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World in brief: January 26, 2026
Philippine coast guard personnel carry a body bag in Zamboanga city, January 26, 2026, after M/V Trisha Kerstin 3, an inter-island cargo and passenger ferry sank

 

PHILIPPINES: A ferry with more than 350 people on board sank early today near an island in the southern Philippines. Rescuers have saved at least 316 passengers, retrieving at least 18 bodies, officials said.

The M/V Trisha Kerstin 3 was sailing from the port city of Zamboanga to southern Jolo island in Sulu province with 332 passengers and 27 crew members when it sank, coast guard officials said.

RED SEA: Yemen’s Houthi-led government threatened today to carry out new attacks on ships traveling through the Red Sea corridor.

A short video by the Houthis included previously published images of a ship on fire, with the caption: “Soon.”

The previous campaign by the Yemenis in the Red Sea saw more than 100 ships attacked as part of a campaign to support the Palestinians in Gaza.

MEXICO: Gunmen opened fire at a football field in central Mexico on Sunday, killing at least 11 people and wounding 12, authorities said.

Salamanca Mayor Cesar Prieto said in a statement posted to social platforms that the gunmen arrived at the end of a soccer match.

Ten people died at the scene and one died later at a hospital. The mayor said a woman and a minor were among the wounded.

SOCIAL MEDIA: Egypt’s parliament is looking into ways to regulate children’s use of social media platforms to combat what lawmakers called “digital chaos.”

The House of Representatives said on Sunday that it will work on legislation to regulate children’s use of social media and “put an end to the digital chaos our children are facing, and which negatively impacts their future.”

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