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Antony Blinken in Jordan, to reach Israel on Monday

Tel Aviv: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who is on a whirlwind tour of the Middle East to defuse escalating tensions, has reached Amman the capital of Jordan. This is the…
UK Oppn raises questions over Akshata Murty’s liquidated firm

London: The UK’s Opposition Labour Party has got into campaigning mode for an expected general election later this year, with advertisements claiming British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is giving the British public…
Iranian FM says security of Palestine, region interconnected

Tehran: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has said that the security of Gaza and the West Bank is interconnected with that of the region and “war is not the solution”. He made…

Rajnath Singh’s UK visit 1st by Indian Defence minister in 22 years

London: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is set to embark upon a three-day visit to the UK from Monday, seen as significant to the bilateral partnership in the sphere of defence and security…
Bangladesh goes to poll amid boycott by main Opposition BNP

Dhaka: Bangladeshis on Sunday began voting in the general elections expected to be won by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the absence of the main Opposition BNP which is boycotting it. Voting…
Bangladesh to vote in national elections today amid tight security

Dhaka: Nearly 170 million people in Bangladesh will vote to elect 299 lawmakers during the 12th national election on Sunday amid a boycott by the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party led by…
4.4 magnitude quake jolts Japan’s Noto region

Tokyo: An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.4 jolted off Japan’s Noto Peninsula on Saturday, the weather agency said. The quake occurred at 11:20 p.m. local time at a shallow depth of…

Bangladesh all set for Sunday’s general elections

Dhaka: Bangladesh is all set for Sunday’s general elections in which about 120 million voters are expected to cast their ballots at more than 42,000 polling stations across the country. The Election…
US offers Rs 83 cr reward for information on Hamas funders

The United States (US) has announced a reward of up to 10 million dollars (Rs 83,19,13,500) in exchange for information about five financiers of the Palestinian militant group Hamas. In a statement…
Japan earthquake toll hits 100, number of missing reaches 211

Tokyo: At least 100 people have died and 211 others remain missing since a series of powerful earthquakes struck Japan’s Ishikawa prefecture on New Year’s Day, with authorities fearing more casualties as…
Watch: Boeing aircraft door blows away right after take-off

Moments after takeoff, one of the doors of an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-9 MAX broke open, resulting in an emergency. Passenger-shot videos to show how the mid-cabin emergency evacuation door had totally…
Hamas leader Haniyeh urges Blinken to end Israel’s war on Gaza

Gaza: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has urged US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to put the focus of his tour in the Middle East on ending Israel’s “aggression” on the Gaza Strip.…
2024 Presidential poll a battle for democracy, Trump the main threat: Biden

Washington: US President Joe Biden on Friday set up the Presidential election later in the year as a battle to save democracy in the US and portrayed former President Donald Trump, who…
USTR Tai to travel to Delhi for US-India trade policy forum meeting

New York: US Trade Representative Katherine Tai is scheduled to travel to New Delhi next week and will co-chair the ministerial-level meeting of the United States-India Trade Policy Forum with Commerce and…
US SC agrees to review Trump’s Colorado ballot eligibility

Washington: The US Supreme Court has agreed to take up whether former President Donald Trump can be disqualified from appearing on Colorado’s primary ballot, setting up a historic case ahead of the…