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Global news / 8 February 2026
World in Brief
8 February 2026

Snippets of news from around the globe

GAZA
Middle East / 8 February 2026
Rafah reopening allows Palestinians to cross between Egypt and Gaza
8 February 2026
RSF
Sudan / 8 February 2026
Drone attack by paramilitary group kills at least 24
8 February 2026
clashes
Milan protests / 8 February 2026
Italian police fire tear gas at protesters near Winter Olympics venue
8 February 2026
putin and trump
South Africa / 8 February 2026
SA communists welcome Russia and US nuclear talks
8 February 2026
nigeria
Extremist attacks / 8 February 2026
Gunmen in Nigeria kill 3 and kidnap 11
8 February 2026
Greece / 8 February 2026
Police detain 313 in raid on university
8 February 2026
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa (right) with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a state visit at Union Building in Pretoria, South Africa, August 22, 2023
World / 6 February 2026
World in brief: February 6, 2026
6 February 2026
Investigators leave an apartment building where deputy chief of Russian military intelligence Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alekseyev was shot, in Moscow, Russia, February 6, 2026
Russia-Ukraine / 6 February 2026
Senior Russian military intelligence leader shot in Moscow
6 February 2026
White House Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff speaks at an event in the Oval Office of the White House, January 29, 2026, in Washington
World / 6 February 2026
Iran and US end second round of unofficial talks
6 February 2026
Government supporters call for the release of former President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, a month after U.S. forces captured them, in Caracas, Venezuela, February 3, 2026
Venezuela / 6 February 2026
Caracas to host legal summit next week on kidnapping of Maduro
6 February 2026
Israeli soldiers aim their weapons during a military operation at a market in the Balata refugee camp in the West Bank, as Palestinians stand nearby, February 1, 2026
West Bank / 6 February 2026
Israeli settler violence in the occupied West Bank displaced nearly 700 Palestinians in January
6 February 2026
India / 6 February 2026
At least 18 killed in illegally operated mine in India
6 February 2026
Pakistani security officers and rescue worker gather at the site of a bomb explosion at a Shiite mosque, in Islamabad, Pakistan, February 6, 2026
Pakistan / 6 February 2026
Suicide bombing at a Shi’ite mosque near Islamabad kills at least 31
6 February 2026
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, left, is welcomed by an unidentified Omani official, centre, upon his arrival at Muscat, Oman, May 11, 2025. Photo: Iranian Foreign Ministry via AP
World / 5 February 2026
Iran and US agree to nuclear talks
5 February 2026
View of the flooding in the town of Grazalema on February 5, 2026, affected by flooding during heavy rains that hit southern Andalusia
World / 5 February 2026
World in brief: February 5, 2026
5 February 2026
Firefighters extinguish a fire at a destroyed building that was hit by an Israeli airstrike in Ain Qana village, south Lebanon, February 2, 2026
Middle East / 5 February 2026
Israeli air attacks on Lebanon reach highest levels since ceasefire
5 February 2026
People fill water containers at a free distribution point due to water outages in Khartoum, Sudan, on January 30, 2026
Sudan / 5 February 2026
Famine spreads to more towns in Sudan's Darfur region
5 February 2026
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks with Chinese President Xi Jinping via videoconference at the Kremlin in Moscow, February 4, 2026
World / 5 February 2026
Chinese and Russian leaders meet in video summit
5 February 2026
South Sudan / 5 February 2026
South Sudan hospital hit by government air attack, say medics
5 February 2026
A health worker administers a dose of the measles vaccine outside a public hospital in Mexico City, February 4, 2026
World / 5 February 2026
Measles cases surge across the Americas
5 February 2026
Myanmar military leader Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing (centre) visits a polling station during the final round of general election in Mandalay, central Myanmar, January 25, 2026
Myanmar / 5 February 2026
Myanmar's military-backed party declared election winners
5 February 2026
Maja T., a German anti-fascist activist, accused of assaulting and injuring neo-Nazis in Budapest in Feb. 2023, grimaces as the sentence is read in court in Budapest, Hungary, February 4, 2026, at the Budapest-Capital Regional Court
World / 4 February 2026
World in brief: February 4, 2026
4 February 2026
U.S. President Barack Obama (left) and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev (right) shake hands at a news conference at the Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic, April 8, 2010, after signing the New START treaty reducing long-range nuclear weapons
World / 4 February 2026
Peace campaigners warn of arms race as New Start treaty expires
4 February 2026
Palestinian Raed al-Khabba carries his 3-month-old daughter Mira al-Khabbaz, who was killed in an Israeli military strike, at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, February 4, 2026
Gaza / 4 February 2026
Israeli forces kill another 19 Palestinians in Gaza
4 February 2026
Seif al-Islam Gadhafi speaks to the media at a press conference in a hotel in Tripoli, Libya, February 25, 2011
Libya / 4 February 2026
Son of former Libyan leader Gadaffi is shot dead
4 February 2026
A man walks between American and Cuban flags in Havana, February 1, 2026
Latin America / 4 February 2026
Anti-Cuban US escalation justified only by hatred, say unions
4 February 2026
Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) combatants welcome the arrival of a convoy Syria's Interior Ministry security forces, deployed under an agreement aimed at stabilizing a ceasefire, in Qamishli, eastern Syria, February 3, 2026
Syria / 4 February 2026
Syrian security forces continue to deploy in Kurdish-dominated areas
4 February 2026
Greek coast guard officers carry out rescue operations at a port on the eastern Aegean island of Chios, Greece, February 3, 2026, after a collision between a migrant speedboat and a coast guard patrol vessel killed multiple people, authorities said
Greece / 4 February 2026
Greek rescuers search for survivors after deadly collision between patrol vessel and migrant boat
4 February 2026
The opening page of X is displayed on a computer and phone, October 16, 2023, in Sydney
World / 3 February 2026
World in brief: February 3, 2026
3 February 2026
A UN vehicle escorts ambulances and a bus carrying Palestinian patients in Khan Younis as they travel to the Rafah crossing to leave the Gaza Strip for medical treatment abroad, February 3, 2026
Middle East / 3 February 2026
Treatment of Palestinians crossing Rafah is ‘collective punishment,’ Hamas says
3 February 2026
US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, February 2, 2026
United States / 3 February 2026
Trump call on Republicans to 'nationalise' voting for midterm elections
3 February 2026
Chinese President Xi Jinping during a signing ceremony with Uruguay's President Yamandu Orsi, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, February 3, 2026
China / 3 February 2026
China's Xi calls for a more 'equal and multipolar world'
3 February 2026
President of Argentina Javier Milei speaks during the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 21, 2026
Argentina / 3 February 2026
Argentina's Milei cut more than 63,000 public sector jobs in two years, new report says
3 February 2026
Drivers wait in line to fill up at a petrol station in Havana, Cuba, January 27, 2026
Latin America / 3 February 2026
Cuba's National Assembly rejects Trump's ‘economic war’
3 February 2026
Nigeria / 3 February 2026
Nine charged for deadly attack in Nigeria that killed over 150
3 February 2026
People gather in front of a destroyed building that was hit by an Israeli airstrike in Ain Qana village, south Lebanon, February 2, 2026
Round-up / 2 February 2026
World in brief: February 2, 2026
2 February 2026
Palestinian patient Mohammed Abu Mustafa, 17, accompanied by his mother, Randa, board a vehicle in Khan Younis on their way to the Rafah crossing, as they leave the Gaza Strip for medical treatment abroad, Monday, Feb. 2, 2026.
Middle East / 2 February 2026
Medical evacuees begin slowly leaving Gaza through Rafah crossing
2 February 2026
A war crimes prosecutor examines the damaged coal miners bus that was hit by Russian drone killing 15 in Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine, February 1, 2026
Eastern Europe / 2 February 2026
Russia-Ukraine talks to restart as drone attacks continue
2 February 2026
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in a meeting, in Tehran, Iran, February 1, 2026
Middle East / 2 February 2026
Iran summons EU ambassadors over Guard's terrorist designation
2 February 2026
Presidential candidate Laura Fernández addresses supporters after polls closed in San Jose, Costa Rica, February 1, 2026
Latin America / 2 February 2026
Conservative wins Costa Rica presidential elections
2 February 2026
Norway's Marius Borg Hoiby and Crown Princess Mette-Marit in Oslo, June 16, 2022
Northern Europe / 2 February 2026
Son of Norway's crown princess with Epstein ties arrested before his trial on rape and other charges
2 February 2026
Workers' Rights / 2 February 2026
Tens of thousands of German transport workers stage strike
2 February 2026
Hundreds of Danish veterans, many of whom fought alongside U.S. troops, stage a silent protest as they march from Kastellet to the American embassy in Copenhagen, January 31, 2026
Round-up / 1 February 2026
World in brief: February 1, 2026
1 February 2026
The Sea-Watch 5 in Central Mediterranean, 14 January 2026
Mediterranean / 1 February 2026
Italy detains refugee rescue ship after crew refuse to violate international law
1 February 2026
Ambulances line up to enter the Egyptian gate of the Rafah crossing on the way to the Gaza Strip, in Rafah, Egypt, February 1, 2026
Middle East / 1 February 2026
Israel to reopen Gaza's Rafah crossing with Egypt following bloodiest day of the ‘ceasefire’
1 February 2026

Israel killed at least 31 Palestinians, including several children, in air strikes on Gaza on Saturday

In this handout photo released by the Islamic Consultative Assembly News Agency (ICANA) Iranian lawmakers attend a session of parliament as they wear the Revolutionary Guard's uniform, in Tehran, Iran, February 1, 2026. Photo: Hamed Malekpour/ICANA via AP
Middle East / 1 February 2026
Any US attack will spark ‘regional war,’ Iran's supreme leader says
1 February 2026
Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O'Neill MLA at the Belfast Harbour Commissioner's Office, in Belfast, January 22, 2026
Northern Ireland / 1 February 2026
British government giving veterans ‘preferential treatment’ in legacy approach, First Minister O’Neill says
1 February 2026
An order to release 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father from detention, which included a picture of the boy and Bible verse references under the signature of U.S. District Judge Fred Biery, is photographed Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026
US / 1 February 2026
Judge orders release of 5-year-old boy and father from Texas immigration detention centre
1 February 2026
Demonstrators hold signs, one reading, at left, reading
