World
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India having ‘most productive’ Arctic talks with Russia: Official
Moscow: India is among the countries holding the “most productive” talks with Russia for cooperation in the Arctic region, a senior foreign ministry official said on Thursday, August 13. Speaking at the…
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Pro-Israel Huckabee calls settler violence ‘act of terror’
Jerusalem: The US Ambassador to Israel condemned the actions of Jewish settlers who are besieging the home of an American Palestinian family in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. US Ambassador Mike Huckabee called…
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Trump claims US has ‘total control’ of Hormuz
Washington: US President Donald Trump has said the United States has “total control” over the Strait of Hormuz and indicated that Washington intends to retain its hold over the strategic waterway. “The…
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US charges 11 in sham marriage scheme to obtain green cards
Washington: The Department of Justice has charged nearly a dozen people with participating in a multimillion-dollar scheme to help hundreds of Chinese nationals fraudulently obtain green cards through sham marriages to US…
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18 terrorists among 21 killed in Pakistan’s Balochistan
Karachi: Eighteen terrorists were among 21 people killed after a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated prematurely while being prepared, followed by a security operation in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province, the army said…
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‘Free Palestine’ slogans interrupt Ornit Shani’s lecture at UoH
Hyderabad: Ornit Shani, Israeli academic, author, and professor at the University of Haifa, was jeered during a session at the University of Hyderabad (UoH). Shani was talking about her book: Assembling India’s Constitution,…
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No US-Iran talks on ceasefire extension, source says
Washington: Iran has disputed an earlier report that it had agreed with the United States to extend their 60-day ceasefire, with a senior Iranian source telling Reuters on Wednesday that no discussions…
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Thousands flee yearslong drought in Somalia as hunger deepens
Baidoa: After nearly two weeks on the road with her five children, Luul Mohamed finally arrived in the southwestern Somali city of Baidoa with no food and little sense of what would…
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US lawmakers push power link for India-Middle East-Europe corridor
Washington: A bipartisan group of US lawmakers has urged the Secretary of State Marco Rubio and US International Development Finance Corporation CEO Ben Black to prioritise an undersea electricity project they described…
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Telangana man dies in Florida fire accident after 15-day battle
Hyderabad: A 29-year-old techie from Hanamkonda district has died in the United States, more than two weeks after suffering severe burns in a fire accident in Florida, plunging his native village into…
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Trump secretly flew from Turkiye after Iran threat
Washington: President Donald Trump said Tuesday, August 11, that he slipped away from Air Force One after a trip last month in Turkiye because the Secret Service and military wanted him on…
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Trump’s Iran war loses US support as Christian Zionists back him
Washington: The American war on Iran has quickly become one of the most unpopular wars in United States history. At the beginning of March 2026, when the war started, 46 per cent…
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India to host Afghanistan for 3-match T20I series in September
New Delhi: Bangladesh’s hopes of hosting India for a long-pending white-ball rubber in September seem all but over with the BCCI announcing that Shreyas Iyer and his men will face Afghanistan in…
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US senators target China tech loopholes
Washington: Two US senators introduced a bipartisan package of four bills aimed at tightening export controls, tracking China’s artificial intelligence capabilities and protecting American technology from foreign espionage. Republican Sen. Jon Husted…
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Trump says he would ‘love to run’ for another term in 2028
Washington: US President Donald Trump said that he would “love to run” for another term in 2028 but acknowledged that the law presents a formidable barrier to such a bid. “Everybody asks…
