Minneapolis businesses close doors for economic blackout protesting ICE

More than 700 small businesses, faith organisations, educators walked off the job to protest ICE raids

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Venezuela’s interim president’s oil law reform to break with Chavez model

Opposition declined to vote for bill to overhaul oil sector that they had only received just before it was tabled.

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One-year-old twin girls missing after migrant crossing to Italy: NGO

Dozens of people rescued in Lampedusa after vessel crossed from Tunisia in dangerous conditions, Save the Children says.

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Former UK local politician pleads guilty to drugging, raping ex-wife

Philip Young admits to 48 offences committed between 2010 and 2023 ‍against ex-wife Joanne Young.

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Pakistani military orders evacuations ahead of security sweep in Tirah

The Pakistani military is forcing thousands of families to evacuate from Khyber District’s Tirah Valley.

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Winter storm to impact at least 180 million across southern, eastern US

Massive winter storm to affect half of the US population with snow, ice and extreme cold temperatures this weekend.

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Why Qatar is betting on diplomacy with Iran

For Gulf states exposed to the costs of war, diplomacy is not idealism but strategic risk management.

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After the US attack on Venezuela, will Cuba’s economy survive?

Donald Trump has threatened to cut Venezuelan shipments of oil to Cuba, exerting further pressure on its economy.

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Ice cloaks Lake Michigan ahead of US polar vortex

Drone footage shows ice building along the shores of Lake Michigan ahead of a polar vortex sweeping across the US.

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Russia targets Ukraine’s energy as trilateral talks loom

Lacking battlefield successes, Moscow is hitting Ukraine's energy facilities to force territorial concessions.

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Israeli TikToker attacks activists in occupied West Bank

Israeli social media figure Roi Star was filmed harassing and attacking activists in the occupied West Bank.

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Venezuela: In the Shadow of the US

How oil-rich Venezuela fell from 1970s stable democracy to a crisis that led to the January 2026 US raid on Caracas.

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LIVE: Attacks continue in Russia, Ukraine before talks in Abu Dhabi

Volodymyr Zelenskyy says officials from Ukraine, Russia and the US will hold trilateral ⁠meetings in the UAE.

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‘Imperial’ agenda: What’s Trump’s Gaza development plan, unveiled in Davos?

The plan promises coastal tourism, free trade, skyscrapers and jobs. But the people of Gaza have not been consulted.

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Who controls TikTok’s US platform under new deal?

It comes after TikTok faced years of intense scrutiny in the US due to concerns about user data privacy.

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Trump claim on NATO role in Afghanistan draws UK condemnation

UK politicians have accused Trump of avoiding military service during the Vietnam War.

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Why is Rodman signing and highest female soccer salary controversial?

US star Trinity Rodman becomes world's highest paid female footballer but Washington deal was not without controversy.

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Militarising the Sahel will not defeat terrorism

Escalating force and rival security blocs are turning counterterrorism into a recipe for conflict.

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Syrian government takes over prison with ISIL-linked detainees in Raqqa

Soldiers assume control of al-Aqtan Prison, as SDF fighters withdraw from the northeastern city under a ceasefire deal.

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Anxiety, anger, and hope in Syria’s Damascus after SDF ceasefire

Exhausted by war, Damascus longs for unity as ceasefire sparks hope, but questions of integration and stability remain.

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