On 3 January 2026, the United States captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife in a military operation in Caracas. Donald Trump announced that the US is “going to run the country”, and the US Ambassador to the UN, Michael Waltz, stated, "You cannot continue to have the largest energy reserves in the world under the control of adversaries of the United States”.
The Presidential Council, headed by Rashad Al-Alimi, on Wednesday, 07/01/2026, from Riyadh, directed a number of charges against one of its members, Aidarus Qassem Al-Zubaidi, including high treason, undermining and violating the constitution, assaulting it, and leading an armed gang to commit crimes of killing, and referred him to the Public Prosecutor.
To commemorate the 105th anniversary of the dismantling of the Khilafah (Caliphate), the members of Hizb ut Tahrir held a rally and public address in the city of El Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan, on Wednesday, 18 Rajab 1447 AH, corresponding to 7 January 2026 CE, in the square of Al-Salihin Market Mosque.
Al-Raya Newspaper: Prominent Headlines of Issue 581
The Petrogradsky District Court of Saint Petersburg placed a citizen of Tajikistan in custody for 40 days. The woman is facing extradition to her home country, reported...
Al-Rayah Newspaper: Issue 581 in English
In recent days, Zalmay Khalilzad, the former United States Special Representative for Afghanistan Peace, traveled to Kabul and, in a media interview, spoke about the state of relations between Afghanistan and the United States. He emphasized that he is not currently a member of the U.S. government and that his trip was “personal”;
When we were one Ummah unlike any other, our state would cast its Rayah (banner) over all regions; it was the protector, the shelter, and the deterrent against anyone who might even contemplate attacking a single Muslim. The Muslims were one body, supporting one another with victory, aid, and reinforcement.
