The drone attack in Jordan that killed three US service members has been attributed to the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella group of Iran-backed militias. The US holds Tehran responsible, and President Biden is considering options for a response. Iran has threatened to "decisively respond" to any US attack on the Islamic Republic. The situation has heightened tensions in the region, with concerns about potential wider conflict.from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/DbVcjJn
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An Australian TV news channel apologised "unreservedly" Tuesday for altering a photo of a state lawmaker, who complained it gave her "enlarged boobs" and a more revealing dress. Georgie Purcell, upper house member of the Victorian state parliament, posted side-by-side the original photo and the version edited by 9News Melbourne, part of Nine Network Australia.
A deadly collision between a truck and a bus in Mexico's Sinaloa state has resulted in at least 19 reported deaths. The accident occurred on a coastal highway connecting Mazatlan and Los Mochis. The vehicles were engulfed in flames, and the highway was closed. The exact number of injuries is yet to be announced by local authorities.
The EU will sabotage Hungary's economy if Budapest blocks fresh aid to Ukraine at a summit this week, under a confidential plan drawn up by Brussels, Financial Times reported on Sunday.Brussels has outlined a strategy to target Hungary's economic weaknesses, imperil its currency and drive a collapse in investor confidence in a bid to hurt "jobs and growth" if Budapest refuses to lift its veto on the aid to Kyiv, the newspaper reported.
Two people were killed and several wounded on Monday in what Iranian and Syrian media said was an Israeli attack on the outskirts of the Syrian capital, with Iran's ambassador to Damascus denying reports the location was an Iranian military post.An Israeli military spokesperson declined to comment. Iranian state media reported the two deaths but did not identify the victims
A bogus account of a shooting at a South Carolina home owned by Nikki Haley sent authorities scrambling in late Dec, but the Republican presidential candidate, a former governor of the state, was not there at the time.Reuters, which obtained the information as part of a public records request, published details on Saturday about the Dec. 30 "swatting" incident, which intended to draw a heavily armed law enforcement response.
Four mothers sat quietly in the nursing room around midnight, breastfeeding their newborn babies. As one mother nodded off, her eyelids heavy after giving birth less than two weeks earlier, a nurse came in and whisked her baby away. The exhausted mom returned to her private room to sleep.Sleep is just one of the luxuries provided by South Korea's postpartum care centres.
Ukraine's foreign ministry criticised HBO this past week after Milos Bikovic was cast in the third season of "The White Lotus," saying without evidence that the Serbian actor had supported Russia since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. HBO announced on Jan. 12 that Bikovic, 36, would be joining the dark comedy about wealthy tourists at island resorts.
Officials in Ukraine said Russia has provided no credible evidence to back its claims that Ukrainian forces shot down a military transport plane that Moscow says was carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war who were to be swapped for Russian POWs.The agency that deals with prisoner exchanges said late Friday that Russian officials had "with great delay" provided it with a list of the 65 Ukrainians who Moscow said had died in the plane crash in Russia's Belgorod region on Wednesday.
Alaska Airlines is set to resume the service of its Boeing 737 MAX 9 fleet after passing rigorous inspections. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) cleared the MAX 9 for service, allowing Alaska Airlines to complete inspections on its 65 planes by the end of next week. The grounding of the MAX 9 fleet resulted in the cancellation of 3,000 flights in January.
USA-CONGRESS/BORDER-BIDEN (UPDATE 2, PIX)UPDATE 2-Biden backs Senate border deal, vows to 'shut down the border' when overwhelmed
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump on Thursday joined an effort to disqualify Fani Willis from leading the election interference case against Trump in Georgia, on the grounds that she created a conflict of interest by hiring her romantic partner to help prosecute the case.
Qatar said it was appalled Wednesday by leaked remarks made by Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu in which he criticised the country's mediation efforts with Hamas, complicating already arduous negotiations meant to halt the hostilities in exchange for a hostage release.
