DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 20 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent expressed confidence on Tuesday that the United States and European countries will find a solution over the U.S. administration's aim to take over Greenland, brushing off "hysteria" about a possible trade war. Read full story

Jan 20 (Reuters) - The U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State was negotiating a handover of the Al-Hol camp, which houses IS-linked civilians, to Syrian authorities, three Syrian sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. Read full story

MOSCOW, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that Britain should no longer be called Great Britain as it was the only country in the world to officially name itself "Great". Read full story

DAVOS, Jan 20 (Reuters) - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday that the bloc's executive arm is working on a package to support Arctic security and warned that tariffs proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump over Greenland are a mistake. Read full story

Jan 20 (Reuters) - Ukraine's Chornobyl nuclear power plant, site of the world's worst civil nuclear catastrophe, lost all off-site power following widespread military activity on Tuesday morning, the UN atomic watchdog said in a post on X. Read full story

DAVOS, Switzerland/COPENHAGEN, Jan 20 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday vowed there was "no going back" on his goal to control Greenland, refusing to rule out taking the Arctic island by force and rounding on allies as European leaders struggled to respond. Read full story

The 11-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations will not send observers to army-ruled Myanmar's ongoing three-stage election and will therefore not endorse the poll, Malaysia's foreign minister said on Tuesday. Read full story

GENEVA, Jan 20 (Reuters) - The U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has cancelled his plans to attend the Davos meeting in Switzerland where he was due to deliver a special address, a U.N. spokesperson said on Tuesday. Read full story

LONDON, Jan 20 (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday said he was confident that Britain and the United States maintain their so-called 'special relationship' and work through differences on Greenland that threaten to upend bilateral ties. Read full story

KYIV, Jan 20 (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has not decided yet on travelling to Davos as the U.S. has not made clear if a substantive meeting with President Donald Trump will happen, a Ukrainian official said on Tuesday. Read full story

GENEVA, Jan 20 (Reuters) - The U.N. Human Rights Council will hold an emergency session on Iran on Friday, with proponents aiming to discuss "alarming violence" used against protesters, a document showed on Tuesday. Read full story

MOSCOW, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that plans floated by Moldova's president to hold a referendum on reunification with Romania would be destructive to Moldovan statehood. Read full story

ADAMUZ, Spain, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Emergency services in Spain used cranes on Tuesday to gain access to the worst-hit carriages in a high-speed train crash as they sought to recover the remains of people still missing in a disaster that has killed at least 41. Read full story

KARACHI, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Firefighters were clearing the charred ruins of a Karachi mall on Tuesday as they tried to locate 63 people still missing after a fire that burned for nearly two days and killed 21 people. Read full story

MOSCOW, Jan 20 (Reuters) - A Russian court sentenced a U.S. citizen to five years in jail for crossing the border with a weapon when he sailed from the United States to meet a Russian woman he met over the Internet, Russia's court service said. Read full story

KAMPALA, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Over 100 members of Uganda's biggest opposition party have been charged with various offences including unlawful assembly related to violence around last week's election, according to court documents and an opposition official. Read full story

Jan 20 (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron told Donald Trump he did not understand what the U.S. President was "doing on Greenland," and offered to host a G7 meeting inviting Russia and others, according to a screenshot of the messages Trump posted online. Read full story

Jan 20 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he had a "very good" telephone call with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte concerning Greenland. Read full story

SYDNEY, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Australia's lower house of parliament has passed new laws for a national gun buyback, tighter background checks for gun licences and a crackdown on hate crimes, in response to the country's worst mass shooting in decades at a Jewish festival last month. Read full story

SYDNEY, Jan 19 (Reuters) - An Australian boy was in critical condition after being bitten by a shark in Sydney, authorities said on Monday, after heavy rain created ideal conditions for sharks to enter the city's harbour. Read full story

HANOI, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Hundreds of delegates from Vietnam's ruling Communist Party gathered on Monday under tight security for a congress that will select the single-party country's top leader and set economic goals for the remainder of the decade. Read full story

