Alexander Lavrentiev, the special representative of the Russian president for the Syrian settlement, said that there is evidence of US plans to begin withdrawing its military from Iraq. He is quoted by TASS.

In Azerbaijan, the Sabail District Court extended the arrest of billionaire and former ex-head of government of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) Ruben Vardanyan for four months.

The Cygnus cargo ship will depart for the International Space Station (ISS) on January 29. The corresponding date was named by NASA.

Scientists from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have discovered previously unknown colonies of emperor penguins. This is reported in an article published in the journal Nature Communications.