Greenland, Denmark set aside troubled history to face down Trump

Greenland was a colony of Denmark for three centuries
24 January 2026

UK PM slams Trump for saying NATO troops avoided Afghan front line

Trump also repeated his suggestion that NATO would not come to the aid of the US if asked to do so.
24 January 2026

Iran will treat any attack as 'all-out war against us,' says senior Iran official

Earlier, Trump said an 'armada' was heading towards Iran
24 January 2026

Gold nears $5,000, silver shines as stocks churn to end turbulent week

The dollar retreated, falling to a four-month low against the euro.
24 January 2026

Defiant protests over US immigration crackdown, child's detention

Protests erupted after a 5-year-old boy and his father were detained from their driveway by ICE
24 January 2026

Icy storm threatens Americans with power outages, extreme cold

The massive storm system was set to drop a mix of freezing rain and heavy snow starting Friday evening
24 January 2026

US withdraws from WHO

The United States officially left the World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday after a year of warnings that doing so would hurt public health in the US and globally, saying its decision reflected failures in the UN health agency’s management of the Covid-19 pandemic.
24 January 2026

US ‘armada’ heads towards Iran

President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the United States has an “armada” heading toward Iran but hoped he would not have to use it, as he renewed warnings to Tehran against killing protesters or restarting its nuclear program.
24 January 2026

UN rights body holds emergency session on Iran's protest crackdown

Proposal is to extend mandate of UN probe into 2022 protests
23 January 2026

US withdraws from the World Health Organization

US owes WHO $260 million in fees
23 January 2026

Spain will not join Trump's Board of Peace, PM says

Board of Peace did not include the Palestinian Authority, said Spain PM
23 January 2026

Renewed verbal attacks from Trump prompting Canadians to rally behind PM Carney

Renewed verbal attacks from US President Donald Trump are prompting Canadians to rally behind Prime Minister Mark Carney, who earned a rare standing ovation in Davos for openly decrying powerful nations using economic integration as weapons and tariffs as leverage
23 January 2026

EU has 'serious doubts' about Trump's 'Board of Peace'

European leaders have serious doubts but are ready to work with the United States and the newly founded body in Gaza
23 January 2026

US urges Syria to support jihadist transfer to Iraq

The commander of US forces in the Middle East has called on Syria’s president to support the transfer of thousands of jihadist prisoners from Syria to Iraq, the US military said.
23 January 2026

‘Things are really calming down’

US President Donald Trump said yesterday that “things are really calming down” as he joined other world leaders at a signing ceremony for his “Board of Peace” at Davos.
23 January 2026

JD Vance heads to Minnesota as tensions rise after school says children detained by ICE

Vice President JD Vance will visit Minneapolis on Thursday to show support for US immigration agents, whose aggressive tactics have drawn weeks of outcry since an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot dead Renee Good, a 37-year-old US citizen and mother of three
23 January 2026

Son-in-law of opposition leader freed from prison

Venezuelan authorities released the son-in-law of opposition figure Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, his family said yesterday.
23 January 2026

Death toll in Karachi mall fire hits 55

The death toll from a mall fire in Pakistan’s biggest city rose to at least 55 people, a Karachi government official said yesterday.
23 January 2026

Europe ‘fragmented’, looks ‘lost’ facing Trump

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said yesterday that Europe was “fragmented” and looked “lost” while facing fresh challenges from US President Donald Trump, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
23 January 2026