Overview
- European officials told Reuters they view U.S. military intervention in Iran as likely and said it could occur within about 24 hours.
- A Washington Post report, citing sources familiar with White House thinking, says the United States currently lacks sufficient forces in the region for a full-scale strike on Iran without risking retaliation.
- Human-rights monitors report heavy losses in Iran’s unrest, with HRANA citing at least 2,403 protesters killed and tens of thousands detained as nationwide demonstrations and internet shutdowns continue.
- President Donald Trump publicly told Denmark to leave Greenland, and a White House meeting brought Vice President J. D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio together with the Danish and Greenland foreign ministers after the venue shifted from the State Department.
- A U.S. Justice Department legal memo says the Venezuela operation was timed for holiday leave periods of Venezuelan troops, a planning detail disclosed as authorities detained Nicolás Maduro and his wife in New York after the early‑January raid.