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Zelenskyy says would have fought to death had Russians attacked Kyiv headquarters

In the first days after the Feb. 24, 2022 invasion, Ukrainian officials said Russian intelligence units tried to break into Kyiv but were de...Read More

Afghan women protesters urge against foreign recognition of Taliban

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Good News International Church | Horrors of a Kenyan cult

The group, which called upon its followers to fast until death, is in the spotlight after more than 90 corpses, mostly of children, were rec...Read More

Uzbekistan holds referendum on new Constitution that puts human rights at the forefront

“The new draft constitution expands the human rights and the freedom of citizens of Uzbekistan.” from | The Hindu https://ift.tt/wV4Z6sh ...Read More

N. Korea insults Biden, slams defense agreement with Seoul

North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong warned the U.S. and South Korea of more provocative displays of military might and lobbed personal insults at U.S....Read More

Morning Digest | IAF rescues 121 people from unprepared airstrip in Sudan in midnight operation; Delhi Police register two FIRs in wrestlers’ case, and more

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Brazil recognizes six Indigenous areas in boost for Amazon

The land remains under the federal government’s jurisdiction, but the designation grants Indigenous peoples the right to use it in their tra...Read More

Saudi Arabia, Iran to reopen embassies 'within days'

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Israeli forces kill Palestinian teen in West Bank clash

The Palestinian Health Ministry said a 16-year-old was shot dead during the clash. from | The Hindu https://ift.tt/g1UH0K4 via IFTTT Read More

U.S. concerned over illicit technology procurement by Russia for war: official

Senior strategic trade official says India akin to NATO partner, despite USTR putting India on “Priority Watch List” from | The Hindu http...Read More

11 dead, 9 missing after boat sinks in Indonesia

The victims were mostly women and children, and those rescued fell unconscious after drifting in choppy waters for hour in western Indonesia...Read More

Morning Digest | Explosive device planted a day or two before Dantewada attack; ties depend on peace on border: Rajnath to China, and more

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Attack on Burkina Faso military post leaves 33 soldiers dead, says army

Burkina Faso is one of several West African nations battling a violent Islamist insurgency that has spread from neighbouring Mali over the p...Read More

U.S. sanctions former Sri Lankan Navy commander for human rights violations

“The U.S. continues to seek truth and justice for victims of the Sri Lankan civil war,” the statement said. from | The Hindu https://ift.t...Read More

Israeli army kills alleged Palestinian attacker in West Bank

Authorities say Israeli security forces have shot and killed a suspected Palestinian assailant in the West Bank from | The Hindu https://i...Read More

EAM Jaishankar discusses Sudan situation with U.K. Foreign Secretary James Cleverly

India has evacuated at least 670 Indian nationals from Sudan and is looking to rescue more of its citizens from the strife-torn African nati...Read More

China has deployed navy to evacuate citizens in Sudan: Defence Ministry

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Appeals court rejects Trump effort to block Pence testimony in January 6 probe

A federal appeals court has cleared the way for former Vice President Mike Pence to testify before a grand jury investigating efforts to und...Read More

Morning Digest | India brings back 360 citizens from conflict-torn Sudan; Right to marry is not absolute, laws regulate marriage, govt. tells SC, and more

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Trump accuser begins to testify in rape lawsuit trial

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China to scrap PCR test requirement for inbound travellers

Last month, the country resumed the issuance of all types of visas as part of its efforts to revive tourism. from | The Hindu https://ift....Read More

Albanese to host Biden, Kishida, Modi at Quad summit in May

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he will host Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and U.S. Pr...Read More

Ex-New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to join Harvard

Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will serve as the 2023 Angelopoulos Global Public Leaders Fellow and a Hauser Leader in the...Read More

Morning Digest | Rahul moves Gujarat HC against Surat sessions court order in defamation case; India to host Defence Ministers from SCO grouping, and more

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Pakistani health officials confirm first case of monkeypox

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Pakistan police say electrical short circuit caused blasts in Swat Valley; rule out terror angle

