US President Donald Trump said that Iranian authorities do not intend to execute participants in anti-government protests, NBC News reported on January 14. Trump said, speaking in the Oval Office of the White House, that the United States has learned that “the killing in Iran is stopping.” “They stopped. They stop and no executions are planned. I was told that this was known from reliable sources.

Germany will send 13 soldiers to Greenland as part of a reconnaissance mission with other European countries, Reuters writes, citing statements by the German government and Ministry of Defense. The mission, which is being carried out at the request of Denmark, will last from January 15 to 17. In addition to Germany, Sweden and Norway will also participate. Swedish authorities said they would send “several officers,” while Norwegian authorities said they would send two military personnel.

President Volodymyr Zelensky has declared a state of emergency in Ukraine’s energy sector, with special attention on Kyiv. This comes as the Ukrainian capital continues to experience widespread electricity and heating outages in subzero temperatures, due to recent Russian strikes on the country’s energy infrastructure. Zelensky announced the state of emergency on Wednesday, following a meeting with government officials.

Police in Moscow broke up an impromptu concert on the Miusskaya snow dune, a huge mountain of snow in the area of ​​Miusskaya Square in the city center, the telegram channel “Caution, News” reported. Moscow residents gathered on the roadway between Miusskaya Square and Alexander Nevsky Street, where snow is being removed from neighboring streets, on the evening of January 14. They rode downhill, sang songs with a guitar and climbed through snowdrifts, despite the snowplows.

The body of an unidentified man was found on the southern coast of Cyprus near Limassol on January 14, the Cypriot publication Philenews reported, citing a statement from local authorities. The body was found in the area where the former general director of the Russian company Uralkali, Vladislav Baumgertner, disappeared on January 7. According to sources of the St. Petersburg publication Fontanka, who participated in the search, Baumgertner’s body was found.

Ukrainian anti-corruption authorities accuse former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko of bribing lawmakers National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, the leader of the Batkivshchyna political party, has been accused of organizing a vote-buying scheme in parliament, Ukraine’s anti-corruption authorities said on Wednesday.

In Ukraine, against the backdrop of massive power outages and heating, a state of emergency in the energy sector will be declared, the country's President Vladimir Zelensky announced following a special meeting. According to him , this regime will allow the Ukrainian authorities to use more opportunities to restore the supply of light and heat. Zelensky also ordered an increase in electricity imports from other countries and a review of curfew rules.

US Presidential Envoy Steven Witkoff, on behalf of Donald Trump, announced the transition to the second stage of the plan to end the war in the Gaza Strip. This stage of Trump's plan provides for the creation of a transitional administration and the launch of the process of demilitarization and reconstruction of the Gaza Strip, Witkoff recalled on the social network X.

Who is Ukraine’s new defense minister, Mykhailo Fedorov? Hanna Arhirova / AP / Scanpix / LETA On Wednesday, Ukraine’s parliament approved the appointment of Mykhailo Fedorov as the country’s new defense minister. One of the longest-serving members of the Ukrainian cabinet, Fedorov previously served as digital transformation minister for more than six years.

The United States is likely to use military force against Iran, two European officials told Reuters on January 14. One said it could happen "in the next 24 hours." An Israeli official also told Reuters that US President Donald Trump appeared to have decided on military action against Iran, although the scale and timing of the intervention was not yet clear. US President Donald Trump has supported anti-government protests in Iran, which have been ongoing since December 28.

Coastal services of Turkmenistan rescued 14 people who were on the Iranian cargo ship Rona, which crashed in the Caspian Sea, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan reported. According to preliminary information, citizens of Iran and India were rescued. Important Stories notes that the cargo ship previously sailed under the name Oban.

Four scenarios - according to The Telegraph newspaper US Air Force / AFP / Scanpix / LETA An American bomber takes off to strike Iran. June 23, 2025 US President Donald Trump said he is considering several “very tough” options for action against Iran, where anti-government protests have continued for more than two weeks. According to The Wall Street Journal, the United States has warned allies in the Middle East that they should be prepared to strike Iran.

Meduza’s sources say Russian elites are questioning how Putin’s inaction on Venezuela and Iran fits with a ‘multipolar world’ Aleksandr Kryazhev / TASS / Profimedia Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro at the Kremlin. May 8, 2025. In the first two weeks of 2026, two of Russia’s major allies have faced monumental crises: Venezuela, whose president was deposed by the U.S.

The answers are in a long article in Time magazine. We retell the main thing from it Demonstration against the monarchy in Tehran, September 19, 1979. Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images In 1979, a revolution took place in Iran, as a result of which the country moved from a monarchy to an Islamic republic: instead of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shiite theologian (Ayatollah) Ruhollah Khomeini became the leader.

Olga Galaktionova has been appointed the new general director of the Tretyakov Gallery, said the Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation Olga Lyubimova. Elena Pronicheva, who previously headed the Tretyakov Gallery, left her post of her own free will, the minister added. Galaktionova has headed the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts since January 2025. Pushkin in Moscow.