Athens: Two firefighting helicopters collided in midair Sunday afternoon while battling a massive wildfire in Greece's western Attica, according to Greek national broadcaster ERT. The helicopters crashed near the coastal area of Psatha shortly after the collision, prompting a large-scale rescue operation. The pilot of...
Tehran: Iran's Acting Defence Minister Seyed Majid Ebn Al-Reza said Sunday that Tehran perceives every "enemy" threat as "real and noteworthy," rejecting any characterisation of them as mere psychological warfare. "We will neither be surprised nor remain passive. We use threats as a basis to...
Surabaya (Indonesia): An Indonesian ferry carrying 271 people caught fire in waters off the main island of Java Sunday, leaving at least five people dead and dozens missing as rescuers and passing vessels evacuated hundreds from the burning ship, officials said. The Mutiara Sentosa 2...
Kathmandu: Nepalese authorities Sunday relaxed the curfew imposed in various parts of Madhesh and Koshi provinces as the security situation improved days after communal violence rocked the region. Three people have been killed in communal violence in Nepal that started after clashes erupted in Sunsari...
Lacanau (France): France's vast wildfire near Bordeaux, which scorched an area four times the size of Paris and forced 224,000 people to evacuate, remained contained Sunday but was still burning. Hundreds of kilometres (miles) away, a newer blaze in Provence had stopped advancing overnight but...
Washington: India's Ambassador to the US, Vinay Kwatra, has said that the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) was signed in a spirit of goodwill and friendship in 1960, but Pakistan spent 50 years dismantling this, and its abeyance "merely acknowledges what Pakistan's conduct had already destroyed"....
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister VD Satheesan Sunday said that eight people have died, an equal number are missing and 13 were injured in the previous day's heavy rains which caused property damage, landslides and waterlogging in many parts of the state. In a statement issued...
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday said that the commitment of the new generations towards eradicating the problem of drug addiction from society has reaffirmed his belief that the youth of India is "aware, socially conscious, and serious about their duties". He made these...
New Delhi: The first round of counselling for admission to MBBS and other undergraduate medical courses under the All India Quota will begin August 4 and the academic session for the 2026-27 batch will commence September 8. According to the schedule released by the Medical...
Washington: US President Donald Trump Sunday said the United States had agreed to hold off a planned military attack on Iran after Tehran and several Middle Eastern countries requested a pause, claiming that the framework of a potential agreement had been reached. In a post...
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