Bangladesh revokes passport of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina
Dhaka [Bangladesh], January 8: Bangladesh's interim administration has revoked the passport of its ousted prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, and 74 others for their alleged role...
US authorities seek to identify bodies found in JetBlue wheel well
Florida [US], January 8: Authorities in the United States have been working to identify two bodies discovered in the wheel well of a JetBlue plane...
Facebook and Instagram get rid of fact checkers
New York [US], January 8: Meta is abandoning the use of independent fact checkers on Facebook and Instagram, replacing them with X-style "community notes" where...
German couple confess to killing Ukrainian refugee and her mother to steal...
Mannheim [Germany], January 8: A German couple on Tuesday confessed to killing a Ukrainian refugee and her mother in March 2024 in order to steal...
Thai elephant centres criticized after death of tourist
Bangkok [Thailand], January 8: Animal rights activists on Tuesday lashed out at elephant sanctuaries in Thailand after a Spanish holidaymaker was killed while bathing one...
Airport in Damascus resumes international operations
Damascus [Syria], January 8: Syria's main airport in Damascus resumed full operations on Tuesday after they were halted following the overthrow of long-time president Bashar...
Iran starts air defence drills at Natanz nuclear facility
Tehran [Iran], January 8: Amid rising tensions with Israel and with less than two weeks left before the inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump, Iran's...
US transfers 11 Yemeni inmates from Guantanamo Bay prison to Oman
Washington [US], January 8: The United States has sent 11 Yemeni detainees of the notorious Guantanamo Bay prison to Oman, the Pentagon said on Monday.
Aid efforts in Gaza at breaking point: UN
Gaza [Palestine], January 8: The efforts of United Nations agencies to supply humanitarian aid in Gaza are at "breaking point", a senior official has warned.
Hungarian officials criticize U.S. sanctions on gov't minister
Budapest [Hungary], January 8: Hungary's foreign minister criticized the outgoing U.S. administration and its ambassador on Tuesday for imposing sanctions on the Hungarian minister in...
Two killed, one injured in shooting in Germany
Berlin [Germany], January 8: Two men were shot dead and one got injured on Tuesday evening at a company in the town of Bad Friedrichshall,...
Slovenia's 2024 budget deficit lowest in 5 yrs
Ljubljana [Slovenia], January 8: Slovenia's budget deficit fell to 1.2 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2024, according to preliminary figures, and was the...
News Analysis: Experts expect gradual ECB rate cuts despite rising eurozone inflation
Brussels [Belgium], January 8: Eurozone inflation, as Eurostat reported, hit 2.4 percent in December, the highest since July, but experts expect the European Central Bank...
Earthquake in Tibet kills more than 120
Lhasa [Tibet], January 8: A strong earthquake, opens new tab struck the foothills of the Himalayas near one of Tibet's holiest cities, killing at least...
US, Taliban in talks to swap detainees
Washington DC [US], January 8: The Biden administration is negotiating with Afghanistan to exchange Americans detained in the country for at least one high-profile prisoner...
Ghana's Mahama returns as president, vowing to boost economy
Accra [Ghana], January 8: John Dramani Mahama was sworn in for a second term as Ghana's president at a ceremony in the capital Accra, pledging...
Austrian far right demands conservatives be 'honest' in coalition talks
Vienna [Austria], January 8: Austrian far-right Freedom Party (FPO) leader Herbert Kickl called on the conservative People's Party (OVP) to be "honest" in their imminent...
Jean-Marie Le Pen, founder of France's post-war far right, dies aged 96
Paris [France], January 8: Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France's far-right National Front party who tapped into blue-collar anger over immigration and globalisation and...
Trump will not rule out force to take Panama Canal, Greenland
Nuuk [Greenland], January 8: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump refused on Tuesday to rule out using military or economic action to pursue acquisition of the Panama...
Egypt discovers 4,000-year-old tomb near Cairo
Cairo [Egypt], January 7: A joint French-Swiss archaeological mission has discovered an over 4,000-year-old mastaba at the Saqqara archaeological site, south of the capital Cairo,...
US Congress ratifies Trump's victory
New York [US], January 7: As President of the US Senate, US Vice President Kamala Harris, who lost to Mr. Trump in that election, also...
First person dies of bird flu in the US
New York [US], January 7: On January 6, the Louisiana Department of Health announced that a patient over 65 years old had died from H5N1....
Indonesia joins BRICS bloc as full member
Bali [Indonesia], January 7: Brazil's government said in a statement that Indonesia is formally joining BRICS as a full member, further expanding the group of...
Blinken calls for push to get Gaza truce deal over 'finish line'
New York [US], January 7: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called for a final push for a Gaza ceasefire before President Joe Biden leaves...
Three Israelis killed in northern West Bank Shooting
Gaza [Palestine], January 7: Three Israelis were killed and several injured in a shooting attack on a car and bus near the settlement of Kedumim...
Venezuela to free 146 more election protesters
Caracas [Venezuela], January 7: Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek Saab said that 146 more people arrested after a July election are to be freed, taking the...
Russians capture strategic town of Kurakhove in east Ukraine
Moscow [Russia] / Kiev [Ukraine], January 7: Russian troops have captured the strategically important small town of Kurakhove in the eastern Ukrainian Donetsk region, the...