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New Zealand and Kiribati relationship warms with partnership agreement

By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON, Jan 19 (Reuters) - New Zealand and the Pacific nation of Kiribati signed a new partnership agreement on Monday, signalling a warming of ties that had cooled last year with New Zealand announcing a review of its development programme there. In January ...
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Ukraine’s top commander says Russia plans big boost in drone production

Jan 18 (Reuters) - Ukraine's top military commander said Russia is showing no signs of interest in talks leading to a peace deal and, instead, is boosting arms production, including a target of 1,000 drones per day. "On the contrary, we see an increase in ...
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Trump set to lead largest-ever US delegation to World Economic Forum in Davos next week

GENEVA (AP) - U.S. President Donald Trump will return to the World Economic Forum's annual meeting of business, political and cultural elites in Davos, Switzerland, leading a record-large U.S. delegation, organizers said. The Geneva-based think tank says Trump, whose assertive foreign policy on issues as ...
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Australia parliament returns with moment of silence for Bondi mass shooting victims

SYDNEY, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Australia's parliament returned early on Monday with speeches and a moment of silence for those killed in the Bondi Beach mass shooting, as victims' families watched from the public gallery. Two gunmen who police allege were inspired by Islamic ...
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CBS News to air previously pulled ’60 Minutes’ report on El Salvador prison

Jan 18 (Reuters) - CBS News will air on Sunday night the previously shelved "60 Minutes" report on a Salvadoran mega-prison housing migrants deported from the United States, according to new programming details released by the network. The report was postponed in December, with CBS ...
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Bloody crackdown appears to have quelled Iran protests for now

(NEW YORK) -- An extraordinarily violent crackdown by Iranian security forces appears to have succeeded for now in driving protesters from the streets, according to activists and analysts who managed to speak with people inside the country despite the information blackout.Demonstrations began in late ...
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Europe ‘united’ in face of Trump’s Greenland threats, tariffs, EU chief says

(LONDON) -- European leaders hit back at U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement that he would impose sanctions on nations that deployed small numbers of military forces to Greenland last week, as the president continues his push to acquire the Arctic territory.Trump said Saturday that ...
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Clashes in Colombia between guerrilla groups leave 27 dead, sources say

By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA, Jan 18 (Reuters) - At least 27 members of a leftist guerrilla group in Colombia were killed in clashes with a rival faction in a fight over control of a jungle area in southwestern Colombia, military authorities reported on Sunday. The ...
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Cops attacked in Guatemala after police take back prison, gang leader

GUATEMALA CITY, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Violence broke out in parts of Guatemala on Sunday morning after Guatemalan security forces regained control of a prison that had been taken over by inmates, and took a top gang leader into custody, the country's civil police ...
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Syrian government, SDF agree on immediate ceasefire on all fronts, state media say

CAIRO, Jan 18 (Reuters) - The Syrian government and the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have agreed on an immediate ceasefire on all fronts, Syrian state media reported on Sunday, after days of fighting as the army advanced into Kurdish-held territories in the northeast. ...
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More countries confirm invites to Trump’s Board of Peace for Gaza. $1 billion buys a permanent seat

JERUSALEM (AP) - At least four more countries on Sunday said the United States has invited them to join President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace," a new body meant to oversee next steps in Gaza that's showing ambitions for a broader mandate in global ...
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In their words: European governments criticize Trump’s tariff threats over Greenland

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - European governments blasted U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement that eight countries will face 10% tariff for opposing American control of Greenland beginning next month. Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Finland are on Trump's list, though ...
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