Edmonton, Aug 22 — Two men were stabbed inside a gurdwara in Canada’s Alberta province after a man allegedly disrupted morning prayers ahead of a wedding ceremony, police and community representatives said. The attack occurred at the Nanaksar Gurdwara Gursikh Temple on the northeastern outskirts…
Visakhapatnam, Aug 22 — India will host the BRICS Youth Ministers’ Meeting and the BRICS Sports Ministers’ Meeting in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, starting Saturday, under India’s BRICS Chairship 2026. The two-day meetings will be attended by ministers and heads of delegation from all 11 BRICS…
Washington, Aug 22 — The US Supreme Court on Friday (US local time) temporarily allowed the construction of a White House ballroom to continue. Chief Justice John Roberts issued a temporary stay that freezes lower court rulings that would have required construction to stop, without addressing the…
Tehran, Aug 22 — Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said that the US anti-Iran economic operation is doomed to fail like its other coercive measures against the country. "14 years ago: 'Most crippling sanctions in history.' Failed. 8 years ago: 'Maximum pressure.' Failed. 5 months ago:…
Washington, Aug 22 — Indian-American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi’s political organisation is contributing $100,000 to Democratic candidates and causes as he prepares to sit out a November election for the first time in nearly a decade. Krishnamoorthi said Equal Opportunity Now would direct the…
United Nations, Aug 22 — Former Guyana Foreign Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett emerged as the top contender for Secretary-generalship in a straw poll held on Friday by the Security Council to gauge the support for the eight candidates, according to unofficial tabulations. This time…
Washington, Aug 21 — President Donald Trump will award the Congressional Space Medal of Honour to the four astronauts who completed NASA’s Artemis II mission around the Moon, the space agency said Friday. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency…
Washington, Aug 21 — An estimated 20,492 US military personnel experienced unwanted sexual contact during fiscal 2025, a decline of about 8,500 from two years earlier, the Pentagon said Friday.The estimated prevalence of unwanted sexual contact declined among active-duty women and men between…
Washington, Aug 21 — More than a dozen civil-society organisations have asked the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate whether dominant artificial-intelligence companies are harming competition by purchasing, scanning and physically destroying books used to train their models. The…
New Delhi, Aug 21 — Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs, Pabitra Margherita, on Friday attended the Jamaican National Day reception hosted by the High Commission of Jamaica in New Delhi. "Pleased to attend the Jamaican National Day reception hosted by the High Commission of Jamaica.…
Dhaka, Aug 21 — President Droupadi Murmu sent a congratulatory message on Friday to newly elected Bangladeshi President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, the High Commission of India said. In the message, President Murmu congratulated Mirza Fakhrul on assuming office as President of Bangladesh."I am…
Beirut, Aug 21 — Secretary (CPV and OIA) at the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Sripriya Ranganathan, on Friday called on Nawaf Salam, Prime Minister of Lebanon, and discussed building on the strong platform of bilateral cooperation. "Amb. Sripriya Ranganathan called on H.E. Dr Nawaf Salam,…
New Delhi, Aug 21 — Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh co-chaired the 25th India-UK Defence Consultative Group (DCG) Meeting with the Permanent Under Secretary (PUS) for Defence of the UK, Jeremy Pocklington, at New Delhi on Friday, where both countries reviewed the ongoing defence industrial…
Varanasi, Aug 21 — A high-level 109-member Japanese delegation is set to arrive in the spiritual city of Kashi on August 22 for a two-day visit aimed at strengthening industrial cooperation and cultural exchanges between India and Japan, government officials said on Friday. Led by Kotaro…
Washington, Aug 21 — Indian-American Congressman Shri Thanedar and two senior House Democrats have asked the Trump administration to halt an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) plan to spend as much as $20 million on gloves capable of delivering electric shocks. The lawmakers cited a warning…
Beijing, Aug 21 — For years, China has attempted to turn maps, place names and administrative terminology into instruments of territorial pressure against India. Beijing’s repeated publication of Chinese names for locations inside Arunachal Pradesh is not simply an exercise in geography. It is part…
Kathmandu, Aug 21 — Nepal and India have agreed to enhance security surveillance at sensitive locations along their border through the use of modern and advanced technologies, including CCTV cameras and other equipment, during a meeting of a high-level joint mechanism between the two countries.…
Nairobi, Aug 21 — The High Commission of India in Kenya on Friday confirmed the safety of 22 Indian seafarers on board two foreign-flagged vessels which pirates off the coast of Somalia reportedly hijacked. "We have taken up the matter of Indian seafarers on board vessels MT Sibu (Eritrea-flagged)…
Quetta, Aug 21 — Several leading human rights organisations on Friday condemned the persecution of Baloch communities in Karachi, including raids, arbitrary detentions and enforced disappearances allegedly carried out by Pakistani forces.Condemning the actions, Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC)…
Dhaka, Aug 21 — The UN Security Council’s warning over al-Qaeda’s efforts to establish a terrorist cell in Bangladesh should serve as a fresh wake-up call for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) government led by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. The current resurgence of violent extremism was…
Jerusalem, Aug 21 — The recent US State Department’s 2026 Fiscal Transparency Report has highlighted serious gaps in parliamentary and civilian oversight of Pakistan’s military and intelligence budgets, recommending greater scrutiny of their spending. The findings raised an uncomfortable question…