Department of Homeland Security chief Kristi Noem has frozen government funding for the progressive groups that aid migrants, pending a 90-day review.

Facility near Beijing, 10 times size of Pentagon, may have been under construction since mid-2024.

Zelensky told an Italian newspaper last weekend that it was “absolutely stupid, illogical, and very irresponsible” for the leaders of his country to give up their nuclear weapons in the 1990s.

Trump has said he wouldn't rule out using military force to gain control of Greenland.

Marco Rubio uses first call to seek reassurances from Foreign Secretary over Diego Garcia base

Pyongyang is to double the number of artillery systems it sends to Kursk, says Kyiv military intelligence chief.

European shares edged up a day after a global market rout sparked by the Chinese AI start-up DeepSeek.

Trump said DeepSeek should act as a “wake up call” for American companies after its emergence sparked a near $1 trillion stock market rout.

Hamas has told Israel that at least eight out of the remaining 26 hostages to be released during the first phase of the truce are dead.

Itamar Ben-Gvir, the Jewish Power party leader, said: “This is what total surrender looks like.”

Israel’s military has begun to withdraw from key security posts on central Gaza’s Netzarim corridor, according to reports.

Gustavo Petro initially refused to accept deportation flights

Governor JB Pritzker (D-IL) Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” warned the Trump administration that his local law enforcement “will stand up for those law-abiding, undocumented people” facing deportation.

Trump adviser makes surprise appearance via video link for anti-immigrant far-Right party in run up to Germany’s snap elections.

The secretary of state’s call with Wang Yi comes after Trump said he wants the relationship with Beijing to be ‘fair.’.

Hamas has warned of “repercussions” if Israel continues to block displaced Palestinians from returning home to northern Gaza.

Trump’s pick to lead the Pentagon narrowly wins dramatic vote after Mitch McConnell leads Republican rebellion.

Ukrainian drones hit a Russian oil refinery in the city of Ryazan overnight, causing a fire and damaging equipment at one of Russia's biggest refineries, four industry sources told Reuters on Friday.

'Iran hopefully will make a deal. I mean, they don't make a deal, I guess that's OK, too,' Trump says.

Trump said he was leaning on Xi Jinping for China’s help in ending the war in Ukraine during a speech in Davos.

Trump used his speech to the World Economic Forum in Davos to attack EU red tape and tariffs.

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) blocked the Senate confirmation of President Donald Trump’s nominee for CIA director, John Ratcliffe, on Tuesday evening, infuriating Republicans who say Democrats are playing political games and threatening national security.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on Thursday called for the U.S. to continue supplying Ukraine and said Europe would pay the bill.

Around 10,000 refugees have had their flights to the US cancelled following Donald Trump’s executive order suspending their entry, according to reports.

Trump said at his inaugural address that the US would take the Panama Canal back.

Xi and Putin promise to 'elevate Chinese-Russian relations' amid global conflicts.

The officials include former director of National Intelligence James Clapper and former National Security Advisor John Bolton.

New administration targets illegal migration, ending birthright citizenship and diversity programmes, and Joe Biden’s TikTok ban.

Vivek Ramaswamy says he plans to run for governor of Ohio and will announce candidacy by the end of January.

Under-fire Chancellor will attempt to woo investors and the new US administration.

Trump might give TikTok a 90-day reprieve from the ban when he takes office on Monday.

Israel must withdraw from southern Lebanon by the January 26 deadline in order to fully implement a ceasefire agreed with Hezbollah last year, Lebanon’s president said on Saturday.

A ballistic missile fired from Yemen was successfully intercepted by the air force, Israel’s military said, adding that it was intercepted before it crossed into Israeli territory.

Russia and Iran’s leaders will reportedly discuss the development of transit corridors for trade and energy negotiations.

The Israeli government has finalized a cease-fire and hostage release agreement with Hamas.

At issue was a law requiring TikTok's Chinese owner to either sell the U.S. incorporation or see the app banned.

The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom spoke of an “unbreakable bond” with Ukraine as he made an unannounced visit to Kyiv to sign a surprise 100-year military and economic treaty with Kyiv.

