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US talk of Greenland grab already damaging NATO
Washington, DC [US], January 9: NATO has hundreds and hundreds of pages of detailed military plans on how to protect...
Trump claims he ended eight wars, says Norway...
Washington, DC [US], January 9: US President Donald Trump claimed that he had "single-handedly ENDED 8 WARS" and maintained that...
Trump greenlights Russia sanctions bill: "Will give leverage...
Washington DC [US], January 9: American Senator Lindsey Graham on Wednesday said that US President Donald Trump has given a...
Bangladesh: BNP leader Azizur Rahman Musabbir shot dead...
Dhaka [Bangladesh], January 9: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader Azizur Rahman Musabbir was shot dead, while Abu Sufian Masud, General...
Vance on Greenland: Take the president seriously
New York [US], January 9: U.S. Vice President JD Vance said European leaders should take President Trump "seriously" on his...
UN predicts world economic growth to slip to...
New York [US], January 9: The United Nations released the World Economic Situation and Prospect report on Thursday (January 8).
UN chief regrets US withdrawal from 66 international...
New York [US], January 9: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has expressed regret at the US announcement that it will...
Democratic leaders slam fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis
Washington [US], January 9: The US Democratic leaders criticised the shooting and the Trump administration's response to it.
EU steps up pressure on X over AI-generated...
Brussels [Belgium], January 9: The European Union is stepping up its investigation into X over sexually explicit AI-generated images of...
Russia and France exchange academic and athlete in...
Paris [France], January 9: A French political scientist serving a prison sentence in Russia was freed by Moscow on Thursday...
Trump invites Colombia's Petro to White House
Washington [US], January 9: United States President Donald Trump has invited Colombian leader Gustavo Petro to the White House, days...
Hundreds of thousands without power in Ukraine after...
Kiev [Ukraine], January 9: Russian attacks caused massive power cuts in the south of Ukraine overnight.
UK braces for 'weather bomb' as Storm Goretti...
London [UK], January 9: A "weather bomb" is set to bring heavy snowfall and galeforce winds to the United Kingdom...
Israel 'asphyxiating' Palestinians for 'apartheid system' in West...
New York [US], January 9: The United Nations human rights office has called on Israel to "dismantle all settlements" in...
Gaza babies suffering from severe cold as Israel...
Gaza [Palestine], January 9: Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are experiencing respiratory infections, skin diseases, and other health problems, a...
Aleppo sees third day of clashes between Syrian...
Damascus [Syria], January 9: Heavy clashes between Kurdish-led forces and government troops continued in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo...
US suspends assistance to Somali govt
New York [US], January 9: The United States says that it has suspended all assistance to the government of Somalia,...
Phase 1 of disarming non-state groups in south...
Beirut [Lebanon], January 9: The Lebanese army has announced the completion of the first phase of its plan to bring...
Australia to hold anti-Semitism inquiry into Bondi Beach...
Sydney [Australia], January 9: Australia is launching an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the Bondi Beach mass shooting, in which...
US seizes Venezuela-linked oil tankers in N Atlantic,...
Washington [US], January 9: The US military said on Wednesday it had seized and boarded two oil tankers with links...
Greek open-air market vendors launch nationwide strike over...
Athens [Greece], January 8: Vendors operating at Greek open-air farmers' markets nationwide launched an indefinite strike on Wednesday, staging a...
Türkiye, Malaysia pledge deeper cooperation in defense, trade
Ankara [Turkiye], January 8: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and visiting Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Wednesday attended here...
Latvia reports surge in traffic accidents amid snowy,...
Riga [Latvia], January 8: Latvia's first working week of 2026 began with a high number of traffic accidents, with 138...
Gold, silver slide on profit-booking, dollar strength
New York [US], January 8: Gold prices slid on Wednesday as investors booked profits after prices briefly climbed to a...
Trump says Interim Venezuelan Authorities to turn 30-50...
Washington DC [US], January 8: US President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that the interim authorities in Venezuela would turn...
Magnitude 6.7 earthquake strikes near Baculin, Philippines, USGS...
Manila [Philippines], January 8: A 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck off the Philippines' southern islands on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey...
Greenland purchase being actively discussed by Trump and...
New York [US], January 8: The potential U.S. purchase of Greenland is being actively discussed by President Donald Trump and...