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Kenya cult deaths hits 90 as authorities expand operation

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Taliban kill mastermind of suicide bombing at Kabul airport

Taliban have killed the senior Islamic State group leader behind the August 2021 suicide bombing outside the Kabul airport from | The Hind...Read More

Earthquake in Indonesia damages hospital, sends locals scurrying to high ground

After an initial tsunami alert, Indonesia’s meteorology agency lifted it just before dawn, about two hours after the earthquake from | The...Read More

The View from India | Two Generals, power hunger, and strife: An escalating crisis in Sudan

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U.S. says Sudan rivals agree to ceasefire after hundreds killed

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Kenyan cult deaths at 73, President likens them to terrorism

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Magnitude 7.3 earthquake strikes Indonesia, triggers Tsunami warning

Indonesia suffers frequent earthquakes, straddling the so-called "Pacific Ring of Fire," a seismically active zone where different...Read More

Explosions kill eight in northwest Pakistan

Provincial police chief Akhtar Hayat said it was not clear yet what caused the explosions in northwestern Swat valley from | The Hindu htt...Read More

Magnitude 7.3 earthquake strikes New Zealand’s Kermadec Islands region

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Ukraine war spurs record global spending on military, Stockholm think tank says

Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which began in February last year following years of growing tensions, has prompted European countries to ...Read More

Trump defends push to restrict abortion rights after rebuke

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Moscow slams U.S. after Russian journalists denied visas for UN visit

Russia took up the presidency of the UN Security Council in April despite the Ukraine offensive, which Kyiv said was "a slap in the fac...Read More

39 bodies dug up in cult investigation of pastor in Kenya

Police have asked a court to allow them to hold Makenzi longer as investigations into the deaths of his followers continue. from | The Hin...Read More

Sudan rivals pledge evacuation help, U.S. diplomats airlifted

American embassy staffers are being airlifted from Sudan, as forces loyal to rival generals battle for control of Africa’s third-largest nat...Read More

Meghan hits out at U.K. media over King Charles letters

Prince Harry will attend the coronation next month without Meghan, who will remain in California with the couple's two young children ...Read More

Israelis protest legal changes before nation's 75th birthday

Plans by Netanyahu's government to weaken the Supreme Court have outraged Israelis who see it as an assault on their country's syste...Read More

Mohamed Hamdan ‘Hemedti’ Dagolo | A warlord of his own

Hailing from a nomadic Arab community in Sudan’s restive Darfur, the paramilitary commander, who seized the vacuum left by the fall of Omar ...Read More

Vladimir Kara-Murza | Voice of dissent

The Kremlin critic has been sentenced for 25 years by a Russian court over his criticism of the Ukraine war, the harshest punishment handed ...Read More

Myanmar election commissioner shot dead by rebel fighters

Deputy director Sai Kyaw Thu of the Union Election Commission was shot dead in the township of Thingangyun in eastern Yangon from | The Hi...Read More

U.S. urges China to cease military, diplomatic and economic pressure against Taiwan

U.S. will continue to support a peaceful resolution of cross-strait issues consistent with the wishes and the interests of the people of Tai...Read More

2024 a big year for India-U.S. relationship, President ‘looking forward’ to India visit in September says Biden official

Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, Donald Lu said that U.S. President Joe Biden is looking forward to travelling to In...Read More

U.S. Supreme Court preserves access to abortion pill for now

The Supreme Court has preserved women’s access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion, rejecting lower-court restrictions whil...Read More

With upcoming three-nation tour, Sheikh Hasina balancing the big powers

The coming fortnight-long visit to Japan, the U.S. and the U.K. will give her an opportunity to size up challenges and opportunities facing ...Read More

U.K. Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab quits after bullying investigation

Dominic Raab’s resignation means a third senior minister has departed over their personal conduct since Rishi Sunak became the Prime Ministe...Read More

Sudan's top general says military committed to civilian rule

Army chief Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan said: “We are confident that we will overcome this ordeal with our training, wisdom and strength, preser...Read More