Greenland Prime Minister Múte Egede stated that while they don’t want to be a part of America, there are a lot of areas for cooperation, including on boosting defense in the Arctic region.

Sir Keir pledged deliveries of 150 artillery barrels “made by Sheffield Forgemasters” and a new mobile air-defence system on his first trip to the country since becoming Prime Minister.

Israel’s security cabinet is set to convene this morning to sign off on a ceasefire and hostages deal with Hamas in Gaza.

The Qatari prime minister has demanded that Israel “immediately withdraw” from the buffer zone with Syria.

The UK should only offer a state visit to Donald Trump if he “delivers” on US support for Ukraine, Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey has said.

Sir Keir Starmer has promised to put Ukraine in the “strongest possible position” in 2025 as he visited Kyiv for the first time since becoming Prime Minister.

The hard-Right Religious Zionism party has concluded its faction meeting, deciding to issue an ultimatum to Benjamin Netanyahu.

Netanyahu has claimed that Hamas is trying to backtrack on an earlier understanding of the ceasefire agreement reached last night, indicating obstacles remain in the way of implementing the deal.

Hamas must be fully destroyed and can play no part in the governance of Gaza, Donald Trump’s pick for national security adviser has warned.

Yoon Suk Yeol facing insurrection charges over December martial law declaration.

A “tense” meeting between Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy led to a breakthrough in the ceasefire-hostage negotiations in Doha.

A ceasefire-hostage agreement has been reached but its announcement delayed as Hamas stalled over the exact parameters of the IDF’s withdrawal from Gaza.

Both countries are under swathes of Western sanctions, including against their energy industries.

Israel is willing to withdraw its troops from Gaza after all hostages have been released under the deal.

Democrats are 'thinking strategically' about how to cover as much ground about where they believe Hegseth falls short.

In the report, Smith said his office fully stands behind the decision to charge Trump criminally.

A growing number of Israeli soldiers have threatened to stop fighting against Hamas in Gaza unless the government secures a ceasefire.

Anybody you talk to will tell you it’s really different this time,' he said of incoming Trump administration.

Biden stressed an immediate need for a ceasefire in Gaza and called for the return of the hostages.

New weapon adds to Kyiv’s more advanced drone fleet and provides another form of attack, as analysts call development ‘amazing’.

FBI Director Christopher Wray and President-elect Trump have clashed in recent years.

Russia's Foreign Ministry said the country would respond to Washington's 'hostile' actions.

Ed Markey claims there is a 'climate crisis'.

Western leaders must ‘be much more decisive’ and let Ukraine join Nato to deter Russia, says former prime minister.

Retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman criticized Mike Waltz’s plan to clear out each “intelligence official” serving in “various departments and agencies” throughout the federal government who is “currently detailed” to the National Security Council.

Zelensky says ‘world needs to know what is happening’ as soldiers are interrogated by intelligence services

Home Office steps up social media monitoring after tech billionaire launched attacks on Government over grooming gangs controversy.

Kremlin highlights muted European response to President-elect Donald Trump's acquisition comments: 'it's scary'.

Trump is set to appear virtually for his sentencing in New York v. Bragg which is set for Friday at 9:30am

Macron would “likely” discuss Elon Musk with Sir Keir Starmer during their meeting on Thursday evening at Chequers following the tech billionaire’s interventionism in British and European politics, writes Henry Samuel.

Mr Musk this week accused the Prime Minister of being “deeply complicit” in the grooming gangs scandal, going on to claim that he should be in prison.

Trump arrived at the Capitol on Wednesday to meet with Republicans in the Senate as he prepares to take office again at the end of the month and hit the ground running on his agenda.

France's top diplomat said the EU will not allow any country to attack its sovereign borders.

President-elect also calls for the Panama Canal to be returned to the US after it was sold in the 1970s.

UN nuclear watchdog warns Iran is enriching uranium at level near weapons grade.

'What a beautiful name,' Trump said.

Biden's decision to block Nippon Steel's $14.9 billion bid for U.S. Steel cast a shadow over Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to Japan on for farewell meetings.

Conservative Party leader demands snap election to let voters ‘take back control of their lives and the country’

Biden champions the action as win for climate change, while Trump's team says it could keep energy costs high.

