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New Delhi/Aizawl, Aug 6 — The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has conducted search operations at 10 residential and business premises across Assam and Delhi in connection with a money laundering probe into an organised cross-border areca nut smuggling racket, the central probe agency said on Thursday.…

Abidjan, Aug 6 — Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs, Kirti Vardhan Singh, on Thursday arrived in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, to participate in the 66th Independence Day celebrations."Arrived in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, to participate in the 66th Independence Day celebrations. Honoured to be in…

Kinshasa, Aug 6 — The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has killed 330 children and is severely disrupting essential health services in the hardest-hit Ituri Province, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said Thursday.As of Aug 2, the DRC had recorded 743…

Washington, Aug 6 — The US Military said Thursday that it is aware of a North Korean ballistic missile launch this week, reaffirming America's defence commitment to regional allies.US Pacific Command released a statement hours after Pyongyang fired a short-range ballistic missile toward the East…

Beijing, Aug 6 — Leading international human rights organisation Amnesty International has strongly condemned the arrest of prominent Chinese pro-democracy activist Zhang Yi after he displayed a photograph of the Dalai Lama during a visit to a monastery in Tibet.The organisation described the case…

Quetta, Aug 6 — Amid escalating violence against Baloch civilians across Pakistan, a leading human rights organisation on Thursday strongly condemned the enforced disappearance of seven students by Pakistani forces.The Human Rights Council of Balochistan (HRCB) revealed that five Baloch students of…

Dhaka, Aug 6 — The anticipated transformation in behaviour of political parties in Bangladesh and electoral democracy in the country is yet to materialise despite the July 2024 demonstrations even as the political participation of women has gradually diminished in the said period, local media…

New Delhi, Aug 6 — The Indian Embassy in Washington’s objection to The New York Times headline 'Clashes Erupt in Pakistani Kashmir' was not merely “pedantry over nomenclature”, but reflected India’s refusal to let “sloppy Western terminology” launder occupation into ownership, amid the Pakistani…

Sanaa, Aug 6 — Yemen's Houthi group claimed Thursday that it has carried out a large-scale military operation using ballistic missiles and drones against government forces in the eastern provinces of Marib and Hadramout, claiming "hundreds of casualties."Earlier in the day, a military official told…

Brussels, Aug 6 — About 100 people died during a mass border crossing into Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta last week, Ceuta President Juan Jesus Vivas told an extraordinary meeting of the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs on Thursday.Vivas said…

New Delhi, Aug 6 — Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday evening received a phone call from his Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu, during which both leaders not only reviewed progress on various aspects of the India-Israel Special Strategic Partnership, but also discussed the current…

New Delhi, Aug 6 — India and Singapore reviewed the progress in bilateral cooperation during the 19th round of India-Singapore Foreign Office Consultations held in New Delhi on Thursday."The 19th round of India-Singapore Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) was held on 06 August 2026, in New Delhi.…

Riyadh, Tehran, Aug 6 — Iran and Oman have reached an understanding on the outlines of an agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz for 60 days, Saudi-based Al Hadath news channel and Al Arabiya news channel reported Thursday, both citing high-ranking sources.The sources said the agreement, which…

Islamabad, Aug 6 — At least nine people, including four children and three women, were killed and seven others injured as rains continued to wreak havoc in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Over 100 houses have also been damaged in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as heavy rains triggered landslides and…

Tokyo, Aug 6 — Japan on Thursday lodged a strong protest with South Korea after the South Korean navy carried out a regular military exercise near disputed islets in the Sea of Japan, local media reported. Masaaki Kanai, director general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian…

Ulaanbaatar, Aug 6 — India’s Ambassador to Mongolia, Atul Malhari Gotsurve, on Thursday visited the venue of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)’s Conference of the Parties (COP17) in Ulaanbaatar."On 6 August 2026, HE Mr Atul Malhari Gotsurve, Ambassador of India, along…

Colombo, Aug 6 — India's Deputy High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Maitrey Kulkarni, on Thursday, handed over more bailey bridges to Sri Lanka's Deputy Minister of Co-operative Development Upali Samarasinghe. These bridges will be installed by engineers of the Indian Army in Sri Lanka, restoring…

Seoul, Aug 6 — No white phosphorus has been found at the US Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, the US Forces Korea (USFK) said Thursday, after an emergency alert was issued in the region last week over a suspected white phosphorus leak at the base.The USFK disclosed the findings on the Osan Air Base…

Quetta, Aug 6 — Incidents of armed attacks on Pakistani forces’ vehicles were reported in the Chahtar area of Darbandin in Chagai district located in the northwestern corner of Pakistan's Balochistan province, local media reported on Thursday.Citing local sources, Balochistan Post reported that the…

New Delhi, Aug 6 — China’s decision to impose a 20 per cent tax on offshore trusts has set off a scramble among the country's ultra-rich families, trustees and advisers in Hong Kong and Singapore to raise cash to pay outstanding amounts, a new report has said.These families are in a rush to assess…