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Columbia student freed after Trump‑Mamdani talks

Mayor secures release in White House showdown

Mamdani urged Trump to drop cases against other students facing deportation.

Modi: India, Israel agree 'no place for terrorism'

‘Together, we will move forward towards joint development and production, tech transfer’

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the floral wreath-laying ceremony at the Hall of Remembrance, in Israel on Thursday. Also seen is Benjamin Netanyahu.

Modi in Israel to ‘strengthen cooperation’

Netanyahu lauds ‘close personal relationship’ and ‘deep and long-standing friendship’

Prime Minister Narendra Modi receives a warm welcome from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on his arrival at Ben Gurion International Airport for a two-day state visit to Israel, in Tel Aviv on Wednesday.

Media mogul Jimmy Lai jailed 20 years in landmark trial

Lai was among the first arrested under Hong Kong’s 2020 security law; Apple Daily closed

Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai (C) is led into a police van as he heads to court to be charged under the territory's controversial new national security law in Hong Kong on December 12, 2020, after being accused of conspiring with foreign forces to endanger national security, and could face a lengthy jail term.

US winter storm grounds flights and knocks out power

Snow, ice and frigid temperatures slam the US, grounding flights and cutting power

Thousands of flights canceled as major winter storm sweeps across the US

US agents kill another in Minneapolis amid protests

Federal agents kill second US citizen in Minneapolis, raising shutdown and protest fears

People mourn at a makeshift memorial in the area where 37-year-old Alex Pretti was shot dead by federal immigration agents earlier in the day in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 24, 2026.

‘Extremely dangerous’ winter storm hits US this weekend

Heavy snow, ice, and Arctic temperatures threaten homes, flights, and daily life

A driver navigates fresh snowfall in Lowville, New York, on Friday, Jan. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Cara Anna)

Iran is looking at FREEDOM, US ready to help: Trump

Demonstrators defy crackdown, calling for the end of clerical rule amid growing chaos

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with oil and gas executives in the East Room of the White House on January 9, 2026 in Washington, DC.

Islamabad security tightened after suicide blast

Funeral prayers held for victims, while most of 27 wounded had been discharged

A policeman searches a vehicle along a road in Karachi on November 12, 2025, a day after a suicide bombing blast in Islamabad.

Israeli settlers attack two Palestinian villages

Macron: Settler violence, acceleration of settlement projects reaching new heights

A Palestinian man uses a mobile phone to record a burning truck after an Israeli settlers attack in the village of Beit Lid, east of Tulkarm in the occupied West Bank on November 11, 2025.

Israel receives remains of three Gaza hostages

Earlier, Hamas said the remains were discovered in a tunnel in southern Gaza.

Palestinian Hamas militants stand near a International Red Cross (ICRC) vehicle, as a search for the bodies of killed Israeli hostages takes place, in Gaza City on November 2, 2025.

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