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Lebanese President Joseph Aoun (R) meets with US deputy special envoy to the Middle East Morgan Ortagus in Beirut on Friday

Preemptive threats

US envoy says Hezbollah 'defeated', must not be in Lebanon government

ICC prosecutor Karim Khan has several US citizens in his top team

Trumping justice

'Existential threat': What next for the ICC after US sanctions?

'You don't end the war by supporting a war,' said Ishman Martino

Calls to cut support

'Irresponsible' or 'antiwar': US fighters in Ukraine grapple with Trump

US President Donald Trump signed an order imposing sanctions on the ICC

'Abused its power'

Trump sanctions ICC for 'illegitimate' Israel, US probes

Ecuador's presidential candidate for the Citizen Revolution Movement (Movimiento Revolución Ciudadana), Luisa González, waves to supporters during her campaign closing rally in Guayaquil, Guayas province, Ecuador on February 6, 2025.

Bitter campaign

Ecuador presidential candidates sprint to campaign finish

Activists want Biarritz officials to rename the La Negresse district as well as one of the city's streets, rue de la Negresse

Seaside city of Biarritz

Court orders French city to drop 'La Negresse' place name

Morning Roundup

Pandemic and Ukraine war cost Luxembourg billions, Superbowl weekend, and Decathlon accused of using forced labour

Much of Gaza was levelled by the 15-month Israel-Hamas war

Following Trump proposal

Israel orders army to plan to let Palestinians leave Gaza

While Taiwan calls itself a sovereign nation, China claims the island as part of its territory and has threatened to use force to bring it under its control

Outside threats

Taiwan says detects six Chinese balloons near island

Elon Musk is aiming to cut over a trillion dollars in US federal spending and pledged to push the legal limits of executive power to do so

Gut the government

Judge pauses Musk plan for mass cull of US govt workers

Kenyan police officers arrive at Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince

UN security mission

Kenya deploys additional 144 police to Haiti

A “seized” sign is placed on a Venezuelan government airplane during a press conference where US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (R) announced its seizure in Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic, on February 6, 2025.

Rubio renews US hard line with Venezuela plane seizure

Robert Hendy-Freegard's French neighbours saw a 2022 Netflix documentary about him

Robert Hendy-Freegard

British 'Netflix' conman gets six-year prison term in France

Members of Mexico's National Guard patrol near the border with the United States in Tijuana, just south of California

Against drug trafficking

Mexican troop deployment met with skepticism on US border

The M23 holds its first public meeting after capturing the eastern city of Goma

Following deadly clashes

DR Congo conflict advances as UN calls for peace

Kash Patel, tapped by US President Donald Trump to head the FBI, has been slammed by critics as a loyalist and conspiracy theorist

Confirmation for Trump's FBI nominee delayed over 'enemies lists'

Rubio, the son of Cuban immigrants and a devout Catholic, sparred bitterly with Trump during the 2016 election, but has steadily grown closer to the Republican leader

Top US diplomat

Rubio debuts as personable, bilingual face of 'America First'

'Ignoring the voices of the bereaved'

UK's Grenfell Tower to be demolished after 2017 disaster

Britain's Labour government is coming under political pressure for a deal handing the Indian Ocean Chagos Islands to Mauritius

Must hand them back

UK says satellite system key to Chagos US base deal

The measures against USAID have been hugely controversial

International condemnation

'Life or death consequences for millions': NGOs stunned by US aid freeze

China's ex-ambassador to France Lu Shaye earned a reputation for making combatitve statements

Prestigious position

'Wolf warrior' Chinese ambassador appointed to European affairs post

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Moshe Sa'ar speaking at a press conference on 14 January

Following US decision

Israel withdraws from UN Human Rights Council

Koblenz prosecutor's office

Ship that paralysed Moselle river traffic was on autopilot

Protesters rally in front of the House of Representatives in Manila calling for Vice President Sara Duterte's impeachment on Wednesday

Must convene a tribunal

Marcos says no influence over Philippine VP's impeachment trial

Xi said that China appreciates the strong measures taken by Thailand to combat scam centres

Security cooperation

China's Xi hails Thailand's 'strong' action against scam centres

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is a self-described 'defence geek'

Careful deliberations

Japan's 'geeky' PM Ishiba to navigate Trump relations

The 7.8 magnitude quake struck before dawn when people were sleeping, destroying almost 40,000 buildings and severely damaging about 200,000 others across the quake zone

Over 60,000 lives lost

Pain, anger as Turkey marks two years since quake disaster

Yoon Suk Yeol attending his impeachment trial in Seoul

Tasers and blank ammunition

Top South Korean officer says was asked to help Yoon martial law bid

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