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India and the U.S. issued a joint statement on February 7 finalising a framework for an interim trade agreement regarding reciprocal and mutually beneficial trade
The agencies carried out the operations in Liaoning and Guangdong provinces in China, as well as Florida and Nevada in the U.S., jointly cracking the drug smuggling and trafficking case
Ukraine and Russia agreed on May 8 to a ceasefire from May 9 to May 11 as part of a U.S.-led push for peace under President Donald Trump to end more than four years of war since Russias full-scale invasion in 2022
The bloc's Foreign Ministers will meet in Brussels with Syrian top diplomat Asaad al-Shaibani to kick off a high-level political dialogue 18 months after the ouster of strongman Bashar al-Assad
Governments made difficult trade-offs: saving power at the risk of slowing businesses, prioritising gas for households at the risk of fertiliser production and dipping into energy stockpiles for temporary relief
Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif claimed that Pakistani armed forces gave a historic and befitting response to the enemy, he said while addressing a ceremony on May 10, 2026, to mark the first anniversary of 'Marka-e-Haq'
Washington and Beijing announce May 13-15 visit of U.S. President to China with trade, technology, and Taiwan on the agenda
The 76-year-old telecoms billionaire served eight months of a one-year prison sentence for corruption and will be required to wear an electronic monitor during his four-month probation period
Criminal prosecutions of corporations are possible under U.S. law, though they remain relatively uncommon
The U.S. passengers, all of whom are asymptomatic, will be taken to a specialised centre in the rural state of Nebraska, but will not necessarily be quarantined there, says Mr. Bhattacharya
Several planes bound for Kathmandu were put on hold while officials were investigating and attempting to clear the only runway available at the airport
On May 10, 2026, Education Minister Bridget Phillipson said a leadership contest was not the answer as Labour licks its wounds from last weeks election drubbing
In an interview aired May 10, Donald Trump said Iran was militarily defeated and he insisted the uranium could be removed whenever we want
The two were reported missing May 2 after participating in African Lion, an annual multinational military exercise held in Morocco
The visit comes in the midst of a prolonged U.S.-Israel-Iran war causing a global energy crisis and the increasing tensions between the two countries over a host of issues, including Taiwan
Donald Trump received the Iranian proposal on May 10 amid hopes that it could lead to a breakthrough to end the war
A British official said 20 of them had flown in on the special flight to Manchester; the other two did not live in Britain and would be travelling to their countries of residence
Iran seeks to end the war on all fronts, including in Lebanon, where Israel is fighting the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group, and to ensure the security of shipping, state TV said
The reshuffle is the first since the ouster of former President Bashar al-Assad and comes around a year and a half into the five-year transitional period set out in Syrias constitutional declaration
Two ethnic groups the Hema and the Lendu have been locked in a long-running violent conflict in Ituri, a gold-rich province that borders Uganda and South Sudan
Agreements on tourism, healthcare, infrastructure and Ayurveda signed during External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankars two-day visit, as both sides review progress on initiatives announced during Prime Minister Narendra Modis visit last year
The explosion happened on Saturday (May 9) afternoon at the Las Quintas mine in Pueblo Viejo, a village in Cucunuba municipality, said Jorge Emilio Rey, governor of the department of Cundinamarca.
Chattogram Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal on January 19 indicted Das, a former ISKCON leader, and 38 others in connection with the death of the lawyer in Chattogram and opened a trial against him.
We got a real kicking from the voters, theres no escaping that, says Bridget Phillipson, the Education Minister.
Their bodies were found not far from where the remains of an Indonesian hiker had been found a day earlier, says National Disaster Mitigation Agency spokesman Abdul Muhari in a statement
Washington has been awaiting Iran's response to a new proposal for a deal to end the war, reopen the strait to shipping and roll back Iran's nuclear programme
Medics said an air strike killed one person in the Maghazi refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, while another killed the head of the criminal police force in Khan Younis, Wessam Abdel-Hadi, and his aide, according to Gazas Hamas-run Interior Ministry
The Dutch-flagged MV Hondius arrived at the Spanish port of Granadilla escorted by a Civil Guard vessel, AFP journalists reported, confirmed by data from the maritime tracking service VesselFinder
A militant alliance known as the Ittehad-ul-Mujahideen claimed responsibility for the attack
S. Jaishankar arrived in Port of Spain from Paramaribo on May 8 on the concluding leg of his three-nation tour of Jamaica, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago, aimed at deepening Indias engagement with the Caribbean nations
Iran on May 9 said it was still reviewing the United States proposal linked to ongoing negotiations over the West Asia conflict
Attacks on May 8 were claimed by the Al-Qaeda-linked Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM), who had already killed at least 30 people in attacks on villages on May 6
The Russian President said he was ready to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a third country only once all conditions for a potential peace agreement were settled
Established in the 1990s under military control, GAESA was the Cuban Armed Forces' strategic response to the economic collapse that followed the Soviet Union's fall and the tightening of U.S. sanctions in place at the time
The mineral-rich eastern DRC has been plagued for three decades by conflict involving various armed groups, militia and army troops
The Israeli military said Hezbollah fired explosive drones into Israel near the border with Lebanon adding that three soldiers were wounded, one of them seriously, in one of the attacks
On the appointment of the two Labour Party grandees, Mr. Starmer said that as Britains longest-serving chancellor, former PM Gordon Brown is well placed to work with international allies to boost the countrys security and resilience
Rescuers on May 9, recovered the body of an Indonesian woman who was caught in a volcanic eruption at Mount Dukono on Indonesias remote island of Halmahera a day earlier, as search operations continued to find the bodies of two Singaporeans
After over a week of Israeli detention, Saif and Avila are said to be released.
Frontier Flight 4345 reported striking a pedestrian during takeoff at around 11:19 p.m. on May 9, says Denver International Airport in a statement
The result is in line with a surge of electoral support for far-right populist parties globally. Britain's ruling Labour party this week suffered a widespread loss of seats at council elections
The couple was found dead in their Abbotsford residence in May 2022
The buzz intensified when Flvio Bolsonaro, the presumptive far-right candidate, flew to Miami a day before Mr. Lulas meeting with Donald Trump on May 8, 2026
Four terrorists belonging to the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were killed in the military engagement in the Tank district, the statement said
The parade was vastly scaled back compared to previous years, with no military hardware on display for the first time in nearly two decades and only a handful of foreign dignitaries in attendance
Wales waves good-bye to Labour for first time since 1999 as the nationalist Plaid Cymrus leader Rhun ap Iorwerth wins the election echoing its need for a change of leadership
The former government insider-turned-critic scored a landslide victory last month, pledging wide-ranging reforms to fight corruption

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