Pyongyang abolishes agencies handling inter-Korean affairs
Seoul, Jan 16 - North Korea has decided to abolish agencies in charge of inter-Korean affairs at a key parliamentary meeting, as leader Kim Jong-un said South Korea should be marked "No. 1 hostile country" in the Constitution, state media reported Tuesday.
Hamas’s battalion framework in northern Gaza dismantled: Israeli Defence Min
Tel Aviv, Jan 16 - Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant claimed that the military has dismantled the Hamas militant group's entire military battalion framework in northern Gaza.
Trump set to win Iowa caucuses
Washington, Jan 15 - Donald Trump, America’s twice-impeached former President who is also facing more than 90 criminal charges, is set to kick off his bid to win the Republican Party’s presidential nomination with a thumping victory in the first of the primaries
Houthis vow to continue attacks on Israel-linked ships
Sanaa, Jan 16 - Yemen's Houthi group has vowed to further deter Israel-linked ships from taking the Red Sea route, amid reports of a fresh attack on ships in the Gulf of Aden.
Iowa caucus: Trump leads the field as GOP voters head for polling booths amid icy winds
Washington, Jan 16 - Former President Donald Trump starts with the early bird advantage against his rivals Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley as the Iowa caucus kicks in on Monday with voters heading for the polling booths with
Houthis claim responsibility for attacking US ship in Gulf of Aden
Sanaa, Jan 16 - Yemen's Houthi group has said that they attacked a US ship in the Gulf of Aden with several missiles.
US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin discharged from hospital
Washington, Jan 16 - US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin was released from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Monday after undergoing follow-up treatment for prostate cancer surgery, the Pentagon announced on Monday, two weeks after he was admitted for complications following prostate
Guterres pleads for Gaza ceasefire, warns of ‘flames of wider war’
United Nations, Jan 15 - Pleading for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned on Monday about the risk of "flames of wider war".
Mask policies return in US as respiratory viruses may strain hospital capacity
Washington, Jan 15 - Cases of and hospitalizations for respiratory viruses, including Covid, the flu and RSV, continue rising across the US, and some health systems have started returning to mask and limited-visitation policies as health officials warn that hospital capacity may become
UK Conservatives heading for electoral wipeout on scale of their 1997 defeat by Labour
London, Jan 15 - The UK's Conservative Party is heading for an electoral wipeout on the scale of their 1997 defeat by Labour, the most authoritative opinion poll in five years has predicted, media reports said.
JN.1 variant to soon become dominant strain in China: Health officials
Beijing, Jan 15 - China is likely to see a rebound in Covid-19 infections in January, and the highly transmissible JN.1 variant will become the dominant strain, health authorities have said.
Cutting off foreign students, temporary workers will hit Canadian economy: Report
Toronto, Jan 15 - Closing doors to temporary workers and foreign students allowed into Canada would blunt the country's economic recovery and deepen recession, a capital market company has warned.
The ‘Other’ Axis: Disparate Global South coalition seeks to hold Israel to account
New Delhi, Jan 15 - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, borrowing from the former US President George W. Bush, calls his 'Triple H' adversaries the "Axis of Evil", while the Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis prefer the term "Axis of Resistance". There is
Australian Foreign Minister to visit Middle East this week
Canberra, Jan 15 - Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong announced on Monday that she will visit the Middle East this week, which will make her the senior most member of the government in Canberra to tour the region amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war
With no ceasefire in sight, Gaza battles famine, epidemic amid Israeli assault
New Delhi, Jan 14 - War claims a great price which is paid by those who did not choose it. The amount of destruction in the face of a relentless war inevitably results in a humanitarian crisis, just as Gaza has been battling
How the Hamas-Israel war turned out to be a strategic advantage for Russia
New Delhi, Jan 14 - This conflict has left the world and societies divided, raised questions over the extent of "self-defence" and the definition of genocide, and brought into sharp focus the differing approach to conflicts around the globe.
Five soldiers killed in IED explosion in Pakistan
Islamabad, Jan 14 - Five soldiers were killed in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast in Pakistan's Balochistan province, local media reported.
Top Trump adviser rules out Ramaswamy’s chances as VP pick
New York, Jan 15 - A top aide of former US President Donald Trump has said that voters are likely to rule out Indian-American longshot presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy as the Republican frontrunner's Vice Presidential pick.
N.Korea claims to have successfully launched ballistic missile
Seoul, Jan 15 - North Korea on Monday said it successfully test-fired a solid-fuel intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) carrying a hypersonic warhead the previous day as part of "regular activities to develop powerful weapons systems", Pyongyang's state media reported.
US military shoots down missile fired from Houthi area in Yemen
Washington, Jan 15 -The US Central Command (CENTCOM) on Monday said an American fighter aircraft shot down an anti-ship cruise missile fired from a Houthi-controlled area in Yemen towards the southern Red Sea amid escalating tensions in the region.