Icy winds. heavy snowfall disrupt life in US
Washington, Jan 16 - A Polar Vortex in the North Pole has led to several US cities witness severe cold weather conditions with temperatures dipping in the Midwest and the Northeastern region to a freezing minus -41 degrees Celsius, while 125 million people
Israeli govt approves revised wartime budget with more defence spending
Jerusalam, Jan 16 - The Israeli Finance Ministry said the government has approved an updated wartime budget for 2024, with significant increases in defence spending amid the raging fighting with Hamas in Gaza.
Vivek Ramaswamy drops out of 2024 Republican race to WH, endorses Trump
Washington, Jan 16 - Indian-American tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy announced that he is dropping out of the 2024 Republican presidential race, and endorsed former US President Donald Trump who won the crucial Iowa caucuses.
Ukraine claims to destroy Russian spy plane
Kiev, Jan 16 - Ukraine has claimed to destroy a Russian spy plane over the Sea of Azov.
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.