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India & Canada set to ‘explore pathways’ for resetting ties during PM Modi’s visit
New Delhi: India on Thursday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi accepted the invitation from his Canadian counterpart Mark Carney to attend the G7 summit in Kananaskis next week as both nations…
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Ukraine, Russia conduct second phase of prisoner swap
Kyiv: Ukraine and Russia on Thursday carried out the second phase of a prisoner exchange involving seriously ill and severely wounded captives, according to Ukrainian authorities. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on…
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Putin, other world leaders express grief over Ahmedabad plane crash
Moscow/New Delhi: Condolences from leaders across the world continue to pour in for the people affected after an Air India flight bound for London, carrying over 240 passengers, crashed shortly after taking…
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US judge orders release of Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil over protests
A federal judge on Wednesday, June 11, ordered the US government to release Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil, whom the Trump administration has been trying to deport owing to his presence…
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Ahmedabad plane crash: World leaders express condolences to families
Brussels/Male: President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and former Nepal prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda on Thursday expressed solidarity…
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Constitution made it possible for ‘untouchables’ to rise: CJI Gavai
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India B R Gavai delivered a powerful lecture at the Oxford Union in the UK, hailing the Indian Constitution, making it possible for “untouchables” to hold one…
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Sudan’s paramilitary captures key border area near Libya, Egypt
Khartoum: Sudanese paramilitaries at war with the country’s military for over two years claimed to have seized a strategic area along the border with neighbouring Libya and Egypt. The Rapid Support Forces…
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UK deports Indian student for sending sexual messages to local minor girls
An Indian student studying in London was deported after he was accused of sending sexual messages to two local minors. A video of the Indian student being interrogated by UK police has…
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Sixth round of Iran-US nuclear negotiations set for Muscat: Omani FM
Muscat: Iran and the United States will hold a sixth round of negotiations over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear programme this Sunday in Oman, the sultanate’s foreign minister said Thursday, as regional tensions…
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90 pc Gaza schools completely destroyed: UN report
United Nations: A new report by the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry (COI) has raised alarm over the scale of destruction in Gaza, accusing Israeli forces of damaging or destroying…
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US on high alert over possible Israeli strike on Iran: Reports
Washington: The United States has reportedly gone on high alert amid growing concerns of a potential Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities, local media reported. The Trump administration is fearing that Israel…
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Trump confirms US pullout from Middle East amid tensions with Iran
Washington: The White House has decided to pull some American personnel from several Middle Eastern countries, citing growing regional tensions amid the halt in the nuclear talks between the US and Iran.…
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Indian-origin man sentenced in call centre fraud targeting US senior citizens
New York: An Indian-origin man has been sentenced to over six years in prison for his involvement in a nearly $2 million scheme to defraud senior citizens by using call centres abroad.…
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Trump says trade deal with China ‘is done’, US to get rare earth minerals
Beijing: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced that a deal with China “is done” after two days of talks in London, marking a turnaround in the trade war between the two…
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Bangladesh: Mob vandalises Rabindranath Tagore’s ancestral home
Dhaka: A mob attacked and vandalised the ancestral home of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore in Bangladesh’s Sirajganj district, leading authorities to constitute a three-member committee to investigate the incident, according to media…
