Quetta, Sep 3 — A Balochi female folk singer from the Bugti tribe was shot dead in Dera Bugti in Balochistan province of Pakistan, local media reported on Thursday. The deceased female singer, identified as Mai Subhai Bugti, was considered among the first female singers belonging to the Bugti…
Dhaka, Sep 3 — As custodial deaths of Awami League members continue to rise in Bangladesh, another party leader died after falling ill while in custody at Chattogram Central Jail, according to local media reports. The deceased, 55-year-old Nur Islam, general secretary of the Awami League's unit in…
New Delhi, Sep 3 — The Indian security agencies are keeping a close watch on two terror groups and their splinters that operate out of Bangladesh. The Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and its splinter the Neo-JMB are groups of particular concern for India.…
Paris, Sep 3 — A leading international press freedom organisation has strongly condemned the sweeping restrictions imposed by the Chinese authorities on media professionals from accessing vital information regarding the Tibetan region following the devastating flash floods. Expressing grave…
New Delhi, Sep 3 — Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his Belgian counterpart Bart De Wever at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on Thursday. During the meeting, the two leaders are expected to discuss the entire spectrum of bilateral relations, as well as regional and global issues of mutual…
New Delhi, Sep 3 — Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat in New Delhi on Thursday. Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that PM De Wever's tribute to Mahatma Gandhi reflected the shared values that underpin the close…
New Delhi, Sep 3 — Investigating agencies are probing a vast network based out of Dubai, which is said to be fuelling the Khalistan movement in India. The ISI-backed Dubai module is said to be facilitating both surveillance activities as well as recruitments mainly in Punjab, aimed at promoting the…
New Delhi, Sep 3 — Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held a meeting with Belgian Defence and Trade Minister Theo Francken in New Delhi on Thursday and reviewed defence ties and defence industrial cooperation. Rajnath Singh stated that several Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) and contracts under the…
New York, Sep 3 — Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman has pitched for India's reform-led growth story to investors at a high-level business roundtable here, highlighting the country's 7.8 per cent economic growth in the first quarter of 2026-27 and improved…
Washington, Sep 3 — Air interceptors have become the world's most sought-after defence capability as countries confront growing missile and drone threats, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said, warning that Washington must protect its own military stockpiles even as allies seek additional…
Washington, Sep 3 — The US House of Representatives has approved legislation aimed at expanding domestic mining as lawmakers warned that America's dependence on China for critical minerals poses risks to its economy, military and national security. The House passed the Protecting Domestic Mining…
Washington, Sep 3 — Ukrainian strikes inside Russia, combined with Western sanctions, are having an impact on the Russian economy, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said, as Washington and Kyiv negotiate arrangements that could help Ukraine produce sophisticated missile-defence systems.Rubio…
Washington, Sep 3 — President Donald Trump has announced that Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit the United States on September 24, saying he expects “a lot of good things” from his engagement with the Chinese leader. Trump disclosed the date on Wednesday (local time) during a meeting with US…
Washington, Sep 3 — A coalition of South Asian American lawmakers and elected officials has called for stronger action against rising hate, harassment and violence targeting the community, as they gathered for a national roundtable led by Indian American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi. The meeting…
Washington, Sep 3 — The United States is accelerating the relocation of its Space Command headquarters to Alabama, with more than 140 military and civilian personnel already operating there and plans for more than 900 headquarters staff by fiscal year 2028, the Pentagon said. The update came…
Washington, Sep 3 — The United States has warned that employment-based first-preference green cards for Indians could become unavailable within weeks because of heavy demand, adding fresh pressure to an already severe backlog that has left another major category closed to Indian applicants. The…
Washington, Sep 3 — President Donald Trump has said the United States is leading China “very substantially” in artificial intelligence, putting technological supremacy at the centre of an intensifying competition between the world’s two largest economies. Trump made the assertion on Wednesday…
United Nations, Sep 3 — The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said that two of its trucks came under air attack on Sunday outside Dilling, South Kordofan State, southern Sudan, while transporting food aid to Kadugli. The attack destroyed more than 50 metric tonnes of food, enough to…
Chapel Hill (North Carolina), Sep 3 — US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has warned American communities that they risk losing investment, jobs and tax revenue if they block the construction of artificial intelligence data centres because of what he called misinformation about their environmental…
Beijing, Sep 3 — Typhoon Saudel, the 18th typhoon of this year, made its third landfall on the coast of east China's Fujian Province on Thursday morning, with maximum sustained winds of 23 metres per second near its centre, according to the provincial meteorological observatory. It landed along…
Los Angeles, Sep 3 — Two people were killed and the suspect died after a shooting in Minneapolis, the largest city in the US state of Minnesota, local television station KSTP reported. The suspect died by suicide, and six others, including three police officers, were injured in the shooting that…