Trump dismisses Biden nominees to U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, including Doug Emhoff
President Donald Trump has dismissed many of former President Joe Biden’s nominees to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, includin...Read More
UN chief offers to help in 'de-escalation', 'resumption of dialogue'
The Secretary-General “remains deeply concerned about the situation between India and Pakistan” from World News Today: International News ...Read More
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberals fall short of a majority in Parliament
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberals fell short of winning an outright majority in Parliament, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. pro...Read More
Pakistan Defence Minister says ‘military incursion’ by India is imminent
Islamabad reinforces military on border, Khawaja Muhammad Asif says; calls on world powers to protect water-sharing pact from World News T...Read More
China, Philippines trade barbs over disputed reef
China and the Philippines dispute ownership of Sandy Cay reef in the South China Sea, escalating tensions from World News Today: Internati...Read More
Russia says claims over annexed Ukraine regions key to peace
Russia asserts control over Ukrainian regions, demands recognition in negotiations with Ukraine to resolve ongoing conflict from World New...Read More
Israeli jets strike Beirut’s southern suburbs for the third time since a ceasefire began
Israeli jets have struck Beirut’s southern suburbs in the third such attack since a ceasefire began in late November from World News Today...Read More
Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu calls for 'dismantling' Iran's nuclear infrastructure
Western governments have long suspected Iran of pursuing a nuclear weapons capability, an ambition Tehran has consistently denied, insisting...Read More
U.S. deports 3 American children, including cancer patient: rights groups
The deportations from the southern state of Louisiana come as U.S. President Donald Trump pursues a hard-line immigration policy, calling fo...Read More
Australia Government touts free healthcare hotline as general election nears
Labor government pledges to enhance Australia’s healthcare system with free medical advice line and telehealth service if elected from Wor...Read More
Palestinian president Abbas appoints aide as potential successor
Creation of the post follows years of international pressure to reform the Palestine Liberation Organization and comes as Arab and Western p...Read More
Hamas says open to 5-year Gaza truce, one-time hostages release
A Hamas delegation was in Cairo discussing with Egyptian mediators ways out of the 18-month war, while, on the ground, rescuers said Israeli...Read More
How did WHO nations strike a pandemic deal? | Explained
What are the highlights of the new agreement? Why was it long overdue? What challenges did countries face during negotiations? How will it i...Read More
Gunmen kill at least 20 people in mining town in northwestern Nigeria, rights group says
Kidnappings for ransom have become a lucrative way for bandit groups to fund other crimes and control villages in the restive region from ...Read More
There has always been tension between India, Pak; they'll get it figured out: Trump
The U.S. Donald Trump was asked about tensions between India and Pakistan in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack from World News Today:...Read More
Pope Francis funeral LIVE: President Murmu, other dignitaries in Rome to attend funeral
The funeral will take place at 10:00 a.m. local time (1.30 p.m. IST) on April 26, 2025 from World News Today: International News Headlines...Read More
India’s decision on Indus casts shadow on renewal of Indo-Bangladesh Ganga Water Treaty: Bangladesh water expert
“Renewal of the Ganga treaty will come up next year but if India continues to hold the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance then it will create d...Read More
‘Vladimir, STOP!’: Trump tells Putin after deadly Kyiv strike
Moscow had fired missiles and drones at the Ukraine capital in the deadliest attack on the city in months from World News Today: Internati...Read More
U.S. prosecutors to seek death penalty against Luigi Mangione in UnitedHealth executive’s murder
Luigi Mangione has pleaded not guilty to a separate New York state indictment he faces over the murder of Brian Thompson from World News T...Read More
U.S. House Committee slams New York Times report on Pahalgam attack
In the post, the House Foreign Affairs Committee strikes the word “militants” in the headline and replaces it with the word “terrorists”, wr...Read More
Sri Lanka: Opposition, media demand details of defence MoU with India
Govt. asks critics to use the country’s Right To Information (RTI) Act from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | T...Read More
A dozen States sue the Trump administration to stop tariff policy
The States listed as plaintiffs in the lawsuit were Oregon, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Minnesota, Nevada, Ne...Read More
Trump says Zelenskyy is prolonging war in Ukraine by resisting calls to cede Crimea to Russia
Mr. Trump called Mr. Zelenkyy's pushback “very harmful” to talks from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The...Read More
World Book Day 2025 | Notable women writers in the past year
Which notable women writers notched up honours in 2024-25? We take a look on the occasion of World Book Day. from World News Today: Intern...Read More
China to launch Shenzhou-20 spaceflight on April 24
The Shenzhou-20 spaceflight will carry three astronauts namely Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui and Wang Jie from World News Today: International ...Read More
United Nations Secretary General Guterres strongly condemns Pahalgam attack
