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January 15, 2025 4:08 PM

Assam woos UAE investors for the upcoming Advantage Assam 2.0 summit

A high-level delegation from Assam, led by Assam Cultural Affairs Minister Bimal Borah, arrived in the UAE for a four-day visit to showcase the state's investment potential ahead of the Advantage Assam 2.0 Summit scheduled for February 25-26, 2025, i...

January 15, 2025 10:58 AM

Kerala intensifies investment push in UAE, secures strong support for Global Summit

Kerala's ambitious drive to attract international investment gained significant momentum as Industries Minister P. Rajeev led a high-profile delegation to Dubai, securing strong commitments from UAE's top business and government leaders for the upcom...

January 15, 2025 10:04 AM

Biden looks to relax Cuba sanctions in final days before Trump

The Biden administration said on Tuesday it would remove Cuba from its terrorism blacklist, while Cuba said separately it would release upward of 500 prisoners from its jails, dual announcements poised to reshape U.S.-Cuba relations just days before�...

The government of the Republic of South Africa launch a rescue operation to extract the illegal workers at the abandoned Stilfontein mine in North West, South Africa on January 14, 2025. Photo by Ihsaan Haffejee/Anadolu via Getty Images

January 15, 2025 1:24 PM

Sixty bodies retrieved from closed South African gold mine

South African authorities have pulled at least 60 bodies from the shaft of a closed gold mine more than 2 km (1.2 miles) underground where an unknown number of men are still feared trapped, following a siege in a crackdown on illegal mining. The si...

Smoke, rising over the destroyed and heavily damaged residential areas following the Israeli attacks on Gaza, is seen from Sderot, Israel on January 14, 2025. Photo by Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images

January 15, 2025 5:15 PM

Gaza ceasefire still elusive as negotiators try to hammer out deal

Negotiators were trying to hammer out the final details of a complex, phased ceasefire in Gaza on Wednesday after marathon talks in Qatar aiming to end a conflict that has inflicted widespread death and destruction and upended the Middle East. Mor...

A police vehicle stops at the entrance to the presidential residence of Yoon Suk Yeol, as police and investigators stand guard, in Seoul, South Korea, on January 15, 2025. Photo by Daniel Ceng/Anadolu via Getty Images

January 15, 2025 8:32 AM

South Korean investigators arrest impeached President Yoon, ending weeks-long standoff

South Korean authorities arrested impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday over insurrection allegations, with the embattled leader saying he agreed to comply with investigations to avoid "bloodshed", ending weeks of tense political standoff. ...

January 14, 2025 6:40 PM

UN rights chief arrives in Syria for first ever visit

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk arrived in Syria's capital, Damascus, on Tuesday for the first ever visit of the global body's rights chief to the country. Turk, an Austrian lawyer, will visit Syria and Lebanon from Jan...

January 14, 2025 5:18 PM

Russia says it is ready to study Trump’s Ukraine peace initiatives

Russia is prepared to study U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's peace initiatives on Ukraine when he takes office next week, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday. Lavrov cautioned that Trump's comments on the war - which he previously said...

January 14, 2025 4:47 PM

Future Minerals Forum opens in Riyadh

The Future Minerals Forum (FMF) 2025 commenced today in Riyadh, bringing together representatives from the mining industry from over 85 countries to address critical challenges in the mineral sector. Union Minister of Coal and Mines, G Kishan Reddy, ...

January 14, 2025 3:49 PM

Qatari mediators present draft proposal for Gaza ceasefire and hostage exchange

Qatari mediators have sent Israel and Hamas a draft proposal for an agreement to halt the fighting in the Gaza Strip and exchange hostages for Palestinian prisoners as a first step towards an end to the 15-month-old war. A week before U.S. President...

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