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Israeli Airstrike Kills Two in Gaza Including Girl, Hospital Staff Say
Iran's Leaders Struggle to End Protests, US Action in Venezuela Stokes Fears
UK's Starmer Says It Is for the US to Justify Actions in Venezuela
FinanceUK's FTSE 100 Closes Above 10,000 for First Time on Mining, Defence Gains
Turkey to Stress 'strategic Priority' of Black Sea Security at Ukraine Meeting in Paris
Date: January 5, 2026
ANKARA, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Turkey's foreign minister will stress the "strategic priority" of maintaining security in the Black Sea at a summit on Ukraine in Paris this week, a Turkish Foreign Ministry...
Greenland Dismisses US Takeover Fears Amid Trump's Remarks
Date: January 5, 2026
By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen COPENHAGEN, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Greenland's leader declared "enough is enough," and Denmark's allies in Europe affirmed that the Arctic island's future must be determined by...
Paris' Louvre Museum Opens but Some Parts Stay Closed as Staff Resume Strike
Date: January 5, 2026
PARIS, Jan 5 (Reuters) - The opening of France's Louvre museum in Paris was delayed until 0900 GMT on Monday as staff was meeting to decide whether to resume a strike started in December over pay and...

Maduro Pleads Not Guilty to Drug Charges, Saying He Was 'kidnapped'
Date: January 5, 2026
Jan 5 (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was due to appear in a U.S. court on Monday after his weekend capture by American forces, with U.S. President Donald Trump leaving open the...

Ukraine Says Russian Strike on Kyiv Leaves First Civilians Dead This Year
Date: January 5, 2026
KYIV, Jan 5 (Reuters) - A Russian air attack on Kyiv on Monday killed one civilian, Ukraine's military said, in what appeared to be the first reported death in Russian strikes on the capital this year...
Trump Says He Doesn't Believe Ukraine Struck Putin Residence
Date: January 5, 2026
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, Jan 4 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said he did not believe that an alleged Ukrainian strike on President Vladimir Putin's residence took place as claimed by Russia. "I...
