TUESDAY, 13 JANUARY 2026, 04:37
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Friday blamed the deadly New Year’s fire in a Swiss ski resort bar on people “not doing their job” or chasing “easy money”.
Pope Leo XIV warned on Friday that war was “back in vogue” and highlighted the “ambition of belligerents”, as his own country, the United States, flexes its military muscles.
Gale-force winds and storms barrelled through northern Europe on Friday, disrupting air and rail travel and cutting power to hundreds of thousands in freezing temperatures.
Yemen’s Southern Transitional Council and its institutions will be dismantled after weeks of unrest in southern areas and a day after its leader fled to the United Arab Emirates.
President Donald Trump’s focus on the brazen US capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro is frustrating some White House aides and Republican lawmakers, who want him to address economic and healthcare concerns in an election year, according to three people familiar with the matter.
India said the US commerce secretary’s claims surrounding discussions with Trump were “not accurate”.
Venezuela released a number of imprisoned high-profile opposition figures, activists and journalists, in what the government described as a gesture to “seek peace”.
Commissioned by NPR in December in partnership with Ipsos, the share of people who believe the U.S. is a moral leader dropped to 39% from 60% in a similar poll conducted in 2017.
President Trump wants U.S. oil companies to help revitalize Venezuela’s struggling oil industry. But with oil prices low and the political future uncertain, oil companies may be reluctant to gamble.
President Trump has said the U.S. may be “running” Venezuela for years, raising questions about the administration’s plans for the country and how long they might take.
NPR’s Steve Inskeep speaks with Washington Post columnist David Ignatius about what the U.S. staying in Venezuela for years might look like and the history of U.S. involvement in other countries.
The BBC’s Europe Editor Katya Adler visits the Artic island to ask what people think of the US president’s plans.
Four people were killed in Kyiv, where booms could be heard for several hours overnight, setting the sky alight with explosions.
Russian media said the Oreshnik targeted a huge underground natural gas storage in Ukraine’s western Lviv region. Ukrainian officials said four people were killed in Kyiv overnight.
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado will be in Washington next week, indicating he planned to meet with the Nobel Peace Prize winner.
Iranian protesters shouted and marched through the streets into Friday morning, despite Iran’s theocracy cutting off the nation from the internet and international telephone calls.
Iran’s supreme leader signaled Friday that security forces would crack down on protesters after they screamed from windows and marched through the streets overnight, directly challenging U.S. President Donald Trump’s pledge to support those peacefully demonstrating.
Rescuers have pulled 12 injured sanitation workers from debris at the private landfill in Cebu City.
In video verified by BBC Persian, protesters in Iran can be heard chanting anti-government slogans.
All regions in Victoria are facing ‘catastrophic’ or ‘extreme’ fire warnings
The murder of Anjel Chakma has triggered protests in India and revived demands for an anti-racism law.