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Zohran Mamdani defends Muslim identity amid ‘racist, baseless’ attacks

NEW YORK: Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor, vowed Friday to more openly embrace his Muslim identity after facing what...

Super Earth discovery close to Solar System raises hopes of finding alien life

NEW DELHI: Astronomers have identified a nearby world that could potentially host life. It is a “super-Earth” orbiting a faint red dwarf star less...

Putin calls US sanctions ‘serious’, says it will not ‘significantly’ impact Russia’s economy

MOSCOW: Commenting on the US’ latest sanctions on Russia’s largest oil companies, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that they will not have much...

Trump cancels trade talks with Canada over TV ad criticising tariffs Slams ‘egregious behaviour’

WASHINGTON: In a dramatic escalation of tensions with Ottawa, US President Donald Trump on Thursday night announced that he was terminating all trade negotiations...

Elon Musk vs Trump’s Nasa chief: The tug-of-war that could kill Nasa

NEW DELHI: The highly public feud between billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk and Acting Nasa Administrator Sean Duffy has escalated into a defining policy battle...

Rubio heads to Israel as West Bank annexation moves threaten Gaza truce efforts

WASHINGTON: Top US diplomat Marco Rubio warned that Israel’s moves toward annexing the occupied West Bank risked undermining a fragile US-brokered truce in Gaza,...

Moscow calls Trump’s decision to cancel summit, sanction oil giants an ‘act of war’

MOSCOW: Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday accused the United States of declaring “an act of war” against Russia. “The United States is our...

CBC organises mega outreach prog on Viksit Bharat at Tyakshi, Leh

LEH: The Central Bureau of Communication, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Field Office Srinagar, organised a Mega Integrated Communication and Outreach Programme cum Photo...

Bangladesh court to deliver verdict against Hasina on Nov 13

DHAKA: The verdict in the crimes against humanity case against ousted Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina will be delivered on November 13, the attorney...

Scientists decode what happens when we dream: Does our brain wake up?

NEW DELHI: An international team of neuroscientists has unveiled the world’s largest open-access database of brain activity during sleep and dream reports, marking a...

Israel, Hamas return more bodies of captives under Gaza ceasefire deal

Hamas says meeting its side of truce agreement while Israel refuses to open crucial Rafah border crossing JERUSALEM: Israel and Hamas have exchanged the remains...

Israel identifies remains of hostage as Hamas says it’s committed to ending war

TEL AVIV, Israel: Israel said on Tuesday it has identified the body of a hostage that was released by Palestinian militants overnight, while the...

$100,000 relief: US clarifies new H-1B fee won’t apply to existing visa holders

WASHINGTON: The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has confirmed that the newly announced $100,000 H-1B visa fee will not apply to those seeking...

Japan’s parliament elects Sanae Takaichi as nation’s first female PM

TOKYO: Japan’s parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister Tuesday, a day after her struggling party struck a coalition...

Trump’s press secretary insults reporter’s mother, he hits back

WASHINGTON: Journalists facing the ire of those in power is not news anymore because it’s become so common in Donald Trump’s America, but the...

Scientists design universal kidney to match any blood type

NEW DELHI: Researchers have achieved a world first: the successful transplantation of a human kidney that was converted from blood type A to the...

Israel resumes ceasefire in Gaza, says aid deliveries will restart Monday

JERUSALEM: Gaza’s fragile ceasefire faced its first major test Sunday as Israeli forces launched a wave of deadly strikes, saying Hamas militants had killed...

Trump warns India of ‘massive tariffs’ if Russian oil imports continue

Repeats Indo-Pak ceasefire claim WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump repeated his claim that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had told him India would stop purchasing Russian...

Zelensky pushes for Patriot missile shields, Trump pressures Ukraine to accept Russia’s terms

WASHINGTON: Ukraine is moving to seal a deal to buy 25 Patriot air defence systems, a major expansion of its shield against Russia’s relentless...

Iran sees ‘necessary will’ to resolve prisoner issue with France

DUBAI: Both Tehran and Paris have the necessary will to resolve the “issue” of prisoners, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday,...

Israel, Hamas accuse each other of breaching Gaza truce amid strikes, clashes

• Gazans report explosions, gunfire, airstrikes and tank shelling • Dispute over return of hostages’ bodies continues between Israel & Hamas JERUSALEM: The Israeli military launched...

Afghanistan, Pakistan agree to immediate ceasefire after talks in Doha

DOHA: Afghanistan and Pakistan have agreed to an immediate ceasefire in talks mediated by Qatar and Turkiye following a week of fierce and deadly...

Protesters out in force for anti-Trump ‘No Kings’ rallies across US

WASHINGTON: Huge crowds took to the streets in all 50 US states at “No Kings” protests on Saturday, venting anger over President Donald Trump’s...

China accuses US of cyberattack on national time center

BEIJING: China on Sunday accused the US National Security Agency of carrying out cyberattacks on its national time center following an investigation, saying any...

Trump says Afg-Pak conflict is ‘easy to solve’, boasts global peace record

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has declared that the conflict between Afghanistan and Pakistan would be an “easy one” for him to solve, if...

Attire controversy returns to Ukraine war talks with US Def Secy’s ‘Russian-flag’ tie

WASHINGTON: The attire of leaders has always attracted attention during the Ukraine-Russia conflict resolution meetings, especially when the mediation party is the US. This...

‘I am sorry, mother’: Sudanese man’s final note lays bare cost of global migration crisis

NEW DELHI: A letter penned by a Sudanese migrant — among dozens who died attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe — has...

Earth’s magnetic field, the invisible shield protecting us, has a big problem

NEW DELHI: Over the past 11 years, the European Space Agency’s Swarm satellite constellation has revealed that the South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA), a weak...

With 83% of its buildings destroyed, Gaza needs more than money to rebuild

AUCKLAND: The Gaza Strip is a tortured piece of land that is about 40km long and 11km wide. Some 2.3 million souls are crammed...

Trump reboots Ukraine-Russia War peace effort, will meet Putin

NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump on Thursday started a reboot of the attempts to end the “inglorious” Russia-Ukraine war and announced that he...

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