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US Vice President JD Vance
Denmark and Greenland FMs to face Vance in high-stakes White House meeting
NUUK — The top diplomats from Denmark and Greenland were to visit the White House on Wednesday for high-stakes talks following weeks of threats by President Donald Trump to take control of the autonomous Danish territory.Greenland and Denmark say the island is not for sale, threats of force are reckless and security concerns should be resolved among allies. Prominent EU countries have backed Denmark.Hours before the meeting was due to start, Danish Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen sought to ease US concerns about security in Greenland, telling AFP Denmark was boosting its military presence there and was in talks with allies on "an increased NATO presence in the Arctic."When Denmark's Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen and his Greenlandic counterpart, Vivian Motzfeldt, meet...
January 14, 2026

Denmark and Greenland FMs to face Vance in high-stakes White House meeting

People take part in a vigil outside the Rodeo I prison in Zamora, Venezuela, 13 January 2026. — EPA
Venezuela's interim government frees 4 American prisoners
WASHINGTON — At least four Americans who were detained in Venezuela have been released by the interim government in Caracas, the State Department said on Tuesday.This is the first known release of American detainees since the ouster of Nicolás Maduro and comes as the interim government, led by Delcy Rodríguez, has begun freeing dozens of political prisoners.“We welcome the release of detained Americans in Venezuela,” a State Department spokesperson said Tuesday. “This is an important step in the right direction by the interim authorities.”A State Department team traveled to Venezuela to help with the release, according to a senior State Department official.At least five Americans had been detained in Venezuela in recent months. The Maduro government had a long history of...
January 14, 2026

Venezuela's interim government frees 4 American prisoners

Actor Kiefer Sutherland
Actor Kiefer Sutherland arrested for allegedly assaulting ride-hail driver
LOS ANGELES — Actor Kiefer Sutherland has been arrested after allegedly assaulting and threatening a ride-share driver in Hollywood, police said.Just after midnight, officers responded to a call reporting an assault at an intersection just south of Hollywood Hills. Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) said Sutherland "entered a ride-share vehicle, physically assaulted the driver (the victim), and made criminal threats" in an incident at 00:15 PST (08:15 GMT) on Monday.The victim was not injured in the incident and did not require medical treatment, the LAPD added.Sutherland was arrested and released from jail a few hours later on a $50,000 bond, according to jail records. His first court appearance is scheduled for February 2.Sutherland went to jail in 2007 after pleading no contest to a...
January 14, 2026

Actor Kiefer Sutherland arrested for allegedly assaulting ride-hail driver

South Korea's former President Yoon Suk Yeol
Prosecutors seek death penalty for former South Korean president Yoon
SEOUL — Prosecutors are seeking a death sentence for South Korea's former president Yoon Suk Yeol if he is found guilty of a failed attempt to impose martial law in the country.Special prosecutor Cho Eun-suk’s team made the request to the Seoul Central District Court during court on Tuesday, accusing Yoon of threatening the “liberal democratic constitutional order” with his “self-coup”.“The greatest victims of the insurrection in this case are the people of this country,” said the prosecutors. “There are no mitigating circumstances to be considered in sentencing, and instead, a severe punishment must be imposed.”Yoon has denied the charges against him, arguing that martial law was a symbolic gesture to draw public attention to the wrongdoings of the opposition...
January 14, 2026

Prosecutors seek death penalty for former South Korean president Yoon

Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton arrive at inaugural ceremony where Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States in in Washington on 20 January 2025. — EPA
Clintons refuse to testify in congressional Epstein probe 
WASHINGTON — Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Tuesday refused to comply with a congressional subpoena to testify in a House Oversight Committee’s Jeffrey Epstein investigation even as Republican lawmakers prepare contempt of Congress proceedings against them.The Clintons, in a letter released on social media, slammed the House Oversight probe as “legally invalid” and wrote that the Republican Chairman of the House Oversight Committee, Republican Rep. James Comer, is on the cusp of a process “literally designed to result in our imprisonment.”Comer told reporters Wednesday the committee would meet next week to move forward with proceedings for Bill Clinton — leaving open the door that the former Secretary of State could still...
January 14, 2026

