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Indian politician Shashi Tharoor slams major newspaper over ‘fake quote’; media outlet…
Popular Indian politician Shashi Tharoor didn't mince words after seeing a major newspaper's report where "a wholly fictitious statement" was attributed to him.
Taking to social media platform X, formerly Twitter, Tharoor called out…
CIA chief made secret trip to Ukraine: US official
CIA Director William Burns recently traveled to Ukraine where he met with intelligence counterparts and President Volodymyr Zelensky, a US official confirmed on Friday.
The trip – not reported at the time – comes as Kyiv’s brigades…
Strong earthquake shakes Indonesia’s main island, killing 1 and damaging dozens of homes
A strong undersea earthquake shook parts of Indonesia’s densely populated main island of Java, causing panic Friday as it killed at least one person, injured two others and damaged dozens of houses.
The US Geological Survey said the…
25 dead after bus catches fire in India
At least 25 people were killed and eight others injured after a bus caught fire overnight on an expressway in western India on Saturday, police said.
The bus was travelling to the city of Pune when it hit a pole and overturned after…
US State Department review of 2021 Afghanistan evacuation critical of Biden, Trump
A US State Department report on Friday criticized the handling of the 2021 evacuation from Afghanistan, saying decisions by President Joe Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump to withdraw troops had “serious consequences for the viability”…
Canada, Britain, Sweden and Ukraine take Iran to court over downed plane
Canada, Britain, Sweden and Ukraine are to move to the International Court of Justice in their bid to hold Iran accountable for the downing of an airliner by Iranian forces in 2020.
Most of the 176 people killed when Iran shot down the…
Pakistani security forces say they killed a Daesh commander in a raid on a militant hideout
Pakistani security forces Wednesday killed a Daesh group commander and two other militants during a raid on a militant hideout near the border with Afghanistan, the military said.
The raid was conducted in Bajur, a district in the Khyber…
Marcos calls for solidarity with Muslims as Philippines observes Eid Al-Adha
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. called on Filipinos on Wednesday to show solidarity with Muslims as the Catholic-majority Southeast Asian nation observed Eid Al-Adha.
Muslims constitute roughly 5 percent of the nearly 110 million…
Air strikes hit rebels base in northwest Syria: ministry
Syrian and Russian forces have launched air strikes on rebel bases in the country’s northwest, the defense ministry said Wednesday, amid a weeklong uptick in deadly violence in the area.
Syrian forces “in cooperation with the friendly…
At least 8 dead in Russian strike on eastern Ukraine restaurant
The death toll from a Russian missile strike on a restaurant in eastern Ukraine rose to eight on Wednesday, as Kyiv played down the effect of a brief mutiny by the head of the Wagner mercenary group on the conflict.
The blast at the Ria…