Budapest, Aug 23 — Hungary's Paks nuclear power plant has restarted Turbine 6 of Unit 3 as emergency construction measures and rising water levels in the Danube River improved cooling conditions, Prime Minister Peter Magyar has said. Turbine 6 of Unit 3 was taken offline earlier this month after…
Tehran, Aug 23 — Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf has said that Iran has received "numerous" messages from neighbouring countries about "shaping new security arrangements and economic cooperation" in the region. In a post on social media platform X on Saturday (local time), Qalibaf…
Riga, Aug 23 — A powerful storm swept across Latvia, bringing down large numbers of trees and severely damaging the electricity distribution network, leaving more than 160,000 customers without power. The powerful cyclone entered Latvia from the south, bringing torrential rain and damaging winds…
Bhubaneshwar, Aug 23 — Two of the 24 crew members of the Panama‑flagged cargo vessel, MV Ocean‑Winner, that sank in the Bay of Bengal have been rescued, and the search to locate the remaining missing crew members is underway, the Indian Navy said on Sunday. MV Ocean‑Winner sank in the Bay of…
Washington, Aug 23 — Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has praised the BAPS Swaminarayan Akshardham in New Jersey for bringing India’s ancient culture to life and carrying the country’s spiritual heritage to communities around the world. Patel visited the Hindu temple complex in Robbinsville…
Dhaka, Aug 23 — A retired Hindu schoolteacher, his wife, daughter and 12-year-old son were found dead inside their locked home in Rangpur city, in suspicious circumstances that have prompted a police investigation. The bodies were recovered at around 11:30 p.m. on Saturday from a house in the…
Seoul, Aug 23 — No signs have been detected of any imminent dispatch of additional North Korean troops to Russia, a lawmaker said Sunday, citing a report from the South Korean military. North Korea, however, is believed to continue making preparations for a possible deployment of additional troops…
Islamabad, Aug 23 — Pakistan's organ trafficking is not merely a domestic crime but a transnational trade that feeds international demand, while also exposing the grim reality of poverty, regulatory failures and medical malpractices that prevail in the country, a report has stated. A June case in…
Robbinsville, Aug 23 — In a New Jersey hall filled with Gujarati families, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel looked back more than two decades to explain why his state believes it can see around economic corners. Few were thinking about a global investment summit when Gujarat conceived Vibrant…
Visakhapatnam, Aug 23 — On the occasion of the BRICS Summit, Union Minister Mansukh L. Mandaviya highlighted the importance of fitness and the growing reach of the Fit India Movement during the BRICS Friendship Sunday on Cycling event held in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. Speaking at the event,…
Washington, Aug 23 — A group of US lawmakers has warned that the collapse of trade negotiations with Canada and the imposition of 50 per cent tariffs will raise prices, disrupt cross-border businesses and deepen uncertainty in one of America’s most important economic relationships. The new US…
Kyiv, Aug 23 — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that France has agreed to accelerate the delivery of equipment and missiles to Ukraine and will provide licenses for the production of relevant missiles, following a phone call with French President Emmanuel Macron. Zelensky said in a…
Jerusalem, Aug 23 — Israel told the United States that Turkey was preparing to deploy a radar system and air-defense assets at a Syrian airbase, Israel's state-owned Kan TV News reported. Israeli security officials reportedly told Washington that the alleged Turkish move could "significantly"…
Ottawa, Aug 23 — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered a nationally televised address to outline Canada's position following the breakdown of trade talks with the United States, announcing that Ottawa's "dollar-for-dollar" retaliatory tariffs against $20 billion worth of American goods…
Tehran, Aug 23 — Iran's top security official Mohsen Rezaei warned that any country participating in the US economic war against Iran will be considered an "enemy" by Tehran. Rezaei, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, made the remarks on Saturday in an interview with…
Vishakhapatnam, Aug 22 — The BRICS Youth Ministers' meeting concluded successfully in Visakhapatnam on Saturday, with member nations adopting a comprehensive joint statement to strengthen youth cooperation and participation in development. Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Mansukh…
Quetta, Aug 23 — Human rights body Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) on Saturday strongly condemned the drone attack by Pakistani forces on civilians in Balochistan’s Mastung district that killed four people and injured three others, describing the incident as “state terrorism”. The remarks came…
Islamabad, Aug 22 — Pakistan's political identity has always contained a tension: It was created as a homeland for South Asian Muslims, yet emerged as a territorial state with borders, institutions and a constitutional order. That tension becomes sharper when examining radical Islamist…
Dhaka, Aug 22 — Bangladesh’s prison system is struggling with severe overcrowding, with 75 prisons across the country having a combined capacity of 45,186 inmates but currently housing 98,233 — more than twice their designated capacity. Such inhuman living conditions amount to a violation of basic…
Islamabad, Aug 22 — Pakistan’s internal political and security situation has continued to deteriorate even as the country’s politico-security elites seek to project themselves as peacemakers in the ongoing Middle East crisis. With no signs of meaningful growth and development in the domestic…
Kabul, Aug 22 — Pakistan's forced deportation of Afghans are not merely a “humanitarian catastrophe” but a destabilising political and economic move with serious consequences, a report has stated. Activists and journalists face grave threats, while the Taliban have already targeted former…