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Thousands in China mark International Day of Yoga with mass participation

Widespread enthusiasm underscores growing popularity of Indian wellness practice amid diplomatic thaw

21 Jun 2025 10:40 pm
Ukraine received at least 20 bodies of Russian soldiers in recent exchanges: Zelenskyy

Ukraines president says Russia repatriated at least 20 of its own dead soldiers in recent exchanges with Ukraine, describing it as a result of Moscows disorganization

21 Jun 2025 10:02 pm
U.S. VP Vance says troops still 'necessary' in Los Angeles

U.S. President Donald Trump has sent roughly 4,000 National Guard members and 700 Marines, purportedly to protect federal property and personnel, after demonstrations over immigration raids

21 Jun 2025 9:51 pm
Japan-U.S.-Philippines coast guards simulate crisis amid China threat

Tensions between China and other claimants to parts of the East and South China Seas have pushed Japan to deepen ties with the Philippines and the United States

21 Jun 2025 9:46 pm
Woman tried to call her mom in Iran; robotic voice answered phone

Elon Musk said he has activated his satellite internet provider Starlink in Iran, where a small number of people are believed to have the system, even though it is illegal

21 Jun 2025 11:02 am
Israeli scientists at Weizmann Institute of Science scramble to save work after Iranian missile hits labs

The missile struck the institute's campus at Rehovot, on the southern periphery of Tel Aviv, in the early hours of Sunday, damaging multiple buildings and prompting researchers to clamber into the ruins to save samples even as fire raged.

21 Jun 2025 10:17 am
Trump says Tulsi Gabbard was 'wrong' about Iran; Israeli strikes could be 'very hard to stop'

In a subsequent post on X, Ms. Gabbard said her testimony was taken out of context as a way to manufacture division

21 Jun 2025 10:07 am
Israel-Iran conflict LIVE: Trump says two weeks is maximum for Iran decision

290 Indians return from Iran; two more flights are scheduled to arrive, including one from Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, around 3 a.m., bringing home around 1,000 Indian nationals.

21 Jun 2025 7:15 am
Pakistan nominates Donald Trump for Nobel Peace Prize for leadership during India-Pakistan conflict

The nomination came after Mr. Trump was asked on Friday (June 20, 2025) about the Nobel and said he should be awarded it for a variety of reasons

21 Jun 2025 6:39 am
Operation Sindhu: 290 Indian students return from Iran, land in Delhi

Operation Sindhu evacuates Indian students from Iran amid conflict with Israel, with special Iranian cooperation and gratitude expressed

21 Jun 2025 2:23 am
5.1-magnitude quake rattles northern Iran amid Israel war: USGS

5.1-magnitude earthquake hits northern Iran as Israel launches air strikes, USGS reports

21 Jun 2025 12:46 am
Iran rules out nuclear talks under Israeli fire

No room for negotiation with Israels ally, the U.S., says Iranian Foreign Minister ahead of meeting with European diplomats in Geneva; he condemns Israels attacks on nuclear sites as war crimes

21 Jun 2025 12:43 am
U.S. judge orders release of pro-Palestinian activist Khalil

And punishing someone over a civil immigration matter is unconstitutional, the U.S. judge said

21 Jun 2025 12:23 am
Bangladesh, Pakistan, China hold inaugural trilateral foreign office discussion

This is the first such meeting between the three neighbours of India China, Pakistan and Bangladesh since Chief Adviser of the interim government of Bangladesh Prof. Mohammed Yunus visited China in March

20 Jun 2025 10:34 pm
IAEA warns of nuclear disaster if Israel attacks Iran's Bushehr

Construction on Bushehr began in the 1970s as the pro-Western shah sought to develop civilian nuclear power.

