Trade: US warns European allies of new tariffs in push to acquire Greenland (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
United States President Donald Trump on 17 January threatened to impose a 10% tariff on Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, France, Germany, The Netherlands, and the United Kingdom beginning next month unless they concurred with his plan to acquire Greenland, a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark.

UN: Sudan has fallen into "abyss of unfathomable proportions", warns Turk (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
Nearly three years of war has plunged Sudan "into an abyss of unfathomable proportions" as it affects all of the country and all of the people, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said on 18 January.

UN: Millions face severe hunger in West & Central Africa amid aid cuts (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
The West and Central Africa region is on the brink of a severe humanitarian emergency in 2026, with a staggering 55 million people projected to face crisis levels of hunger or worse during the June-August lean season, according to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP).