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Two co-founders of CoinDCX crypto exchange held on charges of fraud

Two co-founders of CoinDCX crypto exchange held on charges of fraud ## Cryptocurrency Exchange Leaders Detained Amidst Fraud Allegations **Mumbai, India** – Two prominent co-founders of the cryptocurrency exchange CoinDCX have been taken into custody following allegations of fraud, a development... read more »

Assembly Elections LIVE updates: ECI lik...

Assembly Elections LIVE updates: ECI likely to publish SIR supplementary vo...

Assembly Elections LIVE updates: ECI likely to publish SIR supplementary voter list for W.B. today **Kerala CM Foresees BJP’s Electoral Setback in Upcoming Assembly Polls** **Thiruvananthapuram, [Date]** – Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has publicly expressed a strong conviction... read more »

IUML files police complaint over fake FB...

IUML files police complaint over fake FB post targeting Thangal

IUML files police complaint over fake FB post targeting Thangal **Indian Union Muslim League Lodges Complaint Over Fabricated Social Media Campaign** **Kochi, Kerala** – The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) has formally lodged a complaint with the state police department following the... read more »

2026 Assembly elections schedule: Dates ...

2026 Assembly elections schedule: Dates for Assam, West Bengal, Kerala, Tam...

2026 Assembly elections schedule: Dates for Assam, West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry **Electoral Commission Unveils Timetable for Crucial 2026 State Assembly Polls** **New Delhi, India – March 15, 2026** – The nation’s electoral machinery is gearing up for a significant... read more »

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South Africa mourns as Mandela lies in state for second day

South Africa mourns as Mandela lies in state for second day

Pretoria –  South Africans will get a second chance Thursday to pay their last respects to Nelson Mandela, a day after his distraught widow joined thousands of mourners at his open... read more »

Mandela's body taken to presidential inauguration site

Mandela’s body taken to presidential inaugur...

Pretoria – The body of former South African president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela was Wednesday brought back to the Union Buildings... read more »

Nelson Mandela ceremony interpreter was ‘fakeR...

Nelson Mandela ceremony interpreter was 'fake'

The national director of the Deaf Federation of South Africa says a man who provided sign language interpretation on stage for Nelson Mandela’s memorial... read more »

Tears and tributes as Nelson Mandela lies in state

Tears and tributes as Nelson Mandela lies in state

Pretoria – Nelson Mandela’s tearful widow was among scores of family and dignitaries who stopped to pay their last respects before his open casket... read more »

Nelson Mandela’s body arrives for viewing in Sout...

Nelson Mandela's body arrives for viewing in South Africa

The casket of anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, draped in the multi-coloured South African flag, arrived on Wednesday at the seat of power in the country’s... read more »

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Asia

UAE Announces Amnesty and Discounted Airfares for Visa Overstayer...

In a significant move to address the challenges faced by visa overstayers, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has launched a new initiative offering amnesty and discounted airfares. This program is... read more »

Escalating Tensions: Israel and Hezbollah Exchange...

Date: August 25, 2024In a significant escalation of regional tensions, Israel and Hezbollah engaged in a fierce exchange of fire on Sunday, marking... read more »

Explosion in Tel Aviv Declared a ‘Terror Attack’ by Isr...

On the evening of August 18, 2024, Tel Aviv was shaken by an explosion on Lehi Street, which Israeli authorities have now officially declared as a terrorist... read more »

Paetongtarn Shinawatra Elected as Thailand’s Youngest P...

Bangkok, 18 August 2024 — Paetongtarn Shinawatra has made history as Thailand’s youngest Prime Minister at 37 years old, continuing the Shinawatra... read more »

Gaza Crisis: Death Toll Surpasses 40,000 Amid Devastati...

In a shocking and tragic escalation of violence, the death toll in Gaza has now surpassed 40,000, with a staggering 70% of the casualties being women and... read more »

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China slams Japan for slandering its air defence zone in international forum

China slams Japan for slandering its air defence zone in internat...

