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Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado delivers remarks at the Heritage Foundation, Washington, DC, USA, 16 January 2026. (EPA)
January 17, 2026

Machado says Venezuela’s transition will unfold in phases, vows pro-US future

Internally displaced Palestinians move between the ruins of destroyed buildings at Al Rashid road in the west of Gaza City on, 06 January 2026. (EPA)
January 17, 2026

White House names Gaza Board of Peace members, NCAG head under Trump plan

US lawmakers Gregory Meeks, Thom Tillis, Sara Jacobs, Sarah McBride, Steny Hoyer, Chris Coons (Front), and Danish Industry's (DI) CEO Lars Sandahl Sorensen speak to the media after the American delegation, consisting of senators and members of the House of Representatives, visited the Confederation of Danish Industry in Copenhagen, Denmark, 16 January 2026. (EPA)
January 17, 2026

Trump says Greenland vital to US security, confirms NATO talks

People celebrate the entry of Syrian army forces into the Deir Hafer area after the withdrawal of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), in Deir Hafer, eastern Aleppo countryside, Syria, 17 January 2026. (EPA)
January 17, 2026

Syrian army takes full control of Deir Hafir east of Aleppo

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People ride on the back of a pickup truck driving along a street in Sana'a. (EPA)
January 17, 2026

US imposes new sanctions targeting Houthi oil, weapons and smuggling networks

January 16, 2026

Palestinians in Gaza skeptical about US ceasefire plans amid ongoing Israeli attacks

January 16, 2026

Seven killed in Uganda  clashes as Museveni dominates election results

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January 16, 2026

Israeli military helicopter crashes near Bethlehem

Israeli soldiers next to an underground tunnel in the Al-Shaboura neighborhood of Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, 08 December 2025. — EPA
January 16, 2026

Israel sees spike in suicide among troops as conflicts persist

Police officers stand guard as supporters of impeached former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol rally outside the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, 16 January 2026.  — EPA
January 16, 2026

South Korea's Yoon given five-year jail term in first ruling over martial law

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney (C) arrives for a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, 16 January 2026. — EPA
January 16, 2026

Xi Jinping hails 'turnaround' in China-Canada ties as Carney visits Beijing

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