🇺🇸🇬🇱⚡- The New York Times reports the US-Greenland deal will be similar to that of the UK-Cyprus agreement.

US, Danish and NATO officials are in discussions to build a framework in which small pockets of Greenland would be granted US sovereignty. The US would be able to build and operate military infrastructure at these sites, in a similar way the UK operates two sites on Cyprus.

The framework was pushed by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.

🇺🇸🇬🇱⚡- "The Secretary General [Mark Rutte] had a very productive meeting with President Trump, during which they discussed the critical significance of security in the Arctic region to all Allies, including the United States.

Discussions among the NATO Allies on the framework the President referenced will focus on ensuring Arctic security through the collective efforts of Allies, especially the seven Arctic allies [the US, Canada, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland].

Negotiations between Denmark, Greenland and the United States will go forward aimed at ensuring that Russia and China never gain a foothold – economically or militarily – in Greenland," - Allison Hart, NATO spokeswoman.

🇺🇸🇬🇱🇷🇺⚡️- Vladimir Putin stated that the agreement between the U.S. and Denmark for the acquisition of Greenland “has no bearing on Russia.”

🇺🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺⚡️- Ukrainian Government official, Rustem Umerov, met with American envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Davos.

Umerov stated the talks concerned security guarantees and post-war recovery.

Witkoff and Kushner are set to meet with Putin in Moscow tomorrow.

🇺🇸🇯🇴⚡- An aircraft belonging to CENTCOM Commander Brad Cooper landed in Amman, Jordan, having departed MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida, earlier today.

🇾🇪⚡- Unidentified drones over the Marib region of Saudi-backed Homeland Shield Forces controlled central Yemen.

🇸🇩🇸🇦🇦🇪⚡- UAE has retaliated to its loss to Saudi Arabia in Yemen by increasing its support for the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan, reaching unprecedented levels, French Think Tank Africa Intelligence reports.

"Relations between Riyadh and Abu Dhabi are beyond repair, with the UAE seeking to draw Saudi Arabia into a prolonged confrontation in the Red Sea and Horn of Africa," - Africa Intelligence.

🇺🇸⚡️- ICE launched an immigration enforcement operation today in Maine, noscriptd “Operation Catch of the Day.” The operation began in Maine’s greater Portland area, where up to 50 illegal immigrants were arrested.

ICE Deputy Assistant Director Patricia Hyde stated the operation targeted 1,400 illegals with national backgrounds such as Senegal, Somalia, Honduras, Guatemala, and the Congo.

Hyde’s comments signal a willingness from ICE to be more transparent, as escalations have only risen since the excursion into Minneapolis and the deadly shooting of Renee Good, along with administrative leaks to the press communicating President Trump’s concern about the “look” of the ICE operations. - POLITICO.

🇺🇸 - Four aerial tanker from Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, perform something very unusual over Montana, and then head back home.

🇪🇹🇸🇴⚡- Somali separatists, the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), have declared the 2018 peace deal with Addis Ababa nullified. ONLF announced it will restart military operations, advocating for the independence of Ogaden from Ethiopia.

🇺🇸🇨🇺⚡️- "Emboldened by the U.S. ouster of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, the Trump administration is searching for Cuban government insiders who can help cut a deal to push out the Communist regime by the end of the year.

The Trump administration has assessed Cuba’s economy as being close to collapse and that the government has never been this fragile after losing a vital benefactor in Maduro, these people said. Officials don’t have a concrete plan to end the Communist government that has held power on the Caribbean island for almost seven decades, but they see Maduro’s capture and subsequent concessions from his allies left behind as a blueprint and a warning for Cuba, senior U.S. officials said." - The Wall Street Journal

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- American's approval of the military operation to oust Maduro has skyrocketed in the weeks after its success.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- “Our finger is on the trigger, and we warn America and the Zionist entity against making any miscalculations.” - IRGC Commander Major General Mohammed Pakpour.

— 🇮🇳 Four Indian Army personnel have reportedly lost their lives in a road accident this morning.

— Several other injured personnel have been airlifted to Udhampur hospital for medical treatment.

🇨🇿 | @duckdiaries

— Death toll rises to 10.

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🇺🇸🇨🇭⚡- President Trump and other world leaders sign the Charter for the Board of Peace in Davos, Switzerland.

Most of Europe and the far-east Asia have decided against joining the organization. Russia and China have yet to officially join as well.

🇸🇾⚡- Syrian government forces have advanced in the Ayn al-Arab direction, approaching the major town of Qanaya from three different directions.

The SDF are mounting a stiff resistance in the town, with violent clashes ongoing.

🇪🇸⚡️- Another accident occured today as a train directly hit a crane in Carthagena, Spain.

🇺🇸🇫🇮🇷🇺⚡- "What the United States did in Venezuela in 12 hours is an operation that the Russians wanted to do in Ukraine, but with total failure. Don't buy into this narrative that Russia is somehow winning the war.

Russia lost 34,000 soldiers, dead soldiers, in December, for what? To take Kupyansk? They didn't even take Kupyansk," - Alexander Stubb, President of Finland, at the WEF summit in Davos.