Jared Kushner

Through binoculars, ornithologist Jon Vorpsi spies flamingos and pelicans that pause along their migration routes on a hook of protected land on Albania's southern coast.

The daughter of former US president Donald Trump, Ivanka Trump, and her husband Jared Kushner hailed their visit to the Acropolis in a social media post on Tuesday. The iconic ancient Greek monument receives thousands of visitors a day, with long queues being reported since early this year. The Ministry of Culture plans to deal with this phenomenon with the introduction of slots.

"The Acropolis is a testament to the incredible achievements of ancient Greek civilization and their enduring legacy," Ivanka Trump, daughter of former US president Donald Trump, has said.

DAVOS  - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos on Tuesday.

President Donald Trump pardoned former chief strategist Steve Bannon as part of a flurry of clemency action in the final hours of his White House term that benefited more than 140 people, including rap performers, ex-members of Congress and other allies of him and his family.

Saudi Arabia will reopen its borders and airspace to Qatar, U.S. and Kuwaiti officials said on Jan. 4, a major step towards ending a diplomatic rift that has seen Riyadh lead an alliance isolating Doha.

US President Donald Trump has pardoned his former campaign manager Paul Manafort, ex-adviser Roger Stone and the father of Mr Trump's son-in-law.

Mr Manafort was convicted in 2018 in an investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 US election.

Mr Trump had previously commuted the prison sentence of Mr Stone, who was convicted of lying to Congress.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Wednesday denied reports that he had brokered a "great deal" with the President of Kosovo during their overlapping visits to the United States.

"Ending a two-day visit to Washington, DC with excellent talks at the White House with US National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien, Special Advisor to the US President and his son-in-law Jared Kushner, and Special Envoy for the Belgrade-Pritina dialogue Richard Grenell".

The United States has requested a closed-door U.N. Security Council meeting for Feb. 6 at which President Donald Trump's son-in-law and advisor, Jared Kushner, is to present the administration's new Mideast plan which is opposed by the Palestinian leadership, diplomats said.