The Secretary-General stresses attacks against civilians are “unacceptable under any circumstances” from World News Today: International N...Read More
PM Modi cut shorts Saudi Arabia trip after Pahalgam terror attack | highlights
The two sides created two new ministerial committees, including one on defence, and agreed to collaborate on establishing two refineries in ...Read More
U.S. visas issued to Indian students decline by 30% in Trump’s first month of presidency
The decline in the number of visas issued to Indian students was the highest among the top source countries by a significant margin from W...Read More
Harvard sues Trump administration to stop the freeze of more than $2 billion in grants
In its lawsuit, Harvard said the funding freeze violated its First Amendment rights and the statutory provisions of Title VI of the Civil Ri...Read More
Bangladesh's Islamists seek abolition of women's commission
Azizul Haque Islamabadi, a senior Hefazat-e-Islam leader, said the group opposed the commission’s recommendation for ending discriminatory p...Read More
Pope Francis died of a stroke: Vatican
The pontiff had already been affected by a previous episode of acute respiratory failure when he had double pneumonia in hospital, it added ...Read More
China navy says Philippine frigate illegally entered Scarborough Shoal waters
China’s navy warns Philippines to stop infringing on Scarborough Shoal waters, urging immediate action from World News Today: Internationa...Read More
DR Congo authorities suspend party of ex-President Kabila
DR Congo suspends Kabila’s party amid accusations of insurrection and ties to M23 armed group, sparking political turmoil from World News ...Read More
Anti-Trump protesters rally in New York, Washington and elsewhere across the country
Protests against President Donald Trump’s administration are once again taking place in communities across the U.S. Organizers of Saturday’s...Read More
U.S. and Iran say talks over Tehran’s nuclear program make progress and set plans for more
A U.S. official confirmed that at a point during the negotiations in Rome, U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and Ira...Read More
Zelenskyy says Ukraine will observe Putin's Easter truce but claims violations
The order to halt all combat over the Easter weekend came after months of efforts by U.S. President Donald Trump to get Moscow and Kyiv to a...Read More
Vatican holds 'cordial' talks with Vance after criticisms of Trump policies
“This relationship with the U.S. is a very high priority right now for the Vatican,” an Italian academic at Villanova University followed th...Read More
Iran FM says has 'serious doubts' over US intentions ahead of talks
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will set off on April 19 for Rome for a fresh round of Omani-mediated talks with U.S. Middle East envoy Stev...Read More
Hamas says it is ready to release all remaining hostages for an end to Gaza war
Khalil Al-Hayya, the group’s Gaza chief who leads its negotiating team, said the group would no longer agree to interim deals, adopting a po...Read More
At least six hospitalised in shooting at Florida State University, suspect in custody
Officers took one suspect into custody shortly after the shooting, two law enforcement sources with knowledge of the situation from World ...Read More
Cable car accident in southern Italy kills at least four people
Officials in southern Italy say that a cable car carrying tourists south of Naples has crashed after the cable snapped, killing at least fou...Read More
EU lists seven 'safe' countries of origin, tightening asylum rules
The European Commission said it was proposing to designate Kosovo, Bangladesh, Colombia, Egypt, India, Morocco and Tunisia as "safe cou...Read More
Afghanistan ready for repatriation of its citizens residing in Pakistan: Afghan diplomat
Afghan Consul General in Peshawar announces preparations for repatriation of Afghan citizens from Pakistan with special commission establish...Read More
Legal definition of ‘woman’ is based on biological sex, states U.K. Supreme Court
The unanimous ruling should not be seen as a victory of one group over another, the court said from World News: Top International Headline...Read More
Visa cancellations sow panic for international students, with hundreds fearing deportation
The speed and scope of the federal government’s efforts to terminate the legal status of international students have stunned colleges and un...Read More
Trump-China trade war: Ball in China's court for trade talks, White House says
China raised its tariffs on imports of U.S. goods to 125% on Friday in a retaliatory move to Trump, who effectively raised U.S. tariffs on C...Read More
Trump vs Harvard: U.S. President ramps up conflict against defiant University, demands apology
Harvard stands out for defying Trump, in contrast to several other universities and a string of powerful law firms that have folded under in...Read More
Maldives bans Israeli tourists, expressing ‘resolute solidarity’ with Palestine
The move reflects the government’s “firm stance in response to the continuing atrocities and ongoing acts of genocide committed by Israel ag...Read More
Islamabad urges Tehran’s cooperation over the killing of 8 Pakistani nationals in southeastern Iran
Islamabad has sought Tehran’s “full cooperation” over the killing of eight Pakistani nationals in southeastern Iran from World News: Top I...Read More
Israeli makes new Gaza ceasefire proposal but prospects appear slim, Hamas says will respond soon
In the proposal, Israel also for the first time called for the disarmament of Hamas in the next phase of negotiations, which the militant gr...Read More
Trump criticizes Iran for ’tapping us along’ with second round of nuclear talks set for Saturday
President Donald Trump is complaining about the pace of nuclear negotiations between the United States and Iran from World News: Top Inter...Read More
