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Rep Randy Fine, who is introducing the bill on Monday, says he wants the US to acquire Greenland voluntarily House Republican is pushing for Greenland to become the country’s 51st state as President Donald Trump publicly pushes for the Danish territory to come under U.S. rule. Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla., is introducing a bill on Monday aimed at authorizing Trump …

Amid ongoing mass protests across Iran in which hundreds of people have been killed, the country has asked the United States to open new negotiations, U.S. President Donald Trump has said. Speaking aboard Air Force One on Sunday, Trump told reporters the Iranian leadership had called him “to negotiate” a day earlier. He added that a meeting with Iranian representatives …

The finance ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) leading global democracies and others plan to discuss access to critical raw materials in Washington on Monday. Thirty-four materials, such as lithium, cobalt, rare earths, copper and aluminium, are considered critical raw materials due to their particular importance to the economy. The raw materials are essential for key technologies, but their …

resident Donald Trump is weighing a series of potential military options in Iran following deadly protests in the country, two US officials told CNN, as he considers following through on his recent threats to strike the Iranian regime should it use lethal force against civilians. Trump was briefed in recent days on different plans for intervention, the officials told CNN, …

Trump vows to halt all oil and financial support to Cuba following Maduro’s capture. WH energy official details Trump’s Venezuela oil deal with top executives resident Donald Trump signaled a hardline stance toward Cuba on Sunday, vowing to halt all oil and financial support and urging the island nation to “make a deal” before it is “too late.” “THERE WILL …

S President Donald Trump would not “land on Greenland and take it by force”, Lord Mandelson has said. The former UK ambassador to the US told the BBC he admired Trump’s “directness” in political talks but said he was not a “fool”, and advisers would remind him that taking Greenland could spell “real danger” for the US national interest. There …

AT least four people were killed and 19 others injured in Kiev after Russia pummelled Ukraine with missiles and drones overnight, using its nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile to target western Ukraine. Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Friday that a doctor was among the dead, while four medical workers were injured. Critical infrastructure had been hit in the attack, and some …

IRAN’S supreme leader has sharply condemned the nationwide anti-regime protests, with Ayatollah Ali Khamenei denouncing “troublemakers” and people who are “harmful to the country” in a speech published on Friday. “There are also people whose work is destruction,” he said. They cause destruction “just to make the president of the United States happy,” the head of state said, referring to …

The National Industrial Court in Abuja has issued an interim injunction restraining the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) and its agents from embarking on any form of industrial action, including strikes, go-slows, picketing, or preparatory steps for protest, from Monday, January 12, 2026. Justice E.D. Subilim ordered that the injunction remain in force pending the hearing of the motion …

People took to the streets of Minneapolis and other US cities for a second night to protest against the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good, who was shot in her car by a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent. Demonstrators marched in Houston, Cincinnati, Washington DC, Philadelphia and other cities, some with placards calling for the abolition of ICE. …