A South Korean governing party lawmaker was treated for lacerations at a Seoul hospital after being attacked Thursday by an unidentified man who repeatedly struck her in the head with a rock-like object. A suspect was arrested at the scene of the attack on lawmaker Bae Hyunjin. The attack comes after a man stabbed opposition leader Lee Jae-myung in the neck in the city of Busan on Jan 2.
Russia and Ukraine traded accusations on Thursday over the crash of a military transport plane that Moscow said was carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war and was shot down by Kyiv's forces, another heated episode in the information war that has been a feature of the conflict.
Russia accused Ukraine on Wednesday of deliberately shooting down a Russian military transport plane carrying 65 captured Ukrainian soldiers to a prisoner exchange in what it called a barbaric act of terrorism that had killed a total of 74 people. The Russian defence ministry said six Russian crew members and three Russian soldiers had been on the Ilyushin Il-76 military transport plane shot down near the Russian city of Belgorod near the Ukrainian border.
Russia calls for emergency UN Security Council session on the Russian plane crash during the prisoner exchange. Russia accuses Ukraine of shooting down the plane with an air defense missile, calling it a barbaric act of terrorism. Ukrainian military intelligence denies involvement and suggests Russia's accusations are a planned action to destabilize Ukraine.
Turkey's parliament on Tuesday ratified Sweden's NATO membership after more than a year of delays that upset Western efforts to show resolve in the face of Russia's war on Ukraine. The bloc's commanders have cast the latest round of expansion as a show of Western resolve in the face of Russia's aggression.
Iran is “very directly involved” in ship attacks that Yemen’s Houthi rebels have carried out during Israel’s war against Hamas, the US navy’s top Mideast commander said Monday.
Starting Sept 1, 2024, international students in curriculum licensing arrangements will no longer be eligible for post graduation work permits; this is to prevent misuse of such programs and sham degrees that allow people to come into the country and work in low-skilled jobs.
Nikki Haley announces Ron DeSantis has dropped out of the presidential race in New Hampshire. Haley wishes DeSantis well and acknowledges him as a good governor. "We just heard that Ron DeSantis has dropped out of the race," Haley, a former South Carolina governor, said to cheers from the several dozen attendees. "And I want to say to Ron, he ran a great race, he's been a good governor and we wish him well."
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced the suspension of his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination on Sunday saying his intention is to endorse the current frontrunner, Donald Trump.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday rejected conditions presented by Hamas to end the war and release hostages that would include Israel's complete withdrawal and leaving Hamas in power in Gaza. As Israeli planes resumed bombing Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri told Reuters the Israeli leader's refusal to end the military offensive in Gaza "means there is no chance for the return of the (Israeli) captives."
An Israeli strike Sunday on south Lebanon killed a Hezbollah fighter, a source close to the group told AFP, with a security official saying the target was a high-level commander who survived. Since the outbreak of war between Hamas and Israel on October 7, the Lebanese-Israeli border has seen near-daily exchanges of fire between Israel's army and Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah group, an ally of Hamas.
Israeli ground forces, including female combat soldiers, have been fighting in the Gaza Strip since late October. The inclusion of women in combat units has helped boost the image of the army after recent failures. The debate over women serving at the front is now effectively over, according to Lt Gen Herzi Halevi, the military's chief of staff.
"At approximately 6:30 pm (Baghdad time) time Jan. 20, multiple ballistic missiles and rockets were launched by Iranian-backed militants in Western Iraq targeting al-Assad Airbase... A number of US personnel are undergoing evaluation for traumatic brain injuries. At least one Iraqi service member was wounded," CENTCOM said in a post on social media.
Video footage released by an organisation that works with North Korean defectors shows North Korean authorities publicly sentencing two teenagers to 12 years' hard labour for watching K-pop. The footage, which shows the two 16-year-olds in Pyongyang convicted of watching South Korean movies and music videos, was released by the South and North Development (SAND) Institute. Reuters was unable to independently verify the footage, which was first reported by the BBC.
Indian American leader Nikki Haley hit back at former US president Donald Trump over his remarks questioning the former UN Ambassador's eligibility to run as president. "I know Trump well. He gets into name calling when he feels threatened and insecure. I'm not going to waste any energy on that," Haley posted on X (formerly Twitter).
