Far-right Meloni set to become Italy’s first female PM
For Giorgia Meloni this is a sensational result, but to rule Italy she needs the support of her two allies on the right. | Read more|
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"Didn't Let Me See Her": Killed Uttarakhand Teen's Mother Says Was Tricked
The mother of the 19-year-old receptionist, whose murder sparked massive protests in Uttarakhand, has claimed her daughter was hastily cremated, and she never got to see her body. | Read more|
Putin not bluffing about nuclear weapons, EU says
The EU must take Vladimir Putin's threats he could use nuclear weapons in the conflict in Ukraine seriously, the bloc's foreign policy chief has said. | Read more|
Turkey pushes to end UN veto
Turkey wants the UN Security Council to be “more inclusive” and to eliminate the veto power of the permanent members, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told reporters on Friday. | Read more|
Rishikesh resort set on fire
A day after the administration bulldozed parts of the Uttarakhand resort where a senior BJP leader's son murdered a 19-year-old woman who worked as a receptionist, angry locals have set fire to parts of the building. They also vandalised local BJP MLA Renu Bisht's car. | Read more|
US to ease internet curbs for Iranians
The US says it will ease internet curbs on Iran to counter Tehran's clampdown on protests which were sparked by a woman's death in police custody. | Read more|
In CBI's Biggest Crackdown On Child Porn, "Operation Meghchakra"
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today conducted raids at 56 locations across 19 states and a Union Territory in connection with the online circulation of child sexual abuse material, officials have said. | Read more|
Palestine slams UK over Jerusalem embassy plans
The head of the Palestinian mission to London has blasted a recent promise made by British Prime Minister Liz Truss to Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid as “immoral, illegal and irresponsible.” | Read more|
Hurricane Fiona: Canada braces for 'historic, extreme event'
Residents along Canada's Atlantic Coast have been warned by officials to brace for impact as Hurricane Fiona heads north after pummelling Bermuda. | Read more|
21-Hour Haryana Highway Blockade Ends After Farmers' Demands Met
Haryana farmers who had blocked a key national highway for over 21 hours demanding early procurement of paddy have lifted the blockade after the state government relented. | Read more|
India Cautions Students In Canada On Hate Crimes
The government today cautioned Indian nationals in Canada and students heading to the country against what it called a "sharp increase in hate crimes, sectarian violence and anti-India activities" and urged them to "remain vigilant". | Read more|
Russians flee to border after military call-up
Russian men are attempting to leave the country to avoid a military call-up for the Ukraine war. | Read more|
Swiss hospitals advised to cut power use
Swiss medical institutions should consider reducing electricity consumption amid the worsening energy crisis, Bastian Schwark, head of the energy department at the country’s Federal Office for National Economic Supply has said. | Read more|
Saudi Arabia Announces Discovery Of Huge Gold And Copper Deposits In Medina
Saudi Arabia recently announced the discovery of new sites for gold and copper ore deposits in the holy city of Medina. | Read more|
Japan to lift restrictions on foreign tourists
Japan will open its doors back up to foreign tourists, after more than two years of closed borders due to the Covid pandemic. | Read more|
Pak F-16 Package Not "A Message To India" Over Its Russia Stand: US
The Biden administration's green light for key spares for Pakistan's F-16 fighter jets "is not designed as a message to India", a top American defence official has said. | Read more|
Iran to join drills with Russia and China
The Iranian navy will take part in joint exercises with Russian and Chinese warships “this autumn,” Major General Mohammad Hossein Bagheri announced on Thursday in Tehran. | Read more|
Boeing to pay $200m over charges it misled investors
Boeing is to pay out $200m (£177.5m) over charges that it misled investors about two fatal 737 Max crashes. | Read more|
Finland to bar entry to all Russian tourists
Finland is working on new regulations that would further tighten restrictions on Russian tourists, Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto told journalists on Wednesday on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. | Read more|
RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat Visits Mosque In Delhi
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, who has been meeting Muslim leaders in an unprecedented outreach, visited a mosque in Delhi and held a meeting with its chief cleric. | Read more|
North Korea denies supplying weapons to Russia
North Korea says it has never sold weapons to Russia and has no plans to do so, following US reports that Moscow was turning to Pyongyang to replenish stockpiles. | Read more|
Chinese imports of Russian coal hit five-year high
Chinese purchases of Russian coal reached 8.54 million tons, up from 7.42 million tons in July, marking a significant year-on-year growth of 57%, according to data released by the General Administration of Customs on Tuesday. | Read more|
Rupee Hits New All-Time Low As Dollar Climbs To 20-Year Peak
The rupee weakened to a new record low early on Thursday as the greenback climbed to a fresh two-decade high after the US Federal Reserve hiked interest rates and projected a more aggressive policy path in the current tightening cycle. | Read more|
Beer spill truck crash closes Florida highway
A Florida highway was blocked on Wednesday by thousands of beer cans after a crash with five semi-trailers. | Read more|
Rush Of One-Way Flights Out Of Russia After Putin's Ukraine Threat
A day after Russian President Vladimir Putin's call for mobilisation, the first since World War II, one-way tickets out of Russia swiftly sold out and ticket prices skyrocketed. | Read more|
Home Minister Chairs Meet On Action Against Popular Front Of India
Union Home Minister Amit Shah today held a meeting wherein the ongoing searches at premises linked to the Popular Front of India and action against terror suspects, were believed to have been discussed, officials said. | Read more|
Women burn headscarves in Iran anti-hijab protests
Female protesters have been at the forefront of escalating protests in Iran and have been burning headscarves, after the death in custody of a woman detained for breaking hijab laws. | Read more|
German nuclear plant suffers leak
A reactor leak has been detected at the Isar 2 nuclear power plant in the southern German state of Bavaria, the environment ministry said on Monday, citing the plant’s operator. | Read more|
Comedian Raju Srivastava, 58, Dies Weeks After Cardiac Arrest In Gym
Comedian Raju Srivastava died today in Delhi, over a month after he suffered a cardiac arrest while working out in the gym. He was 58. | Read more|
US charges dozens with $250m pandemic relief fraud
US prosecutors have charged 47 people in the largest Covid relief fraud scheme alleged to date. | Read more|
Turkey owes no explanation to EU – Erdogan
Turkey has no obligation to report to the European Union after it took part in a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday. | Read more|
Putin Mobilises More Troops For Ukraine
President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered Russia's first mobilisation since World War Two, warning the West that if it continued what he called its "nuclear blackmail" that Moscow would respond with the might of all its vast arsenal. | Read more|
US to release more crude from reserves
The US Department of Energy has announced plans to sell up to 10 million barrels of oil from its Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) for delivery in November, according to a press statement released on Monday. | Read more|
Team Thackeray Moves High Court Over Dussehra Rally At Mumbai Park
The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena on Wednesday moved the Bombay High Court seeking permission to hold its annual Dussehra rally at the Shivaji Park in central Mumbai. | Read more|
4 Dead As Part Of Noida Apartment Building's Boundary Wall Collapses
Four construction workers were crushed after a part of the boundary wall of a residential society in Noida collapsed this morning. | Read more|