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Putin and Netanyahu discuss Iran by phone, Kremlin says
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Greek rice growers fear Mercosur deal will price them out of business
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Orban ramps up anti‑Ukraine campaign with 'petition' as election battle tightens
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Venezuela frees Czech, Dutch, German and other foreign nationals
Explainer-What you need to know about trials faced by South Korea's former president Yoon
Date: January 16, 2026
By Joyce Lee SEOUL, Jan 16 (Reuters) - A South Korean court on Friday sentenced former president Yoon Suk Yeol to five years in prison for charges including obstructing attempts to arrest him, in the...
Greek court acquits aid workers of migrant-smuggling charges
Date: January 16, 2026
LESBOS, Greece, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Over two dozen aid workers involved in refugee rescues in Greece were acquitted of migrant smuggling charges in a multi-year case that rights groups said was a...
Russia was behind attempted 2024 arson attack, Lithuania says
Date: January 16, 2026
VILNIUS, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Russia's GRU military intelligence was responsible for an attempted arson attack in 2024 on a plant in Lithuania that supplies radio wave scanners to Ukraine's army,...
Russian central bank's $235 billion case against Euroclear is adjourned until spring
Date: January 16, 2026
MOSCOW, Jan 16 (Reuters) - A Moscow court on Friday opened its hearings into the Russian central bank's case against Belgium's Euroclear for 18.2 trillion roubles ($234.84 billion) over Russian...
US lawmakers in Denmark seek to 'lower temperature' after Trump's Greenland threats
Date: January 16, 2026
By Stine Jacobsen COPENHAGEN, Jan 16 (Reuters) - A bipartisan delegation of U.S. lawmakers will meet with the leaders of Denmark and Greenland on Friday to reassure them of congressional support...
Bulgaria eyes snap election after main parties refuse mandate to form government
Date: January 16, 2026
ATHENS, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Bulgaria's President Rumen Radev said on Friday that the country will hold snap elections after leading parties refused a mandate to form a government after the previous...