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PM Modi to embark on two-nation tour of UK, Maldives today
New Delhi: Shoring up trade and defence cooperation will be the focus of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visits to Britain and the Maldives beginning Wednesday with the formalisation of the landmark India-UK…
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US court denies stay, thousands of Afghans face deportation
Washington: Thousands of Afghans in the US are no longer protected from deportation after a federal appeals court refused to postpone the Trump administration’s decision to end their legal status. A three-judge…
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Face smashed, stripped, Indian man assaulted in racist attack in Ireland
London: An Indian man in his 40s was hospitalised following what has been dubbed “mindless, racist violence” in a suburb of the Irish capital of Dublin, with the Indian Ambassador to Ireland…
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Dhaka plane crash death toll rises to 31, students protest
Dhaka: Thousands of students on Tuesday protested in Dhaka demanding “accurate” information on casualties and compensation for the families of those killed in a Bangladesh Air Force training jet crash into a…
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Over 1,000 Palestinians killed in Gaza aid rush: UN
Deir al-Balah: More than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed since May while trying to get food in the Gaza Strip, mostly in the vicinity of aid sites run by an Israeli-backed American…
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India & UK to share views on cross-border terrorism during PM Modi’s visit
New Delhi: Highlighting the US decision to officially designate The Resistance Front (TRF) – a proxy of the Pakistan-based terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) – as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation (FTO) and Specially…
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Air India Hong Kong flight’s power unit catches fire after landing at Delhi airport
New Delhi: An Air India Hong Kong flight’s auxiliary power unit caught fire after landing at Delhi airport, the airline informed on Tuesday, adding that all passengers and crew are safe. After…
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US envoy emphasises diplomatic efforts in Lebanon-Israel ceasefire
Beirut: US special envoy Thomas Barrack underscored Washington’s diplomatic efforts to support Lebanon’s sovereignty and peace process, noting that it cannot force Israel to do anything. “The US has no business in…
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‘War in Gaza must end now’: UK, Canada and 26 other countries
London: Twenty-eight countries including Britain, Japan and a host of European nations issued a joint statement Monday saying the war in Gaza “must end now” — the latest sign of allies’ sharpening…
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Trump administration releases Martin Luther King Jr assassination files
Washington: US President Donald Trump’s Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard announced that the administration has released over 230,000 pages of documents related to the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther…
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Trump ‘caught off guard’ by recent Israeli strikes: White House
Washington: President Donald Trump was “caught off guard” by the recent Israeli strikes in Syria and on a Catholic church in Gaza, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday. Her comments…
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Gita Gopinath to step down from IMF in August, set to rejoin Harvard
Washington: Gita Gopinath, the First Deputy Managing Director (FDMD) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), will be stepping down from her role in August 2025 to return to academia at Harvard University,…
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UK, France, 23 other countries say war in Gaza ‘must end now’
London: Twenty-five countries including Britain, France and a host of European nations issued a joint statement on Monday, July 20, saying the war in Gaza “must end now” and Israel must comply…
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UN concerned by Taliban’s arrest of Afghan women, girls for dress code violations
Islamabad: The United Nations on Monday expressed concern about the Taliban’s arrest of Afghan women and girls for their alleged failure to comply with the authorities’ dress code. In May 2022, the…
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Bangladesh Air Force training plane crashes atop college building, 20 killed
Dhaka: At least 20 people, including the pilot and mostly children, are reported to be killed and over 170 injured after a Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft crashed atop a college building…