Central Europe / 1 February 2026
Huge protest held against Hungarian minister's discriminatory comments about Roma people
1 February 2026
Drivers wait in a long line to enter a gas station in Havana, Cuba, January 30, 2026
The Americas / 1 February 2026
Trump claims US and Cuba have begun talks after his attempt to cut off island's oil
1 February 2026

Meanwhile, US sends its first charge d’affaires to Venezuela in seven years after Maduro kidnapping

Trucks line up to enter the Egyptian gate of the Rafah crossing, heading for inspection by Israeli authorities before entering the Gaza Strip, January 27, 2026
Round-up / 30 January 2026
World in brief: January 30, 2026
30 January 2026
An EA-18G Growler launching from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Indian Ocean on January 23, 2026. Photo: Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Daniel Kimmelman/U.S. Navy via AP
Middle East / 30 January 2026
US-Iran tensions rise as US warship arrives off Israel
30 January 2026
Southern Europe / 30 January 2026
Human rights groups call on Greek MPs to vote against Bill seeking criminalisation of refugee solidarity
30 January 2026
Ethiopian Airlines planes are parked at Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, February 11, 2019
East Africa / 30 January 2026
Ethiopia's national airline cancels flights to and from Tigray as fears of new conflict grow
30 January 2026
Drivers wait in line to fill up at a gas station in Havana, Cuba, January 27, 2026
Latin America / 30 January 2026
US to place extra tariffs on the goods of any country that sends or sells oil to Cuba
30 January 2026
A PDVSA worker of the state-owned oil company carries a cutout of former President Nicolas Maduro dressed as an oil worker during a rally, January 29, 2026
Venezuela / 30 January 2026
Thousands march in Caracas demanding return of Maduro
30 January 2026
People pass by damaged cars near an apartment building after a Russian attack in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, January 28, 2026
Eastern Europe / 30 January 2026
Ukrainians wait for signs that Russia abides by promise not to strike country's power grid
30 January 2026
Palestinians walk amid buildings destroyed by Israeli air and ground operations in Gaza City, January 29, 2026
Middle East / 30 January 2026
Israel returns bodies of 15 Palestinians to Gaza in last ceasefire hostage exchange
30 January 2026
Flood waters cover the Chibuto-Chaimite road in Gaza province, Mozambique, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026
World / 29 January 2026
World in brief: January 29, 2026
29 January 2026
Protesters walk near the White House following a vigil for Alex Pretti that started outside Veterans Affairs headquarters, Washington, January 28, 2026
United States / 29 January 2026
Senate Democrats threaten new government shutdown if immigration enforcement reforms blocked
29 January 2026
An EA-18G Growler landing on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Indian Ocean on January 23, 2026. Photo: Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Daniel Kimmelman/U.S. Navy via AP
Iran / 29 January 2026
EU slaps sanctions on Iranian officials in response to deadly crackdown on protests
29 January 2026
Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Syrian interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa pose for a photo during their meeting at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, January 28, 2026
Middle East / 29 January 2026
Syrian interim President visits Putin in Moscow
29 January 2026
People pass by damaged cars near a block of flats after a Russian attack in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, January 28, 2026
Russia-Ukraine / 29 January 2026
Russian drone strike kills three in Zaporizhzhia region
29 January 2026
European Council President Antonio Costa (left) and Vietnamese President Luong Cuong shake hands in Hanoi, Vietnam, January 29, 2026
Diplomacy / 29 January 2026
Vietnam and EU upgrade trade ties to highest level
29 January 2026
Budapest Mayor Gergely Karacsony speaks to the media in front of the National Investigation Bureau in Budapest, Hungary, August 1, 2025
Hungary / 29 January 2026
Budapest mayor charged for organising banned Pride march
29 January 2026
Aerial view of the village of Niscemi near the Sicilian town of Caltanissetta, southern Italy, January 27, 2026, where severe storms provoked a landslide, and some 1,500 people had to be evacuated from their homes. Photo: Alberto Lo Bianco/LaPresse via AP
World / 28 January 2026
World in brief: January 28, 2026
28 January 2026
Palestinian children sit on an area near the tents of a makeshift camp for displaced people in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, January 27, 2026
Gaza / 28 January 2026
Deadly attacks on Gaza continue despite body of last Israeli hostage returning home
28 January 2026
People protest as part of the
United States / 28 January 2026
US 'No Kings' protest to challenge immigration crackdown
28 January 2026
Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to reporters while meeting with Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan at the State Department in Washington, January 13, 2026
Venezuela / 28 January 2026
Rubio threatens Venezuela with further military action
28 January 2026
Sven Schulze, Minister for Economic Affairs, Tourism, Agriculture and Forestry of Saxony-Anhalt comes to the Saxony-Anhalt state parliament, January 28, 2026. Photo: Klaus-Dietmar Gabbert/dpa via AP
Germany / 28 January 2026
German state swaps out governor over AfD fears
28 January 2026
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists members (from left) Jon B. Wolfsthal, Asha M. George and Steve Fetter, reveal the Doomsday Clock, set to 85 seconds to midnight, January 23, 2026, in Washington
