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Expanding permanent category with veto critical to real reform of UNSC: Ind...

Expanding permanent category with veto critical to real reform of UNSC: India ### India Advocates for UNSC Reform, Emphasizing Permanent Membership and Veto Power **New Delhi, India** – India has reiterated its strong assertion that substantive reform of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC)... read more »

Bihar swearing-in LIVE: Samrat Choudhary...

Bihar swearing-in LIVE: Samrat Choudhary to be sworn in to helm State'...

Bihar swearing-in LIVE: Samrat Choudhary to be sworn in to helm State's first BJP-led Govt **Samrat Choudhary Assumes Leadership of Bihar’s First BJP-Led Government** **Patna, Bihar – April 14, 2026** – In a significant political development, Samrat Choudhary was formally sworn in... read more »

Tense talks with US agencies up until Indian diplomat departed
Outsourcing agencies to be blacklisted i...

Outsourcing agencies to be blacklisted if workers indulge in unruly behavio...

Outsourcing agencies to be blacklisted if workers indulge in unruly behaviour: Noida administration **Noida Authorities Threaten Blacklisting of Outsourcing Firms Over Worker Misconduct** **Noida, [Date]** – The Noida administration has issued a stern warning to outsourcing agencies operating... read more »

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Karthigai Deepam will be lit on the deepathoon in Thirupparankundram: Nadda

Karthigai Deepam will be lit on the deepathoon in Thirupparankundram: Nadda ## Thirupparankundram Gears Up for Karthigai Deepam Amidst Welfare Scheme Announcements **Thirupparankundram, Tamil Nadu** – As the auspicious occasion of Karthigai Deepam approaches, the spiritual heart of... read more »

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13 killed as rain wreaks havoc in Pakistan

At least 13 people were killed Thursday in rain related incidents across Pakistan’s Punjab province. Six members of a family were killed when the roof of their residence collapsed in Lahore’s... read more »

11 killed in Pakistan building collapse

At least 11 people, including two women and two children, were killed and 18 others injured when a three-storey building collapsed in Pakistan’s... read more »

910 militants killed since June, Pakistan military says

Pakistan’s military on Wednesday said it has killed 910 suspected militants and lost 82 soldiers in a major offensive launched in June in a restive tribal... read more »

Abe praises Indian judge, tells Modi every Japanese kno...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told Narendra Modi that Japan still honours a dissenting Indian judge from a World War II military tribunal, a report said... read more »

US jets again strike jihadists around Iraqi dam

WASHINGTON: The United States carried out another round of air strikes on Monday against militants from the so-called Islamic States battling Iraqi and Kurdish... read more »

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World powers prepare for Syria peace talks

World powers prepare for Syria peace talks

Geneva – Delegates from the UN, Russia and the US arrived here Tuesday for a trilateral meeting to prepare for the long-delayed peace talks on Syria. Participants include UN-Arab League Joint... read more »

Egypt court adjourns trial after defiant Morsi rejects `illegal` proceedings

Egypt court adjourns trial after defiant Morsi rej...

Sydney – The Egyptian court conducting ousted President Mohammed Morsi’s trial has reportedly adjourned the hearings to January 8, after the... read more »

40 percent of Syrians need humanitarian aid: UN

40 percent of Syrians need humanitarian aid: UN

United Nations – The United Nations estimates that around 9.3 million people in Syria or about 40 percent of the population need humanitarian assistance... read more »

Egypt court adjourns Mohamed Morsi trial to January 8

Egypt court adjourns Mohamed Morsi trial to January 8

Cairo – An Egyptian court on Monday adjourned to January 8 the trial of ousted president Mohamed Morsi over his alleged involvement in the death of... read more »

John Kerry arrives in Middle East to fix ties

John Kerry arrives in Middle East to fix ties

London – US Secretary of State John Kerry has reportedly arrived in the Middle East to repair ties with the nation’s long-standing ally. The US... read more »

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Pak accountability court re-opens six corruption cases against Zardari

Pak accountability court re-opens six corruption cases against Za...

Islamabad – A Pakistani Accountability Court (AC) has re-opened six pending corruption cases against former President Asif Ali Zardari. The AC-1 Islamabad Judge Bashir Ahmed ordered the... read more »

Nepal to continue contributing troops to UN

Nepal to continue contributing troops to UN

Kathmandu – Nepal would like to continue contributing troops to the UN peacekeeping missions, the government said Tuesday. Speaking on the... read more »

Nawaz says nobody can dictate to Pakistan

Nawaz says nobody can dictate to Pakistan

Islamabad – Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said nobody could dictate to the country. He added that Pakistan has the prerogative to take its own... read more »

Clashes continue in Bangladesh for second day, toll rea...

Clashes continue in Bangladesh for second day, toll reaches eight

At least four people were killed in fresh clashes in Bangladesh on Monday on the second day of a 60-hour Opposition strike, police said, bringing to eight the... read more »

PML-N member from National Assembly disqualified

PML-N member from National Assembly disqualified

Islamabad – The Supreme Court of Pakistan Monday disqualified Sumaira Malik as the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) member of the National Assembly... read more »

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British expat moved to UAE for dream life but claims he was tortured by police

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Israeli army raids across the occupied West Bank overnight

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