Negotiators begin US-brokered talks
KYIV, Jan 24 (Reuters): Ukrainian and Russian negotiators began a second day of U.S.-brokered talks in Abu Dhabi on Saturday after an overnight wave of Russian airstrikes that knocked out power for millions of people amid freezing winter temperatures.The strikes by hundreds of Russian drones and missiles on Kyiv and...
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Iranian prosecutor denies Trump claim
DUBAI, Jan 24 (AP): Iran's top prosecutor on Friday called U.S. President Donald Trump's repeated claims that he halted the hangings of 800 detained protesters there "completely false." Meanwhile, the overall death toll from a bloody crackdown on nationwide demonstrations rose to at least 5,032, activists said.Activists fear many more...
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Greece to toughen punishment
ATHENS, Jan 24, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Greece's migration ministry on Saturday said it had submitted a new bill to parliament aimed at toughening penalties for migrant trafficking, including life sentences.Greece was the main entry point into Europe for Syrian refugees at the height of Europe's migration crisis in 2015.There are...
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US to offer 'more limited' support to allies in defence strategy shift
NEW YORK, Jan 24 (BBC): The US will offer "more limited" support to allies, according to the Pentagon's new National Defense Strategy.In a significant shift to its security priorities, the US Department of Defense now considers security of the US homeland and Western Hemisphere - not China - as its...
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Lula accuses Trump of seeking to forge 'new UN'
BRASÍLIA, Jan 24 (AFP): Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva accused Donald Trump on Friday of trying to create "a new UN" with his proposed "Board of Peace."The veteran leftist joins other world leaders who have avoided signing up for Trump's new global conflict resolution organization, where a permanent...
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