London – China has condemned Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for “maliciously slandering” the newly declared air defence zone of Beijing in an international forum. Foreign... read more »

China probes powerful ex-security officer over graft charges

China probes powerful ex-security officer over gra...

Washington – Chinese President Xi Jinping has authorized a corruption inquiry against the powerful former head of the domestic security... read more »

China hails its lunar probe mission as complete success

China hails its lunar probe mission as complete success

Beijing – China hailed its Chang’e-3 lunar probe mission “a complete success” Sunday night, after its first moon rover Yutu, or Jade... read more »

Air defence zone remarks: China refutes Japanese PM

Air defence zone remarks: China refutes Japanese PM

Beijing – Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Hong Lei has strongly refuted Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s recent remarks on China’s... read more »

China to safeguard national food security

China to strengthen supervision of officials' assets reports

Beijing –  China will safeguard national food security while continuing to pursue the sustainable development of agriculture, an official statement said... read more »

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Far East

Japan ruling-party panel to propose break-of Fukushima operator

Japan ruling-party panel to propose break-of Fukushima operator

Tokyo: A Japanese ruling-party panel will recommend the break-up of Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) after shortcomings in the firm’s handling of clean-up operations at the crippled Fukushima... read more »

Two South Korean firms in Kaesong to close operations

South Korean lawmakers head to Kaesong complex

Seoul – A group of South Korea lawmakers crossed the border line separating North and South Korea into the Kaesong industrial complex to make... read more »

Ex-Thai PM to file lawsuit against public prosecutor

Abhisit Vejjajiva

Bangkok – Former prime minister of Thailand Abhisit Vejjajiva Tuesday said he would file a lawsuit against the Office of Attorney General for its unjust... read more »

Japan’s NRA urges Tepco to prevent mishaps at crippled ...

Japan ruling-party panel to propose break-of Fukushima operator

Washington – Japanese nuclear regulator has urged Tokyo Electric Power Co. (Tepco) to improve working conditions at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant... read more »

Magnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes off Japan’s east...

Magnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes off Japan's east coast: USGS

Tokyo –  A 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck off the east coast of Japan on Monday, the US Geological Survey reported, but no tsunami warning was... read more »

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Middle East

Syria conflict: 76,000 die in deadliest year – activists

The year 2014 was the deadliest year yet in Syria’s four-year conflict, with over 76,000 killed, activists say. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 17,790 of the dead were... read more »

Father of pilot captured by ISIS pleads for releas...

AMMAN (Jordan): The father of a Jordanian pilot captured by Islamic State militants in Syria has pleaded for his son’s release. Safi Yousef... read more »

IS stones to death two alleged gay men in Syria

DAMASCUS: Islamic State (IS) militants stoned to death two young men in Syria’s eastern province of Deir al-Zour on charges of having... read more »

Egyptian president to meet Pope Francis on Monday

VATICAN CITY: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will meet Pope Francis on Monday, Holy See spokesman Federico Lombardi said, in the first visit to the... read more »

Egypt making slow progress on genital mutilation

MANSHIET EL-IKHWA, Egypt: Raslan Fadl, the first doctor in Egypt to be put on trial for committing female genital mutilation, is still practicing even though a... read more »

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South Asia

Nepal to allow private investment in power transmission

Nepal to allow private investment in power transmission

Kathmandu – The government of Nepal is ready to invite private sector investment in power transmission line projects, an official said here Sunday. The Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA),... read more »

Protests in Pakistan over Mollah's execution

Protests in Pakistan over Mollah’s execution

Islamabad – Pakistani activists of the Jamaat-i-Islami held protests in various Sindh towns giving vent to their anger over the execution of... read more »

Mollah’s hanging ‘saddens’ Pakistan i...

Mollah's hanging 'saddens' Pakistan interior minister

Islamabad – Pakistan Minister for Interior Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has expressed “deep grief” and concern over the execution of war criminal... read more »

India not shying away from providing military equipment...

India not shying away from providing military equipment: Karzai

New Delhi – Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Saturday that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and he were in full agreement on “all issues”, including... read more »

Musharraf summoned for landmark treason trial on Decemb...

