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High Seas Treaty takes effect, setting new rules for ocean conservation

The High Seas Treaty will govern nearly half the planet's surface the vast ocean areas beyond any country's control

Updated On: 17 Jan 2026 | 11:55 PM IST

Uganda's Yoweri Museveni wins 7th term as Opposition rejects poll results

The musician-turned-politician best known as Bobi Wine took 24.72 per cent of the vote, the final results showed

Updated On: 17 Jan 2026 | 11:50 PM IST

Israel objects to US-led Gaza oversight plan, cites policy differences

Saturday's statement also said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told the foreign ministry to contact Secretary of State Marco Rubio

Updated On: 17 Jan 2026 | 11:41 PM IST

Indonesian regional aircraft carrying 11 passengers goes missing, search on

The plane was last tracked at 01:17 pm in the Leang-Leang area of Maros, a mountainous district of South Sulawesi province

Updated On: 17 Jan 2026 | 11:29 PM IST

EU, Mercosur bloc sign landmark free trade pact after decades of talks

It also sends a message that South America cultivates diverse trade and diplomatic relations even as US President Donald Trump declares dominance in the Western Hemisphere

Updated On: 17 Jan 2026 | 11:04 PM IST

Khamenei calls Trump 'criminal' as Iran protest death toll crosses 3,000

He described the protesters as foot soldiers of the United States and said they had destroyed mosques and educational centres

Updated On: 17 Jan 2026 | 7:25 PM IST

US grants Tesla more time to respond in self-driving tech investigation

The investigation covered 2.9 million vehicles, essentially all Teslas equipped with full self-driving technology, or FSD

Updated On: 17 Jan 2026 | 12:48 PM IST

National Guard troops to remain in Washington, DC, until year-end

Trump said this month that for now he was dropping his push to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon, which had provoked legal challenges

Updated On: 17 Jan 2026 | 10:04 AM IST

FAA warns pilots of risks over eastern Pacific, citing 'military activity'

The notices come after nearly four months of US military strikes against boats in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific that the US alleged were trafficking drugs

Updated On: 17 Jan 2026 | 9:56 AM IST

Trump thanks Iran for cancelling executions of political prisoners

The Republican president also suggested on his social media site that more than 800 people had been set to be executed in Iran, but he said they now won't be

Updated On: 17 Jan 2026 | 8:34 AM IST

First flight with 231 deported Venezuelans from US lands in Caracas

The flight's arrival comes 13 days after Maduro was captured along with his wife, Cilia Flores, during a military intervention in Caracas

Updated On: 17 Jan 2026 | 7:40 AM IST

Iran protests appear to fade as crackdown deepens, West weighs sanctions

The Group of Seven industrialised democracies and the European Union said they too were looking at new sanctions to ratchet up the pressure on Iran's theocratic government

Updated On: 16 Jan 2026 | 10:46 PM IST

Trump may slap tariffs on countries that don't back his Greenland plans

Earlier this week, the foreign ministers of Denmark and Greenland met in Washington this week with US Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio

Updated On: 16 Jan 2026 | 9:54 PM IST

US, Taiwan reach trade agreement, slashing tariffs on Taiwanese goods

The US Department of Commerce described the new agreement as a historic trade deal that will help drive a massive reshoring of America's semiconductor sector

Updated On: 16 Jan 2026 | 9:04 PM IST

US firms worry more about China's economy than trade tensions: Survey

One reason for that may be that many US companies have businesses focused on China's huge market of about 1.4 billion people that do not rely on exports back to the US

Updated On: 16 Jan 2026 | 3:07 PM IST

China's Xi Jinping, Canada's Mark Carney seek new chapter in relations

Carney, the first Canadian prime minister to visit China in eight years, said better relations would help improve a global governance system that he described as under great strain

Updated On: 16 Jan 2026 | 2:23 PM IST

South Korean court sentences Yoon to 5 yrs in prison for martial law decree

The most significant charge against him alleges that he led a rebellion in connection with his martial law enforcement and it carries a potential death penalty

Updated On: 16 Jan 2026 | 1:58 PM IST

US seizes 6th sanctioned oil tanker as pressure on Venezuela mounts

US Southern Command said Marines and sailors launched from the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford to take part in the operation alongside a Coast Guard tactical team

Updated On: 16 Jan 2026 | 1:43 PM IST

Venezuela's acting president urges oil reforms to woo foreign investment

Rodrguez on Thursday painted a picture of money from the oil sales flowing into the national budget to bolster crisis-stricken health services and deteriorating infrastructure

Updated On: 16 Jan 2026 | 1:35 PM IST

US renews threats against Iran at UN despite Trump's de-escalation signals

President Trump is a man of action, not endless talk like we see at the United Nations, Mike Waltz, US ambassador to the UN, said in a statement

Updated On: 16 Jan 2026 | 12:45 PM IST