Sudan's paramilitary RSF agrees to 72-hour truce on humanitarian grounds, residents report gunfire

The RSF said it had to act in "self-defense" to repel what it described as a coup attempt, adding that it is committed to a "...Read More

North Korea lambasts G-7, says its nukes are 'stark reality'

North Korea’s foreign minister has called the Group of Seven wealthy democracies a "tool for ensuring the U.S. hegemony” as she lambast...Read More

Morning Digest | Joshimath residents still stranded as Char Dham Yatra begins; NIA files charge sheet against 6 persons in Coimbatore car blast case, and more

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Charge to be dropped in Alec Baldwin movie set shooting

Prosecutors in New Mexico plan to drop an involuntary manslaughter charge against Alec Baldwin in the fatal 2021 shooting of a cinematograph...Read More

Imran Khan ally becomes “Prime Minister” of PoK

The top post fell vacant last week after former "premier" Sardar Tanveer Ilyas Khan was disqualified by the region’s high court ov...Read More

Trade envoy Katherine Tai says U.S. not seeking to 'decouple' from China

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‘Awesome‘ solar eclipse wows viewers in Australia, Indonesia

NASA astronomer Henry Throop was among those at Exmouth loudly cheering the eclipse in the darkness from | The Hindu https://ift.tt/Ngnd9u...Read More

U.S. committed to advancing economic growth with India: White House

The U.S. has emerged as India's biggest trading partner in 2022-23 on account of increasing economic ties between the two countries fr...Read More

Stampede in Yemen’s capital kills at least 85: Houthi officials

Yemen's Houthi rebels say the stampede occurred at an event to distribute financial aid in Yemen’s capital from | The Hindu https://if...Read More

Stampede in Yemen’s capital kills at least 78

Yemen's Houthi rebels say people have stampeded at an event to distribute financial aid in Yemen’s capital and at least 78 people are de...Read More

Semi-automatic rifle ban passes Washington state Legislature

A ban on dozens of semi-automatic rifles has cleared the Democratic-controlled Washington state Legislature from | The Hindu https://ift.t...Read More

Cuba's Parliament ratifies President Díaz-Canel for new term

Cuba’s National Assembly has ratified President Miguel Díaz-Canel for a new five-year term, in a decision to maintain continuity as the isla...Read More

Nepal President Paudel to be flown to AIIMS-Delhi for medical treatment

Nepal President Paudel will undergo treatment at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, (AIIMS), New Delhi from | The Hindu https://...Read More

The View from India | What’s Mohammed bin Salman up to?

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Kim Jong Un says North Korea has finished development of first spy satellite

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says his country has completed the development of its first military spy satellite and ordered officials to ...Read More

Sudan capital hit by blasts as deadly conflict enters fourth day

A weeks-long power struggle erupted into deadly violence on Saturday between the forces of two generals who seized power in a 2021 coup fr...Read More

Daily Quiz | On how names of countries have changed

Five years ago, the King of Swaziland renamed his country “Eswatini”. Here is a quiz on countries and how their names have changed over the ...Read More

Pakistan's top diplomat in Kabul returns, months after surviving assassination attempt

Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch confirmed that Ubaidur Rehman Nizamani, the Pakistani Charge d'Affaires, returned to Kab...Read More

Landslide in Pakistan's Khyber Pass buries trucks, dozens feared trapped

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G-7 diplomats reject Chinese, North Korean, Russian aggression

Top diplomats from the Group of Seven wealthy democracies are vowing a tough stance on China’s increasing threats to Taiwan and on North Kor...Read More

Sudan's Generals battle for third day; death toll soars to 185

Sudanese are huddling in their homes for a third straight day as the army and a powerful rival force fight in the streets of the capital and...Read More

Violence in Khartoum: Indian embassy in Sudan advises Indians to not venture out

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The main players in the push towards deep-sea mining

At stake is the development of potentially vast amounts of mineral resources that could help drive the global transition to clean energy f...Read More

