The agenda began with the lawmakers setting plans to enact Trump's agenda of cutting taxes, repealing Obamacare and rolling back financial and environmental regulations. But, a surprise move by Republicans in the House of Representatives caught everybody by surprise.

In his Facebook post, he wrote, "I've spent significant time in many states already, so I'll need to travel to about 30 states this year to complete this challenge. After a tumultuous last year, my hope for this challenge is to get out and talk to more people about how they're living, working and thinking about the future."

In a bid to strengthen ties with Sri Lanka, Pakistan will be parking its two maritime security ships at the Colombo port for about four days, the Pakistan High Commission in Colombo said on Tuesday.

United States President-elect Donald Trump on Monday responded on Twitter to North Korea's threats, stating that Pyongyang would not develop a nuclear weapon that could endanger US security.

Departing from Yiwu West Railway Station in eastern Zhejiang province on Sunday, the train will travel for about 18 days and more than 12,000 km before reaching its destination in Britain, according to the China Railway Corporation.

The brawl started on Sunday afternoon when members of the Familia do Norte (FDN), the gang that controls the prison, picked a fight with members of the First Capital Command (PCC), a criminal organisation based in Sao Paulo, EFE news reported.

The Islamic State jihadist group has taken credit for the gun attack at a popular nightclub in Istanbul which killed 39 people on New Year's Eve, mostly foreigners, and injured 70.

Two Indians were among the 39 people killed in the terror attack at a nightclub in Istanbul early on Sunday, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said.

"On this New Year's Day, I ask all of you to join me in making one shared New Year's resolution: Let us resolve to put peace first," Efe news agency quoted Guterres as saying in his first message as the head of the United Nations.

2016 has dawned and 2017 has received a beautiful welcome. While In Los Angeles, we patiently wait for the clock to strike midnight, several countries like India, Australia, Japan and China have already ring in the new year.