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WASHINGTON, Jan 5: President Donald Trumps plan to take control of Venezuelas oil industry and ask American companies to revitalize it after capturing President Nicolas Maduro in a raid isnt likely to have a significant immediate impact on oil prices. Venezuelas oil industry is in disrepair after years of neglect and international sanctions, so it could take years and major investments before production can increase dramatically. But some analysts are optimistic that Venezuela could double or t

DHAKA, Jan 3: Thirteen central leaders of the student-led National Citizen Party (NCP) have resigned in the last eight days over its alliance with the Jamaat-e-Islami ahead of the elections in Bangladesh in February, a report said. Apart from alliance with Jamaat, the leaders also raised several common allegations against NCP, including a lack of transparency in decision-making and political compromise, Bangladeshs web portal The Business Standard reported on Saturday. The fierce 2024 violent st

MOSCOW, Jan 2: Russian authorities said Friday that the death toll from a Ukrainian drone strike they said struck a cafe in a Russian-occupied village in Ukraines Kherson region rose to 27 people. Kyiv denied attacking civilian targets. Svetlana Petrenko, spokeswoman of Russias main criminal investigation agency, the Investigative Committee, said in a statement that a Ukrainian drone strike on a cafe and hotel in the village of Khorly, where at least 100 civilians were celebrating New Years Eve

MANADO (Indonesia), Dec 29: A fire at an Indonesian retirement home killed 16 older people on Sunday evening, police said. The fire in the single-story house in Manado, Indonesias North Sulawesi Province, started while the residents were asleep, police said Monday. The team on the ground has confirmed that the death toll currently is 16, North Sulawesi police spokesperson Alamsyah Hasibuan said. Fifteen of them were burned to death, while one victims body remains intact. There were 15 survivors

HONG KONG, Dec 29: Foreign ministers from Cambodia and Thailand convened with their Chinese counterpart on Monday as the Beijing government, building on its expanding presence in the world diplomatic arena, sought to play a stronger mediating role in the violent border dispute between the two Southeast Asian countries. The trilateral meeting, held in a southwestern Chinese province north of the contested border, came two days after Thailand and Cambodia signed a fresh ceasefire agreement to end

London, Dec 27: Britains senior royals are to be deployed as part of a charm offensive with President Donald Trump to get a coveted trade deal with the US over the line in the New Year, according to a report on Saturday. King Charles III is expected to make a trip to Washington in the first half of next year, making it a historic visit by a reigning British monarch in almost 20 years, The Times referenced sources close to [] The post King Charles, Prince William to be deployed on Trump trade cha

KARACHI, Dec 27: Pakistani security forces have killed at least 13 terrorists belonging to outlawed insurgent groups in different intelligence-based operations in the troubled Balochistan province, the ISPR said Saturday. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the militarys media wing, these terrorists were killed in two operations conducted on December 24 and 25 in the Kohlu and Kalat areas of the province. In two statements, the ISPR said the intelligence-based operations (IB

MELBOURNE, Dec 23: A man accused of shooting dead 15 people at Sydneys Bondi Beach in an antisemitic attack faced a lengthy delay in getting a gun license because of a bureaucratic mishap, not because he raised suspicions, a state government leader said on Tuesday. Sajid Akram, who was killed by police during the attack, and his 24-year-old son, Naveed Akram, are accused of assailing hundreds of Jews celebrating Hanukkah on Dec. 14, in Australias worst mass shooting since [] The post Bureaucrat