The YPG/SDF terror group's role as the "primary anti-ISIS (Daesh) force on the ground" has "largely expired" as Syria is ready to assume security responsibilities, U.S. Special Envoy for Syria Tom Barrack said Tuesday.
Greece will cooperate with Israel on anti-drone systems and cybersecurity, Defense Minister Nikos Dendias said after meeting his Israeli counterpart, Israel Katz, in Athens.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen vowed on Tuesday an "unflinching" response to Donald Trump's threats over Greenland, as the U.S. president said he was ready to hold a meeting in Davos about the Arctic island.
The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold an urgent special session this week on "the deteriorating human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran", a spokesman said Tuesday.
Donald Trump warned he no longer feels obliged to think "purely of peace" after being snubbed for a Nobel prize, in a text message published Monday as the U.S. president ramps up his campaign to take over Greenland.
The World Economic Forum announced Monday it had withdrawn its invitation to Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi for the annual gathering, pointing to the regime's violent response to ongoing protests.
Syria's Interior Ministry announced Tuesday the recapture of 81 out of 120 ISIL detainees who escaped from al-Shaddadi prison in northeastern Hasakah province, blaming the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) for their release.
The Syrian army on Jan. 19 deployed its forces in parts of the eastern Deir Ezzor province and moved to take control of the Tishrin Dam southeast of Manbij, with President Ahmad al-Sharaa hailing the “victory for all” after a deal and ceasefire with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
Hackers disrupted Iranian state television satellite transmissions to air footage supporting the country's exiled crown prince and calling on security forces to not “point your weapons at the people,” online video showed early on Jan. 19.
Countries including France and Britain are considering following Australia's lead by banning children and some teenagers from using social media, but experts are still locked in a debate over the effectiveness of the move.
China's birth rate plunged last year to its lowest level on record, official data showed Monday, as its population shrank for a fourth straight year despite efforts to curb the decline.
Portugal's socialist candidate won the first round of the presidential election and will face the far-right candidate in the second round, near-complete results showed on Jan. 18.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has been invited to join U.S. President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace" meant to oversee governance and reconstruction in postwar Gaza, the Kremlin said Monday.
A high-speed train derailed and was hit by another in southern Spain killing 39 people and injuring more than 120, authorities said Monday, saying the country's worst train crash in over a decade was "extremely strange".
The EU said on Monday it wanted to engage with the United States after President Donald Trump threatened tariffs on European countries in the standoff over Greenland, but was ready to act if needed.
At least eight additional countries have reported receiving U.S. invitations to join President Donald Trump's newly formed Board of Peace, aimed at guiding Gaza's post-conflict steps and signaling wider global ambitions.
