Dubai: A ship ran aground in the Strait of Hormuz after not running Iran's approved route through the water, Iranian state television reported Wednesday. The report identified the affected vessel as a foreign container ship, but offered no other immediate details. The Iranian state TV...
Peshawar: A woman was killed while six others were injured in a suspected drone strike in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, police said. The incident occurred Tuesday in Hassan Khel subdivision, some 20 km southwest of Peshawar. All the injured belonged to the same family and...
Srinagar: More than 100 prominent citizens, including former Jammu and Kashmir chief ministers Farooq Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, from India and Pakistan have urged Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Shehbaz Sharif to revive bilateral dialogue and restore normal ties. An open letter, signed by Abdullah,...
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Wednesday embarked on a four-day official visit to France, where she will hold a series of high-level engagements aimed at deepening the India-France Strategic Partnership, strengthening economic cooperation, and promoting investment. A key highlight of the visit will be...
Moscow: The lines are growing at Russian gas stations -- and so is the frustration and uncertainty as several months of Ukrainian attacks have set oil refineries ablaze and choked supplies for motorists across the vast country. Fuel rationing has been introduced in many regions,...
Washington: Indian-American advocacy groups and lawmakers have welcomed the US Supreme Court ruling that struck down President Donald Trump's executive order restricting birthright citizenship, upholding that nearly all children born on American soil are citizens. The Supreme Court Tuesday rejected Trump's bid to end the...
Ankara: Turkiye is rolling out sweeping security measures for next month's NATO summit, deploying tens of thousands of police and placing air defences on high alert, while banning public gatherings and imposing controversial restrictions on freedom of expression and assembly. That's meant to safeguard the...
Washington: The US has delisted four Indian companies from its sanctions list, which were accused of supplying advanced technology and equipment for Russia's military-industrial base. The companies have been deleted from the Office of Foreign Assets Control's (OFAC) Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN)...
Washington: A divided Supreme Court Tuesday upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump's executive order declaring that children born to people who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens. The justices relied on a long-settled understanding...
Washington: Supreme Court Tuesday upheld state laws barring transgender girls and women from playing on school athletic teams, in another setback for transgender people. The court's conservative majority, which has repeatedly ruled against transgender Americans in the past year, ruled that state bans in Idaho...
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The European Union has lent itself to criticism for a controversial meeting of its officials with Taliban representatives in Brussels...
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A nation remembers its wars not only through victories but also through the names of those who never returned to...
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By Aakar Patel What cannot be passed in Parliament as law can be incarnated as a change in the rules....
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