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Jerusalem: Israel’s security cabinet convened Friday to decide whether to approve a deal that would release dozens of hostages held by militants in Gaza and pause the 15-month-war. If the cabinet approves, the deal will then go to the government for final sign-off before the ceasefire goes into effect. ...

President Joe Biden said Friday he is commuting the sentences of more than 2,000 people convicted of nonviolent drug offenses, cementing his legacy as the president who has issued the most individual pardons and commutations in U.S. history. Biden said in a statement that commuting the nearly 2,500 sentences would help "equalize" sentencing disparities. ...

Former first lady Michelle Obama has announced that she will not attend Donald Trump’s upcoming presidential inauguration on January 20, marking her second absence from a significant U.S. political gathering this month. The news comes as her husband, former president Barack Obama, is confirmed to attend alongside fellow former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. ...

Chandra Arya, an India-origin Member of Parliament for Nepean, has officially entered the race for Prime Minister of Canada after filing his nomination and addressing the House in Kannada. Arya, who hails from Tumkur district in Karnataka, completed his MBA in Dharwad before moving to Canada. ...

New Delhi [India], January 17 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the Delhi High Court’s order directing signing an MoU between the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the Delhi government for implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PM-ABHIM) scheme in the national capital. ...

Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan has been given a 14-year jail sentence in a land corruption case, a defence lawyer has said. The verdict in the case came after allegations of possible bribery involving land in return for a £190m favour to a real estate tycoon. ...

The Union Cabinet has approved the formation of the 8th Pay Commission to revise the salaries of over 50 lakh Central government employees, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on January 16, 2025. The announcement comes just days before the 2025 Union Budget. ...

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has been sentenced to 14 years imprisonment in the £190m Al-Qadir Trust case, while his wife Bushra Bibi has been awarded a jail term of 7 years. Bushra Bibi was arrested from Adiala Jail shortly after the verdict, where she was present to hear the decision. More to follow... ...

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Friday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi proposing that a 50 per cent concession must be given to students who commute in Delhi Metro. “To reduce the financial burden on students, I propose to give 50 per cent concession to students in Delhi Metro,” the letter read. ...

TEL AVIV, Israel — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday a deal to return hostages held in the Gaza Strip has been reached, after his office said earlier there were last-minute snags in finalizing a ceasefire that would pause 15 months of war. ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, Donald Trump’s pick to lead the agency central to his vision of cracking down on illegal immigration, will face senators Friday at confirmation hearing that will be her first chance to lay out her vision for the sprawling Department of Homeland Security. ...

As he assumes the presidency for a second time, Donald Trump brings with him a broad expanse of business relationships and financial entanglements — and the possibility that those associations could influence his decision-making in the White House. ...

LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani is donating $500,000 to help firefighters and animals forced to flee the deadly wildfires around the region. Ohtani announced his intention on Instagram, with LA Strong in white lettering against a black background. ...

Why did this happen? Yesterday, a shocking political event unfolded that has left the nation in disbelief. The event, which has been described as unprecedented by political analysts, has sent shockwaves through the country. ...

BJP National President JP Nadda will launch party’s manifesto “Sankalp Patra Part – I” for Delhi Assembly Elections 2025 on Friday at 2 PM at party’s State Office. Earlier, BJP on Thursday released its fourth list of nine candidates for the polls, thus declaring 68 of the 70 names, leaving two seats for its allies. ...

In a significant move, the Odisha government announced a hike in the salaries of junior teachers under the schematic on Friday. The teachers will now receive a monthly salary of Rs 16,000, up from the previous Rs 11,100, benefiting approximately 13,740 teachers across the region. ...

Amid demands to ban Kangana Ranaut’s film ‘Emergency’, police personnel in heavy numbers have been deployed outside the PVR Suraj Chanda Tara Cinema in Punjab’s Amritsar after Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) decided to protest against the film being produced by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP. ...

Russia and Iran will sign a "comprehensive strategic partnership" treaty on Friday during a visit to Moscow by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, cementing ties between two of the world's most heavily sanctioned countries. ...

A security delegation from Singapore has arrived in Bhubaneswar to finalise arrangements ahead of President Tharman Shanmugaratnam's visit to Odisha on January 17 and 18. The delegation is working closely with the local Commissionerate Police to ensure comprehensive security measures for the high-profile event. ...

Tel Aviv: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says a deal to return Hamas-held hostages in the Gaza Strip has been reached. The announcement came a day after Netanyahu's office said there were last minute snags in talks to free hostages in return for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of Palestinian prisoners. ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China’s population fell last year for the third straight year, its government said Friday, pointing to further demographic challenges for the world’s second most populous nation, which is now facing both an aging population and an emerging shortage of working-age people. ...

Washington: Indian national Sai Varshith Kandula, 20, on Thursday was sentenced to eight years for an attempted attack on the White House with a rented truck on May 22, 2023. The attack aimed to overthrow the democratically elected American government in order to replace it with a dictatorship fuelled by Nazi ideology, the Department of Justice said. ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden won’t enforce a ban on the social media app TikTok that is set to take effect a day before he leaves office on Monday, a U.S. official said Thursday, leaving its fate in the hands of President-elect Donald Trump. ...

By Geoff Mulvihill and Lindsay Whitehurst | Associated Press A judge in Texas ruled Thursday that three other states can move ahead with their effort to roll back federal rules and make it harder for people across the U.S. to access the abortion drug mifepristone. ...

The BJP's Uttar Pradesh unit leaders distributed copies of the Constitution among the sanitation workers at the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj on Thursday. They said the religious congregation at Prayagraj is a great celebration of unity, something that the Constitution guarantees. ...