U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Russian President Vladimir Putin will be among the world officials in Berlin on Sunday to attend a peace summit (AFP) aimed at ending Libya’s yearslong civil war.
 
Renegade Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar, whose forces oppose Libya’s internationally recognized government in Tripoli, left talks in Moscow earlier this week without agreeing to a cease-fire. In recent weeks, Turkey mobilized thousands of Syrian fighters (Guardian) to aid Tripoli’s forces. Haftar yesterday visited Greece, which opposes Turkey’s push for drilling rights in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Afghanistan’s minister for peace affairs said the Taliban’s promise to temporarily reduce violence against Afghan forces was unacceptable (TOLO), and that the group must agree to a cease-fire in order to begin peace talks with the government. U.S. negotiators are in Doha, Qatar, to discuss a possible cease-fire, and the Taliban has shown a willingness to engage in talks with Afghan officials, Reuters reports. 
 
India: The country will invite (Al Jazeera) Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan to a regional cooperation summit later this year, an official said. It would be Khan’s first visit to India as prime minister.

Eleven U.S. troops stationed at Iraq’s Ain al-Asad air base were medically evacuated (Defense One) to Germany and Kuwait due to concussion symptoms after a January 8 missile attack on the base, U.S. military officials said.

Tens of thousands of protesters across Malawi called for investigations (AFP) into reports that five judges ruling on fraud allegations in recent elections had themselves been offered bribes.
 
Nigeria: Islamist militants freed three aid workers (Reuters) and other hostages who had been captured in December, a UN official said.

Ukraine’s Internal Affairs Ministry said it opened a probe (NYT) into reports that U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovich was surveilled by allies of U.S. President Donald J. Trump while stationed in the country. Kyiv also asked the FBI for help investigating reports that the gas company Burisma was hacked by Russia-linked agents.
 
Germany: Authorities raided the homes and workplaces of three people suspected of spying (NYT) for China, officials said.

More than 2,200 migrants traveling to Mexico have entered Guatemala (Reuters) from Honduras, authorities said. Mexico’s interior ministry said it would offer the migrants the option to stay in Mexico (BBC) legally.
 
Canada: The long-delayed Trans Mountain oil pipeline cleared a legal hurdle after Canada’s Supreme Court ruled (CBC) that the province of British Columbia did not have the authority to block the pipeline’s expansion.  

The FBI said it arrested three men (WaPo) on firearm and immigration charges after investigating their participation in an online white supremacist group. Authorities suspected the men would engage in violence at an upcoming gun rights rally in Virginia.
 
CFR’s Bruce Hoffman writes that the U.S. wave of far-right violence is likely to continue in 2020.