US: Trump's new Peace Board raises global skepticism amid past actions (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
United States President Donald Trump announced the launch of his new "Board of Peace" at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland on 22 January, declaring that it would usher in a "glorious" new era of peaceful relations among the comity of nations.

Trade: Canadian PM urges "middle powers" to band together on plurilaterals (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
The Prime Minister of Canada Mark Carney has seemingly struck a bold chord at the World Economic Forum (WEF) on 20 January by suggesting "a rupture in the world order, the end of a pleasant fiction and the beginning of a harsh reality, where geopolitics - where the large, main power, geopolitics - is submitted to no limits, no constraints."

UN: HRC holds special session on deteriorating rights situation in Iran (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
The United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) is holding a special session on 23 January 2026 to address the deteriorating human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran.