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CIA Director John Ratcliffe met Venezuela's interim leader in Caracas to discuss co-operation, a U.S. official said on Friday, in ​the most senior known visit by a U.S. official since the United States toppled Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro this month.

Posted: January 16, 2026, 9:27 pm
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When Trump's pick for U.S. ambassador to Iceland joked this week that the Nordic country should become the 52nd state, and he should be its governor, it didn't exactly go down well. 

Posted: January 16, 2026, 8:18 pm
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Iran's deadly crackdown appears to have broadly quelled protests for now, according to a rights group and residents, as state media reported more arrests on Friday in the shadow of U.S. threats to intervene if the killing continues.

Posted: January 16, 2026, 1:35 pm
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The Seoul Central District Court found the ex-president guilty of mobilizing the presidential security service to block authorities from executing an arrest warrant that had been legally issued by a court to investigate him ​for his martial law declaration.

Posted: January 16, 2026, 7:39 am
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A Canadian citizen has died in Iran “at the hands of the Iranian authorities,” according to Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand.

Posted: January 15, 2026, 3:34 pm
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Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said she had presented her Nobel Peace Prize to U.S. President Donald Trump on ​Thursday during a high-stakes encounter that could affect how Trump seeks to shape the South American country's political future.

Posted: January 15, 2026, 3:14 pm
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has cast the U.S. announcement that the fragile ceasefire in Gaza would advance to its second phase as largely symbolic, raising questions about how its more challenging elements will be carried out.

Posted: January 15, 2026, 2:47 pm
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The UN Security Council is hosting an emergency meeting to discuss deadly protests in Iran at the request of the United States, even as U.S. President Donald Trump left unclear what actions he would take against the Islamic Republic. Iran told the meeting that any act of aggression would be met with a "decisive, proportionate and lawful response."

Posted: January 15, 2026, 9:55 am
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At a time when U.S. politics appears to be more deeply polarized than ever, you might think American voters would feel even more firmly attached to either the Republican or Democratic party. But new Gallup polling of more than 15,000 U.S. adults suggests something different. 

Posted: January 15, 2026, 9:00 am
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U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act allowing him to deploy troops as protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) persist in Minneapolis.

Posted: January 15, 2026, 3:44 am