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    AI deepfakes: Malaysia, Indonesia become first countries to block Grok

    Agencies
    12 Jan 2026 12:44 PM IST

    Regulators in both nations said existing controls were not preventing the creation and spread of fake obscene content, particularly involving women and minors

    Last week, Grok limited image generation and editing to paying users following a global backlash over sexualised deepfakes of people, but critics say it did not fully address the problem
    World
    Trump describes himself as Acting President of Venezuela in Truth Social post
    World

    Trump describes himself as 'Acting President of Venezuela' in Truth Social post

    12 Jan 2026 8:54 AM IST
    Iran protests
    World

    'Iran wants to negotiate, they are tired of getting beaten up by US': Trump

    12 Jan 2026 8:20 AM IST
    n this frame grab from footage circulating on social media shows protesters dancing and cheering around a bonfire as they take to the streets despite an intensifying crackdown as the Islamic Republic remains cut off from the rest of the world, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026.AP/PTI
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    US, Israeli troops will be targeted if they strike, warns Iran

    11 Jan 2026 8:21 PM IST
    US President Donald Trump

    ‘Make a deal before it’s too late,’ Trump warns Cuba

    11 Jan 2026 7:53 PM IST
    Reza Pahlavi

    ‘My heart is with you’: Reza Pahlavi urges Iran protesters to go on as toll reaches 116

    11 Jan 2026 3:51 PM IST
    Myanmar internal trouble

    Is Myanmar military junta set to lose Rakhine?

    11 Jan 2026 3:05 PM IST
    Israel on ‘high alert’ as Trump weighs military options amid Iran protests

    Israel on ‘high alert’ as Trump weighs military options amid Iran protests

    11 Jan 2026 11:41 AM IST
    US launches fresh strikes on Islamic State targets in Syria after deadly Palmyra attack

    US launches fresh strikes on Islamic State targets in Syria after deadly Palmyra attack

    11 Jan 2026 8:12 AM IST
    Crime scene

    Six killed in Mississippi rampage, suspect charged with murder

    11 Jan 2026 7:25 AM IST
    US protests: Thousands march in Minneapolis over fatal ICE shooting

    US protests: Thousands march in Minneapolis over fatal ICE shooting

    11 Jan 2026 7:17 AM IST
    Fire Iran protestors

    Exiled Iran prince asks protesters to prepare to seize city centres as 65 killed in crackdown

    10 Jan 2026 5:00 PM IST
    Trump slaps 25pc tariff on any country trading with Iran; India, China, UAE to face fallout

    Trump wins, world loses: US firms exempt from 15 pc global minimum tax

    10 Jan 2026 4:26 PM IST
    Venezuela oil USA

    Trump promises ‘total safety’ if oil cos invest in Venezuela; one calls it ‘un-investable’

    10 Jan 2026 3:13 PM IST
    Donald Trump

    Trump threatens to take Greenland ‘the hard way’, wants to stop Russia, China

    The Federal
    10 Jan 2026 2:07 PM IST

    Trump said he needs control of Greenland to guarantee American security, citing the threat from Russian and Chinese ships in the Arctic region

    Donald Trump

    Trump rules out move against Putin, cites ‘great relationship’

    10 Jan 2026 12:40 PM IST
    PM Narendra Modi and Bangladesh Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus

    Amid Hindu killings, India asks Bangladesh to act firmly

    9 Jan 2026 8:36 PM IST
    international migrants, India, UN report, refugees, asylum-seekers

    Sri Lanka placing roadblocks on Tamil refugees’ return from India

    9 Jan 2026 3:24 PM IST
    Ayatollah Khamenei

    Iran’s Khamenei slams Trump, warns protesters of foreign links

    9 Jan 2026 3:22 PM IST
    US President Donald Trump

    Team Trump floats proposal to offer $100,000 per person to woo Greenlanders

    9 Jan 2026 2:18 PM IST
    Donald Trump

    Trump says US to launch land operations against drug cartels, warns Mexico

    9 Jan 2026 12:48 PM IST
    Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen

    Denmark warns of ‘shoot first’ policy as Trump renews Greenland takeover push

    9 Jan 2026 11:51 AM IST
    Internet blackout in Iran as protests intensify after exiled prince’s call

    Internet blackout in Iran as protests intensify after exiled prince’s call

    9 Jan 2026 7:40 AM IST
    Bangladeshi Foreign Affairs Adviser M Touhid Hossain and EAM S Jaishankar

    Dhaka says it suspended visa services in Delhi, Kolkata and Agartala over security concerns

    8 Jan 2026 8:00 PM IST
    Trump effect on India’s foreign policy

    Maduro's capture: Why India prefers not to criticise Trump’s actions

    8 Jan 2026 7:30 PM IST
    Venezuela oil USA

    US to sell Venezuela’s oil ‘indefinitely’, says energy secretary: Report

    8 Jan 2026 3:55 PM IST
    The article was written by Zorain Nizamani, a Pakistani PhD scholar based in the United States

    Deleted Gen Z op-ed triggers backlash and political debate in Pakistan

    8 Jan 2026 2:53 PM IST
    US President Donald Trump

    Trump orders US withdrawal from 66 UN-linked global organisations

    8 Jan 2026 8:31 AM IST
    Another Hindu man lynched in Bangladesh, govt rules out communal angle

    Hadi murder: Party rejects chargesheet, warns of escalation if justice is denied

    7 Jan 2026 6:58 PM IST
    Maria Corina Machado (Right)

    'Ready to lead Venezuela after Maduro's ouster,' says Machado

    7 Jan 2026 3:45 PM IST
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