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US President Donald Trump called a day earlier for Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar’s resignation from Congress, accusing her of using a false name when she was sworn into office, an allegation her office has denied. “Because she used a fake name to be sworn in, I assume she must IMMEDIATELY resign from Congress,” he wrote on […]

A magnitude 7 earthquake struck China’s Tibet region on Thursday night, killing at least 16 people and injuring 32 others, state news agency Xinhua reported, citing Nagqu City’s emergency management bureau. As of 2:25 am on Friday, 11 of the injured were in serious condition, while 21 sustained minor injuries, Xinhua reported. Local authorities found […]

WASHINGTON: Early voting has been underway for weeks ahead of the November 3, 2026, midterm elections, when US voters will elect members of the House of Representatives and Senate and governors in states across the country. Held in the middle of each four-year presidential term, the midterms by definition do not involve the president. But […]

The nephew of Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi said he was forced to remove several pieces of art documenting youth protests from his exhibition at a government-run cultural centre in New Delhi this week, as they were deemed “objectionable.” Raihan Vadra, 26, the son of Gandhi’s sister, lawmaker Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, said the management at […]

UNITED NATIONS :With the 1.5°C temperature limit officially breaching, the UN has warned the world must slash emissions 18% by 2030 and 45% by 2035—while sucking 320 billion tonnes of CO2 from the air—just to reverse the peak by 2100. The recommendation comes in the Emissions Gap Report 2026: The Point of Return, published on […]

OSLO/KYIV/WASHINGTON: US envoy Steve Witkoff will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday after what a US official called “constructive” talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Norway, as President Donald Trump said it was time for Ukraine to end the war. The US official said Ukraine brought forward new ideas and proposals to the […]

ST PETERSBURG: Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed meeting US President Donald Trump in China as he welcomed Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff at talks in St Petersburg on Wednesday, Russian state TV said. The Kremlin has previously raised the possibility that Putin, Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping could hold three-way talks during an Apec summit […]

UN experts called on Tuesday for an independent investigation into Indian authorities’ conduct in a recent crackdown on protests, where they said demonstrators had sustained injuries and some reported being subjected to ill-treatment. Opposition political parties and student organisations have held protests this month in India demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation over a […]

South Korea’s top military officer on Tuesday ordered troops to respond decisively to any North Korean provocations a day after Pyongyang threatened additional weapons deployments and renewed propaganda broadcasts along their heavily fortified border. Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) Chairman General Jin Yong-sung issued the directive during a visit to a central front-line military unit, […]

Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of the Army Staff Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir arrived in Tehran on Tuesday with a delegation of officials to meet senior Iranian officials, Mehr news agency reported. Earlier, Iranian media reported on Monday that CDF Munir was expected to visit Iran for talks on Pakistan’s diplomatic efforts between the two […]