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The United States is providing $125 million for electrical parts and other supplies to help crews in Ukraine keep up with repairs of the country's electrical system.

Security forces in Iran have moved the family of Hasti Hossein Panahi, a student who fell into a coma after a police attack on her school, to a place under their supervision amid reports that doctors have lost hope that the 16-year-old will make a recovery.

Navab Ebrahimi, a popular Iranian chef known for his videos about Persian food, has been released from jail after being detained earlier this month.

Oleksiy Arestovych, an adviser to Ukraine's presidential office, has tendered his resignation after comments he made on a deadly Russian air strike sparked a public outcry.

Tennis Australia on January 17 banned Russian and Belarusian flags at the Australian Open after Ukraine's ambassador demanded action when they were seen among the crowd.

Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny, marking the second anniversary of his incarceration on charges widely believed to be politically motivated, says he remains hopeful the "thieves" trying to steal the country from its citizens will fail and be dislodged from power.

A court in Russia's second-largest city, St. Petersburg, has rejected the appeal of noted historian Yury Dmitriyev against a 15-year prison he was handed in a disputed case stemming from pictures of his foster daughter.

The trial in absentia of Belarusian opposition leader Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya opened in Minsk on January 17.

Ukrainian forces in the east sustained incessant Russian attacks over the past 24 hours as Kyiv again appealed for faster deliveries of weapons ahead of a meeting of Western allies that will discuss giving Ukraine offensive armaments such as tanks. 

More than $2 billion was transferred from Russia to Georgia last year as Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in February prompted some 112,000 Russians to relocate to the Caucasus country, giving an unexpected boost to its economy.