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Japan PM Takaichi's party seen gaining lower house majority in election, Nikkei poll shows
TOKYO, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's Liberal Democratic Party is likely to increase seats and gain a majority in the lower house in a general election on February 8, a pr...
Jan 28, 2026
Exclusive-US handing over seized tanker to Venezuela, officials say
By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (Reuters) - The United States is handing over to Venezuela a tanker that it seized this month, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Wednesday. The Unite...
Jan 28, 2026
US, Greenland and Denmark start diplomatic talks to ease Trump tensions
COPENHAGEN, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Talks between the United States, Greenland and Denmark began on Wednesday, the Danish foreign ministry said, as the three parties seek to resolve a diplomatic crisis ove...
Jan 28, 2026
Plane crash in Colombia kills 15, including politician
By Nelson Bocanegra, Luis Jaime Acosta and Carlos Vargas BOGOTA, Jan 28 (Reuters) - A plane crash in northeast Colombia on Wednesday killed all 15 people on board, including a local lawmaker, state-ru...
Jan 28, 2026
Ecuador raids leftist politicians' homes over alleged Venezuela campaign funds
QUITO, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Ecuador's prosecutor's office raided homes of politicians from former President Rafael Correa's leftist party on Wednesday, investigating alleged illicit money from Venezuela...
Jan 28, 2026
EU set to add Iran's Guards to terror list after France U-turn
By John Irish and Michel Rose PARIS, Jan 28 (Reuters) - The European Union is poised to include Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on its list of terrorist organisations after France said on Wed...
Jan 28, 2026
Fall of top Chinese general stirs US uncertainty about China's military
By Michael Martina, Trevor Hunnicutt and Mei Mei Chu WASHINGTON/BEIJING, Jan 28 (Reuters) - With the downfall of China's top general, the United States has lost an important contact on Beijing's top m...
Jan 28, 2026
Minneapolis tensions deepen again as Trump accuses mayor of 'playing with fire'
(Corrects typographical error in judge's last name, paragraphs 10-11) By Brad Brooks and Joseph Ax MINNEAPOLIS, Jan 28 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump warned Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on We...
Jan 28, 2026
Rubio says work under way to resolve 'very difficult' Donetsk issue in Ukraine peace talks
WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (Reuters) - There is active work under way to reconcile the territorial issue of Donetsk at U.S.-mediated talks to end Russia's war in Ukraine, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio s...
Jan 28, 2026
US tells UN: Gaza demilitarization to include internationally funded buyback program
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS, Jan 28 (Reuters) - The demilitarization of Gaza will include decommissioning weapons through an agreed process "supported by an internationally funded buyback" prog...
Jan 28, 2026
