Xinhua world news summary at 0830 GMT, Jan. 26

BERLIN -- The German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) began sending additional military equipment to Lithuania on Thursday as part of a wider initiative to increase the presence of NATO forces in the Baltics.

The Bundeswehr told press that 13 "Boxer" light-wheeled tanks and one "Buffalo" armored recovery vehicle from the Immedingen military garrison in Baden-Wuerttemberg would be transported by train to the Lithuanian Rukla military base in a four-day journey. (Germany-NATO-Lithuania)

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he would reconsider U.S. participation in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal if it's "substantially better."

"I would do TPP if we were able to make a substantially better deal," Trump told CNBC in an interview while attending the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. (US-TPP)

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DUBAI -- A U.S. senior official said on Thursday that his country aligns with its "staunch allies the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia" over the threats posed by Iran to regional stability, UAE state news agency WAM reported.

The comments were made by Paul Ryan, the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, at a meeting at the Emirates Diplomatic Academy in the UAE capital Abu Dhabi. (UAE-US-Iran)

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UNITED NATIONS -- A Palestinian envoy said here on Thursday that the Palestinians remained resolute in calling for the application of international law to solve the Palestinian issue.

Addressing a UN Security Council debate on Palestinian question, Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations, said that 2017 "ended on a disheartening note as the world bore witness to decisions denigrating the Palestinian people's rights and national aspirations, dismissing the global consensus that had prevailed for decades."(UN-Palestine) Enditem