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Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said that a constructive meeting had taken place with high-ranking U.S. officials to resolve the dispute over Greenland, and that further meetings are planned. Rasmussen, however, told Danish media on Thursday that the situation has not been resolved. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday that Denmark, Greenland, and the U.S. had …

Bipartisan senators blocked a massive spending bill Thursday, as eleventh-hour talks continue to avoid a costly partial government shutdown that looms at the week’s end. All Democrats, who are pushing to force changes to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement policies in the wake of Alex Pretti’s fatal encounter with federal agents in Minneapolis, voted not to advance the six-bill funding …

  China has executed 11 members of the notorious Ming family criminal gang, who ran mafia-like scam centers in Myanmar and killed workers who tried to escape, Chinese state media reported on Thursday. The Ming family was one of the so-called four families of northern Myanmar — crime syndicates accused of running hundreds of compounds dealing in internet fraud, prostitution …

U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to withdraw the U.S. support from Iraq if former Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, is reinstated to the post. “Because of (al-Maliki’s) insane policies and ideologies, if elected, the United States of America will no longer help Iraq. “If we are not there to help, Iraq has ZERO chance of Success, Prosperity, or Freedom,” Trump …

UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres on Monday urged world powers to recommit to international law as the foundation of peace, justice and multilateral cooperation, warning that the “rule of law is being replaced by the law of the jungle,” Guterres was addressing a high-level open debate of the UN Security Council convened by Somalia, which holds the Council presidency for January. …

No fewer than 3,122 people displaced by Boko Haram attacks were on Monday cleared for repatriation to their communities in Gwoza and Bama council areas of Borno. Rudacogora Monique, the Head of Sub-Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Maroua, Cameroon, who disclosed this, said all was set for the repatriation of 3,122 refugees to Nigeria …

It was a “white” Sunday in the United States, as heavy snow, crippling ice, freezing rain and frigid temperatures blanket a massive swath of the country this weekend. Roughly 245 million people across 40 states, stretching all the way from New Mexico and Texas to parts of New England and the South, are affected by what has been a historic storm. …

A new report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has revealed that the world is investing far more in destroying nature than in saving it. The report, The State of Finance for Nature 2026, released on Thursday and obtained in Benin City, Edo State, noted that for every dollar spent on protecting ecosystems, 30 dollars were channelled into environmentally …

United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Ms Amina Mohammed, has called on countries to protect the UN Charter, urging them to “stand up for a rules-based order” – or pay the price. Mohammed made the call in a speech to the Danish Parliament on Thursday, The UN’s founding document “is our moral compass ,” she said, calling for renewed commitment to multilateralism …

“I hope that the US will reconsider its decision and rejoin WHO,” Director General Tedros Ghebreyesus said in Geneva.” Thursday marks one year since US President Donald Trump ordered the country’s withdrawal from the World Health Organisation (WHO) just hours after taking office. According to an agreement between the US and the Geneva-based UN agency, the withdrawal is due to …