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Dubai: The United States launched new airstrikes against Iran early Thursday, and Tehran responded by targeting Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar in crossfire that again threatened an interim deal intended to help end the war in the Persian Gulf. The strikes came hours after US President...

Beijing: Authorities in southern China said Thursday that 39 people have died in flooding from Tropical Storm Maysak. Most of the deaths were related to the breach of a dam in the city of Nanning, which claimed 26 lives, said Ding Wei, the city's vice...

Mumbai: Around 3,000 LPG cylinders were swept away by floodwaters after a protective wall at the HPCL Patalganga LPG Bottling Plant in Maharashtra's Raigad district collapsed following heavy rainfall. Videos circulating on social media showed hundreds of gas cylinders floating in the swollen Patalganga River,...

Kalpetta: The death toll in the Wayanad mudslide tragedy climbed to five Thursday after rescue teams recovered two bodies from the debris, even as the search resumed for three people who remain missing. State Agriculture Minister T. Siddique, who is at the accident site, said...

Kolkata: The West Bengal Police informed Thursday that 22 more suspects have been apprehended in the last 24 hours. They have been identified in connection with the lynching of a youth, attacking police, vandalism of public property, including police vehicles and railway tracks, and the...

Washington: Fresh from concluding its landmark free trade agreement with the European Union, India is pursuing an ambitious strategy to expand its network of trade agreements across North America, Latin America, Africa and the Gulf, with negotiations already underway or planned with several major economies,...

Kuwait City: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar Wednesday met Kuwait's Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah and the two leaders discussed ways to enhance bilateral cooperation in various fields as well as developments in West Asia. In a social media post, Jaishankar said he conveyed...

Dubai: President Donald Trump warned Iran Wednesday that the US was preparing for another night of strikes, just hours after he said the ceasefire was over because of Iranian attacks. A day after assaults on commercial shipping escalated into an exchange of fire on Iranian...

Kolkata: Former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday lost her cool and slapped a party worker amid chaos during her party's protest procession in Kolkata against the alleged rape and murder of a minor in Baruipur. The Trinamool Congress faction led by Mamata Banerjee...

New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday organised the third one-day conference for media and communication officers. Around 200 officials from 10 states and Union Territories were brought together to strengthen election-related communication and address the growing challenge of misinformation in the...