* The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Bulgaria on Friday approved the resignation of the country's President Rumen Radev, which he submitted on Tuesday, the court announced on its website.
* The latest talks held in Moscow between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. presidential special envoy Steve Witkoff were constructive, extremely candid, and in every sense useful for both Russia and the United States, Russian Presidential Aide Yuri Ushakov said Friday.
* U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday in Davos that his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was "very good," adding that "it's an ongoing process."
* Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday that his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump was "productive and substantive."
* A trilateral meeting between delegations from Russia, the United States, and Ukraine began on Friday evening at the Emirates Palace hotel in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) foreign ministry said. The meeting is the first trilateral engagement since the outbreak of the conflict in Ukraine in 2022.
* U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday the Board of Peace he proposed is withdrawing its invitation to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney for Canada to join the body.
* A senior official from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) said on Thursday that NATO has already pre-planned military exercises in the Arctic for the months to come.
* Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen reiterated on Thursday that sovereignty remains a red line for his government, even amid intense pressure from the United States.
* The EU will soon present a substantive package of investments for Greenland, a self-governing Danish territory, and increase spending on Arctic-adapted defence equipment, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday.
* The status of Denmark as a sovereign state cannot be negotiated, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Thursday ahead of an emergency European Council summit in Brussels.
* French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday on social media that the French Navy had boarded an oil tanker from Russia and then diverted the vessel.
* Hungary will not ratify the European Union (EU) free trade agreement with South America's Mercosur, Gergely Gulyas, minister heading the Prime Minister's Office, said Thursday.
* Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani on Friday urged countries around the world, particularly European Union members, to repatriate their nationals detained for links to the Islamic State (IS).
* About 20,000 children in displacement camps and "rehabilitation facilities" in northeastern Syria face heightened risks as security deteriorates amid renewed fighting, Save the Children warned Thursday.
* Iran's atomic chief on Thursday urged the UN nuclear watchdog to clarify its stance on the June attacks by Israel and the United States on Iranian nuclear facilities, state news agency IRNA reported.
* Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said Friday that 10 foreign intelligence services were behind recent "terrorist" incidents in the country.
* Around five billion USD in Russian assets were frozen in the United States by the previous administration, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Friday.
* The White House is weighing a full withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria as Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa moves to assert control over the country's northeast, a region previously held by a U.S.-backed, Kurdish-led militia, according to a Wall Street Journal report on Thursday.
* Colombia will impose a 30 percent tariff on several Ecuadorian products, Minister of Trade, Industry and Tourism Diana Morales announced Thursday, a day after Ecuador revealed its "unilateral" decision to levy a similar tariff on Colombian goods.
* Russia is gradually strengthening its position in the global energy sector and aims to become one of the world's leading energy players in the new multipolar world, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak wrote in a column published Thursday in the Energy Policy journal.
* Thailand's exports continued their expansion for an 18th straight month in December 2025, mainly driven by ongoing growth in industrial products, particularly electronics and electrical appliances, official data showed on Friday.
* Singapore's core inflation averaged 0.7 percent in 2025, down from 2.8 percent in 2024, official data showed on Friday.
* Rapid expansion of foreign brands in Malaysia's food and beverage sector will need to be addressed by stricter regulations on foreign involvement, Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Fuziah Salleh said on Thursday.
* Türkiye's exports to Syria surged 69.6 percent in 2025, reaching a total of 2.6 billion USD, the Turkish Exporters Assembly (TIM) said Friday.
* Ecuador on Thursday announced it would impose tariffs on the transport of Colombian oil, as trade frictions escalate between the South American nations.
* The death toll from Sunday's train crash in southern Spain has risen to 45 after Spanish Civil Guard officers discovered two additional bodies on Thursday.
