Venezuela plans amnesty law for prisoners, vows to convert major prison center

The proposed law could affect hundreds of detainees who remain behind bars in the South American country, as well as former prisoners who have already been conditionally released.
31 January 2026, 11:05 AM

Bomb cyclone tracker: Which US cities will get the most snow?

Forecasters expect the storm to push down from the Appalachians and across the Carolinas, southern Virginia, and parts of Georgia on Saturday night
31 January 2026, 10:33 AM

US approves approves major arms deals to Israel, Saudi

The State Department said it green-lighted a $3.8-billion sale of 30 Apache attack helicopters to Israel, which has agreed to a fragile ceasefire in Gaza
31 January 2026, 10:12 AM

US Justice Dept releases documents, images, videos from Epstein files

White House played no role in the review of the extensive files related to the convicted sex offender, a former friend of Trump, deputy attorney general says
31 January 2026, 10:02 AM

Thousands demonstrate in Minnesota and across US to protest ICE

Thousands demonstrate in Minnesota and across US to protest ICE
31 January 2026, 09:52 AM

Coverage of protests: Trump attorney general orders arrest of ex-CNN anchor

The Trump administration said yesterday that it had ordered the arrest of a prominent journalist over coverage of immigration protests in Minneapolis, as the president branded a nurse shot dead by federal agents in the city an “agitator.”
31 January 2026, 08:03 AM

World must act to ease Gaza’s ‘dire’ conditions

The world must scale up efforts to alleviate the human suffering in Gaza, building on the momentum from the ceasefire’s first phase, the head of the Red Cross said yesterday.
31 January 2026, 07:37 AM

Trump threatens tariffs on nations selling oil to Cuba

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday threatening to impose additional tariffs on countries that sell oil to Cuba, further increasing pressure on the communist-led island.
31 January 2026, 07:32 AM

Moscow sees heaviest snowfall in 200 years

Russia’s capital Moscow has this month seen the largest snowfall in more than 200 years, Moscow State University meteorologists said on Thursday.
31 January 2026, 07:28 AM

UK has much to offer China

Visiting Prime Minister Keir Starmer said yesterday that Britain has a “huge amount to offer” China, after his bid to forge closer ties prompted warnings from US President Donald Trump.
31 January 2026, 07:25 AM

Ukraine ready to halt attacks if Russia does so: Says Zelensky

Ukraine is ready to reciprocate if Russia halts its attacks on the country’s energy infrastructure that has plunged the capital Kyiv into cold, President Volodymyr Zelensky said yesterday, adding there was no formal truce between the two countries.
31 January 2026, 06:03 AM

Diplomacy gains as US-Iran tensions rise

President Tayyip Erdogan told his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian in a call yesterday that Turkey was ready to play a facilitator role between Iran and the United States to ease the tensions between the two sides, the Turkish presidency said.
31 January 2026, 05:09 AM

One power can’t solve global crises

Global problems will not be solved by one power “calling the shots” or by splitting the world into rival spheres, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday in comments directed at the United States and China.
31 January 2026, 05:03 AM

US journalist Don Lemon taken into custody by federal agents

Arrest follows coverage of protest that disrupted Minnesota church service
30 January 2026, 19:56 PM

Burkina junta to dissolve all political parties

Government cites "proliferation" leading to abuses and divisions
30 January 2026, 18:49 PM

Iran FM says ready for nuclear talks on 'equal footing'

Tehran reiterates it has "never sought to obtain nuclear weapons"
30 January 2026, 18:35 PM

China to lift restrictions on UK lawmakers, PM Starmer say

UK will not lift sanctions on Chinese individuals in return
30 January 2026, 18:26 PM

Trump says 'hopefully' no need for military action against Iran

Earlier said, time was 'running out' for Tehran
30 January 2026, 09:35 AM

Trump says Putin agrees to pause Kyiv strikes amid harsh cold

Kremlin didn't immediately confirm any truce
30 January 2026, 09:25 AM

15 dead in Colombia plane crash

An airplane carrying 15 people, including a lawmaker, crashed near Colombia’s border with Venezuela on Wednesday, killing all passengers and crew, Colombia’s civil aviation authority said.
30 January 2026, 00:00 AM