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Goa emerging as the most searched domestic destination, according to Make My Trip’s latest report, named Travel Search & Booking Trends in India for Year-End 2024. The top 20 domestic cities account for 40% of all travel searches, with hill stations gaining significant traction. Notably, Manali, Varanasi, Mussoorie, and Udaipur reported double-digit growth in search interest, reflecting the growing preference for cooler, scenic retreats. Nearly 40% of the top destinations feature hill stations across North and South India, highlighting a widespread demand for nature escapes. This year, the travel rush peaks on December 21st—the Saturday before Christmas—similar to last year. However, a notable surge in searches for December 25th indicates that many travelers plan to extend their holidays through the New Year.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Apple production supports about 900,000 households in India. Most are apple growers in Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand with modest incomes.

Yasar Guler said on Sunday. He said the new leadership should be given «a chance» and that Turkey was «ready to provide the necessary support if the new administration requests it», in remarks to journalists reported by state news agency Anadolu and other Turkish media outlets. «It is necessary to see what the new administration will do. We think it is necessary to give them a chance,» Guler said of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham rebel alliance, which is rooted in Al-Qaeda's Syria branch and designated a «terrorist» organisation by many Western governments.

Russian crude oil dropped in November to its lowest level since June 2022 but the Kremlin continues to be the biggest source of oil for India, according to a monthly tracker report of a European think tank. India became the second biggest buyer of Russian crude oil since Moscow invaded Ukraine in February 2022, with purchases rising from less than one per cent of the total oil imported to almost 40 per cent of the country's total oil purchases. The rise was primarily because the Russian crude oil was available at a discount to other internationally traded oil due to the price cap and the European nations shunning purchases from Moscow. «India's imports of Russian crude oil dropped by a massive 55 per cent in November — the lowest figure since June 2022,» the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) said its latest report.

The meetings occurred as regional and global powers scramble for influence over whatever government replaces Assad, forced to flee a week ago. Blinken said at a news conference that the group had agreed on a joint communique that also calls for an inclusive and representative government that respects the rights of minorities and does not offer «a base for terrorist groups».

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Just hours before his departure, Assad addressed senior military and security officials, assuring them that Russian military support was imminent. According to a commander present at the briefing, he urged the ground forces to hold their positions. However, this claim turned out to be false, as Russia had no plans to intervene further. Also Read: Where’s Joe? Vice President Kamala Harris seems to have snubbed the President for not inviting him for Sunday brunch last week

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. ABOARD A RUSSIAN PRESIDENTIAL JET—The spy at the front of the cabin drew open the curtain. Wearing a sand-colored jacket and brown shoes, with a salt-and-pepper goatee, the man had spent the past few hours organizing the final preparations for the largest East-West prisoner swap since the Cold War.

Syria's interim government vowed on Thursday to institute the «rule of law» after years of abuses under ousted president Bashar al-Assad, as the United States warned against any action that risked triggering further conflict. Assad fled Syria after a lightning offensive spearheaded by the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group and its allies, which brought a sudden end to five decades of repressive rule by his clan. Syrians across the country and around the world erupted in celebration after enduring an era during which suspected dissidents were jailed or killed, and nearly 14 years of war that killed more than 500,000 people and displaced millions.

Bitcoin has been on a tear, surging more than 33% since Donald Trump won the US presidential election on 5 November. On Tuesday, the world’s largest digital token briefly topped $90,000 (€85,000), after breaking through the $80,000 mark over the weekend.