South Korea, U.S., Japan to hold missile defence drills to counter North Korea

The three countries would focus on mastering response procedures from detection to tracking to information sharing by creating a virtual tar...Read More

Macron to address France after 'Pyrrhic' pensions victory

After three months of protests and strikes, the left and unions have vowed not to give in and have warned of mass protests on the May 1 Labo...Read More

SpaceX Starship, world's biggest rocket, set for first test flight

The U.S. space agency NASA has picked the Starship spacecraft to ferry astronauts to the Moon in late 2025 -- a mission known as Artemis III...Read More

Shooting at Alabama birthday party kills 4 people, wounds 28

Law enforcement officers are imploring people in an Alabama town to come forward with information about a shooting that killed four people a...Read More

Sri Lanka at 75 is a failed state, says former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga

Rampant corruption and the failure to resolve the national question are among the key factors that led Sri Lanka to the present crisis, the ...Read More

South Korea fires warning shots after North's boat crosses sea border

April 16, 2023

The South's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said it fired warning shots and broadcast warnings to expel a North Korean patrol boat that brea...Read More

G7 building consensus for faster end to carbon emissions

April 16, 2023

Officials attending the closed-door talks indicated they expect a statement embracing a faster shift to renewable energy while slashing carb...Read More

Morning Digest | Gangster Atiq Ahmed shot dead in Prayagraj; Chinese dual use facilities in Myanmar and Sri Lanka raises security concerns in India, and more

April 16, 2023

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China conducts mid-course missile interception test

The test was “defensive in nature and not targeted against any country”, the Defence Ministry said, without giving details about how many in...Read More

10 years on, Bostonians remember deadly marathon bombing

The 10th anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombing will be marked with a wreath laying at the finish line to remember those who were killed...Read More

G-7 energy, environment leaders haggle over climate strategy

Differences persist over how, and how quickly, to end carbon emissions, especially at a time when the war in Ukraine has deepened concerns o...Read More

Japan PM Kishida evacuated after blast at outdoor speech: reports

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was evacuated from Wakayama on Saturday after an explosion-like sound was heard at the scene, according to repo...Read More

U.S. Supreme Court temporarily blocks restrictions on abortion pill

“The stakes of this fight could not be higher in the face of ongoing attacks on women’s health, and we will continue to fight to restore the...Read More

France’s Constitutional Council approves Macron's new pension reform amid protests

France’s Constitutional Council has approved an unpopular plan to raise the retirement age to 64 that unleashed mass protests from | The H...Read More

G-20 Finance Ministers discuss debt distress, Ukraine and other challenges in Washington

April 14, 2023

In their second meeting under India’s G-20 presidency, Finance Ministers discussed debt distress, challenges to the global economy, cryptocu...Read More

Donal Trump answers questions for seven hours in New York fraud lawsuit

April 14, 2023

Former U.S. President Trump visited the offices of New York’s attorney general for his second deposition in a legal battle over his company’...Read More

Weather delays launch of Europe’s Jupiter space mission by 24 hours

April 14, 2023

The next attempt will now take place within 30 seconds of the same time on April 14, 2023, the European Space Agency said. from | The Hind...Read More

In Dhaka’s mushrooming markets, fear of fire always lingers

The Bangladesh capital’s crowded markets, which provide an economic lifeline to hundreds of thousands of workers, have also been death traps...Read More

China blames ‘negative impact’ of U.S. military drills for North Korea tensions

“The negative impact of the US military drills and deployment of strategic weapons around the peninsula is obvious to all.” from | The Hin...Read More

Donald Trump set to give second deposition in New York fraud lawsuit

Former President Donald Trump is expected to visit the offices of New York’s Attorney General for his second deposition in a legal battle ov...Read More

Macron praised in China for 'brilliant' Taiwan comments

The French President sowed confusion across the international community after calling for "strategic autonomy" on Taiwan following...Read More

North Korea fires missile, prompting Japan to issue warning for Hokkaido

The Japanese government warned residents of the northernmost main island of Hokkaido to take immediate cover, saying a missile was likely to...Read More

