U.S. stocks close lower as earnings season kicks off
New York [US], January 14: U.S. equities retreated on Tuesday as the fourth-quarter earnings season commenced with disappointing results from a major banking institution, overshadowed...
Trump to end temporary protected status for Somalis amid fraud allegations in...
Washington DC [US], January 14: U.S. President Donald Trump is ending temporary protected status (TPS) for Somali immigrants amid fraud allegations in Minnesota, White House...
Trump says "all meetings" with Iranian officials cancelled
Washington DC [US], January 14: U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he has cancelled "all meetings" with Iranian officials.
Bipartisan U.S. lawmakers move to prevent attack on NATO allies amid Greenland...
Washington DC [US], January 14: A number of bipartisan U.S. lawmakers are introducing a bill aimed at preventing President Donald Trump from using the U.S....
Trump urges Iranians to keep protesting, saying 'help is on its way'
Washington DC [US], January 14: U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday urged Iranians to keep protesting and remember the names of those abusing them, saying...
US labels Muslim Brotherhood as 'terror' group
Washington DC [US], January 14: The United States has designated Muslim Brotherhood organisations in Egypt, Lebanon and Jordan as "terrorist" groups, as Washington intensifies its...
At least 5 die in Gaza collapsed buildings, more deaths from cold
Gaza City [Gaza], January 14: At least five Palestinians have been killed in Gaza as a fierce winter storm toppled buildings damaged by Israeli attacks...
Greenlanders do not want to be American: Leader
Copenhagen [Denmark], January 14: Greenland's prime minister made it crystal clear on Tuesday that his people in no way want to become part of the...
Help is on its way, Trump tells Iran protesters
Washington DC [US], January 14: US President Donald Trump said he has suspended all talks with Iranian representatives until further notice and urged Iranians to...
Ukrainian lawmakers fail to approve defence, energy ministers
Kiev [Ukraine], January 14: The Ukrainian parliament has failed to appoint a new defence minister in the midst of the war with Russia, as there...
Syrian army declares new military zones near Aleppo
Damascus [Syria], January 14: After a recent de-escalation in heavy fighting in Aleppo, the Syrian army has once again declared areas near the city a...
Iran hits back as German chancellor says leadership facing 'final days'
Tehran [Iran], January 14: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi blasted Germany on Tuesday, after Chancellor Friedrich Merz suggested that the leadership in Tehran might be...
Death penalty for ex-South Korean PM Yoon sought by special counsel
Seoul [South Korea], January 14: A South Korean special counsel team has called for the death penalty for former president Yoon Suk Yeol, the country's...
Russia's railway network carries over 1.3 bln passengers in 2025
Moscow [Russia], January 13: Russia's railway network handled 1.3102 billion passenger trips in 2025, a 1.9 percent increase compared with 2024, Russian Railways announced Monday.
Serbia's economic growth slows in 2025 as industrial and investment pressures mount
Belgrade [Serbia], January 13: Serbia's gross domestic product (GDP) expanded by 2 percent in the first 11 months of 2025, down 2.2 percentage points from...
Mexico offers to mediate between U.S., Cuba
Mexico City [Mexico], January 13: Mexico is willing to act as a mediator if the United States and Cuba agree to dialogue, President Claudia Sheinbaum...
Minnesota sues Trump administration over surge of federal immigration enforcement
Los Angeles [California], January 13: The U.S. state of Minnesota and the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul on Monday filed a lawsuit against the...
Trump says countries doing business with Iran face 25 pct tariff
Tehran [Iran], January 13: U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that any country doing business with Iran will pay a tariff rate of 25 percent...
U.S. stocks close higher amid criminal probe into Fed chair Powell
New York [US], January 13: U.S. stocks finished slightly higher on Monday, staging a late-session recovery as investors navigated a volatile landscape marked by a...
U.S. State Department revokes over 100,000 visas in nearly a year
Washington DC [US], January 13: The U.S. State Department announced Monday that it has revoked over 100,000 visas since U.S. President Donald Trump took office...
Former Fed chairs, U.S. officials decry criminal probe against Fed chair Powell
New York [US], January 13: Three former U.S. Federal Reserve chairs and 10 other former top economic officials from the federal government on Monday criticized...
'They just kept killing': Eyewitnesses describe deadly crackdown in Iran
Tehran [Iran], January 13: "I saw it with my own eyes - they fired directly into lines of protesters, and people fell where they stood."
Trump to meet Venezuelan opposition leader Machado at the White House
Caracas [Venezuela], January 13: Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado will meet President Donald Trump on Thursday, the White House...
$4.2 billion worth of oil from Venezuela on its way to the...
Washington DC [US], January 13: US President Donald Trump spoke to reporters aboard Air Force One on the situation in Venezuela on Sunday (local time)....
"Russia must be stopped": Zelenskyy says combined forces of Europe, US can...
Kyiv [Ukraine], January 13: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday (local time) said that Russia has been suffering losses of no less than 1,000 soldiers...
From Guatemala to Panama: US affairs in Latin America
New York [US], January 13: In the early hours of January 3, US forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. Both...
"Respect freedom of expression, refrain from unnecessary use of force": UN chief...
Geneva [Switzerland], January 13: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday (local time) urged Iranian authorities to "exercise maximum restraint" amid unrest in the country,...