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Chile fights wildfires kill 19, leave 1,500 homeless
Santiago: Firefighters in Chile are battling forest fires that started on Sunday and have killed at least 19 people and left around 1,500 homeless as they swept through thousands of acres in…
- World
Trump ties his stance on Greenland to not getting Nobel Peace Prize
Nuuk: US President Donald Trump linked his aggressive stance on Greenland to last year’s decision not to award him the Nobel Peace Prize, telling Norway’s Prime Minister that he no longer felt…
- World
US citizen says ICE removed him after warrantless home search
St Paul: Federal immigration agents forced open a door and detained a US citizen in his Minnesota home at gunpoint without a warrant, then led him out onto the streets in his…
- Business
Shares in Asia track European markets lower
Tokyo: Asian shares were mostly lower Tuesday after US markets were closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a national holiday. US future were down sharply after most European benchmarks sank on…
- World
Deadly crash mars Spain’s flagship high-speed rail service
Barcelona: The deadly train wreck in southern Spain has cast a pall over one of the nation’s symbols of success. The collision Sunday killed at least 40 people and injured dozens more,…
- World
Crackdown on demonstrators in Iran protests killed at least 4029, activists say
Dubai: A crackdown on demonstrators taking part in nationwide protests in Iran killed at least 4,029 people, activists said Tuesday, January 20. The US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency offered the toll,…
- World
Canadian woman found dead on Australian beach
Melbourne: Authorities were trying to determine on Tuesday whether a Canadian woman found dead on an Australian beach had been killed by dingoes. The 19-year-old woman was found on a beach at…
- Middle East
Analysts warn that Iran crisis carries potential nuclear risks
Vienna: In the wake of spiralling tensions between the United States and Iran over Tehran’s violent crackdown on protests, analysts warn that the internal upheaval affecting the Iranian theocracy could carry nuclear…
- World
USD 1 billion to get on Trump’s Gaza ‘Board of Peace’
New York: At least six more countries said Sunday, January 18, the United States has invited them to join US President Donald Trump‘s “Board of Peace,” a new body of world leaders…
- World
China’s economy grows 5 pc in 2025 despite Trump tariffs
Hong Kong: China’s economy expanded at a 5 per cent annual pace in 2025, buoyed by strong exports despite Trump’s tariffs. However, growth slowed to 4.5 per cent in the last quarter…
- World
Spain: High-speed trains collide after one derails, at least 20 dead
A high-speed train derailed, jumped onto the track in the opposite direction and slammed into an oncoming train Sunday in southern Spain, killing at least 20 people and injuring dozens more, officials…
- World
European Nations slam Trump’s 10 percent tariff threat over Greenland
Berlin: The eight European countries targeted by US President Donald Trump for a 10 per cent tariff for opposing American control of Greenland blasted the move Sunday, January 18, warning that the…
- India
Thousands march in support of Greenland amid Trump’s threats to take it over
Nuuk: Thousands of Greenlanders carefully marched across snow and ice to take a stand against US President Donald Trump on Saturday, January 17. They held signs of protest, waved their national flag…
- World
Minneapolis: Pro and anti ICE demonstrators face off in immigration crackdown
Protesters for and against the Trump administration’s latest immigration crackdown clashed in Minneapolis on Saturday as the governor’s office announced that National Guard troops had been mobilized and stood ready to assist…
- Middle East
Iraqi forces take over key base following US withdrawal
Baghdad: US forces have fully withdrawn from an air base in western Iraq in implementation of an agreement with the Iraqi government, Iraqi officials said Saturday, January 17. Washington and Baghdad agreed…