World / 28 January 2026
Doomsday Clock set to 85 seconds to midnight
28 January 2026
People walk out of an Amazon Go store in Seattle, March 4, 2020
World / 28 January 2026
Amazon to slash 16,000 jobs
28 January 2026
UNCHR High Commissioner Barham Salih talks during an interview with the Associated Press, in Rome, January 26, 2026
World / 27 January 2026
World in brief: January 27, 2026
27 January 2026
A person holds a sign of Alex Pretti during a protest outside the office of Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., January 26, 2026, in Minneapolis
United States / 27 January 2026
Republicans and gun rights advocates push back over White House blaming Pretti for death
27 January 2026
Sailors preparing a Boeing EA-18G Growler on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Indian Ocean on January 21, 2026. Photo: Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Daniel Kimmelman/U.S. Navy via AP
Iran / 27 January 2026
At least 6,000 killed in Iran crackdown as US aircraft carrier arrives in region
27 January 2026
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (centre) welcomes European Council President Antonio Costa (left)and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen before their meeting in New Delhi, India, January 27,2026
Trade / 27 January 2026
India and EU sign free trade deal after nearly two decades of negotiations
27 January 2026
Broken window glass is seen in an apartment following a Russian air attack in the city center in Odesa, Ukraine, January 27, 2026
Russia-Ukraine / 27 January 2026
Bangladeshi workers were lured to Russia under the false promise of civilian work and then forced to fight in the Ukraine war, investigation finds
27 January 2026
Young people use their phones to view social media in Sydney, November 8, 2024
France / 27 January 2026
France approves Bill to ban social media for children
27 January 2026
A migrant carries his belongings at an abandoned school building where hundreds of mostly undocumented migrants had been living, in Badalona, near Barcelona, Spain, December 17, 2025
Spain / 27 January 2026
Spain to grant legal status to thousands of immigrants lacking permission
27 January 2026
Philippine coast guard personnel carry a body bag in Zamboanga city, January 26, 2026, after M/V Trisha Kerstin 3, an inter-island cargo and passenger ferry sank
World / 26 January 2026
World in brief: January 26, 2026
26 January 2026
Two women embrace next to a banner with a photo of Ran Gvili after the announcement that the hostage, whose remains were the last to be recovered from Gaza, had been identified, in a plaza known as Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, Israel, January 26, 2026
Gaza / 26 January 2026
Remains of the final hostage in Gaza recovered
26 January 2026
People protest against ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) in downtown Minneapolis, January 25, 2026
United States / 26 January 2026
Judge to hear arguments to curb Minnesota immigration crackdown
26 January 2026
Vehicles along the flood-damaged N1 road in Maputo province road, Mozambique, January 17, 2026
Southeast Africa / 26 January 2026
Worst floods in a generation sweep Mozambique
26 January 2026
Then US president Barack Obama and then Russian President Dmitry Medvedev shake hand after signing the ‘New Start’ treaty in Prague, April 10, 2010
Nuclear Weapons / 26 January 2026
US showing ‘complete indifference’ to dismantling of New Start treaty, Moscow claims
26 January 2026
Central Africa / 26 January 2026
Islamic State group kills 25 in eastern Congo
26 January 2026
Government supporters carry portraits of kidnapped President Nicolas Maduro during a rally marking the anniversary of the 1958 coup that overthrew Venezuelan dictator Marcos Perez Jimenez, in Caracas, Venezuela, January 23, 2026
Latin America / 26 January 2026
Venezuela's acting president argues for oil reform to bolster sovereignty
26 January 2026
In this photo released by the Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS), rescuers search for victims in Pasir Langu village after a landslide, in West Bandung district of West Java province, Indonesia, January 25, 2026
Round-up / 25 January 2026
World in brief: January 25, 2026
25 January 2026
Protesters gather at Embarcadero Plaza for a protest in San Francisco, January 24, 2026, in response to a fatal shooting in Minneapolis
US / 25 January 2026
Thousands take to the streets to protest latest ICE's latest killing in Minneapolis
25 January 2026
An Israeli soldier stands guard during the inauguration ceremony for a new illegal Israeli settlement of Yatziv, near the Palestinian town of Beit Sahour, in the occupied West Bank, January 19, 2026
Middle East / 25 January 2026
Israeli forces kill a Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank
25 January 2026
Government supporters carry portraits of kidnapped President Nicolas Maduro during a rally marking the anniversary of the 1958 coup that overthrew Venezuelan dictator Marcos Perez Jimenez, in Caracas, Venezuela, January 23, 2026
Latin America / 25 January 2026
Thousands of Venezuelans demand the return of kidnapped President Maduro and Cilia Flores
25 January 2026
People take shelter in a subway station during Russia's night missile and drone attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, January 24, 2026
Eastern Europe / 25 January 2026
Zelensky welcomes ‘constructive’ negotiations with Russia
25 January 2026
South Asia / 25 January 2026
Pakistani rights lawyers jailed for 17 years over social media posts
25 January 2026
US President Donald Trump speaks with reporters aboard Air Force One after leaving the World Economic Forum in Davos for Washington, January 22, 2026
