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Zelenskyy to meet Biden at NATO Summit in show of unity

12 Jul 2023 10:06 AM IST

US President Joe Biden will meet with Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit on Wednesday, CNN reported citing an official familiar with the meeting. The meeting between Biden and Zelenskyy will mark a sign of unity as the Ukrainian President’s presence at the summit

World Muslim league chief says India can send message of peace to world

11 Jul 2023 15:05 PM IST

Saudi Arabia’s former Minister for Justice, considered a leading global voice on moderate Islam on Tuesday said that India with its diversity, is a great model for coexistence and that the country can send a message of peace to the world. “We have talked just moments ago about the different

Death toll from tribal fighting in Pakistan’s Kurram rises to 9

11 Jul 2023 11:44 AM IST

Nine people have already died as a result of ongoing tribal fighting over a land dispute in the Kurram district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), according to a report from Geo News. Tribal fighting broke out between two tribes last Friday over a land dispute, resulting in at least 9 fatalities

Biden on Europe tour meets with UK’s Rishi Sunak, Charles King III ahead of NATO meeting

11 Jul 2023 09:55 AM IST

United States President Joe Biden began his trip to Europe on Monday with a visit to London where he met with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and King Charles-III The US President described the relationship between the two nations as rock solid. The meeting between Biden and Sunak comes ahead

Data show how many Russians dies in Ukraine

11 Jul 2023 00:50 AM IST

Nearly 50,000 Russian men have died in the war in Ukraine, according to the first independent statistical analysis of Russia’s war dead. Two independent Russian media outlets, Mediazona and Meduza, working with a data scientist from Germany’s Tubingen University, used Russian government data to shed light on one of Moscow’s

Trump, DeSantis plan for 2024, shift focus to Super tuesday states

11 Jul 2023 00:48 AM IST

As the Republican presidential primary intensifies this summer, most White House hopefuls are devoting their time to events in Iowa and New Hampshire, the states that kick off the nomination process early next year. Not Ron DeSantis or Donald Trump. The Florida governor will address more than 1,500 faithful Republicans

Imran Khan’s interim bail in three cases extended

11 Jul 2023 00:47 AM IST

An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Monday extended interim bail of the former Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan in three cases, as per reports. The court granted bail to Khan in three cases registered against him at the police stations Kahna and Bhara Kahu. The court while

Joe Biden kicks-off three-nation visit

11 Jul 2023 00:45 AM IST

US President Joe Biden left for a three-nation trip that will be dominated by a NATO summit to show support for Ukraine despite tensions about Kyiv’s potential membership in the alliance, as per report. Late on Sunday, Biden flew from Delaware’s Dover Air Force Base to the United Kingdom, a

US-China Rivalry takes center stage as Solomon islands leader visits beijing

11 Jul 2023 00:44 AM IST

Leaders of the Solomon Islands and China on Monday promised to expand relations that have fuelled unease in Washington and Australia about Beijing’s influence in the South Pacific. Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare met Chinese leader Xi Jinping and the country’s No. 2 leader, Premier Li Qiang. Sogavare and Li presided

Russia intercepts missile over annexed Crimea, heightening tensions

11 Jul 2023 00:42 AM IST

Russian-installed authorities in the Crimean peninsula on Sunday reported shooting down a cruise missile near the city of Kerch and briefly suspending traffic on the Kerch bridge that links the annexed territory to Russia. The Moscow-appointed governor of Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, said the interception of the missile by Russian air

China advises employers to limit outdoor work as country grapples with heat, flooding

11 Jul 2023 00:40 AM IST

Rescuers were looking on Monday for seven people missing in a landslide triggered by torrential rains while employers across much of China were ordered to limit outdoor work due to scorching temperatures as the country struggled with heat, flooding and drought. Rescuers were looking for survivors of a landslide Saturday

Dutch PM Mark Rutte to quit politics after election, marking the end

11 Jul 2023 00:38 AM IST

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, the Netherlands’ longest serving premier, said on Monday he will leave politics after an early general election sparked by a dispute over migration that led to his government’s resignation. His decision means the end of nearly 13 years in power for the conservative leader sometimes