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Thousands of residents and seasonal workers have left the Cycladic Islands as hundreds of quakes up to magnitude 5 were recorded in the volcanic region since Friday

Aid groups rush to help hundreds of thousands of wounded and displaced

After an exchange of threats between U.S. President Donald Trump and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, the U.S. has suspended tariffs for a month and Mexico will strengthen the security of its northern border. Click here for the full story in Spanish.

French President Emmanuel Macron has asked the United Nations to consider sending a peacekeeping force to Haiti.  The suggestion was made in a letter Macron sent to the U.N. after meeting with Leslie Voltaire, resident of Haiti's Transitional Presidential Council at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Click here for the full story in Creole.

The last French troops left Chad on January 31, following an order by President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno

Interim president also notes that US troops were in Syria without government approval, adding that any such presence should be agreed with the state

Ukrainian culture is booming amid the war with Russia. That’s despite the constant rocket attacks and damage to almost 500 heritage sites, according to UNESCO. Experts say Ukrainians have never been as interested in their own culture as they are now.

His nomination now will face a full senate vote, despite concerns about the work he's done to sow doubts around vaccine safety and his potential to profit off lawsuits over drugmakers

Analysts say Thailand may seek to build closer economic relations with Beijing despite challenges posed by influx of cheap Chinese goods

The conditions of the victims weren't immediately clear; the shooter reportedly died by suicide

First official response from the government in Kabul to President Donald Trump’s pledge to retrieve US arms from the de facto Islamist Afghan leaders    

The gunman fired on a checkpoint, military says 

The scam compounds have come into renewed focus after Chinese actor Wang Xing was abducted after arriving in Thailand last month

Trump suggests deal involving rare minerals from Ukraine as condition for continued US aid

After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and ensuing Western sanctions, landlocked Central Asian countries like Uzbekistan are trying to find alternative trade routes to access seaports and the world market. Uzbekistan intends to connect to the Europe-Caucasus-Asia transport corridor. However, the aspiration of economically linking the Caucasus and Central Asia could eventually evolve into an interregional political and security dialogue. Turkish Azeri and Uzbek officials were talking about...

Panama has decided to step away from a major global project led by China. The country’s president, José Raúl Mulino, announced that it will not renew its deal with China’s Belt and Road Initiative. This decision came after a visit from Marco Rubio, the U.S. Secretary of State. With this move, Panama becomes the first Latin American nation to leave the initiative, which is seen as China’s way of increasing its influence worldwide. Click here for the full story in Mandarin.    

U.S. artificial intelligence research organization OpenAI and White House officials said that Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek may have improperly used OpenAI's proprietary technology to develop its own AI product. "We are aware of an active effort by organizations in the People's Republic of China to replicate advanced U.S. AI models using methods including 'distillation,'" an OpenAI spokesperson told VOA via email. Click here for the full story in...

Two defense attorneys have announced that the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office of Mashhad has issued indictments against at least 17 lawyers on charges of "propaganda against the regime." On Monday, attorneys Marzieh Mohebbi and Sina Yousefi stated on the social media platform X the moves were made, "despite a previous ruling for dismissal and cessation of prosecution." Click here for the full story in Persian