva Vizcaya, in entrance of FCF Minerals workplace in Makati Metropolis on January 28, 2026, to name consideration to the environmental and group impacts of mining operations. PHOTO BY JIRE CARREON/RAPPLER
Philippine Division of Overseas Affairs Secretary Maria Theresa Lazaro delivers her opening remarks on the opening of the ASEAN Overseas Ministers’ Retreat in Cebu Metropolis on January 29, 2026. PHOTO FROM ASEAN 2026
Venezuela’s Nationwide Meeting President Jorge Rodriguez holds a doc subsequent to First Vice President Pedro Infante and Second Vice President Grecia Colmenares, as Venezuela’s Nationwide Meeting approves the sweeping reform of the nation’s foremost oil regulation, in Caracas, Venezuela, on January 29, 2026. PHOTO BY MARCO BELLO/REUTERS
A demonstrator gestures throughout an ‘ICE Out’ protest, after the deadly shootings of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti by federal immigration brokers, on the Mission Dolores park in San Francisco, California, on January 30, 2026. PHOTO BY CARLOS BARRIA/REUTERS
– with stories from Reuters/Rappler.com
