Daily Archives: January 18, 2025
“I return to highest calling in democracy of being private citizen”: Blinken during farewell...
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday spoke about the government transition on January 20 and expressed confidence in the...
“We escaped death by 20-25 minutes,” says former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina
NEW DELHI: Former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina has alleged that there was a conspiracy to kill her and her younger...
US House of Representatives passes US-Taiwan Double Taxation Relief Bill
WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives passed a bill on January 15 that aims to reduce tax payments, prevent double taxations and...
Russian court convicts Navalny’s lawyers for belonging to “extremist group”
MOSCOW: Three lawyers, who represented opposition leader Alexey Navalny, who died last year in an Arctic prison, were found guilty by a...
Imran, wife get prison terms in land graft case
ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani court on Friday sentenced jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi to 14 and seven...
Israel govt approves Gaza ceasefire and hostage accord, due to take effect Sunday
JERUSALEM: Israel's cabinet approved a deal with Palestinian militant group Hamas for a ceasefire and release of hostages in the Gaza Strip,...