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Sunday, Jan 18th, 2026 - President Donald Trump has often joked that Denmark's defense of Greenland is so paltry that it consists entirely of "two dog sleds." As one of the few people to have manned those sleds, Kasper Damsø bristles at the remark. For two years in the late 1990s, the Danish elite special forces soldier patrolled the vast, frozen expanses of Greenland's uninhabited northeastern corner, often with only eleven dogs ...

Sunday, Jan 18th, 2026 - TABQA, Syria (AP) — Government forces seized a strategic town Sunday in eastern Syria, part of an ongoing push against Kurdish-led forces east of the Euphrates River. This came after tensions between Damascus and the U.S.-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces flared earlier this month, leading to deadly clashes and the government taking control of three Aleppo neighborhoods from Kurdish fighters. ...

Sunday, Jan 18th, 2026 - Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Benjamin Netanyahu rejected terms of the board after its first members were announced Countries on Donald Trump 's "Board of Peace" for Gaza will be asked to contribute $1bn to keep their membership for more than three years, according to reports. "Each Member State shall serve a ...

Sunday, Jan 18th, 2026 - At least 5,000 people were killed in the protests that gripped Iran this month , according to an Iranian official, 500 of whom were security personnel. The toll is the highest yet cited by a government source for the nationwide protests that shook Iran's establishment and brought the United States to the brink of intervention. The Iranian official, who was quoted by Reuters, blamed "Israel and armed groups abroad" ...

Sunday, Jan 18th, 2026 - Trump's support of Letlow comes after Louisiana senator voted to convict president in second impeachment trial Donald Trump has sought to deliver a staggering blow to the re-election chances of Senator Bill Cassidy – the president's fellow Republican with whom he has politically feuded – by giving his "complete and total endorsement" to a potential primary opponent. Trump's endorsement of US House ...

Saturday, Jan 17th, 2026 - A U.S. military strike in northwest Syria killed an al-Qaeda–affiliated leader with direct ties to an ISIS attacker who carried out a deadly ambush that killed two U.S. service members and an American interpreter in December, according to U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM). CENTCOM said the strike was conducted on Friday and resulted in the death of Bilal Hasan al-Jasim. The command said al-Jasim was an ...

Saturday, Jan 17th, 2026 - WASHINGTON - Democrat Abigail Spanberger was sworn in as governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia on Saturday, becoming the state's first female leader. Spanberger, 46, was elected with 58% of the vote in last year's gubernatorial election, defeating Republican Winsome Earle-Sears. She succeeds GOP's Glenn Youngkin, who couldn't run again because of state laws barring governors from serving back-to-back terms. ...