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Washington, (UNI) US President Donald Trump has said an “armada” of US warships is headed towards the Middle East, and the US is monitoring Iran closely, even as activists put the death toll from Tehran’s crackdown on protesters at 5,002. Speaking on Air Force One as he returned from the World Economic Forum in Davos…

Sydney, Jan 23 (UNI) Major bushfires burning in the south of Western Australia (WA) have prompted road closures and evacuation orders for nearby towns. The WA Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) said in a warning issued on Friday morning that a fire burning in the Fitzgerald River National Park, 420 km southeast of…

Madrid, Jan. 22 (UNI) The death toll from Sunday’s train crash in southern Spain has risen to 45 after Spanish Civil Guard officers discovered two additional bodies on Thursday. The bodies were found after authorities extended the search perimeter around the crash site near the town of Adamuz, in the province of Cordoba. About 200…

Moscow, Jan 22 (UNI) Vladimir Putin thanked President Donald Trump for inviting him to join a US-proposed Gaza “Board of Peace,” a new international body aimed at addressing global conflicts, including the Israeli-Palestinian issue. RT reported that Putin expressed his willingness to contribute to Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ initiative and suggested “donating USD1 billion to…

Davos, Jan 22 (UNI) India and the European union are on the cusp of what’s being called the “mother of all deals”, a historic trade agreement that would create a massive market of 2 billion people, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday Speaking at the World Economic Forum, von der Leyen…

Wellington, Jan 22 (UNI) Several people, including children, are missing after a large landslide struck a holiday park at the base of Mount Maunganui in New Zealand’s Bay of Plenty region on Thursday. Emergency Management Minister Mark Mitchell said search and rescue efforts were continuing at the Beachside Holiday Park. Fire and Emergency New Zealand…

Athens, Jan. 22 (UNI) Two people were killed on Wednesday as a severe weather system swept across Greece, authorities said. In southern Greece’s Peloponnese peninsula, a Coast Guard officer lost his life after being swept away by strong waves at the port of Astros Kynourias and sustaining serious head injuries, according to local officials. In…

Brussels/New Delhi, (UNI) European union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas on Wednesday termed India as “indispensable to Europe’s economic resilience”, and said the EU has agreed to go ahead with the signing of a new Security and Defence Partnership with India. Kallas, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of…

Washington/Davos, (UNI) US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he will not be imposing tariffs regarding Greenland after a “very productive” meeting with NATO chief Mark Rutte, and cited a “framework of a future deal” with NATO involving Greenland and the Arctic region. In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump said “we have…

Davos, Jan 21 (UNI) US President Donald Trump on Wednesday lauded Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, describing him as a “fantastic man” while indicating that a bilateral trade pact was firmly on the agenda. Speaking to Moneycontrol on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum here, Trump exuded confidence about the progress of India–US trade…