One more victim dies day after Arkansas grocery store shooting
(): Police said a fourth victim has died a day after a shooter opened fire at an Arkansas grocery store, wounding nine others and riddling cars with bullet holes as panicked bystanders scrambled for cover. The person died Saturday evening, Arkansas state police said in a statement, listing a total...
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Drone likely launched by Houthi rebels hits ship in Red Sea
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Sunak hit with another betting allegation
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Thousands of Iran-backed fighters offer to join Hezbollah in its fight against Israel
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Netanyahu reiterates claim of US withholding arms despite denial
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Hindujas ‘appalled’ by Swiss court’s jail term order; file appeal
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Russia launches more missiles on Ukrainian energy facilities
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Crew released
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Pak minister condemns Swat lynching
Pakistan’s Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Saturday condemned the lynching of a man in the town of Swat for allegedly committing desecration of the Quran, lamenting how religion is being weaponised to justify “street justice” and “vigilantism”. The ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader, while speaking during the budget debate in...
Wickremesinghe lauds India’s support during economic crisis
Sri Lanka has survived two difficult years of its economic crisis and it was possible because of the financial support of USD 3.5 billion from India, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Saturday and emphasised his commitment to maintain a strong partnership with New Delhi. Addressing the 31st All India Partners Meet...
USS Roosevelt arrives in Busan as a show of force against North Korea
A nuclear-powered United States aircraft carrier arrived Saturday in South Korea for a three-way exercise stepping up their military training to cope with North Korean threats that escalated with its alignment with Russia. The arrival of the USS Theodore Roosevelt strike group in Busan came a day after South Korea summoned...
Nigel Farage draws flak for saying West provoked Putin to invade Ukraine
Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, the recently formed right-wing party that is seeking to woo voters away from Britain’s governing Conservatives at the general election on July 4, is facing wide-ranging criticism over his claim that the West provoked Russian President Vladimir Putin to invade Ukraine. In a BBC television...
Israeli national found dead after being shot in Palestinian town
An Israeli was shot dead in a Palestinian town in the northern West Bank Saturday morning, Israel’s army said, while deadly strikes rocked northern Gaza. The army said a man was pronounced dead after being shot in the town of Qalqilya, and that Israeli troops were currently operating in the area....
Nepal names 8 new envoys, including for New Delhi
Nepal has nominated ambassadors for eight countries, including India, a little over two weeks after recalling the incumbents. According to the Cabinet sources, former chief secretary and Nepal’s ambassador to the United Kingdom, Lokdarshan Regmi, has been nominated as the new Nepalese ambassador to India. Regmi has earlier held positions of Home...
Kanishka bombing probe ‘active & ongoing’: Canadian police
Investigations into the bombing of the Air India Flight 182 remain “active and ongoing”, the Canadian police have said, terming it the “longest” and one of the “most complex domestic terrorism” probe, ahead of the deadly bombing’s 39th-anniversary memorial. The Montreal-New Delhi Air India ‘Kanishka’ Flight 182 exploded 45 minutes before...
