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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