Jerusalem church slams Israel's 'heavy-handed' Easter curbs

In the past some 10,000 worshippers clutching candles would fill the church, with many more crowding into the surrounding alleys of the Old ...Read More

IMF slashes Pakistan’s growth rate from 2% to 0.5% for FY23

In its flagship World Economic Outlook, the IMF has also estimated the unemployment rate in Pakistan to rise to 7% against 6.2% last year ...Read More

IMF slashes Pakistan’s growth rate from 2% to 0.5% for FY23

In its flagship World Economic Outlook, the IMF has also estimated the unemployment rate in Pakistan to rise to 7% against 6.2% last year ...Read More

South Korea to conduct 1st launch of commercial-grade satellite

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Saudi Arabia’s quest for strategic autonomy

Saudi Arabia, a nation with a foreign policy which has always centred around Iran, is now reaching out to old rivals, holding talks with new...Read More

United Nations to review presence in Afghanistan following Taliban banning women from working with UN Mission

A statement by the United Nations said its head of mission in Afghanistan, Roza Otunbayeva, has "initiated an operational review period...Read More

Philippines, U.S. begin largest-ever joint troop exercises amid regional tensions

For the first time, the Philippines and the United States will hold live-fire drills at sea during the three-week event known as the 'Ba...Read More

India facing ‘serious challenge’ of cross-border supply of illicit weapons using drones: Ambassador Kamboj at UNSC

Speaking at the UN Security Council, Ruchira Kamboj asserted that “certain states with dubious proliferation credentials” that collude with ...Read More

Unlike Pakistan’s minorities, every strand of the Muslim community is doing its business in India: Nirmala Sitharaman

Those blaming India on minority issues have no clue about ground realities, says Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Washington. ...Read More

The View from India | Two West Asias

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China sentences two prominent human rights lawyers for over ten years

A human rights group says two prominent Chinese human rights lawyers have been sentenced to more than a decade in prison from | The Hindu ...Read More

Explained | On Finland’s journey to join NATO

Why has Finland joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization? What led to Finland’s decision of staying neutral during and since the Cold W...Read More

Daily Quiz | On April 7 events

Some significant events occurred on April 7. Here is a quiz on observances, facts, and everything else that happened on the day from | The...Read More

Taiwan detects 59 Chinese military planes, 11 warships near island

The ministry said that 39 Chinese planes crossed the Taiwan Strait median line and entered Taiwan's air defence zones from | The Hindu...Read More

U.S. Navy says guided-missile destroyer conducted navigational rights mission in South China Sea

The announcement came as China's military simulated precision strikes against Taiwan around the island and growing tensions between Chin...Read More

U.K. PM Sunak to meet U.S. President in Northern Ireland

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Boat with 400 migrants adrift between Greece and Malta

Support service Alarm Phone said they had received a call from the boat, which departed from Tobruk, in Libya, overnight from | The Hindu ...Read More

Macron says Europe must not be 'follower' of U.S., China on Taiwan

His comments risk riling Washington and highlight divisions in the European Union over how to approach China. from | The Hindu https://ift...Read More

Saudi officials visit Yemen’s capital for talks with rebels

The talks in Sanaa are part of international efforts led by Oman to settle Yemen’s conflict, which began in 2014. from | The Hindu https:/...Read More

Ukraine’s first Deputy Foreign Minister to visit India on April 9

Ms. Dzhaparova will hold talks with Sanjay Verma, Secretary (West) in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) from | The Hindu https://ift....Read More

3 taken to hospital after Delaware mall shooting

A Delaware mall shooting left three people injured and forced shoppers to evacuate as police investigate from | The Hindu https://ift.tt/H...Read More

More rockets fired from Syria at Israel, says Israel’s military

Israel's army said it was retaliating with artillery strikes on the area in Syria from where the rockets were fired at Israel. from | ...Read More

Israel starts calling up reservists after deadly attacks

The Italian was killed and seven other tourists wounded when an Israeli Arab ploughed a car into pedestrians on the Tel Aviv seafront on Fri...Read More