US / 25 January 2026
Trump threatens Canada with 100% tariffs over China trade deal
25 January 2026
Kurdish fighters with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are cheered by local residents ahead of the end of a four-day truce with the Syrian government in Hassakeh, northeastern Syria, January 24, 2026
Middle East / 25 January 2026
Ceasefire between Syrian and Kurdish-led force extended for 15 days
25 January 2026
A soldier stands at a North Korean military guard post with the country's national flag, seen from Paju, South Korea, June 26, 2024
Round-up / 23 January 2026
World in brief: January 23, 2026
23 January 2026
Pro-immigration protesters rally in front of Minneapolis City Hall, January 17, 2026, in Minneapolis
United States / 23 January 2026
Unions, progressives and clergy urge Minnesotans to join strike against ICE's deportation raids in Minneapolis
23 January 2026
Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) greets U.S. President Donald Trump's envoys Steve Witkoff (centre) and Jared Kushner at the Senate Palace of the Kremlin, in Moscow, January 22, 2026
Eastern Europe / 23 January 2026
Ukrainians freeze as power grid struggles to cope while Washington, Moscow and Kiev hash out peace deal in Abu Dhabi
23 January 2026
Protesters march on a bridge in Tehran, Iran, on December 29, 2025
Middle East / 23 January 2026
Iran has unleashed militarised clampdown to hide massacre of protesters, Amnesty says
23 January 2026
Syrian government forces stand guard at the al-Aqtan prison after taking control of it from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, SDF, in Raqqa, northeastern Syria, January 23, 2026
Middle East / 23 January 2026
Syrian government forces take control of second prison holding former Isis members
23 January 2026
Flags flap in the wind outside NATO headquarters in Brussels, January 19, 2026
Western Europe / 23 January 2026
Spain’s communists call for debate on quitting Nato
23 January 2026
Flames rise from flare stacks at the Amuay refinery in Los Taques, Venezuela, January 14, 2026
Latin America / 23 January 2026
Venezuela proposes bill to allow foreign fossil fuel firms access to its vast oil reserves
23 January 2026
Vietnam's Central Committee of the Communist Party holds a meeting to elect top leaders in Hanoi, Vietnam, January 23, 2026
South-east Asia / 23 January 2026
Lam re-elected as general secretary of Vietnam’s Communist Party
23 January 2026
Palestinians walk along a street surrounded by buildings destroyed during Israeli air and ground operations in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, January 22, 2026
Genocide / 22 January 2026
‘The people of Gaza deserve better than Trump’s gang of rogues’
22 January 2026

Campaigners brand the US President's so-called Board of Peace a ‘board of war’

Australia / 22 January 2026
Gunman at large in Australia after killing 3 and injuring 1
22 January 2026
A man takes a photo of the Russian embassy in Berlin, Germany, March 27, 2018
World / 22 January 2026
World in brief: January 22, 2026
22 January 2026
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen after a meeting in the Foreign Policy Committee at Christiansborg in Copenhagen, Denmark, January 20, 2026. Photo: Thomas Traasdahl/Ritzau Scanpix via AP
Greenland / 22 January 2026
Danish leader says her country will not negotiate over Greenland sovereignty
22 January 2026
Teyana Gibson Brown (second from right) wife of Garrison Gibson, reacts after a federal immigration officer used a battering ram to break down a door before arresting Garrison Gibson, January 11, 2026, in Minneapolis
Authoritarianism / 22 January 2026
US immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a warrant, says memo
22 January 2026
People carry a Cuban flag during a government-organised rally protesting the killing of Cuban officers in Venezuela while US forces kidnapped Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, in Havana, Cuba, January 16, 2026
Cuba / 22 January 2026
Trump wants ‘regime change’ in Cuba by the end of the year, says US media
22 January 2026
Uganda opposition presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, famously known as Bobi Wine of the National Unity Platform (NUP), casts his vote during the presidential election at a polling station, in Kampala, Uganda, January 15, 2026
East Africa / 22 January 2026
Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine insists from hiding that he is ‘not a criminal’
22 January 2026
US President Donald Trump listens to a question from a reporter during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, January 20, 2026
Greenland / 21 January 2026
‘The thug in the White House doesn’t listen to grovelling’
21 January 2026

Transatlantic row over Trump's attempt to grab Greenland intensifies

Police officers and firefighters inspect the damage after a commuter train derailed as a retaining wall collapsed onto the tracks in Gelida, near Barcelona, Spain, January 21, 2026
World / 21 January 2026
World in brief: January 21, 2026
21 January 2026
Palestinians mourn over the body of Mohammed Al-Rajoudi, after he was killed by Israeli fire, during his funeral at Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, January 21, 2026
Gaza / 21 January 2026
Israel agrees to join Trump's Gaza Board of Peace
21 January 2026
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Senator Bernie Sanders, speak in front of members of the New York State Nurses Association union during a picket outside Mount Sinai West Hospital, January 20, 2026
United States / 21 January 2026
Mamdani and Sanders rally with striking nurses in New York City
21 January 2026
Former South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, center, arrives at the Seoul Central District Court for his first sentencing trial in the insurrection case, in Seoul, January 21, 2026
