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Latest News on the 2024 U.S. Presidentia...

Latest News on the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election

The 2024 U.S. presidential election is shaping up to be highly competitive. Following President Joe Biden’s announcement to exit the race and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic field has consolidated around Harris. She faces former President Donald Trump, who is leading the... read more »

Donald Trump Informs Christians They Won...

Donald Trump Informs Christians They Won’t Need to Vote After This Election...

During a campaign event organized by Turning Point Action in West Palm Beach, Florida, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump made a bold statement to Christian voters, asserting that if they support him in the upcoming November election, “in four years, you don’t have to vote... read more »

In a tweet from Elon Musk to Parag Agraw...

In a tweet from Elon Musk to Parag Agrawal, another CEO of an Indian tech c...

Elon Musk’s remarks in a tweet from Parag Agrawal to other Indian tech leaders Elon Musk responded to a tweet about the people of Indian descent who run the world’s top tech companies like Google, Microsoft and IBM. New Delhi: Tesla CEO Elon Musk welcomed Indian talent to the US on... read more »

Donald Trump Denies US Plans to Send Tro...

Donald Trump Denies US Plans to Send Troops to Iran

Donald Trump on Tuesday dismissed as fake news a report that top US national security officials reviewed a plan to deploy 120,000 troops to West Asia if Iran attacked American forces, but vowed that if he was forced to make that choice, he would send “a hell of a lot more troops”. The plan,... read more »

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Cheney skeptical about U.S. negotiations with Iran over nuke programme

Cheney skeptical about U.S. negotiations with Iran over nuke prog...

Washington – Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney has expressed skepticism about the Obama administration’s ability to strike a negotiation with Iran on its long-disputed nuclear programme... read more »

China anti-corruption activists on trial in Jiangxi

China anti-corruption activists on trial in Jiangx...

China has put three anti-corruption campaigners on trial, in what is being seen as part of a crackdown on activists under President Xi Jinping. The... read more »

Maldives presidential candidates want election Nov 2

Maldives presidential candidates want election Nov 2

Male – All three presidential candidates in the Maldives have agreed to hold presidential election a week early on Nov 2 to avoid a constitutional... read more »

12 dead in Bangladesh violence

12 dead in Bangladesh violence

Dhaka – Anxieties mounted across Bangladesh over deadly political violence which has left 12 people dead and hundreds injured since Friday. Five men were... read more »

Modi cannot hope to lead India by inspiring fear: NYT

Modi cannot hope to lead India by inspiring fear: NYT

Washington – A leading US daily is of the view that Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi cannot hope to lead India... read more »

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China gives former general suspended death sentence for bribery

BEIJING – A top Chinese military officer has been given a suspended death sentence for corruption, state media said Monday, in a case where he was exposed as owning dozens of homes, gold... read more »

Despite protests, Japan switches on first nuclear reactor since Fukushima diaster

TOKYO — Japan switched on a nuclear reactor Tuesday on the southern island of Kyushu, marking a first, tentative return to nuclear energy following the catastrophic meltdowns at Fukushima... read more »

Israel expects US Congress to block Iran nuclear deal, top Likud figure says

Israel anticipates that the US Congress will heed its call and vote down the Iran nuclear deal against the wishes of the Obama administration, the head of the powerful Knesset Foreign... read more »

Fourth secular blogger hacked to death in Bangladesh

Barely three months after the killing of a blogger in Sylhet, unknown assailants armed with machetes hacked to death secular blogger Niloy Chatterjee Neel at his home in Dhaka on... read more »

Bombings, assaults kill at least 42 in Afghan capital

A wave of attacks on Afghan police, army and NATO installations in Kabul killed at least 42 people and wounded hundreds, dashing hope that Taliban insurgents might be weakened by a leadership... read more »