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The country's first woman leader is banking on her high poll numbers to lead the unpopular ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to victory.

The British PM said that tariffs should not be used against allies, and that his focus was to ensure a tariff war is avoided

The conclusion of the India-EU FTA negotiations is expected to be announced on January 27

Kashiwazaki-Kariwa's restart is a test for wider Japan nuclear industry; delay restarted due to alarm malfunction

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir made the remarks after a meeting with CEC AMM Nasir Uddin, a report said

Karachi Mayor Murtaza Wahab says that more than 60 people were missing

The clashes occurred in the rural area of the municipality of El Retorno, in the department of Guaviare, 300 kilometres southwest of Bogot, a military source said

NATO has been telling Denmark, for 20 years, that you have to get Russian threat away from Greenland. Unfortunately, Denmark has been unable to do anything about it, Mr. Trump wrote in a post on the social media website he owns called Truth Social

Trump vowed to implement a wave of increasing tariffs on EU members Denmark, Sweden, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Finland, along with Britain and Norway, until the U.S. is allowed to buy Greenland

Alarm has grown over the threat of capital punishment against arrested protesters, even as Trump said Iran had called off hundreds of executions

The total number of births in China dropped to 7.92 million in 2025, its lowest in decades, from 9.54 million in 2024

Why did Chinese President Xi Jinping abolish the one-child policy in 2016? Why has Beijing increased its age of retirement? What are some of the policies China is implementing to increase child birth?

Ukraine has rapidly developed its capacity to produce drones since Russia launched its invasion of its smaller neighbour in February 2022 and is counting on further advances

Sixty-six people were hospitalized after the blast, with three in critical condition

The attacks on police in and around Guatemala City came after hundreds of anti-riot police stormed Renovacion prison in Escuintla, about 76 km southwest of the capital, to free nine guards who had been taken hostage there

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia said on Sunday they were following with great concern news of the train disaster

Navarros comments came as ties between New Delhi and Washington are reeling under strain on several other issues apart from tariffs

Syria's Defence Ministry said it ordered the fighting to halt on the front lines after the agreement was announced

Security Minister Luis Cordero gave the tolls for the blazes burning for two days now in the Nuble and Biobio regions about 500 kilometers (300 miles) south of Santiago

Ahead of a meeting with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, the Polish Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister says his country is pleased with Indian reduction in Russian oil purchases, and hopes for an EU-India FTA next week

Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs of up to 25% on all goods sent to the United States from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Finland over their objections to his moves

Zelenskyy said the Sumy, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia, Khmelnytskyi and Odesa regions were targeted in an attack that included more than 200 drones. The military said 30 strikes had been recorded across 15 locations

As of January 18 morning, the security presence in Kampala appeared to have significantly decreased, with people out on the streets and shops open.

The Kurds' de facto autonomous administration, which controls large parts of the northeast, has said the announcement fell short, while the implementation of a deal to integrate Kurdish forces into the state has been stalled for months

The army placed the units on prepare-to-deploy orders in case violence in the northern State escalates, the Washington Post reported adding that it is not clear whether any of them will be sent

AFP was able to connect to the internet from its Tehran office, though the vast majority of internet providers and mobile internet remain cut on Sunday (January 18, 2026) morning

Mr. Trump has threatened to impose a 10% tariff from February 1 on all goods sent to the United States from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Finland

Some of the heaviest clashes, highest number of deaths were in the Iranian Kurdish areas in northwest Iran

Any military action by the U.S. against Denmark's vast Arctic island would damage NATO and legitimize the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, says Spanish Prime Minister

It has not been confirmed whether the incident that occurred in the Kaliganj area of Gazipur district is related to the recent spate of violence against Hindus in Bangladesh

The SDF [Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces] organisation detonated the new Alrashid bridge in Raqqa city, says SANA news agency

As of Tuesday (January 13, 2026), the military had acknowledged killing 57 people around the yellow line, saying most were militants

More than 5,000 armed forces personnel, snipers at vantage points, AI-powered drones and special tools to counter spywares and espionage security is like never before

Prosecutors accuse Lin Chen-you of paying amounts ranging from several thousand to tens of thousands of Taiwan dollars to current military officers in exchange for their providing information to Chinese individuals

The cause of the fire was not immediately known. Police said an investigation would be launched once the blaze was extinguished

The government appeared to be extending its grip on Kurdish-run areas after President Ahmed al-Sharaa issued a decree declaring Kurdish a ational language and granting the minority group official recognition

There were eight crew members and three passengers on board the plane, which was chartered by Indonesias Marine Affairs and Fisheries Ministry to conduct air surveillance on fisheries. The passengers were Ministry staff members.

There was no job offer, Mr. Dimon said in a statement. In an email to Reuters, bank spokesperson Trish Wexler said she should have been more vigilant in correcting The Wall Street Journal story before it was published

There have been protests every day since the Department of Homeland Security ramped up immigration enforcement in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul by bringing in more than 2,000 federal officers

Interior Minister Marco Antonio Villeda said he was willing to talk with the inmates, but would not accede to their demands in seeking the release of the 46 guards.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who heads the EUs executive branch, portrayed the deal as a bulwark against the disruptive policies of the Trump administration

An avalanche swept away three of a group of seven Czech ski tourers in the Murtal district in Styria province, burying them completely, police said in a statement

Alejandro Rosales Castillo had a red notice and an arrest warrant for extradition and is charged with first-degree murder, armed robbery, vehicle theft and kidnapping, Mexico's Security Secretary Omar Garcia Harfuch said on social media.

The rare criticism from Israel of its close ally in Washington says the Gaza executive committee was not coordinated with Israel and is contrary to its policy, without details

U.S. Central Command announced that the strike in northwest Syria killed Bilal Hasan al-Jasim, who they claim was an experienced terrorist leader who plotted attacks and was directly connected to the December 13 attack

What began as a shopkeepers strike transformed into one of the largest anti-government protests the Islamic Republic has seen, triggering a violent state crackdown in which thousands are feared killed; Tehran says Western intelligence agencies hijacked the protest and unleashed domestic terror

Former Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud acknowledges Indias support to Awami League, which remains banned in Bangladesh

A spokesperson for Chinas Southern Theatre Command said that drones had conducted normal flight training in the airspace, in a statement on its official WeChat account

The U.S. President said in a social media post that Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, U.K., the Netherlands, and Finland would face the tariff, which would be raised to 25% on June 1 if a deal is not in place

The plane was last tracked at 01:17 p.m. the Leang-Leang area of Maros, a mountainous district of South Sulawesi province