South Korea / 21 January 2026
Former South Korean prime minister sentenced to 23 years in prison for insurrection
21 January 2026
People cross the damaged Al-Rashid Bridge on foot, destroyed by retreating Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) troops, a day after Syrian government troops took control of the area on the outskirts of Raqqa, northeastern Syria, January 19, 2026
Syria / 21 January 2026
Syrian military and Kurdish-led forces announce new truce
21 January 2026
Then President of Burkina Faso Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, September 23, 2022, at the UN headquarters
Burkina Faso / 21 January 2026
Ex-president accused of murder plot expelled from Togo to Burkina Faso
21 January 2026
Israeli authorities demolish a UNRWA compound, belonging to the U.N. agency that assists Palestinian refugees, in east Jerusalem, January 20, 2026
World / 20 January 2026
World in brief: January 20, 2026
20 January 2026
People march during a pro-Greenlanders demonstration, in Copenhagen, Denmark, January 17, 2026. Photo: Emil Helms/Ritzau Scanpix via AP
United States / 20 January 2026
Trump ratchets up rhetoric on Greenland
20 January 2026
Yemenis perform traditional dance marking the opening of the honey festival in Sanaa, Yemen, January 17, 2026
Yemen / 20 January 2026
Yemen faces worst food crisis since 2022, warns aid group
20 January 2026
Ire Gene Grovner walks through remnants of the old slave's quarters at the Chocolate Plantation where his ancestors lived some eight generations ago on Sapelo Island, Ga., on May 16, 2013
United States / 20 January 2026
Descendants of enslaved Africans go to the polls to protect their Georgia island homes
20 January 2026
Soldiers of the Kurdish-led, U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) deploy with armoured military vehicles to secure roads leading to Gweiran Prison, northeastern Syria, January 19, 2026
Syria / 20 January 2026
Deal between Syrian government and Kurdish-led force unravels
20 January 2026
Deployed soldiers exit a vehicle around Congress in Guatemala City, January 19, 2026, after President Bernardo Arévalo declared a state of emergency
Guatemala / 20 January 2026
State of emergency declared in Guatemala as death toll rises to 10 in gangster attacks
20 January 2026
Firefighters battle a blaze at a house as wildfires burn in Lirquen, Chile, January 18, 2026
Chile / 20 January 2026
Chile fights wildfires that killed at least 19
20 January 2026
Relatives of school children who died when the minibus they were riding in collided with a truck, weep at the scene of the crash in Vanderbijlpark, South of Johannesburg, South Africa, January 19, 2026
World / 19 January 2026
World in brief: January 19, 2026
19 January 2026
Pro-immigration protesters rally in front of Minneapolis City Hall, January 17, 2026
US / 19 January 2026
Trump's plan to send troops to Minneapolis for immigration crackdown is unconstitutional, says mayor
19 January 2026
US President Donald Trump speaks during an event to promote investment in rural health care in the East Room of the White House, in Washington, January 16, 2026
International Law / 19 January 2026
UN chief accuses the US of placing its power above international law
19 January 2026
Emergency crews work alongside one of the trains involved in a train collision, in Adamuz, Spain, January 19, 2026
Disaster / 19 January 2026
Death toll in Spanish train collision rises to at least 39
19 January 2026
A deliver worker transfers the merchandise outside the Ritan International Trade Center in Beijing, January 19, 2026
East Asia / 19 January 2026
China's economy grew by 5% in 2025, despite Trumps tariffs
19 January 2026
Vietnam leaders attend a meeting in preparation for the opening of the National Congress in Hanoi, Vietnam, January 19, 2026
Southeast Asia / 19 January 2026
Communist Party of Vietnam National Congress opens
19 January 2026
Presidential candidate Antonio Jose Seguro, of the Socialist Party, delivers a speech at his campaign closing rally ahead of Sunday's presidential election, in Lisbon, January 16, 2026
Western Europe / 19 January 2026
Socialists win the first round of Portugal's presidential election
19 January 2026
People protest against Trump's policy towards Greenland in front of the US consulate in Nuuk, Greenland, January 17, 2026
Greenland / 18 January 2026
‘It’s time to stop subservience to Donald Trump’
18 January 2026

Activists and political leaders hit out at US tariff threat for opposing Greenland takeover 

This photo provided by the Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) shows debris of an ATR 42-500 turboprop airplane at Mount Bulusaraung in South Sulawesi province, Indonesia, January 18, 2026. Photo: BASARNAS via AP
World / 18 January 2026
World in brief: January 18, 2026
18 January 2026
Displaced Palestinians gather outside a tent at a temporary camp in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, January 17, 2026
Gaza / 18 January 2026
Israel objects to list of leaders White House says will oversee next steps in Gaza
18 January 2026
Jake Lang, center in the vest, who organized the March Against Minnesota Fraud, clashes with pro-immigration counterprotesters near Minneapolis City Hall, January 17, 2026, in Minneapolis
United States / 18 January 2026
Counter-protesters in Minneapolis drown out far-right influencer
18 January 2026
A supporter of leading opposition candidate Bobi Wine cheers while watching election officials count ballots, after polls closed at a polling station in Kampala, Uganda, January 15, 2026
Uganda / 18 January 2026
Ugandan opposition slam the 'fake' result of presidential election
18 January 2026
