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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.

The quake was at a depth of 10 km

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

X said it will geoblock the ability of all Grok and X users to create images of people in ikinis, underwear, and similar attire in those jurisdictions where such actions are deemed illegal

U.S. President Donald Trump said that hes been told on good authority that plans for executions in Iran have stopped, even as Tehran has indicated fast trials and executions ahead in its crackdown on protesters

Democratic Senator Tim Kaine, who has brought a series of war powers resolutions this year, accused Republicans of burying a debate about the merits of an ongoing campaign of attacks and threats against Venezuela

A collapsing rial, soaring inflation and years of sanctions have pushed Tehran into its largest unrest since 2022

The Iranian security force crackdown on the demonstrations has killed at least 2,586, the U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency reported

The Danish Minister said a U.S. takeover of Greenland, where Washington has long had a military base, was absolutely not necessary

Iran needs more freedoms and quick reforms, not another war

The Post named the reporter as Hannah Natanson and said federal agents seized a work laptop, a personal laptop, her phone and a watch from her home in Virginia

Somalia, Russia, Iran, Afghanistan, Brazil, Nigeria, Thailand are among the affected countries, according to the report.

U.S. President Trump repeatedly has warned that the United States may take military action over the killing of peaceful protesters