Police arrest suspect after five family members found dead in Lucknow hotel
The Hindu said a Uttar Pradesh man was arrested in a Lucknow hotel murder case that left his mother and four young sisters dead.
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Saudi Arabia executes six Iranians, prompting protest from Tehran
Saudi Arabia has executed six Iranian nationals convicted of smuggling hashish, prompting Iran’s Foreign Ministry to summon the Saudi ambassador in protest.
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Myanmar enacts cybersecurity law tightening control over digital communications
Myanmar’s military government has brought in a cybersecurity law that expands censorship powers, restricts VPN use and forces platforms to retain user data.
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Police officer killed and four others injured in vehicle attack during patrol in Nelson
New Zealand police say a driver hit officers on foot in Nelson on 2025-01-01, killing Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming and injuring four other people.
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Poland takes over the EU Council presidency with Ukraine and defense at the center
Donald Tusk used the launch in Warsaw to cast the six-month term as a test of European resilience, while Antonio Costa pressed for stronger security planning.
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Five dead in Germany as New Year fireworks accidents injure police officer
Police said fireworks accidents across Germany killed five people, injured a police officer seriously and led to hundreds of detentions in Berlin overnight.
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Twelve killed in New Year’s Day shooting across Cetinje
Montenegro declared three days of mourning after a gunman killed 12 people, including two children, and wounded four others before dying from a self-inflicted gunshot.
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Soldier kills knife attacker after five people are wounded in Verucchio
A man stabbed five passersby in Villa Verucchio before charging carabinieri, who shot him dead after warning shots.
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Stolen excavator attack injures four police officers in southern Germany
Police said a man who stole an excavator in Grünsfeld rammed vehicles and injured four officers before being shot dead.
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Ecuador judge orders arrests over disappearance and killing of four children
A judge in Ecuador issued arrest warrants for 16 soldiers after genetic tests confirmed remains believed to be those of four children who vanished in Guayaquil.
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Zimbabwe abolishes the death penalty as Mnangagwa signs landmark law
Zimbabwe's president signed a law abolishing capital punishment with immediate effect, ending a penalty last carried out in 2005.
Read report »Appeals court upholds Carroll verdict in Trump sexual abuse and defamation case
A federal appeals panel said Donald Trump had not shown that trial errors justified a new trial in E. Jean Carroll’s $5 million case.
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Kenya Police fire tear gas at demonstrators in Nairobi protesting against alleged government extrajudicial abductions in the past few months
2024-12-30 event: Kenya Police fire tear gas at demonstrators in Nairobi protesting against alleged government extrajudicial abductions in the past few months
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Biden orders state funeral for Jimmy Carter after his death at 100
The former president’s death triggers a state funeral in Washington and 30 days of half-staff flags nationwide.
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German prosecutors charge Iraqi couple over alleged Islamic State crimes against Yazidi girls
German prosecutors have filed charges against an Iraqi couple accused of Islamic State crimes, including enslavement and torture of two Yazidi girls.
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Taliban say they will close NGOs employing Afghan women
The Taliban have ordered the closure of national and foreign NGOs in Afghanistan that employ women, escalating restrictions on aid work and women’s participation in public life.
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Venezuela fines TikTok $10 million over deadly viral challenges
Venezuela’s Supreme Court says TikTok failed to stop harmful viral challenges and ordered the company to pay $10 million and open a local office.
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Chad vote opens amid boycott calls and doubts over reform
Voting begins in Chad with opposition parties urging a boycott and casting the polls as a test of whether the transition to civilian rule has real traction.
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North Korea promotes Pak Thae-song to premier in year-end reshuffle
State media says Pak Thae-song replaces Kim Tok-hun as premier after a year-end Workers’ Party meeting that also elevated other senior officials.
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Jimmy Carter, one-term US president and humanitarian, dies at 100
The Carter Center says the former president died in Plains, Georgia, after hospice care, closing a life that stretched from the White House to global humanitarian work.
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Kavelashvili takes office as Georgia's new president amid election legitimacy row
The former footballer was sworn in as the country's sixth president while Salome Zourabichvili rejected the result and anti-government protests spread.
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Taliban bans windows overlooking areas used by women
Afghanistan’s supreme leader has ordered new windows blocked and existing ones covered if they look onto spaces where women may be seen.
Read report »Thousands of Mozambicans flee into Malawi as post-election violence spreads
Malawian officials say thousands have crossed the border after Mozambique’s election unrest deepened, with some temporary sites now sheltering new arrivals.
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South Korea’s impeachment crisis deepens as Yoon is accused of authorizing live fire against MPs
New allegations that Yoon Suk Yeol authorized the use of live firearms against lawmakers have intensified South Korea’s constitutional and political crisis.
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