• Iraq: Will Prosecute Islamic State Detainees From Syria
  
  Iraq's Supreme Judicial Council said on Thursday it would begin legal proceedings against Islamic State detainees transferred from Syria after the rapid collapse of Kurdish-led forces in northeast Syria triggered concerns over prison security.
• Train Collides With Crane Arm in Spain's 4th Rail Accident in a Week
  
  A commuter train collided with a crane arm that swung into its path in southeastern Spain on Thursday, the transport minister said, in the country's fourth rail accident in less than a week.
• Trump: Greenland Agreement Still Being Negotiated
  
  President Donald Trump said the details of a U.S. agreement over Greenland were still being worked out on Thursday, speaking one day after he stepped back from a tariff threat and ruled out the use of force to seize the Danish territory.
• France's Navy Intercepts an Oil Tanker in the Mediterranean Sailing from Russia
  
  France's Navy, working with intelligence provided by the United Kingdom, on Thursday intercepted an oil tanker in the Mediterranean Sea that traveled from Russia, in a mission targeting the sanctioned Russian shadow fleet, officials said.French maritime authorities for the...
• Venezuelan Opposition Leader Son-in-law Released after 380 Days in Detention
  
  Rafael Tudares Bracho, the soninlaw of Venezuelan opposition figure Edmundo González, was released on Thursday after being held incommunicado for more than a year, said his wife, Mariana González, daughter of the former presidential candidate.The release comes just two...
• Zelenskyy Says He Had 'Productive' Meeting With Trump
  
  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he discussed progress on peace talks and air defense supplies at a "productive" meeting with his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump in Davos on Thursday.
• Putin Offers Frozen Russian Assets in US to Peace Board to Aid Palestinians
  
  Russian President Vladimir Putin told Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday that Russia is ready to send $1 billion dollars of Russian assets frozen in the U.S. to President Donald Trump's Board of Peace initiative to support the Palestinian people, state news...
• The Decision to Move IS Prisoners from Syria to Iraq Came at the Request of Baghdad, Officials Say
  
  The decision to move prisoners of the Islamic State group from northeast Syria to detention centers in Iraq came after a request by officials in Baghdad that was welcomed by the U.S.led coalition and the Syrian government, officials said Thursday. American and Iraqi...
• Trump: Zelenskyy Meeting Was Good, War Has to End
  
  President Donald Trump said on Thursday that his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Davos was "very good" and that his message to Russian President Vladimir Putin is that the war in Ukraine has to end. Trump spoke briefly to reporters after...
• Pope Leo Invited to Join Trump's Board of Peace, Cardinal Says
  
  Pope Leo is among world leaders invited to join President Donald Trump's Board of Peace, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican's top diplomatic official, said on Wednesday.
• NATO Chief Mark Rutte's Shows He's the 'Trump Whisperer' after Greenland Diplomacy with Trump
  
  For days it seemed there was no way out of the latest standoff between Europe and the United States: U.S. President Donald Trump insisted he must have Greenland and would settle for nothing short of total ownership.Even after he dropped the threat of force in a speech in...
• Interpol-backed Police Make Nearly 200 Arrests in Amazon Region Gold Mining Sweep
  
  Police and prosecutors from Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana and Suriname have arrested nearly 200 people in their firstever joint crossborder operation targeting illegal gold mining in the Amazon region, authorities said Thursday.The operation was backed by Interpol the...
• Trump Formally Launches Board of Peace in Davos
  
  President Donald Trump formally launched the Board of Peace on Thursday, signing the charter of the new international body during a high-profile ceremony that highlighted the administration's effort to reshape global diplomacy, with Gaza at the center of its early focus.
• Ukraine Struck Russia's Tamanneftegaz Oil Terminal
  
  Ukraine's military said it struck Russia's Tamanneftegaz oil terminal in the southern Krasnodar region on Thursday. The general staff did not provide further details but said the facility supplied fuel to the Russian army.
• EU Leaders to Reassess US Ties After Trump's Greenland Threats
  
  EU leaders will rethink their ties with the U.S. at an emergency summit on Thursday after President Donald Trump's threat of tariffs and even military action to acquire Greenland badly shook confidence in the transatlantic relationship, diplomats said.
• EU Leaders Gather to Chart a New Course for Transatlantic Ties after Trump Threats over Greenland
  
  European Union leaders are gathering for emergency talks on Thursday to chart a new course in transatlantic relations after a tumultuous two weeks dominated by U.S. President Donald Trump's renewed threats to take control of Greenland.On the eve of their summit, Trump...
• Trump Signals Progress on Ukraine Peace Talks
  
  President Donald Trump said he thinks peace efforts over Russia's war in Ukraine are getting close ahead of his planned meeting with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy later on Thursday in Davos, while his special envoys prepared to meet with Russia's Vladimir Putin...
• NATO's Rutte: Trump Pact Calls for Allies to Boost Arctic Security
  
  The framework deal on Greenland agreed with President Donald Trump would require NATO allies to step up on Arctic security and the first results of this will be seen this year, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte told Reuters on Thursday.
• New Global Trade Map Takes Shape in Davos
  
  President Donald Trump's use of tariffs as a foreign policy tool added fresh impetus in Davos this week to efforts to boost global trade beyond the U.S., with frustration palpable among many of Washington's top trading partners.
• Iranian Opposition Leader to Newsmax: Rebellion Is 'Unabated and Irreversible'
  
  The leader of Iran’s largest exile group told Newsmax that despite an internet shutdown and reports the three-week-old uprising was fading, the rebellion against the 47-year-old theocratic regime continues "unabated."
• Shooting in Australian Town Leaves 3 Dead and 1 Wounded
  
  Three people were killed and another was wounded on Thursday in a shooting in a town in Australia's New South Wales state, police said.Emergency services were called to an address at Lake Cargelligo, a town of around 1,500 people, following reports of shooting, a police...
• Danish Leader Says Her Country Can't Negotiate on Sovereignty and She's Told That Wasn't the Case
  
  Denmark's prime minister insisted that her country can't negotiate on its sovereignty on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump said he agreed a "framework of a future deal" on Arctic security with the head of NATO, and she has been "informed that this has not been the...
• The Latest: Europe Relieved after Trump Reverses Greenland Tariff Threat
  
  Europe is breathing a sigh of relief Thursday following a dramatic reversal by U.S. President Donald Trump over Greenland the day before at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where he scrapped the tariffs that he threatened to impose on eight European nations...
• Campaigning Starts for Bangladesh's First National Election after Hasina's Ouster
  
  Campaigning began Thursday for Bangladesh's first national elections since the 2024 uprising that ousted longtime Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.The major political parties held campaign rallies in the capital, Dhaka, and elsewhere ahead of Feb. 12 election, which is seen as...
• Cambodia Will Send 73 Online Scam Suspects to South Korea
  
  Dozens of South Koreans detained in Cambodia for alleged involvement in online scam compounds will be sent home this week to face investigations, officials said Thursday, in what would be the largest group reparation of Korean criminal suspects from abroad. The South Korean...

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