20 Jun 2025 10:20 pm
U.S. steps up Iran-related sanctions as West Asia attacks flare

The U.S. Treasury Department said it was targeting an individual and eight entities over their roles in the sourcing and transshipment of sensitive machinery for Iran's defense industry

20 Jun 2025 10:18 pm
Armenian Prime Minister to meet Erdogan in rare visit to Turkiye aimed at mending ties

The talks between the two countries, which have no formal diplomatic ties, were expected to centre on the possible reopening of their joint border as well as the war between Israel and Iran

20 Jun 2025 9:43 pm
Israeli forces kill 60 in Gaza, half near aid centres

Similar incidents have occurred in that area regularly since late May, when the U.S.- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation opened its distribution centres, as Israel eased a two-month aid blocakde

20 Jun 2025 9:37 pm
Israel-Iran conflict:Key Iranian figures killed in Israeli strikes

A look at the prominent Iranian figures who have been targeted or killed by Israel during the ongoing conflict.

20 Jun 2025 6:48 pm
Pro-Palestinian activists break into U.K.'s largest air base

The act of vandalism committed at RAF Brize Norton is disgraceful, says Prime Minister Keir Starmer

20 Jun 2025 5:11 pm
What exactly did Iran do to provoke Israel, asks J&K CM Omar Abdullah

He said that although the war is between Iran and Israel, more than 6,000 Indians have been trapped.

20 Jun 2025 4:22 pm
Europeans see a 'window of opportunity' for diplomacy as they meet Iran's top diplomat

British Foreign Secretary David Lammy, who will meet Iran's Abbas Araghchi together with his French and German counterparts and the European Union's foreign policy chief, said that a window now exists within the next two weeks to achieve a diplomatic solution.

20 Jun 2025 4:06 pm
ADB, World Bank approve loans worth $1.5 billion to Bangladesh

The aim is to reform Bangladeshs banking sector, fight climate change among other projects

20 Jun 2025 4:00 pm
Pakistan is committed for regional peace and stability, says Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir in his interactions with U.S.

Army Chief Munir met Mr. Trump at the White House on Wednesday, a meeting that came weeks after recent tension between India and Pakistan following the April 22 Pahalgam attack that killed 26 people.

20 Jun 2025 2:16 pm
British lawmakers to vote on allowing terminally ill adults to end their lives

Members of Parliament supported legalising assisted dying when they first debated the issue in November 2024 by 330 votes to 275

20 Jun 2025 12:32 pm
One killed, 14 injured in overnight Russian attack on Ukraine's Odesa

Local emergencies service said that during the attack there were at least 10 drone strikes on residential buildings, causing massive fires.

20 Jun 2025 12:24 pm
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon talks trade in meeting with China's Xi Jinping

Christopher Luxon wants to maintain healthy trade relations with China despite differences over regional and global security issues and China's growing divide with the United States

20 Jun 2025 11:50 am
Indian students and the death of the American Dream

The revoking of student visas by the Trump administration casts a larger shadow over freedom and plurality in top educational institutions, from Harvard to Northwestern to the University of California

20 Jun 2025 11:33 am
U.S. moves military assets from bases in Qatar, shows satellite image

U.S. military moves assets from Middle East bases amid tensions with Iran, embassy issues alert in Qatar

20 Jun 2025 10:58 am
Zelenskyy calls for more pressure on Russia after deadly missile strike in Ukrainian capital Kyiv

Mr. Zelenskyy, along with the head of the presidential office, Andrii Yermak, visited the site of the apartment building in Kyiv's Solomianskyi district

20 Jun 2025 8:56 am
Appeals court lets Trump keep control of National Guard troops deployed to Los Angeles

The deployment was the first by a President of a state National Guard without the Governors permission since 1965

20 Jun 2025 8:56 am
Taiwan detects 50 Chinese military aircraft around island

Along with the 50 aircraft, six Chinese naval vessels were also detected in the 24 hours to 6:00 a.m. (2200 GMT Thursday), the Defence Ministry said

20 Jun 2025 7:38 am
Israel-Iran conflict LIVE: Iranian missile strikes Israels crown jewel of science

British foreign minister David Lammy to head to Geneva for nuclear talks with Iran and European counterparts

20 Jun 2025 6:43 am
Violence against children in conflict reached 'unprecedented levels' in 2024: UN

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' annual report on Children in Armed Conflict detailed a staggering 25% surge in grave violations against children under the age of 18 from 2023, when the number of such violations rose by 21%.

