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Israel arrests 9 for ‘AirDrop’ of crash images aboard plane
A taxiing plane returned to the gate at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport on Tuesday after photos of aviation disasters popped up on passengers’ phones — sent, Israeli authorities believe, by nine people on board using the iPhone “AirDrop”…
Former Union minister Pandit Sukh Ram passes away at 94
Veteran Congress leader and former Union minister Pandit Sukh Ram has passed away, his grandson said. He was 94.
Sukh Ram was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi on May 7.
A Himachal Pradesh…
Army Chief conferred with PVSM award by President
New Delhi, May 10: President Ram Nath Kovind conferred the Param Vishisht Seva Medal (PVSM) to Army Chief Gen Manoj Pande at the Defence Investiture Ceremony 2022 held at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Tuesday. Constituted in 1960, the Param…
Russia marks WWII victory shadowed by Ukraine
Impeccably straight columns of soldiers will march through Red Square on Monday as they do every year on Victory Day. Tanks, armored personnel carriers and transports carrying huge intercontinental ballistic missiles will rattle across the…
Sri Lanka: With brother Mahinda’s resignation, road only gets tougher for Gotabaya
The reluctant resignation of Mahinda Rajapaksa as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka on Monday got here three days after his brother president Gotabaya Rajapaksa reportedly requested him at a cabinet assembly to step down and pave the best way for…
Macron proposes new political union for non-EU countries
France’s president warned Monday that decades could pass before Ukraine joins the European Union, and proposed a new political organisation to bring together countries on the continent that share EU values but are not part of the bloc.…
Jill Biden’s secret Ukraine trip
Jill Biden, the first lady, traveled to western Ukraine in an unannounced trip Sunday, the latest show of support from the United States, which in recent weeks has significantly increased military aid for Ukraine and sent others close to…
Ukraine evacuates civilians from Mariupol steel plant under siege
ZAPORIZHZHIA: Russian forces fired cruise missiles at the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa on Saturday and bombarded a besieged steel mill in Mariupol, hoping to complete their conquest of the port in time for Victory Day celebrations.…
Pakistan police arrest 8 men over apparent religious killing
LAHORE: Pakistani police say they arrested eight men of the Ahmadi sect of Islam on Saturday who had opened fire on a group of Sunni Muslims the night prior, killing one and wounding another.
Senior officer Faisal Mukhtar said the…
New York: Feds accuse Starbucks of unfair labor practices in Buffalo
Federal labor officials filed a sweeping complaint Friday accusing Starbucks of unfair labor practices at its stores in Buffalo, New York, including retaliation against pro-union employees.
The National Labor Relations Board’s Buffalo…
Zelenskyy calls on German chancellor Scholz to visit Ukraine on May 9
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday to take a “powerful step” and visit Kyiv on May 9, the date when Russia commemorates the Soviet Union’s victory in World War Two. He offered the…
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa declares emergency again
Amid the country’s economic crisis and the consequent anti-government protests, the Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Friday declared a state of emergency with effect from Friday midnight, giving its security forces sweeping…
As Victory day looms in Russia, guesswork grows over Putin’s Ukraine goals
With the Russian military still struggling, Western officials and Ukraine’s traumatized residents are looking with increased alarm to Russia’s Victory Day holiday on May 9 — a celebration of the Soviet triumph over Nazi Germany — that…
3 Israelis killed in stabbing attack near Tel Aviv
A pair of Palestinian attackers went on a stabbing rampage in a town near Tel Aviv, killing at least three people and wounding four others before fleeing in a vehicle, Israeli authorities said.
Police launched a massive search for the…
Karine Jean-Pierre is named White House Press Secretary
US President Joe Biden on Thursday selected Karine Jean-Pierre, the principal deputy press secretary, to replace Jen Psaki as the top White House spokeswoman, making her the first Black woman to hold one of the most high-profile jobs in…
Modi & Macron discuss ‘cascading effect’, each’s position
Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris, Delhi said there was a broad understanding of each other’s position on the Ukraine issue, that the two leaders spoke extensively on the…
Amit Shah inaugurates BSF’s floating border outposts at Hingalganj in Bengal,
Hingalganj, May 5: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday inaugurated BSF's floating border outposts at Hingalganj in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. Shah also flagged off a boat ambulance at a floating BOP at Sutlej here.…
Rajnath Singh to IAF: Transform into an Aerospace Force
New Delhi, May 5: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday exhorted the IAF to transform itself into an Aerospace Force keeping in mind India's adversaries who are "taking steps towards the military usage of space." "It is our duty as…
Russia fights for control of Ukraine’s Mariupol stronghold
Russian forces battled on Wednesday for control of the last stronghold in Ukraine’s besieged city of Mariupol, Ukrainian officials said, and the European Union proposed tough new sanctions against Moscow including a phased oil embargo.…
Narendra Modi to go to Nepal on the event of Buddha Purnima on Might 16
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set for one more international go to. However this time it is simply throughout the border to the neighbouring nation of Nepal, and just for a number of hours. On Might 16, the PM will make a…
