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US Military resumes Niger Base Counterterrorism operations

15 Sep 2023 09:42 AM IST

The US military has resumed counterterrorism missions in Niger, flying drones and other aircraft out of air bases in the country more than a month after a coup temporarily halted all those activities there, the head of US Air Forces for Europe and Africa said on Wednesday. Since the July

Serbia and Kosovo leaders convene in Brussels for challenging talks

15 Sep 2023 09:40 AM IST

The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo are holding a fresh round of meetings on Thursday aimed at improving their strained relations as calls mount for a change in the Western diplomatic approach toward them amid concern that their tensions could spiral out of control. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Kosovo

Security Measures in Place: Trump’s Legal Team to access Classified Documents safely

15 Sep 2023 09:37 AM IST

A federal judge in the case charging Donald Trump with illegally hoarding top secret documents at his Florida estate directed the former president on Wednesday to use a secure facility to review classified evidence and sharply restricted his ability to discuss that information with others. US District Judge Aileen Cannon

China’s ‘’full-time children’’ move back in with parents, take on chores as good jobs grow scarce

15 Sep 2023 09:36 AM IST

When she first moved to the Chinese tech hub of Shenzhen after graduating from college, Marguerite Wang imagined she would spend her career working hard in a big city. Instead, she’s living with her parents in her hometown in northeastern China. A record of more than one in five young

Residents on ‘High Alert’ as Hurricane Lee’s heavy surf hits Bermuda

15 Sep 2023 09:34 AM IST

The outer bands of Hurricane Lee began to lash Bermuda late on Thursday as big surf pounded the island, with the Category 2 storm expected to make landfall on the coast of New England or Atlantic Canada over the weekend. The storm was located about 370 miles (595 kilometers) south-southwest

NASA to release report on what it needs to better understand UFO

15 Sep 2023 09:34 AM IST

After a yearlong study into UFOs, NASA is releasing a report Thursday on what it needs to better identify unidentified flying objects from a scientific point of view. Don’t get your hopes up. At the one and only public meeting earlier this year, the independent team selected by the space

6000+ Fatalities, 30,000 displaced in Libya’s Flood havoc

15 Sep 2023 09:33 AM IST

More than 6000 people have lost their lives due to heavy flooding that caused massive devastation across Libya, reported CNN on Wednesday. The death toll was revised on Wednesday morning local time, according to health ministry undersecretary of the Unity Government in Tripoli, Saadeddin Abdul Wakil. According to workers, mortuaries

Taiwan Foreign Minister criticizes Musk’s “Integral Part of China” comment

15 Sep 2023 09:30 AM IST

Slamming Elon Musk for calling Taiwan an “integral part of China,” the Taiwan foreign minister has asserted that Taiwan is “not for sale”. Musk, the owner of the social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter), as well as the Tesla (TSLA.O) electric car company and Starlink satellite network has

Putin accepts invite from Kim Jong Un to visit N.Korea

15 Sep 2023 09:29 AM IST

Following their first face-to-face summit in four years, Russian President Vladimir Putin has accepted an invitation from Kim Jong Un to visit North Korea, Al Jazeera reported. North Korea’s Kim is in Russia’s Far East as Putin seeks to strengthen ties in the midst of Russia’s protracted conflict in Ukraine,

India-US strategic partnership has never been more dynamic: Blinken

15 Sep 2023 08:37 AM IST

The strategic relationship between India and the US has never been so dynamic as they team up on everything from advanced semiconductors to defence cooperation, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said. Speaking days after India successfully hosted the G-20 Summit and President and Prime Minister Narendra Modi held

What Mexico is saying about Aliens as lawmakers presents ‘extra-terrestrial’ bodies

14 Sep 2023 12:49 PM IST

In an unprecedented session marking the Latin American country’s first congressional event on UFOs, Mexican lawmakers heard testimony that “we are not alone” in the cosmos and observed the claimed remains of non-human people. Politicians were shown two objects that Mexican writer and long-time UFO enthusiast Jaime Maussan said were

Vladimir Putin accepts invitation from Kim Jong Un to visit North Korea

14 Sep 2023 12:17 PM IST

After their first face-to-face meeting in four years, Russian President Vladimir Putin accepted Kim Jong Un’s invitation to travel to North Korea, according to Al Jazeera. Kim is in Russia’s Far East as Putin works to forge closer connections while also boosting his country’s military modernization in the middle of