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At least 75 Indians have been evacuated from war-torn Syria where the rebels have toppled the Bashar al-Assad government and are set to form a government on their own. The Indian nationals have safely crossed to Lebanon and will return by commercial flights to India, said the External Affairs Ministry late last night. The ministry […]

China’s naval deployments in the East China Sea and South China Sea are elevated but consistent with other large exercises in the past, a U.S. military official said on Tuesday, speaking on condition of anonymity. The assessment contrasted with statements from Taiwan that described the deployments as the largest in nearly three decades. “The PRC […]

At least 127 people, mostly civilians, were killed in Sudan on Monday and Tuesday by barrel bombs and shelling from the warring sides, rights activists said. The 20-month-old war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has been turning increasingly bloody as ceasefire efforts have stalled, and crises elsewhere have dominated world […]

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed corruption charges against him as ‘ridiculous’ in court on Tuesday, becoming the country’s first sitting premier to face criminal trial. Israeli media called it a “historic day” as Mr Netanyahu faced charges of bribery, fraud and breach of public trust in three separate cases while running a country at […]

Join us for live coverage as Attorney Thomas Dickey discusses Luigi Mangione’s legal strategy in the UnitedHealthcare CEO murder case. The 26-year-old suspect is fighting extradition to New York while facing charges in Pennsylvania, including forgery and weapons possession. Mangione, arrested at a McDonald’s in Altoona, was found with a ghost gun, suppressor, and handwritten […]

President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday named Andrew Ferguson as the next chair of the Federal Trade Commission. He will replace Lina Khan, who became a lightning rod for Wall Street and Silicon Valley by blocking billions of dollars’ worth of corporate acquisitions and suing Amazon and Meta while alleging anticompetitive behavior. Trump nominates Indian American […]

Syria’s new transitional prime minister on Tuesday said it was time for “stability and calm” in the country, two days after longtime president Bashar al-Assad was toppled by rebels in a lightning offensive. The rebels appointed Mohammad al-Bashir as the transitional head of government to run the country until March 1, a statement said. “Now […]

The Enforcement Directorate Tuesday said it has begun restituting assets worth more than Rs 2,500 crore as part of a money laundering investigation against absconding businessman Mehul Choksi in connection with the alleged Rs 13,000 crore PNB loan fraud case. The federal agency said in a statement that it initiated the ‘restitution of assets’ to […]

Village in UP’s Jaunpur DEHRI (JAUNPUR): Sixty-seventy Muslims in this village in UP’s Jaunpur use Hindu surnames, claiming they have Hindu ancestry. They deny having embraced Hinduism, asserting they have no plans to do so. Naushad Ahmed is now Naushad Ahmed Dubey, Gufran is Thakur Gufran, Irshad Ahmed is Irshad Ahmed Pandey and Abdullah is […]

The US Indo-Pacific Commander, Admiral Samuel Paparo, expressed confidence in the US military’s ability to defeat China in the Pacific. However, he warned that the US technical advantage over China is rapidly shrinking, Taipei Times reported citing The Washington Post report. While addressing the Reagan Defence Forum on Saturday, Paparo emphasised the need for the […]

Stating that Israel has “no intention of interfering” in Syria’s internal affairs, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned to take “necessary” measures if the current regime allows Iran to re-establish itself in Syria or transfers weapons to Hezbollah. “We have no intention of interfering in Syria’s internal affairs. However, we do intend to do what […]

Syrian rebels who ousted president Bashar al-Assad said on Tuesday that they had taken the eastern city of Deir Ezzor, while a war monitor confirmed Kurdish forces had withdrawn. “Our forces have seized the entire city of Deir Ezzor,” the rebels said in a statement, while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said […]