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Europe and West Asia while stretching 745 miles from the northern Turkish border to the southern Persian Gulf in Iraq, reported The Mirror US. According to The Mirror US, this ambitious initiative aims to create a network of roads, railways and ports while enhancing severe connectivity and reducing travel time between Asia and Europe and thereby competing with the Suez Canal. The project will be reportedly build upon the Grand Al Faw Port which will be eventually facilitating the export capabilities of Iraq and is seen as a pivotal step toward diversifying the country's economy beyond oil. Also Read: Is Nissan heading for bankruptcy; will Honda buy the iconic Japanese auto maker? Here's what reports are saying

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. TEL AVIV—Israel targeted Syria’s naval and other military assets overnight as part of its campaign to destroy weapons left behind by the country’s military following the downfall of President Bashar al-Assad. Israeli missile ships overnight destroyed naval vessels belonging to Assad’s forces that held sea-to-sea missiles, a person familiar with the matter said.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Days after Syria’s autocratic ruler fled the country, European politicians have reignited the debate over the region’s decade-old refugee crisis. On Monday, Germany and Austria said they were putting asylum applications by Syrians on hold.

The Trump Organization says it has leased its brand to two new real estate projects in Saudi Arabia just weeks before President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House

Turkish drone strike in a Kurdish-held area in northern Syria killed 11 civilians including six children, a war monitor said Monday. The attack comes a day after Islamist-led rebels ousted president Bashar al-Assad in a lightning offensive that saw them sweep swathes of territory from government control. «Eleven civilians, including six children, all members of the same family, were killed in a Turkish drone strike targeting a house» near Ain Issa, north of the city of Raqa, in a Kurdish-held area, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

Trump started his first campaign for the presidency, two Trump-branded buildings were going up in India, one in the financial capital of Mumbai and the other nearby in Pune. Before he won in 2016, the Trump Organization expanded its business in India, signing deals in two more big cities. The day after Trump's victory in November, a developer in India told local media about half a dozen new deals. Like the others, Indian companies buy the land, build the high-rises, sell the units and pay a fee to use the Trump name. These deals are putting India even more squarely in the Trump Organization's sights. And with Trump on his way back to the White House, the country is emerging as center stage for potential conflicts of interest.

Abu Mohammed al-Golani, the militant leader whose stunning insurgency toppled Syria's President Bashar Assad, has spent years working to remake his public image, renouncing longtime ties to al-Qaida and depicting himself as a champion of pluralism and tolerance. In recent days, the insurgency even dropped his nom de guerre and began referring to him by his real name, Ahmad al-Sharaa. The extent of that transformation from jihadi extremist to would-be state builder is now put to the test. Insurgents control capital Damascus, Assad has fled into hiding, and for the first time after 50 years of his family's iron hand, it is an open question how Syria will be governed. Syria is home to multiple ethnic and religious communities, often pitted against each other by Assad's state and years of war. Many of them fear the possibility Sunni Islamist extremists will take over. The country is also fragmented among disparate armed factions, and foreign powers from Russia and Iran to the United States, Turkey and Israel all have their hands in the mix.

Catch LIVE updates of Syrian Crisis with MintSyria War Live: X account ‘War Monitor’ hailed ‘first day in the next era of the Levant’ after rpeorts of Assad fleeing and his decade long regime falling into the hands of rebels emerged. Syria War Live: Syrian rebels say it is prohibited to go near public institutions that will remain under the supervision of the ‘former PM’, reports War MonitorSyria War Live: People celebrate in joy as military informs that the Assad regime has felled.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. A fast-advancing rebel offensive in Syria threatens to dislodge Russia from a strategic linchpin that Moscow has used for a decade to project power in the Middle East, in the Mediterranean and into the African continent. It also challenges Russian President Vladimir Putin’s efforts to portray Moscow as a flag bearer for an alternative global order to rival Western liberalism, and his defense of the Syrian regime as evidence of successful pushback against American dominance in the region.

Diddy faces a bleak Christmas in jail as the basic holiday menu is revealed. It appears that Sean Diddy Combs will have to give up his luxurious way of life in order to spend a gloomy Christmas in prison. A sombre look at the troubled rapper's Christmas Day menu has emerged as he gets ready to spend the holiday season behind bars. It is a far cry from the lavish celebration he typically flaunts on social media, as quoted in a report by the Blast. After Sean Diddy Combs' third attempt to obtain bail was turned down by a judge who determined that he would be a danger to society if freed, this meal update was released.