Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday said she urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reach a cease-fire deal soon with Hamas so that dozens of hostages held by the militants in Gaza since Oct. 7 can return home. Harris said she had a frank and constructive conversation with Netanyahu...

South Africa appointed its first female chief justice on Thursday. President Cyril Ramaphosa named Mandisa Maya, the current deputy chief justice, as the countrys new most senior judge. Her term is due to start on Sept. 1, when she will replace Chief Justice Raymond Zondo as the head of the...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus fiery speech to Congress may have been delivered in Washington, but his words appeared aimed at an audience back home. Israelis heard their leader, a gifted orator with flawless English, deliver a forceful case for Israels actions in the war in Gaza on a global...

Argentina mens soccer coach Javier Mascherano said the teams Olympic training base was robbed before its chaotic tournament-opening loss to Morocco on Wednesday. The Argentina delegation filed a police complaint in Lyon, the prosecutors office of nearby Saint-Etienne said Thursday. They went into training and they robbed us, in the...

The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) has said that by not forming Sixth Delhi Finance Commission, the Arvind Kejriwal led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government of Delhi has violated the provisions of the constitution. The tenure of the Fifth Delhi Finance Commission ended on March 31, 2021 and according to the...

The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi paid homage to the bravehearts who made the supreme sacrifice in the line of duty on the occasion of 25th Kargil Vijay Diwas in Ladakh. He also attended the Shraddhanjali Samaroh. The Prime Minister heard the Gaurav Gatha: Briefing on Kargil War by NCOs and...

The head of Argentinas soccer federation said the chaotic ending to its Olympic soccer match against Morocco on Wednesday makes no sense, and coach Javier Mascherano called the scene a scandal. The opening match of the mens soccer tournament was suspended for nearly two hours during added time after Morocco...

The Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) organised a Mashal Rally and also held an exhibition and event at Central Park, Connaught Place, New Delhi to mark the 25th anniversary of the Kargil Vijay Diwas. BJP National President and Union Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda participated in the Mashal Rally and also...

Pakistani Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb arrived in Beijing on Thursday for talks on power sector debt relief alongside structural reforms suggested by the International Monetary Fund, two government sources said. He held a meeting with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing, they said, and is leading a delegation, along with Power...

Over the past three weeks, Shirali Abdurehim, a 39-year-old Uyghur honey seller in Istanbul, has been detained in an immigration detention center. Abdurehim, a father of nine children, has lived in Turkey with his wife since 2013 as a refugee after fleeing repression in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in...

A $7 million grant to bolster independent media in Cambodia is being welcomed by the countrys journalists. The United States Agency for International Development, or USAID, in July announced a grant designed to help strengthen and expand the diversity of trustworthy news in Cambodia. Details of the funding emerged as...

A man who officials say worked for one of North Koreas military intelligence agencies has been indicted for his alleged involvement in a conspiracy to hack American health care providers, federal prosecutors announced Thursday. A grand jury in Kansas City, Kansas, indicted Rim Jong Hyok, who is accused of laundering...

Frances air force made a stopover in Indonesias capital on Wednesday, part of a visit to Southeast Asia thats meant to display French commitment to security in the Indo-Pacific region amid growing Chinese maritime activity there. The French mission, named Pegase, visited Jakartas Halim Perdanakusuma air force base on a...

A super Jupiter has been spotted around a neighboring star by the Webb Space Telescope and it has a super orbit. The planet is roughly the same diameter as Jupiter, but with six times the mass. Its atmosphere is also rich in hydrogen like Jupiters. One big difference: It...

Shawn Levy is no novice when it comes to rumors around his projects. Years on Stranger Things taught him how to tune out the noise. Yet even hes found himself astonished by the sheer volume of speculation around Deadpool & Wolverine. The rumors around this movie are overwhelming, Levy told...

The Philippines and Singapore signed a defense pact Wednesday that will allow their militaries to broaden their engagement, but few details were given about how the agreement could help address their security concerns in a region rife with conflicts. Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. signed the memorandum of understanding with...

Top-ranked tennis player Jannik Sinner pulled out of the Paris Olympics on Wednesday because of tonsillitis, meaning Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz will be the top-seeded men, setting up a potential gold medal rematch of the Wimbledon final. Sinner, a 22-year-old from Italy, posted on social media that a doctor...