World Bank could lend $50bn more over decade with reform: Yellen

She added that there needs to be a recognition that these challenges aren't separate or conflicting but rather, inextricably linked. f...Read More

Petteri Orpo | A consensus-builder

The rightwing leader, who campaigned largely on economic issues, has emerged as the frontrunner for PM while Sanna Marin’s ruling coalition ...Read More

Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck | Monarch with a mission

Bhutan’s fifth King is aiming for his country’s ‘transformation’ through a new educational curriculum, governance reforms and connectivity a...Read More

China announces 'combat readiness patrols' around Taiwan

The Chinese military says it has launched exercises around Taiwan in a new act of retaliation for a meeting between the U.S. House of Repres...Read More

No threat found after University of Oklahoma shots reported

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In U.S., access to abortion pill in limbo after competing rulings

The whiplash of the conflicting decisions on access to the abortion pill is likely to put the issue on an accelerated path to the U.S. Supre...Read More

Morning Digest | House panel apprised of collusive threat from China and Pakistan; T.N. sanctions graft case probe against EPS, and more

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Eight killed in Bangladesh tribal insurgent gunfight

Last month, the Bangladesh Army accused the Kuki-Chin National Front of killing one of its troops and injuring another. from | The Hindu h...Read More

Macron mobbed at university on final day of China trip

Mr. Macron, who landed in the capital Beijing on Wednesday, said he was seeking to dissuade China from supporting Russia's invasion of i...Read More

Pakistan's army says it has arrested Baluch insurgency chief

Pakistan's military has arrested a high-value target in an operation against Baluch insurgent group in the country’s southwest from | ...Read More

Saudi-Omani delegation to hold ceasefire talks with Yemen's Houthis in Sanaa

If an agreement is reached, Yemen's warring parties could announce an agreement before Islam's Eid holiday starting April 20, the so...Read More

China sanctions Reagan library, others over Tsai's U.S. trip

U.S.-Chinese relations have sunk to their lowest level in decades. from | The Hindu https://ift.tt/fPwjQpI via IFTTT Read More

Biden administration defends Afghan troop pullout, blames Trump for chaos

The White House released a 12-page document on the conditions that led to U.S.' exit from Afghanistan in 2021, placing much of the blame...Read More

Gunmen kill at least 50 in attacks on village in Nigeria

While there was no claim of responsibility, authorities said suspicion fell on local herdsmen, who have clashed in the past with farmers ove...Read More

Macron, Sunak and an appetite for risk-taking

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Thousands fleeing Myanmar fighting cross Thai border: officials

Government agencies and NGOs were providing people with food and water. from | The Hindu https://ift.tt/HsTK6o1 via IFTTT Read More

North Korea warns 'offensive action' over allies' drills

North Korea has threatened unspecified “offensive action” over the expansion of U.S. military exercises with rival South Korea as President ...Read More

Indian-Americans stage peaceful rally against legislation on caste-based discrimination

Displaying posters and banners against the legislation, the protesters appealed to California lawmakers to not single out Hindus or presume ...Read More

In final speech, Ardern reflects on leading New Zealand

In her final speech to New Zealand’s Parliament, Jacinda Ardern describes in emotional terms how she navigated a pandemic and a mass shootin...Read More

Morning Digest | At Delhi rally, workers and farmers join hands against Centre’s policies; BJP to mark foundation day with launch of re-election campaign for 2024, and more

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Violence resumes at Jerusalem holy site for second night

Violence has resumed for a second straight night in Jerusalem after Palestinian worshippers barricaded themselves inside Al-Aqsa Mosque at t...Read More

Biden will not attend King Charles’ Coronation: White House

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SARS-CoV-2 virus not found in animal samples from Huanan seafood market, says study

The absence of the virus in samples collected from raccoon dogs and the inability of the study to establish the origin of the virus is in co...Read More

J&J proposes paying $8.9B to settle talcum powder lawsuits

Johnson & Johnson is earmarking nearly $9 billion to cover allegations that its baby power containing talc caused cancer from | The Hi...Read More

