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In less than a year, we made eight peace deals and ended the war in Gaza. We have peace in the Middle East. Nobody thought that was going to be possible, Donald Trump said
The Federal Aviation Administration posted a series of messages cautioning about a potentially hazardous situation, citing the chance for interference to the Global Navigation Satellite System
Thousands of people have been observing the activities of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol officers enforcing the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area since early December
The scene unfolded after a U.S. immigration officer shot Renee Good in Minneapolis, sparking unrest and national debate over immigration enforcement
Harsh repression that has left several thousand people dead appears to have succeeded in stifling demonstrations that began December 28 over Iran's ailing economy and morphed into protests directly challenging the country's theocracy
Venezuelan Opposition leader Mara Corina Machado says shes confident of her countrys eventual transition to democracy after the U.S. military ousted former President Nicols Maduro
Two factions of Nepali Congress, the countrys oldest party, submitted competing claims to legitimacy, forcing the Election Commission to recognise one camp ahead of the deadline for filing nominations for direct polls; amid Nepals shifting political landscape, the EC decides who gets to contest
Regardless of what may happen to the medal, the diploma, or the prize money, it is and remains the original laureate who is recorded in history as the recipient of the prize, the award body said
The U.S. president also suggested on his social media site that more than 800 people had been set to be executed in Iran, but he said they now won't be
External Affairs Ministry says interactions with political interlocutors in Dhaka are part of regular diplomatic engagement
Meeting between foreign ministers of Denmark, Greenland with U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio didn't resolve the differences, but did produce an agreement to set up a working group
There were more than 62,000 reports of issues with the social media platform as of 10:22 a.m. ET in the United States, according to Downdetector
Trump was told 800 scheduled executions were halted; Putin calls Israeli and Iranian leaders
Mark Carney, the first Canadian prime minister to visit China in eight years, said better relations would help improve a global governance system that he described as under great strain
According to Gulf and American officials, Saudi Arabia, along with Qatar, Oman and Turkey, lobbied the Trump administration against military action
Bob Blackman, who chairs the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for British Hindus, told UK members of Parliament that he was horrified over the disastrous situation that has involved Hindus being murdered
Engineers and rescue crews have been braving sub-zero temperatures to restore operations at power plants and substations battered over recent days by Russian drones and missiles.
Results announced by the electoral commission from January 15, vote showed Mr. Museveni with 76.25% of vote based on tallies from nearly half of the polling stations. Wine trailed with 19.85%, with the remaining vote split among six other candidates
China claims Taiwan as part of its territory, and has not ruled out using force to bring it under its control
China consistently and resolutely opposes any agreement... signed between countries with which it has diplomatic relations and the Taiwan region of China, Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said
Mr. Trump made threat after a federal officer shot a man in the leg in Minneapolis on January 16, after being attacked with a shovel and broom handle. The incident further heightened the sense of fear and anger radiating across the city a week after an immigration agent fatally shot a woman in the head
Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman and Egypt had conveyed to the U.S. that any attack would have consequences for the wider region in terms of both security and economics that would ultimately impact the United States itself
The Seoul Central District Court said it found Yoon guilty of obstructing authorities from executing an arrest warrant related to his martial law declaration in December 2024, live broadcast of the ruling showed
More than 1,200 personnel, including firefighters and police officers, were deployed to the scene, he said, adding the cause of the fire was under investigation.
The first Canadian Prime Minister to visit China since 2017, Mr. Carney was on a mission to rebuild ties with Canadas second-largest trading partner after the United States
U.S. Coast Guard boarded the tanker, Veronica. The ship had previously passed through Venezuelan waters and was operating in defiance of President Donald Trump's established quarantine of sanctioned vessels in the Caribbean, says Homeland Security Secretary
U.N. Secretary-General Antnio Guterres urges maximum restraint at this sensitive moment and calls on all actors to refrain from any actions that could lead to further loss of life or ignite a wider regional escalation
Delcy Rodriguez laid out a vision for Venezuela's new political reality one that challenges her government's most deeply rooted beliefs less than two weeks after U.S. captured former President Nicols Maduro
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres criticised Russia for violating the U.N. Charter and the U.S. for its military operation in Venezuela to capture President Nicols Maduro
The boards creation comes shortly after the announcement of a 15-member Palestinian technocratic committee, charged with managing the day-to-day governance of post-war Gaza
Bill approves significant funding for NASA, NSF, NOAA; critics argue National Science Foundation (NSF) funding lacks oversight, clear public return
Local authorities said there was extensive damage in this densely populated area of the town
Hamas accused Israel of violating the ceasefire deal in place since October 2025, and attempting to reignite the conflict
The enthusiasm of Maria Machado and her supporters stood in contrast to Donald Trump having repeatedly raised doubts about the Nobel Peace Prize winner and his stated commitment to backing democratic rule in Venezuela
The U.S. and U.K. embassies also issued alerts for their citizens to avoid travel to the region
Law Adviser Asif Nazrul said the July revolutionists were indemnified for the acts they committed with an aim of political resistance during the uprising under the July Mass Uprising Protection and Accountability Ordinance
Iran had temporarily closed its airspace on January 14, but reopened it on January 15, which has increased the chances of India sending aircraft to Tehran
The seizure marks the sixth vessel targeted in recent weeks that was either carrying Venezuelan oil or had done so in the past. The officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the seizure took place in the Caribbean
On the Iran-U.S. tensions, the Foreign Office spokesperson said Pakistan attached great importance to Iran as a neighbouring country
The Jammu and Kashmir Students Association (JKSA) claimed that the first batch of students is likely to return to India on Friday (January 16, 2026)
The latest trade data, released on January 15, 2026, showed that Indias merchandise exports to the U.S. stood at a five-month high of $7.01 billion in December 2025, up from $6.89 in December 2024
The Crew-11 quartet arrived at the ISS in early August and had been scheduled to stay onboard the space station until they were rotated out in mid-February with the arrival of the next crew
The situation unfolding in the high latitudes is of serious concern to us, the Russian embassy in Belgium, where NATO is headquartered, Russian Embassy in Belgium said in a statement
Gustavo Petro's U.S. visit will come on the heels of a bitter war of words with Mr. Trump in the last year, including Washington's threats to take military action in Colombia
The Iranian government offered no explanation of the decision to shut its airspace

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