The National Commission for Women (NCW) has taken suo motu cognisance of the reported torture and murder of a 21-year-old medical student from Keralam in Uzbekistan. The Commission expressed...
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Israel’s Parliament, the Knesset, has announced that national elections will be held on the 27th of October this year. The election is widely seen as a referendum on Prime...
At least 27 people have been killed in a fire that tore through a bar in Thailand’s capital, Bangkok. The deceased include nine men and 18 women. More than...
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U.S., U.K., and 12 other allied nations reaffirm 2016 ruling invalidating China’s claims in South China Sea.
The United States, the United Kingdom and a dozen other Western and Asian countries today reasserted that China’s expansive claims in the South China Sea are illegal based on...
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USA. CENTCOM says Strait of Hormuz ” is open to all vessels,” despite Iran declaring it closed.
US Central Command has said that the Strait of Hormuz is “open to all vessels,” despite Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announcing earlier today that it had closed...
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Gulf nations intercept Iranian attacks after US strikes amid provocation in Strait of Hormuz.
The US military said it hit 140 Iranian military targets in its latest strikes, following an attack on a merchant ship passing through the Strait of Hormuz it blamed...
In response to the American strikes, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said the waterway was closed until further notice and launched attacks on US bases and allies in...
Two people were killed and three others wounded in a shooting Saturday (July 11, 2026) near a Toronto street festival, in Canada, prompting police to warn of an active...
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Typhoon Bavi makes landfall in eastern China’s Taizhou after nearly 2 million evacuated.
Typhoon Bavi made landfall late last night in the coastal city of Taizhou in eastern China, where nearly two million people were evacuated, having earlier hit Japan’s southern Sakishima...
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Former Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani dies at 74. PM Modi condoles the demise of father of Emir of Qatar.
Former Qatar Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, who transformed the Gulf nation into a major global player in diplomacy, media and investment, has died at the age...