Hundreds of Angelenos gather to peacefully protest Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) tactics that are affecting their communities during a rally at Vermont and Sunset in the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles on Friday, July 4, 2025. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo Jan. 8 (UPI) -- Avelo»»»

Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Six pilot whales are dead and 15 others are stranded on New Zealand's South Island, and volunteers are furiously working to save them. About 55 whales washed up on Farewell Spit Thursday. The spit is a long peninsula of sand that juts out of the north end of the island. It's been la»»»

The United States and Israel have been actively meddling in Iran's internal affairs, including the ongoing protests in the country, says Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. “They are trying to turn peaceful protests into chaos”, Araghchi said during his visit to Lebanon.Protests in Iran began i»»»

GENEVA, Jan 9 (KUNA) -- The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Friday nearly one in three people has been displaced in Sudan either internally or across borders over the past one thousand days since the outbreak of the conflict describing the crisis as "the largest displacement »»»

Lebanon ’s government on Friday signed a deal with an international consortium to explore gas in an offshore area bordering Israel. The deal for exploration at the so-called Block 8 off the coast of southern Lebanon comes after Lebanon and Israel signed a 2022 agreement over their maritime border. »»»

Senior officials from the European Union visited Syria for the first time Friday and met with Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa in the latest sign of the country’s improving relations with the West. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and the President of the European Council »»»

Lebanese Foreign Minister Youssef Raggi on Friday urged his visiting Iranian counterpart to find a "new approach" to the thorny issue of disarming the Iran-backed Hezbollah group. Lebanon is under heavy US pressure to disarm Hezbollah, which was heavily weakened in more than a year of hostilities w»»»

Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Friday called on the United States to take action in response to Russia's use of a nuclear-capable intermediate-range missile in new attacks on Ukraine. In a press statement, the Ukrainian president said that Russia bombed his country on Thursday night/»»»

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said his risky US gamble on Argentina's currency has paid off. Bessent said American financial support had been repaid and the US no longer held any Argentine pesos in its exchange stabilisation fund. The US had purchased the then-plunging currency last year in a»»»

Iran was largely cut off from the outside world on Friday after authorities blacked out the internet to curb growing unrest, as video showed buildings aflame in anti-government protests raging in cities across the country. Rights groups have already documented dozens of deaths of protesters in near»»»

US President Donald Trump has said he supports a bipartisan bill in Congress that would authorize him to impose sweeping sanctions on Russia’s trade partners. Trump made the remarks after Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said the president had “greenlit” legislation that would allow tariffs of up »»»

Washington: The exiled son of Iran's late Shah on Friday appealed to US President Donald Trump to intervene urgently as protests persisted in the Islamic republic. "Mr. President, this is an urgent and immediate call for your attention, support and action," Reza Pahlavi wrote on social media. "Plea»»»

1 of 3 | Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (C) calls for federal officials to allow state agencies to investigate the ICE killing of Renee Good during a news conference Friday at Minneapolis City Hall. Photo courtesy of the mayor's office/Facebook Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Barriers went up around Minneapolis' Whi»»»

BELGRADE - Congratulating Republika Srpska on its day, January 9, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Friday Republika Srpska had been created for peace and therefore remained one of the firm bulwarks of preservation of regional stability, and added that Serbia would always stand with Srpska»»»

BELGRADE - Serbia's public debt amounted to 38.34 bln euros at the end of November 2025, accounting for 43.4 pct of GDP, according to figures released by the Ministry of Finance. Relative to December 31, 2024, Serbia's public debt and its share in the GDP were down from 38.87 bln and 46.7 pct, resp»»»

Doha, Qatar: Al Noor Center for the Blind, one of the centers affiliated with the Qatar Foundation for Social Work, has unveiled an interactive Braille mural in M7 Square in the Msheireb area, coinciding with the " Akhlaquna - Thank You Campaign" Initiative. The event comes as part of the Center’s »»»

Tunis, Jan. 9 (TAP) – The stock market edged up 0.13% to 13,136.87 points on a trading volume of TND 5.1 million, according to stockbroker Tunisie Valeurs.BH LEASING shares surged by 4.5% to TND 3.990. During the session, the stock recorded a...»»»

The European Union will grant Syria around 620 million euros ($722 million) this year and next for post-war recovery, bilateral support and humanitarian aid, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday. "After years of devastation under the Assad regime, ‌Syria's recovery and »»»

KUWAIT, Jan 9 (KUNA) - Kuwait's Ministry of Foreign Affairs voiced on Friday its deep regret over the damage at the Qatari Embassy's building due to the bombing targeted Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, on Thursday.In a statement, the Ministry renewed Kuwait's principled and unwavering stance, calling for »»»

The MRF - New Beginning parliamentary group held a series of meetings related to the group's bill on maximum price markups of essential products, the group's press service reported on Friday. The bill aims to help the poorest citizens, who are faced with unreasonably high food prices, to be relieve»»»

Rome: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Friday that she disagrees with US President Donald Trump on Greenland. Speaking at her year-end press conference, Meloni said she disagrees with Trump on many things. "I do not agree with Trump on Greenland," she added. Meloni stressed the need to»»»

Chinese, Russian and Iranian warships launched a week of naval drills with host South Africa off the Cape Town coast Friday as geopolitical tensions run high over the United States' intervention in Venezuela and its move to seize tankers carrying Venezuelan oil. The Chinese-led drills were organize»»»

Gaza: Director of the Civil Defense in the Gaza Strip Brigadier General Raed Al Dahshan said that the continued ban on the entry of heavy machinery and equipment is preventing the recovery of approximately 10,000 bodies still buried under the rubble. In a press statement on Friday, he confirmed tha»»»

