- World
Trump to meet Venezuelan oppn leader after cozying up to Maduro’s successor
Caracas: President Donald Trump is set to meet Thursday, january 15, at the White House with Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, whose political party is widely considered to have won 2024…
- Middle East
Iran closes airspace for commercial flights amid rising tensions
Dubai: Iran further extended an order closing its airspace to commercial aircraft without explanation early Thursday, January 15, as tensions remained high with the United States over Tehran’s crackdown on nationwide protests.…
- World
Trump says anything less than having Greenland in US’ hands ‘unacceptable’
Nuuk (Greenland): President Donald Trump said Wednesday, January 14, that NATO should help the US acquire Greenland and anything less than American control is unacceptable, hours before Vice President JD Vance was…
- Sports
US Supreme Court may uphold bans on transgender athletes in women’s sports
Washington: The Supreme Court on Tuesday, January 13, appeared ready to deal another setback to transgender people and uphold state laws barring transgender girls and women from playing on school athletic teams.…
- Middle East
Death toll from crackdown on protests in Iran jumps to 2,571, say activists
Dubai: The death toll from a crackdown on protests in Iran jumps to at least 2,571, activists said early Wednesday, January 14. The figure came from the US-based Human Rights Activists News…
- World
Russia launches another major attack on Ukraine’s power grid, killing 4
Kyiv: Russia launched a second major drone and missile bombardment of Ukraine in four days, officials said on Tuesday, January 13, aiming again at the power grid and apparently snubbing US-led peace…
- Middle East
Iran eases some restrictions, allows calls abroad as death toll increases
Dubai: Iran eased some restrictions on its people and, for the first time in days, allowed them to make phone calls abroad via their mobile phones on Tuesday. It did not ease…
- Middle East
US slaps 25 pc tariff on countries ‘doing business’ with Iran
The US on Tuesday, January 13, announced that any county doing business with Iran will attract a tariff of 25 per cent, mounting economic pressure on the Islamic republic where the death…
- World
Malaysia, Indonesia become first to block Musk’s Grok over sexually explicit AI images
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia and Indonesia have become the first countries to block Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s xAI, after authorities said it was being misused to generate sexually…
- Middle East
Iran protest: Foreign Minister says situation under ‘total control’
Dubai: Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Monday, January 12 that “the situation has come under total control” after a bloody crackdown on nationwide protests. Araghchi also said that the protests…
- Middle East
Iran pitched negotiations after threat of action for protester crackdown: Trump
President Donald Trump said Iran reached out to the US and proposed negotiations after he threatened action in response to a crackdown on protesters in the Middle Eastern country. Trump in comments…
- India
Goa records highest tourists at 1.08 crore in 2025, foreign visitors top 5 lakh
Nearly 1.08 crore tourists, including five lakh foreigners, arrived in Goa in 2025, surpassing the numbers of previous years, as per official data. The Goa government’s focus remains on promoting quality tourism,…
- World
Anti-ICE protests across US after shootings in Minneapolis, Portland
Thousands of people have marched in Minneapolis to protest the fatal shooting of a woman by a federal immigration officer there and the shooting of two protesters in Portland, Oregon, as Minnesota…
- Middle East
Masked men beat up 67-year-old deaf Palestinian in West Bank
Tel Aviv: Dozens of masked men armed with sticks attacked a plant nursery and beat and injured a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank, according to people who saw the attack and…
- World
Minneapolis: What to know about fatal shooting of woman by ICE officer
Minneapolis: Protesters confronted federal officers in Minneapolis on Thursday, a day after a woman was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer. The demonstrations came amid heightened tensions after President…
