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Jan 15, 2025 - World

Bangladesh’s Supreme Court has acquitted former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia in the last corruption case against her, paving the way for her to run in elections that an interim government says will be held either in December or in the first half of 2026

Jan 15, 2025 - World

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is visiting Poland after the two countries reached an agreement on a longstanding source of tensions between them: the exhumation of Polish victims of World War II-era massacres by Ukrainian nationalists

Jan 15, 2025 - World

India's navy has launched a submarine, a destroyer and a frigate built at a state-run shipyard

Jan 15, 2025 - World

This liveblog has now closedGaza ceasefire negotiations ‘right on the brink’ as mediators meet in QatarFamilies cautiously optimistic that Israeli hostages may soon be freeHere are some of the latest images sent over the news wires from Gaza.Lebanon’s National News Agency reports that Israeli forces are operating to the west of Meiss El Jabal. It states they are “raiding and storming residential homes” and continues:They are also carrying out searches, vandalism, scattering contents and burning some of them. Limited explosions, machine gun fire and the movement of vehicles and tanks is also being recorded. Continue reading...

Jan 14, 2025 - World

Deal negotiated through Catholic church will involve ‘gradual’ release of 553 political prisoners, says HavanaThe Biden administration has notified Congress that it will remove Cuba from its list of state sponsors of terrorism in a deal the country’s communist government said would involve the “gradual” release of 553 political prisoners.The deal, which administration officials said was negotiated through the Catholic church, was announced on Tuesday, just five days before Biden exits the White House and Donald Trump is inaugurated as the country’s 47th president. Continue reading...