Ankara, Jan 21 (AP): A fire at a hotel at a popular ski resort in northwestern Turkey on Tuesday killed at least 66 people, Turkey's Interior Minister said.

Ramallah (West Bank): Israel launched a large military operation in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin on Tuesday that the Palestinian Health Ministry said had killed at least six people and wounded 35.

JD Vance, the 40-year-old senator from Ohio, made history by becoming the first US Vice President to sport a beard since Charles W. Fairbanks, who served under President Theodore Roosevelt from 1905 to 1909. Vance took the oath as the 50th Vice President during an inauguration ceremony held at the US Capitol Rotunda.

A video of creatures slithering on an airport’s tarmac has gone viral as Los Angeles’ cargo of snake imports by Lufthansa Airlines becoming public.

Donald Trump has announced plans to investigate or prosecute several political rivals, former intelligence officials, the country’s former military chief, prosecutors, judges, tech executives, members of Congress, and left-wing activists if he assumes office on Monday.

Shortly after taking the oath of office, US President Donald Trump announced plans to sign an executive order that would end gender diversity policies in the country.

The UK extracted USD 64.82 trillion from India over a century of colonialism between 1765 and 1900 and USD 33.8 trillion of this went to the richest 10 per cent -- enough money to carpet London in notes of 50 British pound almost four times over.

US President Donald Trump said Hamas is weakened, but he's hardly certain that the temporary truce between Israel and Hamas will hold.