Updated: Feb 19th, 2026 At least 16 people, including women and children, were killed and several others injured after a gas explosion tore through an apartment building in Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi, on Thursday, as per reports. The blast took place early morning in a residential area of Karachi, the capital of Sindh province, as...
Updated: Feb 19th, 2026 Britain’s Prince Andrew was arrested on Thursday on suspicion of misconduct in public office, according to reports, marking a dramatic development in the long-running fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. According to local media reports, six unmarked police vehicles and around eight plain-clothed officers arrived earlier in the day at Wood...
Updated: Feb 19th, 2026 South Korea’s former President Yoon Suk Yeol has been sentenced to life imprisonment for declaring martial law in December 2024, which the court said was an illegal attempt to take control of the government, according to reports. Yoon was reportedly found guilty of rebellion, for using military and police forces to...
Updated: Feb 19th, 2026 Airline operations in India and other parts of the world were briefly disrupted on Thursday morning due to a technical outage in the Navitaire system. The issue mainly affected airlines in India, the Asia Pacific (APAC) region, and Europe. Check-in services at Indira Gandhi International airport were impacted, causing slight delays...
Updated: Feb 19th, 2026 French President Emmanuel Macron, delivering the keynote address on Day 4 of the India AI Impact Summit 2026, urged India to collaborate with France in making the internet and social media platforms safer for children. As per reports, he stressed that governments, regulators, and technology companies must work together to create...
Updated: Feb 19th, 2026 France will make it easier for Indian students to study in France and plans to increase the number of Indians students from about 10,000 to 30,000 per year by 2030. French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Wednesday that France will simplify visa procedures and expand the number of courses taught in...
Updated: Feb 19th, 2026 Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates will not deliver the keynote address at the India AI Impact Summit, his philanthropic organisation, the Gates Foundation, announced on Thursday morning. In a statement, the foundation clarified that it will instead be represented at the summit by Ankur Vora, president of its Africa and India offices,...
Updated: Feb 19th, 2026 Eight backcountry skiers have been confirmed dead and one remains missing after a devastating avalanche near Lake Tahoe, marking the deadliest avalanche in California’s recorded history and the fourth deadliest in the United States. The avalanche struck near Castle Peak in the northern Sierra Nevada mountains as a 15-member group was...
US President Donald Trump has publicly urged British Prime Minister Keir Starmer not to proceed with what he described as a “100-Year Lease” arrangement with Mauritius involving Diego Garcia, the strategic Indian Ocean island that hosts a key joint US–UK military base. In a Truth Social post, Trump said, “Leases are no good when it...
The rapid buildup of US forces in the Middle East has progressed to the point that President Donald Trump has the option to launch military action against Iran as soon as this weekend, a newspaper reported, citing administration and Pentagon officials. According to a report in The New York Times on Wednesday (local time), the...