Syrian government forces enter the town of Deir Hafer, January 17, 2026, following the withdrawal of the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces
World / 18 January 2026
Syrian government forces enter two northern towns after Kurdish-led fighters withdraw
18 January 2026
People gather as firefighters try to control a massive fire that broke out in a multi-story shopping mall, in Karachi, Pakistan, January 18, 2026
Pakistan / 18 January 2026
At least six dead in Karachi shopping mall fire
18 January 2026
Members of the Sudanese Red Crescent rebury the remains of victims of Sudan’s two-year conflict, transferring bodies from makeshift graves to a local cemetery in Khartoum, Sudan, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026
Round-up / 16 January 2026
World in brief: January 16, 2025
16 January 2026
Federal immigration officers confront protesters outside Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, January 15, 2026
United States / 16 January 2026
Trump threatens to use the Insurrection Act to end Minneapolis protests
16 January 2026
Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez arrives at the National Assembly in Caracas, Venezuela, January 15, 2026
World / 16 January 2026
Venezuela's acting leader calls for opening oil industry to foreign investment
16 January 2026
This frame grab from videos taken between January 9 and 11, 2026, and circulating on social media purportedly shows images from a morgue with dozens of bodies and mourners after crackdown on the outskirts of Iran's capital, in Kahrizak, Tehran Province
Middle East / 16 January 2026
US warns Iran ‘all options are on the table’ in emergency UN meeting
16 January 2026
Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol (centre) arrives at a court to attend a hearing to review his arrest warrant requested by special prosecutors in Seoul, South Korea, July 9, 2025
South Korea / 16 January 2026
Ousted former South Korean president sentenced to 5 years in prison
16 January 2026
Pic: Julian / Creative Commons
Mental Health / 16 January 2026
Australian social media platforms remove 4.7 million children's accounts
16 January 2026
Chinese President Xi Jinping (left, centre) and Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney (second right) talk during a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, January 16, 2026
World / 16 January 2026
China and Canada seek new chapter in relations
16 January 2026
Houses covered by snow are seen on the coast of a sea inlet of Nuuk, Greenland, on January 12, 2026
World / 15 January 2026
World in brief: January 15, 2026
15 January 2026
People take part in a rally in support of anti-government protests in Iran, Berlin Germany, January 14, 2026
Iran / 15 January 2026
China calls for restraint in Iran crisis as UN Security Council sets for emergency session
15 January 2026
Palestinians girls play amid buildings destroyed by Israeli air and ground attacks in the Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza City, January 14, 2026
Gaza Genocide / 15 January 2026
Netanyahu: ceasefire phase 2 is largely symbolic
15 January 2026
Cops stand amid tear gas at the scene of a reported shooting , in Minneapolis, January 14, 2026
United States / 15 January 2026
Fear and anger continue to spread after another immigration shooting in Minneapolis
15 January 2026
Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez (centre) with Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello (right) and National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez after a press briefing at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, January 14, 2026
Venezuela / 15 January 2026
Venezuela's acting president Rodriguez holds talks with Trump
15 January 2026
Britain’s Charge d'Affairs to Russia, Danae Dholakia (centre), arrives at the Russia's Foreign Ministry after she was summoned to receive a notice, in Moscow, Russia, January 15, 2026
Eastern Europe / 15 January 2026
Russia expels British diplomat over spying claims
15 January 2026
Rescuers work amid the wreckage after a construction crane fell into a passenger train in Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand, January 14, 2026
Thailand / 15 January 2026
Another construction crane collapses in Thailand, killing 2 people
15 January 2026
Residents pass by one of emergency tents where people can warm up following Russia's regular air attacks against the country's energy, that leave residents without power, water and heating in the dead of winter, in Kyiv, Ukraine, January 13, 2026
Round-up / 14 January 2026
World in brief: January 14, 2026
14 January 2026
Nouzha Owkal, cleans her tent after it was damaged by a storm at a displacement camp in Zawaida, central Gaza Strip, January 13, 2026
Gaza / 14 January 2026
Five Palestinians die from the cold as living conditions worsen in Gaza
14 January 2026
Protesters march with placards during a rally in support of the nationwide mass demonstrations in Iran against the government in Paris, January 11, 2026
Middle East / 14 January 2026
Iran protest death toll tops 2,500
14 January 2026
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with oil executives in the East Room of the White House, January 9, 2026, in Washington
United States / 14 January 2026
US Senate set to vote on war powers resolution to curb Trump's actions on Venezuela
14 January 2026
Town employees walk next to an inflatable boat punctured by French police and used by migrants to cross the Channel, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025 on the beach of Gravelines, northern France
Western Europe / 14 January 2026
France bans British anti-migration activists targeting migrant boats
14 January 2026