Morning Digest | Donald Trump pleads not guilty to 34 felony charges; China freezes visas for Indian journalists, and more

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Antiwar officer from Putin’s elite security team defects

Gleb Karakulov, an officer in Putin’s secretive personal security service, defected in October from | The Hindu https://ift.tt/bfNRjD9 vi...Read More

Finland joins NATO in major blow to Russia over Ukraine war

Finland’s leaders signalled they wanted to join NATO after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine sent a shiver of fear through its neighbours from ...Read More

Donald Trump arrives at New York courthouse ahead of arraignment

Former President Donald Trump has arrived at a New York courthouse ahead of his arraignment on criminal charges stemming from a hush money p...Read More

Donald Trump faces day in court in historic U.S. first

New York braced for protests as mayor warns “rabble-rousers” ahead of former President Donald Trump’s appearance in court as he is formally ...Read More

Australia to ban TikTok on government devices

The ban underscores growing worries that China's government could use the Beijing-based company, owned by ByteDance, to harvest users...Read More

Arctic scientists race to preserve 'ice memory'

Analysis of chemicals in deep "ice cores" provides scientists with valuable data about past environmental conditions from | The ...Read More

Arctic scientists race to preserve 'ice memory'

Analysis of chemicals in deep "ice cores" provides scientists with valuable data about past environmental conditions from | The ...Read More

Poland says supplied some of pledged MiG-29s to Ukraine

Last month, Poland became the first NATO member to pledge the fighter jets when President Andrzej Duda said it would deliver an initial batc...Read More

Russia to place nuclear weapons near Belarus' borders with NATO

The nuclear weapons "will be moved to the western border of our union state and will increase the possibilities to ensure security,...Read More

Report: 2 dead, 1 hurt in medical copter crash in Alabama

A medical helicopter responding to a call of a hiker with breathing problems crashed Sunday in Alabama from | The Hindu https://ift.tt/23h...Read More

Israel shoots down drone coming from Syria following strikes

Syrian state media says Israeli airstrikes have hit several sites in Syria’s Homs province, wounding five soldiers from | The Hindu https:...Read More

British interior minister says Rwanda is safe for migrants

Britain last month set out details of a new law barring the entry of asylum seekers arriving in small boats. from | The Hindu https://ift....Read More

Former Army chief Gen. Bajwa put pressure on me to develop friendly ties with India, claims Imran Khan

Relations between India and Pakistan have often been strained over the Kashmir issue and cross-border terrorism emanating from Pakistan fr...Read More

Nepal seeks to sign 25-year electricity deal with India during PM Prachanda's visit, says report

Though the official date of Mr. Prachanda's visit to India is yet to be announced, reports say the Prime Minister is likely to travel to...Read More

War-crimes warrant for Putin could complicate Ukraine peace

Mr. Putin appears to have a strong grip on power, and some analysts suspect the warrant hanging over him could provide an incentive to prolo...Read More

Israeli strikes in Syria's Homs province wound five soldiers

Israeli airstrikes have hit several sites in Syria’s Homs province early Sunday, wounding five soldiers, Syrian state media reported from ...Read More

At least 26 dead after tornadoes rake U.S. Midwest, South

Storms that dropped possibly dozens of tornadoes killed at least 26 people in small towns and big cities across the South and Midwest from...Read More

Morning Digest | 3 men discharged in UAPA case by trial court in Delhi; CID takes over probe into Howrah Ram Navami clash, and more

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Ukrainian court puts Orthodox leader under house arrest

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Humza Yousaf | Into the future

Scotland’s new First Minister faces great challenges as he has to unite the party, rebuild public support for its independence campaign whil...Read More

Explained | Why has Israel paused the judicial reform plan?

What is the controversy around Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to overhaul the judiciary? Does it aim to curb the powers of the courts? Will the P...Read More

Hong Kong rejects U.S. report criticising ‘national security’ crackdown

April 01, 2023

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