Clintons refuse to testify in congressional Epstein probe 

Spanish singer Julio Iglesias performs during his jubilee concert at the State Kremlin palace in Moscow, Russia, 17 October 2018. — EPA
Spanish singer Julio Iglesias accused of sexual assault by two former aides
MADRID — Two women who claim to have worked for Spanish legendary singer Julio Iglesias say the popular artist sexually assaulted them at his residences in the Dominican Republic and the Bahamas.The allegations, made in reports by Spanish news site elDiario.es and US outlet Univision, are being investigated by Spain's judiciary.The singer employed the two women at his properties in Punta Cana, in the Dominican Republic, and Lyford Cay, in the Bahamas. According to their testimonies, the sexual assaults took place in 2021.Iglesias, who is 82, has been a household name in Spain since the 1960s and has sold millions of records worldwide.According to the alleged victims, Iglesias exercised absolute control and committed abuses of power, with behaviour that they describe as sexual...
January 14, 2026

Spanish singer Julio Iglesias accused of sexual assault by two former aides

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar
Israel severing ties with several global bodies following US pullout
TEL AVIV — Israel announced on Tuesday that it was withdrawing from several international organizations, including two UN agencies, while ordering a wider review of cooperation with others. Israel's foreign ministry said persistent bias, politicisation and actions hostile to Israel were behind its decision, which follows the US withdrawal from 66 global bodies last week.In a statement on X, the ministry said, "Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar has decided that Israel will immediately sever all contact with the following UN agencies and international organizations."It listed UN Energy, the UN Alliance of Civilisations and the Global Forum on Migration and Development, which is not part of the UN system, among the bodies it was severing ties.On January 8, President Donald Trump signed a...
January 14, 2026

Israel severing ties with several global bodies following US pullout

Footage supplied by police shows one of the camps in a forested area of Kogi state in flames
Hundreds die in operation against Nigerian kidnapping gang 
ABUJA — About 200 suspected members of a criminal band have been killed in an ongoing operation in central Nigeria, according to the BBC.The multi-agency offensive started on Saturday and had also led to arrests, Kingsley Fanwo, Kogi state's commissioner for information, said.He did not specify the number of arrests.For years, members of criminal gangs have carried out killings and kidnappings for ransom, mainly targeting those in the north-west — but they have been moving to other parts of the country more recently.The latest operation follows a surge in mass abductions, including attacks on schools, which have sparked nationwide outrage and prompted the government to intensify security efforts.Last month, the authorities secured the release of the remaining pupils and teachers...
January 14, 2026

Hundreds die in operation against Nigerian kidnapping gang 

US President Donald Trump delivers remarks to the news media as he walks to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 13 January 2026. (EPA)
Trump vows support for Iranian protesters: 'help is on its way'
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he has canceled talks with Iranian officials amid an intensifying crackdown on anti-government protests, pledging support for demonstrators after human rights monitors said the death toll has surged to 2,000. Trump did not specify what form the support would take, but his remarks marked a sharp shift from earlier signals that Washington might engage Tehran following his recent threat of military action against the Islamic Republic. In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump directly addressed protesters in Iran, urging them to continue their demonstrations and calling on them to take control of state institutions. “Iranian Patriots, KEEP PROTESTING – TAKE OVER YOUR INSTITUTIONS!!!” Trump wrote. “Save the names of...
January 13, 2026

Trump vows support for Iranian protesters: 'help is on its way'

Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides (L) and Cypriot First lady Philippa Karsera (R) attend the official ceremony of EU Council Presidency in Nicosia, Cyprus, 07 January 2026.  — EPA
Top aide to Cyprus president quits after corruption allegations
NICOSIA — A top aide to Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides has resigned after a video circulated online appearing to show him and others offering political influence to would-be investors in exchange for cash.Christodoulides said he accepted the resignation of Charalambos Charalambous — who is the director of the presidential office and his brother-in-law — describing it as "an act of self-confidence" and "not of pressure or guilt".Charalambous had earlier posted on Facebook that he would never allow his government job to be "converted into a tool of manipulation" to harm Cyprus or the president.He called his appearance in the video a product of "deliberate distortions" and of "selective editing" aimed at manufacturing false and misleading conclusions.The video, posted on social...
January 13, 2026

Top aide to Cyprus president quits after corruption allegations

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