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MEA called for action on Texas shooting, said ‘rendering necessary assistance to bereaved family’

09 May 2023 14:12 PM IST

On Tuesday, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that the situation is being closely tracked after a tragic Texas shooting incident which killed eight people, including an Indian national. The EAM said that he is taking regular updates from India’s envoy to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu and that the

Islamic Jihad movement: Israeli army kills three Palestinian members in early morning bombing

09 May 2023 11:01 AM IST

Three senior members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement were killed by the Israeli army in an early Tuesday morning bombing in which explosions ripped through Gaza under ‘Operation Shield and Arrow’, The Times of Israel reported. The Israeli army began hitting targets in the Strip just after 2 am

Two people, convicted of blasphemy, hanged in Iran as executions continue

09 May 2023 10:09 AM IST

As executions continue in Iran, two people, who had been sentenced to death for blasphemy were hanged on Monday, CNN reported citing news agency Mizan which is affiliated with Iran’s judiciary. Yusef Mehrdad and Sadrullah Fazeli Zare, the two men who were put to death, were arrested in May 2020

More than 400 people die due to flooding in Congo

09 May 2023 03:35 AM IST

More than 400 people have died after floods and landslides hit Congo last week as rescue workers and family members searched through debris and mud for victims and survivors of the disaster, The New York Times reported citing the government. The flooding began on Thursday after heavy rains pushed rivers

US: One person injured in shooting at Las Vegas School

09 May 2023 03:34 AM IST

One person was injured in a shooting at Von Tobel Middle School in Las Vegas, US, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police said on Monday (local time). Las Vegas Metropolitan Police is investigating the Las Vegas shooting. The man who was struck by gunfire, has been taken to University Medical Center. According

China tells US to ‘reflect deeply’ over deterioration in bilateral relationships

09 May 2023 01:55 AM IST

China’s foreign minister told the U.S. ambassador on Monday that Washington is responsible for the downturn in relations between the two countries and must “reflect deeply” before ties can return to a healthy track, an official said. Qin Gang’s comments follow a suspension of serious dialogue on a range of

Korea’s chaebol dominance set to enter the twilight zone? Know how

09 May 2023 01:51 AM IST

Korea’s family-owned conglomerates have enjoyed their privileges for decades. That may be set to end. Lee Jae-Young was halfway through a five-year jail sentence for fraud, embezzlement and bribing Korea’s then-president when he was granted a special presidential pardon in August 2022. Lee, heir to the multi-billion dollar Samsung corporation

Singer Freddie Mercury’s never-seen possessions to be auctioned in UK

09 May 2023 01:50 AM IST

A collection of never-before-seen personal possessions from the London home of Freddie Mercury, the British singer-songwriter of Indian Parsi descent, will go on a world tour-cum-exhibition followed by six auctions, Sotheby’s auction house announced in London on Wednesday. Mercury, who was born Farrokh Bulsara and spent his childhood in India,

Source: Investigators examine ideology of Texas gunman

09 May 2023 01:48 AM IST

Federal officials were looking into whether the gunman who killed eight people at a Dallas-area mall expressed an interest in white supremacist ideology Sunday as they work to try to discern a motive for the attack, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press. The official cautioned the investigation is

War in Ukraine undermines Russia’s military might, moral rectitude

09 May 2023 01:46 AM IST

Victory Day, Russia’s most important secular holiday, lauds two tenets that are central to the country’s identity: military might and moral rectitude. But the war in Ukraine undermines both this year. The holiday falling on Tuesday marks the 78th anniversary of Germany’s capitulation in World War II after a relentless

Turkey’s Opposition denounces fairness of vote under Erdogan

09 May 2023 01:42 AM IST

As Turkiye heads for presidential and parliamentary elections at the weekend that are shaping up to be the strongest challenge to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in his 20 years as leader, complaints are growing about the fairness of the vote. Turkiye’s opposition has long said that the country’s elections are

Pakistan, Afghan Taliban to boost trade, lower tension

09 May 2023 01:40 AM IST

Pakistan and Afghanistan’s Taliban-appointed government have agreed to boost trade and lower tensions along their border amid a surge in militant attacks on security forces, officials said Monday. Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Afghanistan’s Taliban-appointed foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, struck the deal Sunday in Islamabad, according to