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Trump’s Greenland tariffs prompt calls for unprecedented EU counter-measures

By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS, Jan 18 (Reuters) - The European Union faced calls on Sunday to implement a never-before-used range of economic counter-measures known as the "Anti-Coercion Instrument" as part of the bloc's response to U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff threats against European allies over ...
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Pakistan receives US invitation to join Board of Peace on Gaza

Jan 18 (Reuters) - Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has received U.S. President Donald Trump's invitation to join the Board of Peace for Gaza, a spokesperson for Pakistan's ministry of foreign affairs said in a statement. "Pakistan will remain engaged with international efforts for ...
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Libya’s security authorities free more than 200 migrants from ‘secret prison’, two security sources say

BENGHAZI, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Libya's security authorities have freed more than 200 migrants from what they described as a secret prison in the town of Kufra in the southeast of the country after they were held captive in inhuman conditions, two security sources ...
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Factory explosion in China’s Inner Mongolia region kills 2 and hospitalizes 66

BEIJING (AP) - An explosion at a factory in China's Inner Mongolia region killed two people and left 66 others hospitalized on Sunday. China's official news agency Xinhua said the blast, which sent heavy plumes of smoke into the sky, occurred at a plant of ...
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Photos show devotees taking a holy dip at Sangam during Mauni Amavasya festival in India

This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors. Brought to you by www.srnnews.com
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8 skiers killed in avalanches in Austria

VIENNA (AP) - Three avalanches across Austria killed eight skiers, authorities said. A female skier was fatally buried by an avalanche in the Bad Hofgastein area in western Austria, at an altitude of about 2,200 meters (7,200 feet), around 12:30 p.m. Saturday, according to the ...
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Pentagon readies 1,500 soldiers to possibly deploy to Minnesota, Washington Post reports

Jan 18 (Reuters) - The Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active-duty U.S. soldiers to prepare for a possible deployment to Minnesota, the site of widespread protests against the government's deportation drive, the Washington Post reported on Sunday. The army placed the units on prepare-to-deploy orders ...
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Israeli troops kill Palestinians for crossing a vague ceasefire line that’s sometimes unmarked

CAIRO (AP) - A dividing line, at times invisible, can mean life or death for Palestinians in Gaza. Those sheltering near the territory's "yellow line" that the Israeli military withdrew to as part of the October ceasefire say they live in fear as Israeli soldiers ...
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Indonesian rescuers find wreckage of plane in mountainous region

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesian rescuers on Sunday recovered wreckage from a missing plane that is believed to have crashed the previous day with 11 people on board while approaching a mountainous region on Sulawesi island during cloudy weather. The turboprop ATR 42-500 was on ...
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US kills al Qaeda affiliate leader tied to December attack in Syria, Centcom says

WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (Reuters) - U.S. military forces on Friday killed an al Qaeda affiliate leader linked to an Islamic State attack on Americans in Syria last month, U.S. Central Command said in a statement on Saturday. Bilal Hasan al-Jasim had "direct ties" to an ...
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Massive fire engulfs dozens of shops at a shopping mall in southern Pakistan, killing 3 people

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - A massive fire swept through a multistory shopping mall in Pakistan's largest southern city of Karachi late Saturday, killing at least three people and injuring about a dozen others, police and rescue officials said. Firefighters and rescue workers rushed to the ...
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5 skiers killed in a pair of avalanches in Austria

VIENNA (AP) - Five skiers have been killed in a pair of avalanches in the Salzburg Pongau region of western Austria on Saturday, authorities said. Four skiers were killed by a snow slide in the Gastein Valley, south of of the city of Salzburg, ...
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