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January 10, 2025 11:24 AM

Surya Kiran: Indo-Nepal joint military exercise focuses on urban warfare, jungle survival

The 18th edition of the Indo-Nepal Joint Military Exercise, Surya Kiran, currently underway at Saljhandi, Nepal, highlights the robust partnership between the Indian and Nepalese armies. The exercise, which began on December 31 and will run through ...

January 10, 2025 11:18 AM

Lebanon’s army chief elected president, showing weakened Hezbollah

Lebanon's parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun head of state on Thursday, filling the vacant presidency with a general who has U.S. support and showing the weakened sway of the Iran-backed Hezbollah group after its devastating war with Israe...

January 10, 2025 12:28 PM

India retains title of world’s fastest-growing large economy with growth projected at 6.6%: UN

India would again be the fastest growing large economy in the world with a projected annual growth rate of 6.6 per cent, according to Hamid Rashid, the UN head of Global Economic Monitoring. He was speaking at the release of the UN's flagship report-...

January 10, 2025 9:33 AM

US House votes to sanction International Criminal Court over Israel

The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Thursday to sanction the International Criminal Court to protest its issuing arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense minister over Israel's campaign in Gaza. T...

January 10, 2025 9:04 AM

US Supreme Court lets Trump sentencing proceed in New York hush money case

The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way on Thursday for Donald Trump to be sentenced for the president-elect's conviction on criminal charges involving hush money paid to a porn star, with two conservative justices joining the three liberal member...

January 10, 2025 1:40 PM

Los Angeles wildfires devour thousands of homes, death toll rises to 10

Wildfires menacing Los Angeles have killed at least 10 people and devoured nearly 10,000 structures, with five fires burning into a third night on Thursday as dry desert winds fanning the flames again gathered strength. The Palisades Fire between Sa...

January 9, 2025 10:49 PM

Kremlin, on Trump remarks on Greenland and Canada, says Russia has Arctic interests

The Kremlin on Thursday said that Russia had strategic national interests in the Arctic when asked to comment on U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's remarks about acquiring Greenland, absorbing Canada and taking control of the Panama Canal. Trump, w...

January 9, 2025 9:17 PM

Ring of fire tightens around Los Angeles as Hollywood Hills burn

A terrifying wave of wildfires squeezing Los Angeles on multiple fronts pushed closer to the symbolic heart of the U.S. film industry on Thursday after a new blaze ignited in the hills overlooking Hollywood Boulevard and its Walk of Fame. The cresce...

January 9, 2025 5:35 PM

Armenian government approves bill to launch EU accession bid

Armenia's government on Thursday gave approval to a bill that calls for the country, once part of the Soviet Union, to launch a bid to join the European Union. Armenia has in recent years deepened ties with the West at the expense of its traditional...

January 9, 2025 4:50 PM

Jimmy Carter honored with state funeral before burial in Georgia hometown

Jimmy Carter, the former U.S. president who struggled with a bad economy and a hostage crisis but went on to a long and admired post-White House career, will be honored at a state funeral in Washington on Thursday. Fellow Democratic President Joe Bi...

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