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23.01.2026 18:30 China's first Type 054B frigate, the Luohe, has reached operational capability, as revealed in an official media report on the first anniversary of the warship's commissioning on Thursday. An expert said that the short period it took for the new-type vessel to become combat-ready is incredible.

23.01.2026 18:30 Though US President Donald Trump walked back threatened tariffs on eight European countries, claiming that a "framework for a future deal" on Greenland had been reached and that Washington would not use force over the island, European allies remained wary. An emergency summit of leaders of the EU's 27 member states is set to convene in Brussels late Thursday, according to multiple media reports.

23.01.2026 18:30 The European Union has proposed sanctions against Iran's interior minister and 14 other senior officials for their role in a violent crackdown on nationwide protests that erupted in late December, documents obtained by RFE/RL show.

23.01.2026 18:30 Russia's relentless missile attacks on Ukraine continue. Norway has recently delivered a significant number of air defence missiles to Ukraine to ensure that the Norwegian-developed NASAMS system can continue to protect Ukraine.

23.01.2026 18:30 As President Trump launched the international Board of Peace plan for Gaza on Thursday, top independent rights experts tasked by the UN Human Rights Council with investigating grave abuses linked to the Hamas-Israel war pledged to continue their work seeking justice and accountability for all.

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23.01.2026 18:30 The United Nations World Food Programme is sounding the alarm as more than one million people in northeast Nigeria risk being cut off from emergency food and nutrition assistance within weeks unless urgent new funding is received. As a result, and for the first time in Nigeria, WFP's assistance will be limited to only 72,000 people.

23.01.2026 18:30 A tense standoff between the Syrian Government and Kurdish-led forces in the country's northeast risks igniting wider instability just as Syria struggles to emerge from years of conflict and authoritarian rule, senior UN officials told the Security Council on Thursday.

23.01.2026 18:30 Russia is willing to allocate 1 billion U.S. dollars from Russia's U.S.-frozen assets to the Board of Peace for Gaza, a move that would require the unblocking of the assets, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Thursday.

23.01.2026 18:30 Today, the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control designated five Costa Rican nationals and five Costa Rica-based entities for their involvement in narcotics trafficking and money laundering.

23.01.2026 18:30 Raymond Greene, the U.S. representative to Taiwan, said Thursday that Washington is committed to expanding Taiwan's domestic defense industrial base, citing a new medium-caliber ammunition test range installed in Taiwan and other initiatives to help build secure drone supply chains.

23.01.2026 18:30 12 Squadron begins deployment to the Gulf region reflecting the strong UK-Qatar defence partnership that helps to keep the UK secure at home and strong abroad

23.01.2026 18:30 The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday narrowly rejected a Democratic-led resolution barring President Donald Trump from further using military force in Venezuela without explicit congressional authorization.

23.01.2026 18:30 The White House is negotiating a deal to secure U.S. "total access" to Denmark's Greenland with no time limit, President Donald Trump told Fox Business on Thursday.

23.01.2026 18:30 Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen stated on Thursday that NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte does not have a mandate to negotiate on behalf of Denmark or Greenland.