Alec Baldwin on Friday was charged again with involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film "Rust," reinstating a criminal case against the actor months after previous charges were dropped. Friday's indictment by a New Mexico grand jury followed an independent forensic test concluding that Baldwin, 65, would have had to pull the trigger of a revolver he was using in a rehearsal for it to fire the live round that killed Hutchins.
The United States carried out a fresh round of attack against the Houthi rebels in Yemen destroying three anti-ship missiles in the Red Sea. The White House confirmed in a statement that this was the fourth preemptive action taken by the US military amid boiling tensions in the Red Sea. "This morning, US forces conducted three successful self-defence strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen. This is the fourth preemptive action that the US military has taken in the past," White House said in a statement on Friday.
Historical drama "Oppenheimer" led nominations for the Bafta Film Awards on Thursday, securing 13 nods. Sex-charged gothic comedy "Poor Things" received 11 nods while Martin Scorsese's "Killers of the Flower Moon", about the murders of members of the Osage Nation in the 1920s, got nine nominations. The three movies will all compete for the ceremony's top prize - best film - alongside courtroom drama "Anatomy of a Fall" and "The Holdovers".
The US has re-designated the Houthi rebels in Yemen as a terrorist group following their escalated attacks on US-operated vessels in the Red Sea. These actions, seen as an extension of the broader Israel-Hamas conflict, have disrupted major trade routes, prompting global economic concerns and strategic military responses. The US military has conducted targeted strikes against Houthi positions, despite the Houthis' continued threats and actions against commercial and military ships. The international community, recognizing the threat to global trade and regional stability, is responding with heightened security measures and diplomatic efforts to mitigate the crisis.
An Israeli kibbutz on Tuesday confirmed that two hostages whose deaths were announced by Hamas in a video had been "murdered" in Gaza after they were taken to the territory on October 7. In the unprecedented October 7 attack that triggered the Israel-Hamas war, militants seized about 250 hostages, 132 of whom Israeli officials say remain in Gaza.
French President Emmanuel Macron said he will deal with whoever wins the U.S. election. Former president Donald Trump is leading the field of Republican presidential candidates for the November 2024 ballot. Macron had an up and down relationship with Trump over the four years they were in power at the same time.
A deal to allow the delivery of medicines to hostages in Gaza and aid into the territory has been agreed following mediation by Qatar and France, Doha announced on Tuesday. In a statement to the official Qatar News Agency, the foreign ministry announced the deal "between Israel and (Hamas), where medicine along with other humanitarian aid is to be delivered to civilians in Gaza... in exchange for delivering medication needed for Israeli captives in Gaza".
As ships pause or divert due to the attacks in the Red Sea, supply lines are affected. Carmaker Suzuki halts production in Hungary as the attacks delay the arrival of Japanese-made engines. The impact on energy markets is limited, with European gas prices lower and oil prices experiencing a slight decline.
A Tunisian asylum-seeker has been detained indefinitely at Broadmoor high-security psychiatric hospital after killing and nearly beheading his 19-year-old British Indian student girlfriend, Sabita Thanwani, at her London university hall of residence. The Old Bailey heard that Maher Maaroufe (24) killed Thanwani on March 19, 2022 in her room at Arbour House, near City University, where she was an undergraduate student reading psychology, with a bright future ahead of her.
The US and UK air strikes Thursday and Friday against sites in Yemen controlled by the Houthi militia damaged or destroyed about 90% of the targets struck, but the group retained about three-quarters of its ability to fire missiles and drones at ships transiting the Red Sea, two US officials said Saturday. The damage estimates are the first detailed assessments of the strikes by American and British attack planes and warships against nearly 30 locations in Yemen, and they reveal the serious challenges facing the Biden administration and its allies as they seek to deter the Iran-backed Houthis from retaliating.
Five Pakistani soldiers were killed in Balochistan's Kech district when a security vehicle was blown up by an improvised explosive device (IED). The attack led to retaliatory fire by security forces, resulting in the deaths of three terrorists in the Buleda area.
