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US prosecutors on Thursday charged ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores with conspiring to torture political opponents and American citizens, adding to the drug trafficking case the couple already faced. Separately, US District Judge Alvin Hellerstein, who is overseeing the case, denied a request by Flores to be released from jail due to health concerns ahead of a
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Indian authorities started mass detentions of people associated with the Cockroach youth movement, the group said Thursday, just days ahead of a major planned protest in Delhi to demand the resignation of the nation's top poll official. Opposition parties, their student
The National Basketball Association and International Basketball Federation (FIBA) say
Amid INDIA Bloc's campaign against the Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), Samajwadi Party (SP) Chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday said that the Election Commission should have some sympathy towards the poor and should not snatch their right to vote. Speaking to reporters, Yadav said, The Election Commission should not discriminate, should not act dishonestly. The Election Commission should have sympathy towards the poor, should not snatch away thei
Leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi on Thursday alleged that India's democracy, democratic institutions and the Constitution have been
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British counter-terrorism police are investigating after two Latvian men were arrested inside a Royal Air Force base used by US personnel, authorities said on Thursday. The arrests come weeks
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Rwanda is entering the Oscars international feature race for the first time, submitting Marie-Clementine Dusabejambo
Four CRPF officers were injured in an IED blast while defusing residual explosives at Alarmedgu camp in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district on Thursday. The officers belonged to the Ammunition Technician Team (ATT) of the 50th Battalion CRPF. Their mission was to inspect various CRPF camps within the Konta Range, including Pidmel, Dabbakonta, Kolaiguda and Alarmedgu, and safely dispose of unserviceable or residual explosives stored in the area. The team was carrying out the explosive disposal process
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Former Nepal President Bidya Devi Bhandari has returned to active politics by assuming the position of senior leader in the Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist-Leninist (CPN-UML), nearly three years after completing her second term as President. Bhandari took the oath as a senior leader at the CPN-UML party office in Lalitpur on Thursday and subsequently participated in the party's Standing Committee meeting. Nepal's first woman President had stepped away from active party politics after be
London stocks slipped on Thursday
Southampton manager Tonda Eckert said he had accepted
Brazil's tight presidential election has some investors, executives and climate-focused businesses worried
A moving sand art animation has been created as an emotional tribute to veteran Indian actor Nana Patekar following his demise. The artwork captures the actor
Anti-migrant protests in South
The Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday extended greetings to the Indian Air Force on Air Force Day, saluting its personnel for their courage and professionalism and highlighting the force's role in safeguarding India's skies as well as responding to disasters and humanitarian crises. On Air Force Day, we salute the brave men and women of the Indian Air Force for their courage, professionalism and service to the nation. From defending India
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday the United States is having productive discussions with Iran and will not launch an attack on the country before US midterm congressional elections in November.
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In a far reaching move US Labour Secretary Keith Sonderling has announced that the US Government is suspending from the Permanent Labor Certification Program some of the largest IT outsourcing firms in the world which include Cognizant, Infosys, Tata, Wipro, HCL, and Capgemini . The US Labour department attributed the suspension to multiple active federal investigations even as it also suspended US tech majors Microsoft and Adobe from the program. Speaking at a press conference on fighting visa
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy accused the
New Delhi [India] October 8 (ANI): The Central Armed Police Forces (General Administration) Act, 2026 (9 of 2026), officially came into force on Thursday, establishing a statutory framework to regulate recruitment and service conditions for Group A General Duty officers and personnel across the CAPFs. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issued the enforcement notification under sub-section (2) of Section 1 of the Act: In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 1 of the Cent
Russia has attempted acts of sabotage against Danish
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A federal judge began a hearing on Thursday over a bid by CNN, MS NOW and Politico to extend their protection against being banned from
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The dollar declined on Thursday as a rise in euro zone bond yields cooled, while expectations for the path of interest rates from the Federal Reserve this year remained largely intact. Euro zone government bond yields rose sharply again as a surge in oil prices intensified inflation concern
FIFA President Gianni Infantino promised further
Russian technology and AI company Yandex said on Thursday that it was unable to confirm yet whether it would be possible to restore equipment at a data centre that was hit by a Ukrainian drone attack. Yandex said earlier that the attack on its Sasovo hub, one of i
British police on Thursday said that search warrants they secured to search properties linked to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor had been issued unlawfully and must be quashed, but said the investigation into King Charles' younger
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Thursday attended the 7th Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Uttarakhand Industrial Summit and Expo-2026 in Haridwar. Addressing the event, CM Dhami said that Haridwar, besides being a spiritual city, has emerged as a major hub of industrial development in Uttarakhand. He said such events provide a common platform for industry, trade, investment and innovation, and play an important role in accelerating the state
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French teenagers blockaded some high schools and marched through cities on Thursday as the government promised to address their grievances about teacher shortages and dilapidated school buildings but gave few specific details. The protest movement, now into its third week, has exposed deep tensions in France between popular
Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and
The Ukrainian military said on Thursday it had struck a Russian oil refinery in Omsk, some 2,500 kilometres (1,553 miles) from Ukraine. Russia's largest refinery was hit in July as well, the General Staff added on the Telegram messaging app. It did not provi