Raksha Rajya Mantri Sanjay Seth visited Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Bhawan in New Delhi on July 24, 2024. Secretary Department of Defence R&D and Chairman DRDO Dr Samir V Kamat gave him a detailed presentation on the recent achievements, major ongoing projects and the future roadmap. He was...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met United Kingdom (UK) Foreign Secretary David Lammy. PM Modi said that he appreciated the priority accorded by UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer to broaden and deepen the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between India and UK. Modi said that India remained committed to elevating the ties...

Frances powerhouse rugby sevens team had a shaky start on Day 1 of the Paris Olympics. The French opened at State de France on Wednesday with a disappointing 12-12 draw against the U.S. but rebounded with a 19-12 victory over Uruguay. The reigning rugby sevens series champions, led by star...

A Delhi Court has summoned YouTuber Dhruv Rathee in a defamation case brought by BJP Mumbai spokesperson Suresh Karamshi Nakhua. Nakhua claims that Rathee labeled him as part of violent and abusive trolls in a YouTube video titled My Reply to Godi Youtubers | Elvish Yadav. Nakhua is seeking Rs....

The United States urged Pakistan Wednesday to protect the rights of all citizens, including freedom of expression and assembly, as a military-backed crackdown on the opposition party of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan continues. Donald Blome, the U.S. ambassador to Pakistan, stressed during a seminar in Islamabad that upholding...

Negotiations on a cease-fire-for-hostages deal in the Gaza conflict appear to be in their closing stages, and U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will discuss remaining gaps Thursday, a senior U.S. official said Wednesday. The official, briefing reporters ahead of their talks, said that the remaining...

The United Nations cultural agency rejected recommendations Wednesday to place Stonehenge on the list of world heritage sites in danger over concerns that Britains plans to build a nearby highway tunnel threaten the landscape around the prehistoric monument. Stonehenge was built on the flat lands of Salisbury Plain in southern...

A plane crashed Wednesday just after taking off from Nepals capital, killing 18 people and injuring a pilot who was the lone survivor. Police official Basanta Rajauri said authorities have pulled out all 18 bodies. The pilot has injuries to his eyes but his life is not in any danger,...

Google is dropping plans to eliminate cookies from its Chrome web browser, making a sudden U-turn on four years of work to phase out a technology that helps businesses tracks users online. The company had been working on retiring third-party cookies, which are snippets of code that log user information,...

A German court has ruled that there is no longer a general danger to all civilians from the long-running conflict in Syria, rejecting a claim to protected status by a Syrian man who had been convicted in Austria for involvement in smuggling people into Europe. The ruling by the top...

Googles corporate parent Alphabet Inc. delivered another quarter of steady growth amid an AI-driven shift in the ubiquitous search engine that is the foundation of its internet empire. The second-quarter report released Tuesday showed that Google is still reeling in advertisers on the heels of the May introduction of an...

The National Green Tribunal has sought a response from authorities regarding the alleged illegal felling of over 1,000 trees in Uttar Pradeshs Greater Noida. The bench asked the officials concerned, including the district magistrate of Gautam Buddha Nagar, to file their response at least one week before the next hearing,...

Commenting on the Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the Union Budget 2024-25 will take the country to new heights of development. Modi said that this budget empowers every segment of society. It paves the way for prosperity in our villages and...

Israeli soccer player Roy Revivo will have his appeal against a two-game ban heard by a sports court just hours before his teams opening game against Mali at the Paris Olympics. The Court of Arbitration for Sport said Tuesday its panel of three judges will give an urgent verdict on...

The Supreme Court has said that NEET-UG exam will not be cancelled on ground on paper leak and other malpractices. The Supreme Court also ruled out the conduct of a re-examination. We are of the view that ordering Re-neet or cancellation of the entire NEET-UG 2024 Exam is not justified...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2023-25 in the Parliament on June 23. Here are the major highlights of the budget The Finance Minister said, for pursuit of Viksit Bharat, the budget envisages sustained efforts on the following 9 priorities for generating ample opportunities for all. The Finance...

