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While economic globalisation is not perfect, countries cannot completely reject it and retreat to self-isolation, said China's Vice-Premier He Lifeng

In a shocking turn, the U.S. captured Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro during Operation Absolute Resolve. In this episode, Tariq Ali, political activist, joins us to discuss the global implications.

On January 20, Donald Trump shared a generated image of himself placing an American flag in Greenland beside a board that reads, Greenland: US territory; Est. 2026

Britain split Chagos Islands away from Mauritius, a former British colony, in 1965, and evicted as many as 2,000 people from the islands so the U.S. military could build the Diego Garcia base

A senior official of the Gul Plaza shop owners association estimated the fire has caused losses of at least three billion PKR

The federal holiday established in honour of Martin Luther King Jr., observed each year in the United States

The request had received backing from more than one-third of the councils 47 members, needed for a special session to go ahead.

Deep within the islands ice sheet, the US maintains a shadow inventory of Cold War infrastructure that climate change promises to unravel soon

Moscow ismonitoringthe serious geopolitical situation, says Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, adding, The problem of former colonial territories is becoming more acute.

The image appears to be an altered version of an actual photograph of the U.S. President discussing the Ukraine war situation with European leaders in August 2025

The Department of Homeland Security said officers were investigating two convicted sex offenders at the address and that a U.S. citizen living there refused to be fingerprinted or facially identified

French President Macrons proposal to host the summit aims to address escalating tensions over trade disputes, while fostering dialogue on key geopolitical issues

The Board of Peace for Gaza comprises a group of countries that are being invited by the U.S. to provide a governance structure for the Gaza Strip

Trump is set to dominate the week at the Swiss ski resort, with a U.S. delegation already on the ground to promote an American agenda that has unsettled the global order cherished by the WEF

A North American Aerospace Defense Command aircraft will soon arrive at a U.S. military base in Greenland for long-planned activities, the organization said

France intends to decline the invitation to join the initiative, at this stage, a source close to Mr. Macron said on January 19

The new measures would introduce tougher background checks for firearm licences by drawing on information held by the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation

The election, which began in December last year, has been criticised by the United Nations, many Western countries and rights groups as a ploy to legitimise military rule through political proxies

We would have to see in terms of details what the Board of Peace becomes as it actually is established to know what sort of relationship we would have with it, said a U.N. spokesperson

He has however indicated he may contest an upcoming election

The crash late on Sunday (January 18, 2026) is Spain's deadliest train accident since 2013

From India, at least four Union Ministers Ashwini Vaishnaw, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Pralhad Joshi, and K Rammohan Naidu as well as six Chief Ministers are expected to be there, along with over 100 top CEOs from the country

The violence started Saturday (January 17, 2026) when inmates seized control of three prisons in apparently coordinated riots, taking 43 guards hostage

The crash is just the latest impact of the major winter storm moving across the country

After new outbreaks of clashes Monday (January 19, 2026), the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces issued a statement calling for all of our youth to join the ranks of the resistance

The statement did not describe the nature of the planned activities at Pituffik Space Base, which it said were aimed at defence cooperation

Mr. Rutte wrote on X that he had discussed how important the Arctic including Greenland is to our collective security with the Danish Minister and Greenland's top diplomat

His body will repose at the foundation's headquarters in Rome on Wednesday and Thursday. The funeral will be held on Friday at the Basilica Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri

Trump has intensified his push to wrest sovereignty over Greenland from fellow NATO member Denmark, threatening punitive tariffs on countries which stand in his way and prompting the European Union to weigh hitting back with its own measures

The officials warned Diosdado Cabello against using the security services or militant ruling-party supporters he oversees to target the countrys opposition

Irans streets have largely been quiet for a week, authorities and social media posts indicated, since anti-government protests that began in late December were put down in three days of mass violence

The Board of Peaces charter goes beyond the sole framework of Gaza, a source close to French President Emmanuel Macron said; Canada will not pay for a seat on the board, nor has that been requested of Canada at this time, a government source said.

We do have casualties, both wounded and killed, said the Interior Ministry spokesman Abdul Mateen Qani

A high-speed train derailment in southern Spain has left at least 39 people dead and injured more than 150.

Police said the suspect was fatally shot and there was no further danger; a motive for the shooting wasn't immediately clear

Lars Klingbeil said Europes response could have three main strands, including putting on hold the current tariff deal with the United States

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