Trump's tariff exemptions give markets relief, but tensions loom
Wall Street was buoyant, with the Dow Jones index rising one percent shortly after the opening and the S&P 500 up 1.45%. This followed b...Read More
Ecuador’s incumbent President Daniel Noboa takes lead in early returns from runoff election
Ecuadorians have voted in the country’s presidential election runoff, choosing between incumbent President Daniel Noboa and leftist lawyer L...Read More
Trump's Commerce Secretary says new electronics tariff exemptions are temporary, chip tariffs coming
The Trump administration had said it would exclude electronics from broader so-called reciprocal tariffs, a move that could help keep the pr...Read More
Israeli military says missile fired from Yemen
The group said it had carried out a "military operation with two ballistic missiles... targeting the Sdot Micha base in the area east o...Read More
U.K. Government takes over day-to-day running of British Steel from Chinese owner Jingye
U.K. lawmakers returned to Parliament from their Easter break to approve an emergency rescue of the country’s last remaining factory that ma...Read More
Iran’s nuclear programme | An atomic tug of war
Iran, which has come under increasing pressure since the start of the Gaza war, has taken up the offer for talks put forth by U.S. President...Read More
Peter Navarro | Trump’s tariff czar
The President’s adviser is acknowledged as the brain behind the Trump administration’s weaponisation of tariffs, which has set the country o...Read More
Immigration judge finds that Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil can be deported
Lawyers for Khalil said they plan to keep fighting and will seek a waiver from World News: Top International Headlines Today | The Hindu h...Read More
Bomb goes off outside Hellenic Train offices in Athens, no injuries
There was no immediate claim of responsibility. from World News: Top International Headlines Today | The Hindu https://ift.tt/cmsZ2V5 via...Read More
Gaza rescuers say family of 10 killed in Israel strike
Israel resumed its Gaza strikes on March 18, ending a two-month ceasefire with Hamas. from World News: Top International Headlines Today |...Read More
Glad that day has come: U.S. Secretary of State on Justice for 26/11 victims with Rana’s extradition
The State Department said the 26/11 terror attacks shocked the entire world and the U.S. supported India's efforts to ensure those respo...Read More
American Airlines plane struck on ground at Washington airport by another plane, no injuries reported
The latest mishap at Reagan National will intensify scrutiny over how air traffic is handled at the airport near Washington that has the sin...Read More
Rubio says direct U.S.-Iran nuclear talks to take place on Saturday
The talks between U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and a senior Iranian leader are scheduled for Saturday in Oman. from World News: Top In...Read More
Trump warns of ‘transition cost’ from tariffs
White House clarifies that Chinese imports will be tariffed at 145%, not the 125% rate, once other previously announced tariffs were include...Read More
Ukraine says more than 150 Chinese mercenaries are fighting for Russia in Ukraine
The Ukrainian accusation and Chinese denial come as the U.S. strives to secure a ceasefire in the more than three-year war. from World New...Read More
Dow surges 2,600 as U.S. stocks soar in relief after Trump pauses some of his tariffs
Huge swings have become routine for financial markets worldwide recently, not just day to day but hour to hour, as investors struggle to gam...Read More
Donald Trump raises taxes on Chinese imports to 125%, pauses tariffs on most nations for 90 days
The hikes are the latest in an ongoing trade war that threatens to raise prices for consumers in America and derail China’s attempts to rein...Read More
U.S. defense secretary says China poses threat to Panama Canal
Hegseth said the U.S. will not allow China or any other country to threaten the canal's operation. from World News: Top International ...Read More
U.S. stocks drop after another stunning day of reversals as uncertainty reigns about Trump's tariffs
The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 320 points after giving up an earlier surge of 1,460, while the Nasdaq composite lost 2.1 per cent....Read More
Deposed Bangladesh PM Hasina issues stern warning against threats to ban her party
Hasina questioned what rights those demanding the ban have and said Yunus himself was a fascist from World News: Top International Headlin...Read More
New U.S. tariffs on China to hit 104% on April 9: White House
Donald Trump had vowed a further 50% tariff on goods from China if Beijing did not retract upcoming retaliation from World News: Top Inter...Read More
U.S., Iran in direct talks over nuclear program: Trump
Iran had pushed back against Trump's demands that it directly negotiate over its nuclear program or be bombed, though it had initially l...Read More
President Droupadi Murmu given City Key of Honour in Lisbon
Terming the Indian diaspora as the “bedrock of our relations”, President Murmu said they are making valuable contribution to the society and...Read More
Supporters gather in Sao Paulo to back Bolsonaro as he faces trial
If found guilty in the court proceedings expected later this year, Bolsonaro could face a long prison sentence. from World News: Top Inter...Read More
Tens of thousands march in U.S. against Trump 'devastation'
In Washington, thousands of demonstrators gathered on the National Mall where dozens of speakers rallied opposition to Trump. from World N...Read More
Le Pen calls her conviction ‘political decision’, vows not to give up fight
The far right party mounts a show of force after Le Pen was found guilty of embezzling European Parliament funds, barring her from contestin...Read More
Protesters tee off against Trump and Musk in "Hands Off!" rallies across the U.S.
