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18.01.2026 17:20 On December 18, the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Armenia Suren Papikyan received the Deputy Secretary General of NATO Ms. Radmila Shekerinska.

18.01.2026 17:20 The European Union and Mercosur blocs have signed an international trade pact, sending a "clear signal" to US President Donald Trump to stop threatening world countries with economic tariffs.

18.01.2026 17:20 Iran has rejected claims by the United States that it is planning attacks on American facilities, saying Washington is seeking to stoke tensions in West Asia.

18.01.2026 17:20 China's Ministry of State Security on Sunday disclosed a construction project case in which the state security department eliminated security risks by revising planning for an urban village renovation project with significant information leakage concerns, effectively safeguarding a nearby sensitive facility.

18.01.2026 17:20 Regarding the unfounded smear in an article published by The Wall Street Journal concerning the Jimmy Lai case, Chris Tang Ping-keung, secretary for security of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government, has written a letter to the press to to express opposition against vicious attempts to interfere with Hong Kong's judicial system.

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18.01.2026 17:20 At a correspondence session, the Government of the Republic of Slovenia adopted a decision on the participation of two officers of the Slovenian Armed Forces in the planning and implementation of the international military exercise "Arctic Endurance" led by the Kingdom of Denmark with the aim of strengthening regional security.

18.01.2026 17:20 US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the United States will introduce a 10% tariff against eight European countries in February, which will later increase to 25% should a deal for the US to purchase Greenland is not reached.

18.01.2026 17:20 White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller said on Saturday that Denmark is a "tiny country" that is unable to control Greenland.

18.01.2026 17:20 The United Nations calls on the United States to comply with the Charter amid Washington's plans to "acquire" Greenland and threats of tariffs on countries opposing a takeover, UN Deputy Spokesman Farhan Haq said on Friday.

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18.01.2026 17:20 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office has criticized the recent formation of a Gaza oversight body announced by the White House, marking a rare public divergence from US President Donald Trump.

18.01.2026 17:20 The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas says the ongoing attacks by extremist settlers against the Palestinian community in the occupied West Bank are part of a broader and systematic campaign to intimidate residents, complicate their daily lives, and create a new reality that paves the way for annexation and forced displacement of the people.

18.01.2026 17:20 U.S. Central Command conducted a strike in northwest Syria on Jan. 16, that resulted in the death of a leader affiliated with Al-Qaeda who had direct ties to an ISIS terrorist responsible for an ambush which killed two U.S. service members and an American interpreter on Dec. 13, 2025.

18.01.2026 17:20 Three months into the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, the UN and partners have delivered tonnes of assistance items and carried out critical repairs, but this is only a temporary "Band-Aid" solution, a veteran aid worker has warned.