The post was taken down after efforts by the Turkish Foreign Ministry.

Sudan: El-Bera bin Malik Brigade said 123 RSF militia vehicles were destroyed and over 43 of their mercenaries killed in the border triangle.

Trump is expected to attend the 2026 World Economic Forum in Davos.

Source: Bloomberg

Trump ends executive order signing ceremony without taking questions from the press.

After removing the earlier C-130 post, the Hellenic Air Force shared the condolence letter from the Greek Chief of Air Force Staff to his Turkish counterpart.

USDA staff were told to search grants for terms like “diversity,” “equity,” “socially vulnerable,” “climate modeling,” and “carbon pricing” to flag them for cancellation under Trump’s anti-DEI and anti-climate directives.

About 600 grants worth $3B were ultimately canceled.

Source: Reuters

NEW: The BBC apologised to Trump for a misleading Panorama edit but flatly refused his demand for $1bn in compensation.

Pete Hegseth announced Operation SOUTHERN SPEAR.

Russia attacked Kyiv with drones and missiles overnight.

WATCH: Ukrainian drones struck Russia’s Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, damaging a ship, several apartments, and an oil depot.

The US announced preliminary trade deals with Argentina, Ecuador, Guatemala, and El Salvador to lower consumer costs.

Tariffs will stay on most goods, but the US will remove them on select imports.

NEW: France has publicly shown its upgraded ASMPA-R nuclear cruise missile for the first time, marking its official entry into French Navy Rafale M service.

The Hellenic Air Force has made its X account private.

JD Vance on Trump:

He has better instincts about human beings than anybody I have ever met.

It is almost a supernatural ability.

JD Vance:

I am a Grok guy. It is the least woke.

The U.S. has approved a $330 million sale of aircraft parts to Taiwan, the first arms-related transaction under President Trump.

The sale is meant to keep Taiwan’s F-16 fleet operational amid growing Chinese military pressure.

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Ivory Coast Tightens Border Amid Malian Refugee Surge

Ivory Coast reinforced its northern frontier after “unusual” refugee flows from southern Mali, where JNIM attacks and a fuel blockade have pushed hundreds to flee toward the border.

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CNN: What is your message to the people of the United States?

Maduro: No more endless wars, no more unjust wars, no more Libya, no more Afghanistan.

CNN: Do you have a message for Trump?

Maduro: My message is yes, peace. Yes, peace.

Zelensky:

About 430 drones and 18 missiles, including ballistic and aeroballistic, were launched by the Russians at Ukraine overnight.

There are 4 dead and dozens wounded, including children.

In Kyiv, debris from an Iskander missile also damaged the Embassy of Azerbaijan.

A ceremony was held in Ankara at Mürted Air Base for the 20 soldiers who lost their lives when a C-130 military cargo aircraft crashed near the Georgia–Azerbaijan border.

China warned Japan it would face a “crushing defeat” if it intervenes militarily over Taiwan, after Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi suggested a Chinese attack on Taiwan could threaten Japan’s survival.