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Trump says US control of Greenland ‘vital’ for air defense

“The United States needs Greenland for the purpose of National Security. It is vital for the Golden Dome that we are building,” Trump, who has vowed to seize the Arctic island from ally Denmark, wrote on social media

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Death toll climbs to 31 after crane falls on train in Thailand

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Trump urges Iranians to keep protesting, says 'help is on its way'

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Qatar warns any US-Iran escalation would be ‘catastrophic’ for region

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European commissioner says US military takeover of Greenland would be end of NATO

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New Delhi and Washington actively engaging on trade, next call on Jan 13: US envoy to India

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Iran warns Washington it will retaliate against any attack

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Trump cancels second wave of attacks on Venezuela after cooperation

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Trump's oil push widens with seizure of Russian-flagged tanker linked to Venezuela

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Maduro arrives for first US court appearance after capture

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Somalia calls Israeli FM visit to Somaliland an ‘incursion’

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Palestinian embassy in UK officially inaugurated

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Venezuela’s Machado says she hasn’t spoken to Trump since October

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Iran army chief threatens response to Trump and Netanyahu’s ‘threats’

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Large part of Maduro's security team killed in U.S. action-Venezuela defense minister

Padrino did not give an exact figure of casualities, but backed the declaration of Vice President Delcy Rodriguez as interim president and said the armed forces have been activated across the country to guarantee sovereignty

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India’s extremism and the plight of minorities

The reality is that in India, Muslims are alternately targeted over hijab, dupatta, beards, or religious ritual

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Rubio says US to work with current Venezuela leaders if they make ‘right decision’; Maduro now in NY jail

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was in a New York detention centre on Sunday after US President Donald Trump ordered a US raid to capture the South American leader and take control of the country and its vast oil reserves

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Trump says US will run Venezuela after Maduro seized

The image of the 63-year-old Maduro blindfolded and handcuffed en route to the U.S. has stunned Venezuelans and was Washington’s most controversial intervention in Latin America since the invasion of Panama 37 years ago

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Trump says Venezuela's Maduro captured after strikes

Most direct US action in region since 1989 Panama invasion

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Trump says US will ‘come to their rescue’ if Iran kills protesters

Protesters and security forces clashed in several Iranian cities Thursday with six reported killed in the first deaths since the unrest escalated

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World begins to bid goodbye to 2025 with fireworks and icy plunges

Midnight arrived first on the islands closest to the International Date Line in the Pacific Ocean, including Kiritimati (Christmas Island), Tonga and New Zealand

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Russia will win in Ukraine, Putin says in New Year address

Putin’s traditional speech was first aired in the far-eastern Kamchatka peninsula – the first Russian region to enter 2026

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UAE says it is disappointed with Saudi Arabia’s statement on Yemen

Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday its national security was a red line and backed a call for UAE forces to leave Yemen within 24 hours, soon after a Saudi-led coalition carried out an airstrike on the southern Yemeni port of Mukalla

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Hamas confirms death of spokesman Abu Obeida, says he was killed by Israel in August

Israel previously announced it had killed Abu Obeida in a strike on Gaza on August 30

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Thailand and Cambodia agree to consolidate ceasefire in China talks

The Southeast Asian neighbours on Saturday ended weeks of fierce fighting that killed at least 101 people and displaced more than half a million with their second ceasefire since late October

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Bangladesh police say student leader’s killers fled to India

Hadi, a vocal India critic who took part in last year’s mass uprising, was shot by masked assailants in Dhaka earlier this month and later succumbed to his injuries at a hospital in Singapore

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OIC, 21 states reject Israel's recognition of Somaliland

This came in a joint statement by Pakistan, Jordan, Egypt, Algeria, Comoros, Djibouti, Gambia, Iran, Iraq Kuwait, Libya, Maldives, Nigeria, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Turkiye, Yemen and the OIC

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Taiwan rattled by 7.0 magnitude quake, no major damage reported

The quake with a depth of 73 km (45 miles) was felt across Taiwan and shook buildings in the capital Taipei, the administration said, assigning it an intensity-four category meaning there could be minor damage

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Tajikistan says 5 killed in armed clash on border with Afghanistan

Citing a statement by the Border Troops of the Tajik State Committee for National Security, state news agency Khovar reported that three people crossed into the country late on Tuesday in the Shamsiddin Shohin district of the country’s southwestern Khatlon region, and were later located on Wednesday