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Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa and Friar Francesco Ielpo were stopped by police while walking to the church, built on the site where Christians believe Jesus was crucified and rose from the dead, the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said

Iran Guards said, We advise all employees, professors, and students of American universities in the region and residents of their surrounding areas stay a kilometre away from campuses.

Minnesota took centre stage, in what organisers expected to be mass demonstrations involving millions of people

Russia has announced a temporary ban on gasoline exports from April 1 to July 31, 2026, to stabilise domestic fuel supply and control prices amid volatility caused by the West Asia crisis.

While the defending champion RCB is vying to lift the IPL trophy for the second time, SRH, too, is eyeing a big season this year.

More than a decade after the 2015 Constitution created seven provinces following a tumultuous struggle for state restructuring, Nepals federalism remains an area of political contest. Provinces are starved of fiscal autonomy, bypassed by Kathmandu and now it is up to the triumphant RSP, a party that once refused to even contest provincial elections, to resuscitate it.

Nepals history since 1950 has seen feudal rule, absolute monarchy, civil war, and a republic each transition promising transformation but leaving most fundamental constraints untouched. The RSPs 2026 landslide win after a massive but violent Gen Z movement faces the same test

Nepals traditional political parties, both the Nepali Congress and the many communist parties, came to life during the Cold War era and were structured around feudal-style vertical hierarchies. Today, after the March elections, they have been swept aside by a generation that has organised horizontally, communicating through popular rap songs and social media and which views politics through the lens of individual aspiration rather than collective ideology. This mobilisation helped a relatively n

A digitally sparked demonstration overthrew an elected government and upended Nepali politics. Six months on, the country now looks for real change with Himalayan expectations.

The RSPs stunning victory in the wake of the Gen Z protests revealed a yearning for change across Nepal and even beyond

Iran has kept up retaliatory attacks on Gulf nations it accuses of serving as a launchpad for U.S. strikes on the country, which began in a joint operation with Israel on February 28.

The U.S. President reiterated his role in stopping the India-Pakistan conflict, referred to the Strait of Hormuz as the Strait of Trump and mocked NATO as a paper tiger

Trump made the statement on March 26, in a social media post; he said he will hold off on bombing Iran's energy plants

U.S. President Donald Trump initially suggested that Iran itself may have been responsible for the attack on the Iranian elementary school in Minab despite Iran not having Tomahawk missiles.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in a social media post on Friday (March 27), said the document lays the foundation for future contracts, technological cooperation, and investment, providing no further details.

Nepals youngest prime minister has taken the oath of office on Friday after his party won a landslide victory in elections earlier this month following a youth-led uprising in September that toppled the government

Global oil and gas prices have surged after Iran virtually blocked the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow shipping lane between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, that handles roughly 20 per cent of global oil and LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas).

U.S. Vice President JD Vance is planning a visit to Hungary as Prime Minister Viktor Orbn fights a close election and courts support from Washington

At least two persons, including an Indian, were killed and three others injured when debris of missiles intercepted by the UAEs air defence system fell on a street in Abu Dhabi

In a country where geography mirrors diversity and authority remains contested, elections in Myanmar unfold detached from realities on the ground; with key Opposition forces excluded and large swathes of the nation outside effective participation, the exercise underscores how the absence of pluralism and federal accommodation continue to undermine any meaningful democratic transition

Trump made the comments at a Cabinet meeting in the White House

Donald Trump issues a stark warning to Iran, saying the U.S. will keep blowing them away if a deal is not reached. The statement comes amid rising tensions in West Asia, fuelling fears of further escalation.

Besides supporting Russias war against Ukraine around 2,000 North Korean soldiers are thought to have died both nations are under Western sanctions and are accused of gross human rights violations

Tehran moved to formalise its control over the crucial Strait of Hormuz while Washington prepared for the arrival of U.S. combat forces in the region that could be used on the ground

British Foreign Minister Yvette Cooper on March 24, voiced unease that the war on Iran had shifted focus away from the Gaza peace plan and violence in the occupied West Bank

Captain Pat Cummins heads SRH for third-time as the team hopes for a IPL title win this season. Check out the full list of squad, schedule and support staff

The franchise boasts some of the worlds best T20 batters; in the absence of regular skipper Cummins, medium-pacers Harshal and Unadkat must do the heavy lifting among bowlers

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed that Iran no longer has the capacity to enrich uranium or produce ballistic missiles after weeks of US-Israeli airstrikes.

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Mr. Netanyahu did not provide evidence for his claim that Iran no longer had the capacity to enrich uranium

This marks a rare moment in IPL history, where every team features an Indian captain at least until Cummins regains full fitness, the last time being in the early stages of the 2019 edition

The Sunrisers secured Ahmed for GBP 190,000 (approximately 2.34 crore) after a bidding war with the Trent Rockets

The underground Fuel Enrichment Plant (FEP) is one of Irans three uranium-enrichment plants that are known to have been operating when Israel and the United States carried out strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities last June

A lunar eclipse occurs on a full moon day when the Earth moves between the Sun and the Moon, causing the Earths shadow to fall on the lunar surface

Novartis has settled a lawsuit by the estate of Henrietta Lacks that alleged the pharmaceutical giant unjustly profited off her cells, which were taken from her tumor without her knowledge in 1951 and reproduced in labs to enable major medical advancements, including the polio vaccine

Iran's nuclear programme is proceeding according to the rules of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the countrys atomic energy chief Mohammad Eslami said

Enriquez takes readers along on personal tours of 21 cemeteries

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman increased the investment limit for NRIs to 10% when the demand to use even the 5% limit did not exist

Irans missile capabilities were not discussed during the talks, said a regional diplomat, briefed by Tehran

He says introducing a parallel or alternative flight arrangement by the Kerala government is not feasible at present and is therefore not under consideration