Former special counsel Jack Smith defends Trump investigation
Former special counsel Jack Smith testified publicly on the investigations into President Trump before the House Judiciary Committee.
Sense of Relief Spreads Among European Leaders Over De-Escalation of Greenland Crisis
Some European leaders on Thursday welcomed President Trump’s announcement calling off tariffs on Europe over Greenland, and expressed optimism that it would eventually result in a victory for Arctic s...
Is Trump's peace board a new UN or a gang of friends?
When it was announced, four months ago, the idea of a Board of Peace seemed wholly entwined with the future of Gaza.html President Donald Trump speaks during a Board of Peace charter announcement duri...
Zelenskyy criticises European allies for response to Russia's invasion
Speaking in Davos, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy blasted his European allies for an inadequate response to the invasion of Ukraine.
Defiant Sussan Ley downplays split, vows to remain leader
The Liberal leader did not speak about the Nationals' decision to terminate the coalition on yesterday's National Day of Mourning, but on Friday insisted her focus was on the government.
Barron Trump Called U.K. Police After Witnessing Woman ‘Getting Beat Up’ on Video Call
The details of an emergency call made by President Trump’s youngest son to the London police last year emerged during a trial this week.
Two confirmed dead and more presumed buried after landslides hit house and campground in New Zealand
No survivors or bodies recovered by late Thursday from the Mount Maunganui rubble in the North IslandLandslides hit a house and a campground in New Zealand on Thursday, leaving at least two dead while...
Trump sues JPMorgan and CEO Dimon over alleged ‘debanking’
The $5bn lawsuit alleges JPMorgan abruptly closed multiple accounts in 2021 cutting off Trump & his firms from financing
Peru’s president refuses to step down as secret China meetings fuel ‘Chifagate’ scandal
President Jose Jeri of Peru has vowed not to resign despite rising pressure over a widening scandal involving undisclosed meetings with Chinese businessmen, as opposition lawmakers say the affair has...
Police hunt for gunman continues after three shot dead at Lake Cargelligo
Residents are being urged to remain indoors as police continue to conduct a large-scale air and land search for the gunman, who is believed to have fled the scene in a vehicle.

Nigeria church attackers demand ransoms as search intensifies for over 150 hostages
The gunmen who abducted more than 150 church worshippers in Nigeria’s conflict-hit northwest are demanding 17 motorcycles as ransom from families
The decision to move IS prisoners from Syria to Iraq came at the request of Baghdad, officials say
Iraq has asked that Islamic State group prisoners be moved from northeast Syria to its detention centers
Accused crime boss "El Botox" arrested in murder of lime growers' leader
Officials said there were 11 arrest orders for "El Botox" for extortion and homicide. He was accused of attacking authorities with explosives.

Remains of dozens more people recovered from shopping centre fire in Pakistan, taking number killed to 67
The remains of dozens more people killed in an inferno at a shopping centre in Pakistan have been found, bringing the total number killed to 67.html The remains of the Gul Plaza shopping centre. Pic:...

Renee Good was shot at least three times, according to autopsy commissioned by her family
Good suffered two injuries that would not have been immediately life-threatening, according to the report
Death toll from Spanish high-speed train disaster rises to 45
Train drivers in the country are striking after a string of rail accidents in less than a week.
Germany expels Russian diplomat
Moscow has vowed to retaliate in kind after Berlin accused one of its diplomats of being a spy and sent him home
Berlin has expelled a Russian diplomat over alleged espionage activities, promptin...
Appeals Court Pauses Order Limiting Immigration Agent Action Against Minnesota Protesters
By Zachary Stieber
A U. S. appeals court on Jan. 21 paused an order that restricted federal immigration agents from detaining or using tear gas against protesters in Minnesota if they were not obs...

French navy intercepts suspected Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tanker in Mediterranean
Emmanuel Macron says the oil tanker was boarded and searched ‘subject to international sanctions’ The French navy has intercepted a Russian tanker in the Mediterranean suspected to be part of the “sha...
Malfunction forces world’s largest nuclear reactor to shut down
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings has taken the precautionary measure following an alarm issue at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa facility
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