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Lahore: Pakistan's anti-cybercrime agency has arrested 40 suspects in Punjab province after raiding an illegal call centre where artificial intelligence (AI) tools were being used to create fake images of persons who failed to repay loans, an official said on Wednesday. National Cyber Crime Investigation...

Moscow: India has declared its readiness to make a feasible contribution to resolving the Ukraine conflict and Russia is grateful to New Delhi for such willingness, a key aide of President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday. Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov made the remarks while responding to...

Stockholm: Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Wednesday for their efforts to resolve mysterious mirror images in chemical molecules. "Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai have provided a solution to a chemical mystery that is over a century old: how...

Washington: US spice traders are hoping for exemptions from tariffs on Indian spices under the trade deal with India to ensure that they remain available at reasonable prices for American consumers. The US imports USD 700 million worth of spices from India every year and...

Colombo: Sri Lanka's former first lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa was arrested Wednesday for alleged fraud involving her NGO Sirliya Saviya's bank account. Officers of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) arrested the wife of former Sri Lanka president Mahinda Rajapaksa at their...

Moscow: A Liberia-flagged vessel carrying oil, with a crew of 23 Indian nationals, came under attack by drone boats off Russia's Black Sea coast, Russian authorities said. "The crew has been saved and evacuated to shore," a spokesman for the Russian transport ministry told state-run...

Accra: India and Ghana have discussed multilateral cooperation and Delhi's deepening engagement with the African Union and ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) as External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met Ghanaian counterpart Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa. Jaishankar, who arrived in Ghana on Tuesday on the...

United Nations: Rejecting the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation's remarks regarding Jammu and Kashmir and Delhi's actions against terror infrastructure in Pakistan, India said the group is "unable to distinguish between the victim and perpetrator". Lok Sabha MP from West Tripura Biplab Kumar Deb delivered India's...

Dubai: Indian Captain Smit Machchhar is making "steady progress" and is "regaining his health", the Indian Embassy in the UAE said Tuesday. On flydubai flight FZ1073 Wednesday, Machchhar was attacked by his co-pilot, an Omani citizen, with a crash axe, typically kept in the cockpit...

Chicago: It's official Skydance-owned Paramount has closed its USD 81 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery. The companies completed the deal Tuesday, ushering in a new Hollywood giant with the now shorter Skydance nametag. The merger brings two of America's oldest moviemaking studios together. And...