LONDON, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Britain's populist Reform UK party won another defector from the country's once dominant Conservative Party on Sunday, attracting lawmaker Andrew Rosindell, part of the Conservatives' foreign policy team, who said it was time "to put country before party". Read full story

ADAMUZ, Spain, Jan 19 (Reuters) - A high-speed train derailed and smashed into another oncoming train in southern Spain on Sunday, pushing the second train off the tracks and down an embankment in a collision that police sources confirmed to Reuters had killed at least 21 people. Read full story

Jan 17 (Reuters) - The Trump administration wants nations to pay $1 billion to stay on his peace board, Bloomberg News reported on Saturday, citing a draft charter. Read full story

GUATEMALA CITY, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Inmates at three prisons in Guatemala rioted on Saturday and took at least 46 people hostage, mostly guards but also a psychologist, officials said. Read full story

Jan 17 (Reuters) - Venezuelan human rights group Foro Penal said on Saturday that it has confirmed the release of 139 political prisoners in Venezuela since January 8. Read full story

BRUSSELS, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Ambassadors from the European Union's 27 countries will convene on Sunday for an emergency meeting after U.S. President Donald Trump vowed a wave of increasing tariffs on European allies until the United States is allowed to buy Greenland. Read full story

NEW YORK, Jan 17 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department has asked a New York federal judge to deny a request by two lawmakers seeking an appointment of a special master to monitor the public release of records tied to the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Read full story

DUBAI, Jan 17 (Reuters) - More than 3,000 people have died in Iran's nationwide protests, rights activists said on Saturday, while a "very slight rise" in internet activity was reported in the country after an eight-day blackout. Read full story

ISTANBUL: Iran's police chief said calm had returned across the country after days of unrest, describing Thursday (Jan 15) night as "the calmest night since the unrest began", and dismissing renewed calls for protests from outside Iran, Anadolu Ajansi reported, citing Press TV. Read full story

Jan 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday it is issuing a series of warnings to airlines to exercise caution when flying over Central America and parts of South America, citing the risks of potential military activities and GPS interference. Read full story

BOSTON, Jan 16 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Friday gave the Trump administration three weeks to "rectify the mistake" it made by deporting a college student to Honduras while she was traveling home to spend Thanksgiving with her family in Texas, and he recommended it issue her a student visa. Read full story

NEW YORK, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks ended lower on Friday. Read full story

Jan 16 (Reuters) - Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa issued a decree affirming the rights of the Kurdish Syrians, formally recognising their language and restoring citizenship to all Kurdish Syrians, state news agency SANA reported on Friday. Read full story

MINNEAPOLIS, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Newly released transcripts of 911 calls and emergency dispatch records detail the chaotic and dangerous scene that unfolded after a U.S. immigration officer fatally shot Renee Good in Minneapolis, an incident that has become a national flashpoint over President Donald Trump's harsh immigration crackdown. Read full story

Jan 16 (Reuters) - The United States is ready to restart mediation between Egypt and Ethiopia to help resolve the issue of Nile River water sharing, President Donald Trump said in a letter to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al- Sisi on Friday. Read full story

WASHINGTON, Jan 16 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has pardoned Puerto Rico's former Governor Wanda Vazquez Garced, who was previously indicted in a federal corruption case, according to the Justice Department. Read full story

ISTANBUL, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- A rapid increase in sinkholes is raising environmental and agricultural alarms in drought-stricken Konya province in central Trkiye, driven by severe groundwater depletion and climate change. Read full story

DAKAR/ACCRA, Jan 16 (Reuters) - After U.S. immigration agents detained Rabbiatu Kuyateh in July, she applied for protection from being deported to her native Sierra Leone, saying she feared being tortured because of her father's ties to the political opposition. Read full story

SEOUL, Jan 16 (Reuters) - A bus crashed into a building in South Korea's capital Seoul on Friday, leaving 13 people injured, including two in a serious condition, the Yonhap News Agency reported. Read full story