More than 1,200 “Hands Off!” demonstrations were planned by more than 150 groups from World News: Top International Headlines Today | The ...Read More
Gen. Min Aung Hlaing | Survival of the ruthless
Despite back-to-back setbacks, Myanmar’s military chief, who orchestrated the February 2021 coup, manages to cling on to power, thanks to su...Read More
Pro-Palestinian protesters interrupt Microsoft's 50th anniversary party over Israel contract
One protester shouted “all of Microsoft” had blood on their hands; she also threw onto the stage a keffiyeh scarf, which has become a symbol...Read More
Tsunami warning issued for Papua New Guinea after a strong magnitude 6.9 earthquake
The USGS issued a tsunami warning for waves of 1 to 3 meters along the Papua New Guinea coastline after the tremor from World News: Top In...Read More
Iran execution rate doubles in 2025: NGO
According to IHR, Iran executed at least 975 people last year, the highest figure since the NGO began recording executions in Iran in 2008 ...Read More
Officials say a Russian strike in central Ukraine kills 14 people and injures 50
Mr. Zelenskyy blamed the daily strikes on Russia’s unwillingness to end the war: “Every missile, every drone strike proves Russia wants only...Read More
Myanmar earthquake survivors struggle for food, shelter due to civil war
The death toll crosses 2,700, with more than 4,500 injured, according to Chinese media from World News: Top International Headlines Today ...Read More
‘No Other Land’ directors thank Academy members for letter supporting Hamdan Ballal
Hamdan Ballal, Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, and Yuval Abraham sent a note to the signatories of a letter that nudged AMPAS to take a resolute st...Read More
U.S. media report claiming HAL supplied sensitive tech to Russia is ‘factually incorrect’ and ‘misleading’: Centre
The Indian entity has scrupulously followed all its international obligations on strategic trade controls and end-user commitments, says Ext...Read More
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen found guilty of embezzlement, barred from seeking public office
A French court found Marine Le Pen guilty in an embezzlement case; Le Pen and her co-defendants face up to 10 years in priso; Le Pen calls v...Read More
U.S. approves $5.58 billion fighter jet sale to Philippines
from World News: Top International Headlines Today | The Hindu https://ift.tt/ywSs5ZL via IFTTT Read More
U.S. adding second aircraft carrier in West Asia
U.S. deploys additional aircraft carriers to West Asia amid escalating conflict with Yemen’s Houthi rebels and Iran from World News: Top I...Read More
Prosecutors directed to seek death penalty against UnitedHealthcare killing suspect Luigi Mangione
It is the first time the Justice Department has sought to bring the death penalty since President Donald Trump returned to office in January...Read More
Hezbollah official among four dead in Israeli strike on Beirut
Israeli strike kills Hezbollah official in Beirut, sparking condemnation and fears of escalating conflict despite ceasefire from World New...Read More
Le Pen's party chief calls on French people to rally against election ban
Far-right party leader Bardella calls for French protests against Le Pen’s ban from office, sparking controversy and division from World N...Read More
Russia condemns 'ultimatums' after Trump threatens to bomb Iran
Russia warns against U.S. strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, offers mediation to avoid “catastrophic” consequences from World News: Top...Read More
Trump task force to review Harvard’s funding after Columbia bows to federal demands
Harvard University has become the latest target in the Trump administration’s approach to fight campus antisemitism from World News: Top I...Read More
Brazil's Lula to meet Putin and Xi amid global trade war fears
The press office of Brazil's Presidency told The Associated Press that Mr. Lula is expected to attend Russia's Victory Day celebrati...Read More
Hamas issues call to arms against displacement as Israel orders new evacuations
"In the face of this sinister plan -- one that combines massacres with starvation -- anyone who can bear arms, anywhere in the world, m...Read More
Bangladesh inviting China dangerous for Northeast region, says Congress
Pawan Khera shared a video clip of Bangladesh Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus where he claimed that Bangladesh is the guardian of the ocean (Ba...Read More
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