Sir Keir Starmer accused Elon Musk of “spreading lies” and being “desperate for attention” as a war of words over the grooming gangs scandal escalated.

Trudeau became the Liberal Party leader in 2013,

Sen Jacky Rosen says her support for Israel 'remains unwavering and unconditional'.

Ukrainian forces have deployed British Challenger 2 tanks in Sunday’s surprise counteroffensive in the Kursk region, Russian military bloggers have claimed.

The President-elect is set to take office in less than 3 weeks.

“The direction of the main counterattack is not yet clear, and the manoeuvres from the occupied part of the Kursk region may be diversionary,” it said.

Ukraine carefully planned its Kursk counteroffensive by building up its forces and then sending minesweepers to clear routes towards Russian lines ahead of the attack, Russian military bloggers have said.

Russia has rushed its top general to the Kursk region to personally oversee defence against Ukraine’s surprise counteroffensive.

Matthew Livelsberger leaves note saying explosion was ‘not a terrorist attack’ and that he needed to ‘cleanse my mind’.

US president reportedly held secret talks last month on what to do if Tehran moved closer to building a nuclear bomb.

This is not a ‘crime’ of troops but officials, critics say, as 1,700 troops desert their unit.

The U.S. recently imposed sanctions on Georgia's former PM Bidzina Ivanishvili.

Kyiv shuts down Gazprom transit pipeline that runs through its country, with Slovakia impacted most.

Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar ploughed truck into the crowd, killing 15 people and injuring dozens.

Chinese dictator Xi Jinping urged his people to “work together to steadily improve social undertakings and governance” and celebrated his repressive regime as a source of stability amid global “turbulence” during his New Year’s Eve address.

The Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen fired another ballistic missile at Israel late Monday night, reminding Israelis that there is still unfinished business in the war that Hamas launched with the October 7, 2023, terror attack.

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Trump and his team are in a state of strategic torpor. When will they emerge from it, it is unknown? And when, perhaps, they will emerge, what will they then face? And this is precisely what is most dangerous.

As I predicted, Trump is completely disoriented and in a state of false illusions of the past.

Trump’s desperate appeal to Xi for help in Ukraine’s war against Russia was his own enormous self-abasement.

24 hours have passed. The war in Ukraine continues. Trump is in a state of despair and fear, which creates even more chaos.

Dictators do not speak the language of appeasement. The West must not repeat mistakes of the past.

Now the Wider Middle East has fallen into chaos. This chaos will definitely affect Ukraine.

The geopolitical situation after January 17, 2025 changed again. After the defeat of Israel, the full force of this agreement may fall on Ukraine.

The signing of the agreement between Israel and Hamas will be the second, but much more difficult, capitulation of the State of Israel.

Civilian vessels could add another million tons to the Chinese amphibious force and roughly triple its capacity

It is again fortunate for Ukraine that the meeting in Rome between Biden and Zelensky did not take place. If it had taken place, it would have resembled Biden’s arrival in Kyiv on January 15, 2017, just before Trump’s first inauguration.

Former Breitbart News executive chairman Steve Bannon has declared war on Elon Musk, vowing to have the tech billionaire kicked out of the White House by the time Donald Trump is inaugurated.

Carefully read the true meaning of Article 5 of the Washington Treaty. Then it will become even more obvious that in the event of US aggression by Trump, almost no one will come to the aid of Canada and Denmark.

He is the first person with a criminal sentence to take the office of President.

Already in December 2024, I warned that Kellogg would not come to Ukraine. And so it happened.

Next, Blinken will move to Japan, and then to Foance. The main thing is that he does not arrive in Ukraine.

Just weeks before Trump’s inauguration, Kyiv is making important advances in the Kursk region.

Ukraine has choked off Putin’s £5bn-a-year pipeline – but it risks dramatic consequences for the Continent.

Now, in early 2025, the Kremlin is finally withdrawing from the INF Treaty, gaining a strategic advantage that could be decisive.

January 17, 2025, almost certainly, will become a new turning point in the modern history of the Wider Middle East. And even more difficult and dark times will await Israel. As well as Ukraine.