Musharraf summoned for landmark treason trial on December 24

Islamabad – Former Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf will be summoned for the landmark treason trial on December 24. The three-member special... read more »

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Europe

Freed Pussy Riot members still gunning for Putin’s head

Freed Pussy Riot members still gunning for Putin’s head

London – Russian punk band Pussy Riot’s members, who spent nearly two years in prison for their irreverent protest in Moscow’s main cathedral, have said they still want to topple... read more »

Russian forensic probe concludes Arafat died of natural causes

Russian forensic probe concludes Arafat died of na...

Johannesburg – Russian forensic investigation has concluded that former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat died of natural causes, and not... read more »

‘Britain to become largest European economy in 20...

'Britain to become largest European economy in 2030'

London – Britain is expected to become the largest European economy in 2030 by overtaking Germany, said a research report by the Centre for Economics and... read more »

UN condemns UK immigration bill for creating ‘cli...

UN condemns UK immigration bill for creating 'climate of ethnic profiling'

London – The United Nations refugee agency has condemned British Prime Minister David Cameron’s proposed immigration laws. There are fears the laws... read more »

AK-47 inventor Mikhail Kalashnikov dies at 94

AK-47 inventor Mikhail Kalashnikov dies at 94

Moscow – Mikhail Kalashnikov, the designer of famed Russian AK-47 assault rifle, passed away Monday in his home city of Izhevsk, an industrial town,... read more »

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North America

Okinawa Governer approves on relocation of U.S. military base

Okinawa Governer approves on relocation of U.S. military base

 The governor of Okinawa signed off Friday on the long-awaited relocation of a U.S. military base, a major step toward allowing the U.S. to move forward with plans to consolidate its troops on the... read more »

Barack Obama signed bipartisan budget deal and defence authorisation bill

Barack Obama signed bipartisan budget deal and def...

 U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday signed a bipartisan budget deal easing spending cuts and a defence authorisation bill that takes a step... read more »

End of mass surveillance in ‘alternative’ C...

End of mass surveillance in 'alternative' Christmas message: Snowden

London –  NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has reportedly urged an end to mass surveillance in his two-minute Christmas message that was carried on... read more »

Mission already accomplished, says Snowden

Edward Snowden Denies Being a Russian Spy

 National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden said his “mission’s already accomplished” after revealing NSA secrets that have caused a reassessment of... read more »

Snowden denies wanting asylum in exchange for informati...

Snowden denies wanting asylum in exchange for information

Edward J Snowden, former contractor with the U.S. National Security Agency, says he will not accept asylum in any country in exchange for secrets, Brazilian... read more »

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27-year-old man killed in early morning attack in east Bengaluru

27-year-old man killed in early morning attack in east Bengaluru ## Fatal Confrontation Erupts in East Bengaluru, Financial Dispute Suspected **Bengaluru, India** – A violent incident in... read more »

House sparrow population plummets in Thiruvananthapuram, finds survey

House sparrow population plummets in Thiruvananthapuram, finds survey ## Urban Sprawl Takes Toll on Thiruvananthapuram’s House Sparrow Numbers **Thiruvananthapuram, India** – A... read more »

Iran missile strikes near Israel's main nuclear reactor Dimona in revenge attack

Iran missile strikes near Israel's main nuclear reactor Dimona in revenge attack ## Missile Incident Near Israeli Nuclear Site Sparks Regional Tensions **Jerusalem, Israel** – A... read more »

G7 nations 'ready to take necessary measures' to protect global energy stores

G7 nations 'ready to take necessary measures' to protect global energy stores **G7 Ministers Vow Unified Action to Safeguard Global Energy Security** **BERLIN** – In a strong... read more »

Donald Trump threatens to obliterate Iran's power plants and...

Donald Trump threatens to obliterate Iran's power plants and gives 48 hour deadline ### Escalating Tensions: Trump Issues Stark Ultimatum to Iran Over Strait of Hormuz **Washington D.C.** – In... read more »

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