Uganda opposition presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, known as Bobi Wine, addresses supporters during his final campaign rally at Aga Khan Grounds, in Kampala, Uganda, January 12, 2026
Uganda / 14 January 2026
Ugandan voters go to the polls amid soldiers on the street
14 January 2026
People walk along a street in downtown of Nuuk, Greenland, January 13, 2026
Greenland / 14 January 2026
US VP Vance set to meet with Denmark’s Foreign Minister and his Greenlandic counterpart
14 January 2026
Aerial view of a container terminal in Nanjing in eastern China's Jiangsu province, January 14, 2026
China / 14 January 2026
China's trade surplus surges despite Trump's tariffs
14 January 2026
Buses carrying displaced residents drive past a building in ruins as they return to the Achrafieh neighborhood after days of fighting between government forces and Kurdish fighters in the northern city of Aleppo, Syria, January 12, 2026
World / 13 January 2026
World in brief: January 13, 2026
13 January 2026
Far-right leader Marine Le Pen (centre) is framed by Louis Aliot (left) and conservative lawmaker Eric Ciotti during National Rally president Jordan Bardella's New Year address to the press, January 12, 2026 in Paris
France / 13 January 2026
Far-right Le Pen's appeal trial opens in Paris
13 January 2026
Federal immigration officers are seen outside Bishop Whipple Federal Building after tear gas was deployed, January 12, 2026, in Minneapolis
United States / 13 January 2026
Tensions continue to flare in Minnesota as federal agents and protesters clash
13 January 2026
Nurses strike outside New York-Presbyterian Hospital, January 12, 2026, in New York
United States / 13 January 2026
Thousands of nurses strike at New York City hospitals
13 January 2026
United States / 13 January 2026
Education unions slam US withdrawal from international organisations and treaties
13 January 2026
People protest against Israel’s recognition of the self-declared Republic of Somaliland in Mogadishu, Somalia, January 8, 2026
Somalia / 13 January 2026
Somalia cancels all agreements with the UAE over alleged sovereignty violations
13 January 2026
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrives at the presidential palace in Nicosia, Cyprus, January 7, 2026
Russia-Ukraine / 13 January 2026
Russia says Ukraine and its allies won't 'escape responsibility' for killing reporters
13 January 2026
Protesters participate in a demonstration in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, in support of the nationwide mass protests in Iran against the government, January 11, 2026
Middle East / 12 January 2026
Iranian government claims anti-government protests are ‘under total control’ as US mulls attacking it
12 January 2026
A tent camp for displaced Palestinians stretches across an area in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, January 10, 2026
Middle East / 12 January 2026
Hamas to dissolve government in Gaza once a Palestinian leadership committee takes over
12 January 2026

Meanwhile, fallout from Israel's recognition of Somaliland continues to raise tensions

Firefighters stand on a truck as wildfires blaze in El Hoyo, Patagonia, Argentina, late January 8, 2026
Latin America / 12 January 2026
Wildfires burn through Argentina’s Patagonia
12 January 2026
Danish military forces participate in an exercise with hundreds of troops from several European NATO members in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, September 17, 2025
US Imperialism / 12 January 2026
China says Trump should not use its presence in the Arctic as a justification for seizing Greenland
12 January 2026
A shadow of a man with a clenched fist as a woman cowers in
Northern Ireland / 12 January 2026
PSNI sees rise in domestic abuse over Christmas and New Year, figures show
12 January 2026
Elon Musk listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the Oval Office of the White House, May 30, 2025, in Washington
Southeast Asia / 12 January 2026
Malaysia and Indonesia first to block Grok after slew of AI-generated sexually explicit and non-consensual images
12 January 2026
In this September 7, 2017, file photo, smoke rises from a burned house in Gawdu Zara village, northern Rakhine state, where the vast majority of the country's 1.1 million Rohingya lived, Myanmar
The Hague / 12 January 2026
International Court of Justice hears Rohingya genocide case against Myanmar
12 January 2026
Search and retrieval operations continue for missing workers at a collapsed waste management facility in Binaliw, Cebu city, central Philippines, January 11, 2026
Round-up / 11 January 2026
World in brief: January 11, 2026
11 January 2026
Minneapolis Public Schools families, educators and students portest against the killing of Renee Good by ICE agents last week, in Minneapolis, January 9, 2026
United States / 11 January 2026
Thousands of anti-ICE protesters held across US
11 January 2026
Protesters participate in a demonstration in Berlin, Germany, in support of the nationwide mass protests in Iran against the government, January 10, 2026
Middle East / 11 January 2026
Iran warns US troops and Israel will be targets if Trump launches attacks over protests
11 January 2026
Rosa l conf
Germany / 11 January 2026
Bigger school strikes to come on March 5, Rosa Luxemburg conference hears
11 January 2026
Palestinians inspect damaged tents at a displacement camp following an Israeli strike in Gaza City, January 9, 2026
Palestine / 11 January 2026
Israelis kill at least three more Palestinians in Gaza
11 January 2026
People protest against Israel’s recognition of the self-declared Republic of Somaliland in Mogadishu, Somalia, January 8, 2026
East Africa / 11 January 2026
Somalian minister accuses Israel of plotting to expel Palestinians to Somaliland
11 January 2026