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Maxwell, currently serving 20 years in prison for trafficking girls to the disgraced financier Epstein, will face questions from prison via videolink, in a deposition by the House of Representatives’ Oversight Committee. No new US prosecutions are expected after the latest tranche of government files on Epstein were released. The House Oversight Committee is investigating...

Nikkei 225 surges after LDP’s landslide election victory

The Liberal Democratic Party’s election victory sparked a surge in broad-based buying of stocks in early Monday trading in Japan. Tokyo’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock index at one stage surged over 3,000 points, or 5.6 percent. It topped the 57,000 mark to set an all-time intraday high. Stock prices had risen ahead of the election,...

Australia: Israeli president visits Bondi Beach attack site

Israeli President Isaac Herzog visited the Bondi Beach attack memorial, emphasizing his country’s shared values with Australia. Despite restrictions, protests due to the war in Gaza are expected.Israel President Isaac Herzog started a visit to Australia, with the Bondi Beach attack playing a vital role in the trip. Herzog held meetings with victims’ families and...

A Hong Kong court has sentenced pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai to 20 years in prison after he was found guilty of national security offences in December

Lai, 78, who also holds a British passport, could face life in prison after being convicted of colluding with foreign forces, under the controversial Beijing-imposed national security law (NSL) He was also convicted of sedition under a separate colonial-era law Hailed by as a hero and scorned by others as a traitor, Lai is the...

Russia University violence: Four Indian medical students wounded in Ufa knife attack, 15-year-old suspect in custody

Four Indian students injured in knife attack in Russia: Embassy.Four Indian students were injured in a knife attack at a medical university in Russia’s Bashkortostan region on Saturday, the Indian embassy in Moscow and Russian investigators said. “An unfortunate incident of attack has occurred in Ufa. Several persons including four Indian students have been injured,”...

Portugal: Socialist Seguro wins big in presidential election

Veteran center-left politician Antonio Jose Seguro has won 66% of the vote, seeing off a challenge from the far-right.Antonio Jose Seguro of the center-left Socialist Party won the second round of the presidential election in Portugal on Sunday. With 99% of ballots counted, Seguro had won 66.7% of votes to secure a five-year term. Seguro...

Iranian Nobel laureate handed further prison sentence, lawyer says

Narges Mohammadi was arrested in December for making “provocative remarks” at a memorialNobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi has been handed further prison sentences of seven-and-a-half years by an Iranian court, her lawyer has said. The human rights activist was sentenced to six years for “gathering and collusion”, and one-and-a-half years for “propaganda activities” by...

Thailand’s conservative Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul on Sunday claimed victory in the country’s parliamentary elections after television projections showed his party winning nearly 200 seats.

08 Feb 2026

The vote was a three-way race between the reformist People’s Party, the conservative Bhumjaithai Party of incumbent Prime Minister Charnvirakul and Pheu Thai, the party backed by the still-influential Shinawatra family. “We are likely to take first place in the election,” Charnvirakul told reporters at his party headquarters in Bangkok. “The victory today belongs to...

Liberal Democratic Party will secure a two-thirds majority in the Lower House Japanese Media-Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party is set to win 274 to 328 of the 465 seats in the chamber, well above the 233 needed for a majority, according to NHK-

08 Feb 2026