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Japan records a 5th straight yearly trade deficit

New Delhi, Jan. 22 -- Japan posted a trade deficit for the fifth straight year in 2025, according to government data released Thursday, as exports were hit by U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs and... Read More


Iconic Coney Island hot dog hawker Nathan's Famous is sold for $450 million

New Delhi, Jan. 22 -- Nathan's Famous, which opened as a 5-cent hot dog stand in Coney Island more than a century ago, has been sold to packaged meat giant Smithfield Foods in an all-cash $450 million... Read More


National security trial for Hong Kong's Tiananmen vigil organizers opens

New Delhi, Jan. 22 -- A trial against two pro-democracy activists behind a group that for decades organized a vigil that commemorated people killed in Beijing's Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989 open... Read More


Police begin to flex new powers in Guatemala in effort to confront gangs

New Delhi, Jan. 22 -- Days after suspected gang members killed 10 Guatemalan police officers, police and soldiers took their new powers granted under a state of emergency to the Barrio 18 gang's cente... Read More


Dozens of body parts are found after Pakistan's shopping plaza fire

New Delhi, Jan. 22 -- The toll from a deadly fire at a shopping plaza in Pakistan's largest city could rise sharply after Wednesday's discovery of body parts thought to belong to over a dozen people, ... Read More


Russia's top diplomat says NATO faces a deep crisis over Greenland

New Delhi, Jan. 22 -- The bid by U.S. President Donald Trump to take over Greenland heralds a "deep crisis" for NATO and raises questions about the alliance's preservation as a single military-politic... Read More


Marine Le Pen faces crucial Paris appeals trial over misuse of EU funds

New Delhi, Jan. 22 -- French far-right leader Marine Le Pen's political future hangs in the balance at an appeals trial in Paris which may damage her party's ambitions of radically changing France's d... Read More


EU plans phase out of high risk telecom suppliers, in proposals seen as targeting China

New Delhi, Jan. 22 -- The European Union said Tuesday it plans to phase out gear supplied by companies based in "high risk" countries from critical infrastructure such as high-speed telecom networks, ... Read More


Ivory Coast will buy unsold cocoa stocks as prices plunge

New Delhi, Jan. 22 -- Ivory Coast, the world's top cocoa producer, said it will buy unsold cocoa stocks to keep exports flowing and ensure farmers are paid, as global prices have plunged in recent mon... Read More


Internet shutdown squeezes Iran's ailing businesses already hurt by crashing currency

New Delhi, Jan. 21 -- Iranians have been struggling for nearly two weeks with the longest, most comprehensive internet shutdown in the history of the Islamic Republic - one that has not only restricte... Read More