U.S. Senator Bob Menendez is resigning from office August 20 following his conviction for taking bribes for corrupt acts including acting as an agent of the Egyptian government, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Tuesday. Menendez had insisted after the July 16 verdict that he...

Dozens of people who joined scattered anti-corruption rallies in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, on Tuesday in defiance of an official ban have been charged and held behind bars, their lawyers said. About 60 people, including a prominent TV and radio presenter and three young protest leaders, were hurriedly brought before...

Hungarys foreign minister voiced indifference on Tuesday over a decision by the European Unions top diplomat to shift an EU ministers meeting from Budapest to Brussels in a sign of disapproval over Hungarys initial use of the EU presidency. It was all the same to me in the beginning, and...

A senior World Health Organization official expressed alarm Tuesday at the high risk of polio spreading within the Gaza Strip because of dire sanitary conditions in the war-wracked enclave, and that the paralytic disease it causes could spill across borders without prompt action to stem the outbreak. I am, like,...

The United States has invited the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces for U.S.-mediated ceasefire talks starting on Aug. 14 in Switzerland, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday. RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo said early on Wednesday they will constructively participate in the talks to achieve...

As the Paris Olympics are set to open this week, the United States goes in as the favorite to win the most medals. China is unlikely to overtake the U.S. in the overall medal haul, but has a chance to win more gold medals than the Americans. Though the Games...

Pakistans police raided the imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khans political party office in Islamabad on Monday and arrested its spokesman for carrying out anti-state propaganda, the Interior Ministry said. In a statement, the ministry said officers also arrested Ahmad Janjua, a media coordinator for Khans Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf or PTI...

Estonias president formally appointed the Baltic countrys new government on Monday after lawmakers gave the green light to Prime Minister-designate Kristen Michals three-party coalition Cabinet. Addressing the new Cabinet, which is to be sworn in Tuesday, President Alar Karis said the governments comfortable majority in the 101-seat Riigikogu, or Parliament,...

Bangladesh remained without internet for a fifth day and the government declared a public holiday Monday, as authorities maintained tight control despite apparent calm following a court order that scaled back a controversial system for allocating government jobs that sparked violent protests. This comes after a curfew with a shoot-on-sight...

Hungary wont be allowed to host a strategic EU meeting next month because of Prime Minister Viktor Orbns self-proclaimed peace mission trips to Moscow and Beijing this month aimed at brokering an end to the war in Ukraine, which EU partners overwhelmingly saw as undermining their support for Kyiv. We...

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday ordered an immediate ban on widespread and mostly Chinese-run online gaming operations, accusing them of venturing into crimes, including financial scams, human trafficking, torture, kidnappings and murder. His move to ban the Chinese-run online gambling outfits estimated to number more than 400...

U.S. President Joe Bidens decision to end his campaign for reelection brings a new element of uncertainty for Ukraine, which is struggling to fend off Russian military advances even as it worries about the future of American support. The prospect of victory for former President Donald Trump, the Republican contender,...

Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, the head of Myanmars military-government, on Monday also took the position of acting president to replace the holder of that post who was unable to perform his duties due to health problems, state media reported. The announcement of the declaration naming Min Aung Hlaing to...

Luc Frieden, Prime Minister of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg called Prime Minister Narendra Modi today and congratulated him on re-election for the third consecutive term. Prime Minister thanked Frieden for his wishes and expressed hope to add vigour and momentum to the multifaceted cooperation between the two countries. Both...

Indias real GDP is projected to grow between 6.57 per cent in 2024-25. The Indian economy recovered swiftly from the pandemic, with its real GDP in FY24 being 20 per cent higher than the pre-COVID, FY20 levels. This was stated by the Economic Survey 2023-24 presented in Parliament today by...

Three-time Tour de France winner Tadej Pogacar withdrew from the road race at the Paris Olympics late Monday, one day after becoming the first rider to win the Tour and the Giro dItalia in the same season in nearly three decades. The Slovenian Olympic Team announced Pogacar had withdrawn from...

In his remarks at the beginning of the budget session of the Parliament, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that this session will be positive, constructive, and lay a strong foundation for realizing the dreams of the people. I see this as a significant milestone in the glorious journey of...