France says no US trade deal without Trump commitment to Paris Agreement, the ICJ rewards damages for cross-border environmental damage, and the US imposes an arms embargo on South Sudan.

The British gov't scrambles to respond to a damning Brexit economic impact report, Poland advances a Holocaust speech law and France pursues more trade with Iran.

The world reacts to President Trump's State of the Union speech, and a new UN report finds 22 American companies doing business in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

The Trump Administration decides against imposing new sanctions on Russia, and Saudi Arabia hauls in more than $100 billion as a part of its anti-corruption purge.

Russia opens Syrian peace talks in Sochi, Britain will be bound by EU laws until the end of 2020, and Egyptian President Sisi has a challenger in March elections.

Did President Trump hold the door open to rejoining the TPP during remarks at Davos? Turkey's president will expand anti-Kurdish operations in Syria, and Julian Assange gets his day in court.

US allies seek to distinguish themselves from President Trump's policies in Davos, the UN convenes a ninth round of Syrian peace talks, and a new power grid will connect France and Spain.

Turkey says it will expand its cross-border military operation into Syria, the UN objects to a new Myanmar refugee return deal, and Mount Mayon erupts in the Philippines.

President Trump slaps a 30 percent tariff on Chinese solar panels, a new study explores under-reported humanitarian crises, and Egyptian democracy takes a further hit.

VP Mike Pence heads to Israel, and the IMF revises its global economic outlook for 2018 and 2019 after recent US tax cuts.