World20 Jan 2026 | 5:24 PMMoscow, Jan 20 (UNI) Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has detained 132 people accused of organising unrest in the western province of Lorestan, the Tasnim news agency reported on Monday, IRGC said.
see more.. 20 Jan 2026 | 5:19 PMWashington/Paris, Jan 20 (UNI) US President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to impose sweeping 200 pc tariffs on French wines and champagne, a move widely seen as an attempt to pressure French President Emmanuel Macron into supporting his proposed “Board of Peace” initiative aimed at resolving Gaza and other global conflicts.
see more.. 20 Jan 2026 | 5:18 PMWashington, Jan 20 (UNI) US President Donald Trump has sharply criticised the United Kingdom’s deal to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago, including Diego Garcia, to Mauritius, calling the move an act of "total weakness" and “great stupidity” as well as a threat to Western security.
see more.. 20 Jan 2026 | 3:31 PMIstanbul, Jan. 20 (UNI) Turkish police detained 641 suspects in a large-scale counter-narcotics operation, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Tuesday.
see more.. 20 Jan 2026 | 3:31 PMSeoul, Jan 20 (UNI) South Korea officially designated President Lee Jae Myung's stabbing incident in January 2024 as a terrorist act, multiple media outlets said Tuesday. Prime Minister Kim Min-seok presided over the national counter-terrorism committee meeting, formally recognizing the 2024 incident as a terrorist act. It marked the first official designation since the anti-terrorism act was established in 2016.
see more.. 20 Jan 2026 | 3:16 PMManila, Jan 20 (UNI) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Tuesday said it has rescued a male survivor from a motorboat carrying 15 people that went missing in waters off Davao Oriental province in the southern Philippines.
see more.. 20 Jan 2026 | 2:50 PMKabul, Jan 20 (UNI) The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for an attack on a restaurant in Afghanistan’s capital that killed at least seven people on Monday, including a Chinese national, as authorities in Kabul said they were still investigating the incident.
see more.. 20 Jan 2026 | 2:24 PMDoha, Jan 20 (UNI) Somalia and Qatar on Monday signed a defence cooperation agreement in Doha aimed at strengthening military ties and security collaboration between the two countries.
see more.. 20 Jan 2026 | 11:01 AMSantiago, Jan 20 (UNI) Chile has declared a 'state of catastrophe' in its southern Ñuble and Biobío regions as massive wildfires continued to rage for a third consecutive day, leaving at least 18 people dead, destroying entire towns, and forcing tens of thousands to flee their homes.
President Gabriel Boric announced the decision on X, citing the severity of the unfolding disaster.
see more.. 20 Jan 2026 | 9:27 AMDavos, Jan 20 (UNI) With tensions rising between the European union and the United States over Greenland, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen held intensive discussions with a bipartisan delegation of the US Congress during a meeting in Davos, addressing President Donald Trump’s renewed threats to acquire the territory and the transatlantic trade.
see more.. 20 Jan 2026 | 8:37 AMSofia, Jan 20 (UNI) Bulgarian President Rumen Radev announced on Monday that he will submit his resignation on Tuesday, paving the way for his eligible participation in the country's upcoming snap parliamentary elections.
see more.. 20 Jan 2026 | 8:03 AMOttawa, Jan 20 (UNI) North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD) said Monday its aircraft will soon arrive at Pituffik Space Base in Greenland to support a series of "long-planned NORAD activities."
The aircraft will join other assets operating from bases in the continental United States and Canada, said NORAD on X, adding that the activities build on "the enduring defence cooperation" between the United States and Canada, as well as the Kingdom of Denmark.
see more.. 20 Jan 2026 | 7:57 AMSanaa, Jan 20 (UNI) A court run by Yemen's Houthi group in the capital Sanaa on Monday confirmed death penalties for nine Yemenis reportedly convicted of espionage, the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported.
see more.. 20 Jan 2026 | 7:52 AMJerusalem, Jan 20 (UNI) The Israeli military said that it struck a Hezbollah militant in a strike in the Zibqin area in southern Lebanon on Monday night.
see more.. 20 Jan 2026 | 7:50 AMKhartoum, Jan 20 (UNI) The Global Nutrition Cluster warned on Monday that around 4.2 million children and pregnant or breastfeeding women in Sudan are projected to suffer from acute malnutrition in 2026 amid ongoing conflict and the deterioration of basic services.
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