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January 19, 2026 10:54 AM

Trump invites India to join proposed ‘Board of Peace’ on Gaza conflict

U.S. President Donald Trump has invited India to join his “Board of Peace” initiative aimed at resolving global conflicts, according to a White House statement on Sunday, which was shared in a post on X by Washington’s ambassador to New Delhi, ...

January 18, 2026 5:31 PM

UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to visit India on January 19

United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan will undertake an official visit to India on January 19 at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, further strengthening the growing strategic partnership between the two count...

January 18, 2026 5:37 PM

INS Sagardhwani flagged off for fifth edition of ‘Sagar Maitri’ initiative

INS Sagardhwani, India’s oceanographic research vessel operated under the Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL) of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), was flagged off for the fifth edition of the Sagar Maitri init...

January 18, 2026 5:04 PM

New map reveals hidden landscape under Antarctica’s ice sheet

Scientists have devised the most detailed map to date of the terrain hidden below the vast ice sheet blanketing Antarctica, uncovering an exuberant landscape of mountains, canyons, valleys and plains while discerning for the first time tens of thousa...

January 18, 2026 8:19 PM

UN biodiversity treaty enters into force, aims to protect 30% of oceans by 2030

A landmark global treaty to safeguard biodiversity in the high seas came into effect on Saturday, providing countries with a legally binding framework to tackle threats such as overfishing and meet a target to protect 30% of the ocean environment by ...

January 18, 2026 5:38 PM

Iran’s leader Khamenei accuses Trump of inciting deadly protests

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday blamed President Donald Trump for weeks of demonstrations that rights groups said have led to more than 3,000 deaths. "We consider the U.S. president criminal for the casualties, damages and s...

January 18, 2026 5:17 PM

Flash flooding eases in Australia’s largest city Sydney

Australian authorities on Sunday downgraded a flood alert for a suburb of the country's largest city Sydney, after residents were evacuated due to rising waters sparked by torrential rains. Flooding was "receding and no further significant rise in f...

January 18, 2026 2:38 PM

Uganda’s Museveni wins re-election, opposition leader at large

Veteran President Yoweri Museveni was declared the landslide winner of Uganda's presidential election on Saturday, extending his rule into a fifth decade after a contest marred by violent incidents and allegations of fraud. The result hands the 81-y...

January 18, 2026 6:01 PM

Indonesia finds wreckage of missing surveillance plane carrying 10, one body

Indonesian authorities said on Sunday they had located the wreckage of a fisheries surveillance plane that went missing in South Sulawesi province on the slope of a fog-covered mountain and had recovered the body of one of the 10 people on board. Th...

January 18, 2026 2:24 PM

US kills al Qaeda affiliate leader tied to December attack in Syria, Centcom says

U.S. military forces on Friday killed an al Qaeda affiliate leader linked to an Islamic State attack on Americans in Syria last month, U.S. Central Command said in a statement on Saturday. Bilal Hasan al-Jasim had "direct ties" to an ISIS gunman who...

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