20 Jun 2025 6:17 am
Trump to decide on U.S. action in Israel-Iran conflict within two weeks, White House says

White House considers diplomatic solution with Iran amid escalating tensions, Donald Trump to decide on U.S. involvement in two weeks

20 Jun 2025 12:22 am
Putin, Xi 'strongly condemn' Israeli strikes on Iran, urge diplomatic solution

Israel has launched an unprecedented wave of strikes at Iran that prompted Tehran to respond with its own attacks with missiles and drones.

19 Jun 2025 10:51 pm
Russia warns U.S. against 'military intervention' in Iran-Israel war

Israel launched an unprecedented wave of strikes at Iran last week, to which Tehran responded with missile and drone attacks

19 Jun 2025 10:46 pm
Trump extends TikTok ban deadline for a third time

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to keep TikTok running in the U.S. for another 90 days to give his administration more time to broker a deal to bring the social media platform under American ownership

19 Jun 2025 10:35 pm
Watch | Piyush Goyal optimistic about India-US trade pact ahead of July 9 tariff deadline

We are in continuous dialogue. I have always been an optimist, says Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal

19 Jun 2025 8:50 pm
What is next in the Israel-Iran war?

On June 18, an unnamed American official told the Wall Street Journal that Israel was running low on its advanced Arrow missile interceptors; the official said the U.S. was also burning through its interceptors to defend Israel.

19 Jun 2025 8:23 pm
Spain rejects NATOs anticipated defence spending increase as unreasonable

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Snchez said that Spain cannot commit to a specific spending target in terms of GDP at next weeks NATO summit

19 Jun 2025 7:05 pm
Hurricane Erick strengthensto extremely dangerous Category 4: U.S. U.S. National Hurricane Centre

The Miami-based centre reported Erick was about 110 kilometres west-southwest of Puerto Angel, Mexico, and about 145 kilometres southeast of Punta Maldonado, Mexico.

19 Jun 2025 12:23 pm
Iranian missiles direct hit on medical building in Israel, says rescuers

Soroka Medical Centre in Israels south hit by Iranian missile, causing extensive damage and injuries, urging public to stay away

19 Jun 2025 11:55 am
Pakistan signs five-year syndicate financing facility for $1 billion

The Dubai Islamic Bank acted as the Sole Islamic Global Coordinator while Standard Chartered Bank is the Mandated Lead Arranger and Book-runners, a Finance Ministry statement said

19 Jun 2025 11:18 am
New Zealand halts millions of funds to Cook Islands over its China ties

Beijing has defended its Cook Islands strategic partnership before, saying in February that the deals were not intended to antagonize New Zealand

19 Jun 2025 10:18 am
U.S. resumes visas for foreign students but demands access to social media accounts

Consular officers will be on the lookout for posts and messages that could be deemed hostile to the United States, its government, culture, institutions or founding principles

19 Jun 2025 7:30 am
Israel-Iran conflict LIVE: Khamenei vows Iran will never surrender; warns against U.S. intervention

Donald Trump says his patience has run out with Iran but added that it was not too late for negotiations

19 Jun 2025 6:42 am
PM Modi concludes visit to Croatia after meeting top leadership

Mr. Modi held delegation-level talks with Plenkovi and met President Zoran Milanovic to discuss a range of issues to boost bilateral ties.

19 Jun 2025 6:27 am
Putin says NATO rearmament not a 'threat' to Russia

Putin dismisses NATOs increased defence spending as a threat, emphasising Russias self-sufficiency in ensuring security

19 Jun 2025 5:34 am