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Iran protest movement subsides after crackdown by security forces

NewsJanuary 17, 2026

Protests in Iran have subsided after a crackdown by security forces amid an internet blackout, monitors said Friday, a week after the start of the largest demonstrations in years challenging the count...

Trump threatens tariffs on countries that don’t back Greenland takeover plan

BusinessJanuary 16, 2026

US President Donald Trump said Friday he may impose trade tariffs on countries that don’t support his plans to take over Greenland, part of the territory of Denmark. “I may put a tariff on countri...

Gaza governance committee holds first meeting in Cairo: Egyptian media

NewsJanuary 16, 2026

The Palestinian committee set to govern post-war Gaza held its first meeting in Cairo on Friday, Egyptian state-linked channel Al-Qahera News reported. Formed on Wednesday as the second phase of the U...

Musk’s Grok barred from undressing images after global backlash

NewsJanuary 15, 2026

Elon Musk’s platform X on Wednesday announced measures to prevent its AI chatbot Grok from undressing images of real people, following global backlash over its generation of sexualized photos of wom...

US says ‘phase two’ of Gaza plan beginning with goal of Hamas demilitarisation

NewsJanuary 14, 2026

United States President Donald Trump’s envoy said on Wednesday that a ceasefire plan for Gaza was now entering its second phase with the goal of disarming Hamas, despite several Israeli strikes in t...