Trump pardons 'Silk Road' drug kingpin

He was sentenced to two life sentences for narcotics distribution and criminal enterprise
22 January 2025, 03:16 AM

US Capitol rioters celebrate prison release after Trump pardons

Hours after being sworn in on Monday, Trump granted pardons to more than 1,500 people who stormed the Capitol
22 January 2025, 03:10 AM

Trump pauses US aid for 90 days

US President Donald Trump began his first full day in office yesterday, riding a wave of executive orders signed just hours after his inauguration on everything from immigration to the environment and culture wars.
21 January 2025, 18:27 PM

Impeachment hearing: S Korea’s Yoon defends actions

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol yesterday attended a Constitutional Court hearing of his impeachment trial where he denied ordering military commanders to drag lawmakers out of parliament during his short-lived bid to impose martial law.
21 January 2025, 18:00 PM

Paramilitary shelling of Sudanese camp kills 16

Sixteen Sudanese civilians were killed and 18 others injured when paramilitary forces shelled a famine-stricken displacement camp in El-Fasher, the besieged capital of North Darfur, rescuers said.
21 January 2025, 18:00 PM

Indian forces kill 14 Maoist rebels

Indian security forces shot dead at least 14 Maoist rebels, including a top commander, yesterday in what the interior minister said was one of the heaviest bouts of recent fighting.
21 January 2025, 18:00 PM

‘Extremely critical’ fire risk in Los Angeles

Fire-weary southern California was buffeted Monday by dangerous winds, with forecasters warning of an “extremely critical” risk in a region already staggering from the devastation of horrifying blazes.
21 January 2025, 18:00 PM

Trump raises prospects for a negotiated reset on US-China ties

Donald Trump unexpectedly held off tariffs on China on his first day back at the White House and did not single it out as a threat, raising the prospect of a rapprochement as both sides look to gain from each other rather than rain harm on an adversary.
21 January 2025, 18:00 PM

Great white shark’s 9m-yr-old ancestor found in Peru

Palaeontologists in Peru on Monday unveiled the 9-million-year-old fossil of a relative of the great white shark that once inhabited the waters of the southern Pacific Ocean, where it liked to devour sardines.
21 January 2025, 18:00 PM

Ukraine strikes Russian oil depot, aviation plant

Ukraine fired a wave of drones at Russia overnight, sparking a blaze at an oil depot and “explosions” at a plant producing military aircraft, its army said yesterday.
21 January 2025, 18:00 PM

Politics has ‘weaponised’ science

The UN’s climate chief yesterday said that the science of global warming had been “weaponised” by politics, a day after Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the Paris Agreement.
21 January 2025, 18:00 PM

Video call: Putin vows to further develop ties with Xi

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a video call with Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday in which he proposed further developing their strategic partnership just hours after Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th US president.
21 January 2025, 18:00 PM

Turkish ski resort fire kills 66 people

A fire at a ski resort hotel in Turkey’s Bolu mountains killed 66 people yesterday and forced panicked guests to jump out of windows in the middle of the night.
21 January 2025, 18:00 PM

‘That’s not our war’

The Israel-Hamas ceasefire entered a third day yesterday, while US President Donald Trump said he doubted the fragile deal would hold.
21 January 2025, 18:00 PM

Mexican president urges ‘cool heads’ in face of Trump threats

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum yesterday called for “cool heads” to prevail in the face of US President Donald Trump’s announcement of severe new restrictions on migration, among other policy changes.
21 January 2025, 18:00 PM

Trump’s foreign policy moves on day one

Donald Trump said he planned to impose 25% tariffs on both Canada and Mexico and withdrew from a signature international climate treaty during an impromptu, wide-ranging news conference from the Oval Office where he tackled topics from trade wars to TikTok and said he was “not confident” that th
21 January 2025, 13:57 PM

Key Trump executive orders signed on day one

On his first day back in the White House, President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders, including rescinding Biden-era executive actions and withdrawing the US from the Paris climate accord...Trump told Fox News host Sean Hannity during his campaign that he would be a d
21 January 2025, 13:27 PM

'You're fired': Trump fires 4 senior officials

"Let this serve as Official Notice of Dismissal for these 4 individuals, with many more, coming soon"
21 January 2025, 07:26 AM

Trump 'not confident' Gaza deal will hold

US President Donald Trump said Monday he was not confident a ceasefire deal in Gaza would hold, despite trumpeting his diplomacy to secure it ahead of his inauguration
21 January 2025, 07:09 AM

Fire at Turkey ski resort hotel kills 10, injures 32

The fire, believed to have started in the restaurant section at around midnight, spread quickly
21 January 2025, 06:48 AM