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Trump may tariff countries that don’t go along with his Greenland plan 

16 January 2026

DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, News|Donald Trump US President Donald Trump says he may impose tariffs on countries th...

Palestinian child shot dead by Israeli troops in occupied West Bank 

16 January 2026

Israeli troops have shot and killed a Palestinian child in the occupied West Bank, as a wave of intensified Israeli mili...

South Korea’s former President Yoon sentenced to five years: What we know 

16 January 2026

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has received a five-year jail sentence after being found guilty of multiple ...

Five pro-Palestinian activists plead not guilty over UK air base break in 

16 January 2026

Five pro-Palestinian activists have pleaded not ‍guilty to breaking into a British military air base and damaging two ...

As Russian attacks worsen Ukraine’s energy woes, Trump rebukes Kyiv 

16 January 2026

Russian attacks deepened the energy and humanitarian crises in Ukraine during the second week of the year, as temperatur...

Israeli strikes kill two in Lebanon, UN forces report drone attack 

16 January 2026

Israeli strikes have killed two people in Lebanon, according to the Lebanese health ministry, in the latest violation of...

Lithuania charges multinational gang of Russian-directed sabotage attacks 

16 January 2026

News|Russia-Ukraine war Lithuanian authorities accused Russia’s GRU military intelligence service ‍on Friday of ‍m...

Sudan food aid at risk of running dry, UN warns 

16 January 2026

Food aid to war-torn Sudan could run out within months unless hundreds of millions of additional dollars are pledged, th...

Analysis: Why a ‘quick and clean’ US attack on Iran won’t be easy 

16 January 2026

Illiberal systems often look most permanent just before they change. But moments of upheaval can also produce a differen...

Ukraine scrambling for energy as Russian strikes hit infrastructure 

16 January 2026

Ukraine’s energy minister has sounded an alarm over the energy situation as Russian strikes ​on the country’s infr...