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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump arrives to attend a rally the day before he is scheduled to be inaugurated for a second term, in Washington, U.S. - REUTERSpix

Trump’s crypto token surges to $10.7 billion market cap, bitcoin hits record high

SINGAPORE/LONDON: Donald Trump’s newly created cryptocurrency soared on Monday to nearly $11 billion in market value, drawing in billions in trading volume, while bitcoin hit a record high just hours ahead ...

People walk past the rubble of collapsed buildings along Saftawi street in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip - REUTERSpix

Palestinian rescue workers begin search for people under rubble on day two of ceasefire

GAZA/CAIRO: Palestinian Emergency Services said on Monday that a search is underway for thousands of Palestinians believed buried under rubble, as Gaza’s residents expressed shock at the devastation on ...

A tourist crosses the street from the Ground Zero Monument in Kuta, Bali - REUTERSpix

Indonesia mulls repatriation bid for accused Bali bomb plotter, report says

JAKARTA: Indonesia is looking into ways to repatriate an al Qaeda-linked Guantanamo Bay detainee accused of involvement in some of the country’s deadliest attacks, including the 2002 bombings on the resort ...

A freed Palestinian prisoner is greeted after being released from an Israeli jail as part of a hostages-prisoners swap and a ceasefire deal in Gaza between Hamas and Israel, in Ramallah - REUTERSpix

Hamas frees hostages, Israel releases Palestinian prisoners on Day One of ceasefire

GAZA/CAIRO/JERUSALEM: Hamas released three Israeli hostages and Israel released 90 Palestinian prisoners on Sunday, the first day of a ceasefire suspending a 15-month-old war that has devastated the Gaza ...

A 3D-printed miniature model of Donald Trump and the Greenland flag - REUTERSpix

Trump’s foreign policy: end Ukraine war, buy Greenland, target Mexican cartels

WASHINGTON: Republican President-elect Donald Trump says he plans to acquire Greenland, bring the war in Ukraine to a close and fundamentally alter the U.S. relationship with NATO during his second four-year ...

Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan poses on the red carpet during the second day of the opening of Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre (NMACC) at Jio World Centre, in Mumbai, India, April 1, 2023. - REUTERS/Niharika Kulkarni/File Photo

Suspected Bangladeshi arrested in stabbing of Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan

MUMBAI: A man thought to be a citizen of Bangladesh was arrested in India’s financial capital Mumbai on Sunday and is considered the prime suspect in the stabbing of Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan, police ...

Social media influencer Debra Lea attends the Power 30 Awards, an inauguration party sponsored by TikTok for influencers who supported U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, in Washington, D.C., January 19, 2025. - REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt

Conservative influencers celebrate at TikTok-sponsored Trump inauguration party

WASHINGTON: TikTok earmuffs and MAGA hats adorned partygoers at Sunday’s inauguration celebration for the incoming President Donald Trump and the video-sharing platform he once tried to ban.

Called the ...

Police officers and volunteers salvage belongings of the devotees after a fire erupts in makeshift tents during the ongoing “Maha Kumbh Mela”, or the Great Pitcher Festival, in Prayagraj, India, January 19, 2025. - REUTERS/Stringer

Fire at India’s Maha Kumbh Mela festival contained, no one injured

MUMBAI: A large fire broke out at a Hindu religious festival, the Maha Kumbh Mela, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, but the blaze was quickly brought under control and no injuries ...

Displaced Palestinians make their way past rubble, as they attempt to return to their homes, following a delay in the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas over the hostage list, in the northern Gaza Strip January 19, 2025. - REUTERS/Khalil Ramzi

Gaza ceasefire deal takes effect and fighting halts after delay

CAIRO: A ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip took effect on Sunday after a nearly three-hour delay, pausing a 15-month-old war that has brought devastation and seismic political change ...

A combination image shows a woman holding a cutout picture of British-Israeli hostage Emily Damari, in Tel Aviv, Israel March 14, 2024 (L) and undated handout images of Israeli hostage Doron Steinbrecher (C) and Israeli hostage Romi Gonen (R), who were kidnapped during the deadly October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas. REUTERS/Tomer Appelbaum, Courtesy of Bring Them Home Now/Handout via REUTERS, Gonen Family/Handout via REUTERS

Israeli PM’s office says three hostages to be freed after 1400 GMT Sunday, four more in seven days

JERUSALEM: The Israeli prime minister’s office said Sunday that the release of three hostages held by Hamas in Gaza would take place after 1400 GMT on Sunday.

In a statement, it also said four other living ...