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The European Union was considering Sunday to hit the United States with 93 billion euros ($108 billion) worth of tariffs or restrict American companies from the bloc’s market in response to U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s threats to allies opposed to his efforts to take over Greenland.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia is deliberately targeting Ukraine’s nuclear-linked energy system in an effort to freeze the country into submission by crippling its power grid, as millions endure another harsh winter amid relentless Russian strikes that have killed and injured civilians.

Unprecedented military and trade tensions flared Saturday between Europe and the United States after U.S. President Donald J. Trump vowed to impose new tariffs on European allies sending troops to Greenland, Denmark’s vast Arctic island.

Egypt and Sudan have welcomed an offer by U.S. President Donald J. Trump to resume American mediation efforts with Ethiopia to resolve a long-running dispute over Nile River waters, amid renewed tensions following the completion of Ethiopia’s massive hydroelectric dam.

Ukraine is facing a deepening state of emergency, with Kyiv saying Russia has not spared a single Ukrainian power plant from attack since its all-out invasion began nearly four years ago. The renewed Russian strikes are coming as the country endures one of its harshest winters in years.

U.S. forces have seized another sanctioned oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea, underscoring the Trump administration’s tightening grip on Venezuela’s oil sector as opposition leader Maria Corina Machado prepares to meet President Donald Trump.

Iran abruptly shut down its airspace to commercial traffic early Thursday and the United States began repositioning military forces and personnel across the Middle East as President Donald Trump weighs potential action against Tehran amid a deadly crackdown on nationwide protests, escalating threats to U.S. bases, mass evacuation warnings, and growing signs that Washington and its allies are preparing for a possible regional confrontation.

The United States will indefinitely suspend immigrant visa processing for applicants from 75 countries beginning January 21, the U.S. Department of State announced Wednesday, marking a significant expansion of the Trump administration’s immigration restrictions.

China is reassessing its strategy in Latin America following the U.S.-led removal of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, a move that abruptly dismantled Beijing’s most important foothold in what it increasingly views as Washington’s backyard, according to an exclusive report by The Wall Street Journal.

Hungary is entering a decisive political season as parliamentary elections are set for April 12, 2026, and the progressive mayor of Budapest receives a prestigious Dutch human rights award for defying Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and defending democratic freedoms.

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that U.S. control of Greenland is essential to national security and the construction of his proposed “Golden Dome” missile defense system, warning that failure to act would allow Russia or China to gain a strategic foothold in the Arctic.

The United States has begun evacuating some military personnel from Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, as President Donald Trump considers potential military action against Iran amid escalating regional tensions and a deepening internal crisis inside the Islamic Republic.

The death toll of a train derailment in Thailand rose to at least scores of people on Wednesday, officials said, as rescue efforts continued.

Ukrainians struggled to cope with freezing temperatures Tuesday after Russia launched its second massive drone and missile assault in four days, killing and wounding civilians and knocking out power and heating in several regions, Ukrainian officials said.

The administration of Donald Trump has formally designated three Middle Eastern branches of the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist organizations, following through on a long-signaled policy shift that could reverberate across U.S. relations in the Middle East, including with allies Qatar and Turkey.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday urged Iranians to continue protesting against the Islamic Republic, declaring that “help is on the way” as reports mount of a sweeping and deadly crackdown on nationwide demonstrations.

President Donald Trump on Monday said any nation that does business with Iran will face a 25% tariff on imports as massive protests in the Islamic Republic continue into a third week.

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has urged alliance members to jointly protect Greenland, as a senior European Union official warned that any U.S. military takeover of the strategic Arctic territory would spell the end of NATO.

Britain is holding discussions with NATO allies on how it can help strengthen security in the Arctic amid growing concerns over increased activity by Russia and China, a senior government minister said Sunday.

Turkey is seeking to join an existing defense alliance between Pakistan and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, a move that could lay the groundwork for a new regional military bloc modeled loosely on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), according to a report published Friday by Bloomberg.