Singapore: Singapore identified 496 people sleeping rough in a single-night street count conducted in mid-July 2025, according to a government report released on Friday. The report on the Street Count of Rough Sleepers 2025 showed the figure was 6.4 percent lower than the 530 recorded in a similar »»»

Almost 13,000 recently-issued Irish passports will be replaced as they are not fully compliant with international travel standards. The Irish Department of Foreign Affairs said 12,904 passports issued in late December and early January were not compliant due to a technical issue with a software upd»»»

The 16-year-old boy accused of the fatal beating of a 17-year-old earlier this week in Serres has been remanded in custody after testifying before an investigating magistrate The minor is being prosecuted for intentional homicide. On Tuesday morning, the victim was found dead in the basement of his»»»

KUWAIT, Jan 9 (KUNA) -- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday urged Kuwaitis who are currently in the Islamic Republic of Iran to exercise extreme caution and avoid gatherings or demonstrations there.In a statement, the Ministry stressed the importance of fully abiding by local authorities inst»»»

As 2026 gets off to a rocky start, Europe finds itself squeezed between brute force and awkward dependence. After the US seizure of Venezuela's leader, President Donald Trump has openly floated using military force to acquire Greenland, part of NATO member Denmark. European leaders insist it will n»»»

Switzerland held a national day of mourning on Friday for the 40 people who died in an Alpine bar fire during a New Year's Eve celebration.»»»

Berlin: Germany today called on Israel to reverse its decision to expand settlements in the West Bank, including the E1 project, warning that such steps undermine the chances of a two-state solution and increase the risk of instability. Germany's Federal Foreign Office stated in a press release tha»»»

Britain's future queen, Princess Catherine, marked her 44th birthday Friday with a video about the healing power of nature, almost a year since she revealed she was in remission from cancer. Mother-of-three Catherine, who is married to heir-to-the-throne Prince William, released "Winter", the final»»»

A Hamas official said Friday that Israeli strikes on Gaza "cannot happen without American cover", the day after Israeli attacks killed at least 13 people according to the Palestinian territory's civil defense agency. Since October 10, a fragile US-sponsored truce in Gaza has largely halted the figh»»»

Dubai’s Global Village lit up the night sky on Friday with what organisers called Season 30’s most spectacular drone show. The aerial display, held at 7.15pm on January 10, saw hundreds of synchronised drones create glowing formations above Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road, drawing crowds to stop mid»»»

Four teenage girls are to face criminal prosecution for dangerous bodily harm following the assault of a 15-year-old girl in the central Athens district of Agios Panteleimonas. Three parents are also being prosecuted on charges of neglecting the supervision of minors. According to the police, the v»»»

Over 6.9 million electronic vignettes were sold in 2025, generating revenues of over BGN 320 million, the Road Infrastructure Agency reported on Friday. Annual vignettes are the most popular, as they sold 2,635,210, followed closely by weekly vignettes with 2,631,408, then monthly vignettes with 84»»»

Washington: Senior US diplomats travelled Friday to Caracas to look at reopening the embassy shuttered since 2019, following Washington's overthrow of leader Nicolas Maduro, a US official said. John McNamara, the top US diplomat in neighboring Colombia, and other personnel "traveled to Caracas to c»»»

Massive methane emissions from Venezuela’s decaying oil infrastructure are raising alarms among energy analysts and threatening to derail efforts by the Trump administration to restart heavy crude production in the country after Operation Maduro on January 3 effectively put Washington in charge of »»»

The EU has given provisional backing to a sweeping trade agreement with a bloc of South American nations, clearing the way for the accord to be signed next week despite fierce opposition from France and protests by farmers across the continent. »»»

The EU has given provisional backing to a sweeping trade agreement with a bloc of South American nations, clearing the way for the accord to be signed next week despite fierce opposition from France and protests by farmers across the continent. »»»

The EU has given provisional backing to a sweeping trade agreement with a bloc of South American nations, clearing the way for the accord to be signed next week despite fierce opposition from France and protests by farmers across the continent. »»»

ED – this is bne IntelliNews's annual Brazil OUTLOOK 2026 for the upcoming year, where we make a forward-looking assessment for all of the major Global Emerging Markets in Emerging Europe, Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East, drawing on insightful reporting from our bureaus around »»»

The EU has given provisional backing to a sweeping trade agreement with a bloc of South American nations, clearing the way for the accord to be signed next week despite fierce opposition from France and protests by farmers across the continent. »»»

The EU has given provisional backing to a sweeping trade agreement with a bloc of South American nations, clearing the way for the accord to be signed next week despite fierce opposition from France and protests by farmers across the continent. »»»

ED – this is bne IntelliNews's annual Brazil OUTLOOK 2026 for the upcoming year, where we make a forward-looking assessment for all of the major Global Emerging Markets in Emerging Europe, Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East, drawing on insightful reporting from our bureaus around »»»

ED – this is bne IntelliNews's annual Brazil OUTLOOK 2026 for the upcoming year, where we make a forward-looking assessment for all of the major Global Emerging Markets in Emerging Europe, Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East, drawing on insightful reporting from our bureaus around »»»

Massive methane emissions from Venezuela’s decaying oil infrastructure are raising alarms among energy analysts and threatening to derail efforts by the Trump administration to restart heavy crude production in the country after Operation Maduro on January 3 effectively put Washington in charge of »»»

ED – this is bne IntelliNews's annual Brazil OUTLOOK 2026 for the upcoming year, where we make a forward-looking assessment for all of the major Global Emerging Markets in Emerging Europe, Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East, drawing on insightful reporting from our bureaus around »»»

ED – this is bne IntelliNews's annual Brazil OUTLOOK 2026 for the upcoming year, where we make a forward-looking assessment for all of the major Global Emerging Markets in Emerging Europe, Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East, drawing on insightful reporting from our bureaus around »»»