Updated: Sep 19th, 2025 In a fresh diplomatic setback for India, the United States has withdrawn the sanctions waiver that had allowed India to continue work on Iran’s Chabahar Port project, as per reports. The waiver, first granted in 2018 under the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act (IFCA), will officially lapse on September 29, effectively...
Updated: Sep 19th, 2025 A 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the eastern coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia, the local geophysical service said. The quake occurred at 1858 GMT with its epicenter located about 149 km from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, the regional capital, at a depth of 39 km, according to the Kamchatka branch of the Russian Academy...
Updated: Sep 19th, 2025 US President Donald Trump revealed that his administration is attempting to retake Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, asserting that it’s required due the proximity to China’s nuclear facilities. “We’re trying to get it back, by the way. We’re trying to get it back because they need things from us. We want...
Updated: Sep 18th, 2025 (image: IANS) French President Emmanuel Macron has decided to submit “photographic and scientific evidence” to a US court to prove that his wife Brigitte Macron is a ‘woman’, BBC has reported. This evidence would be part of the ongoing defamation suit filed by Macron against American right-wing podcaster Candace Owens, who...
Updated: Sep 18th, 2025 The European Union rolled out the new Entry/Exit System (EES) which will replace traditional passport stamps with biometric checks at border crossings starting October 12, 2025. “The EES will be deployed gradually across the external borders of the 29 European countries over a period of 6 months. These European countries will...
Updated: Sep 18th, 2025 India is poised to become the data capital of the world, according to a new report released by NITI Aayog. The government think tank stressed that data will function as the “currency of the digital economy,” driving innovation, business valuations, and global leadership. The report highlighted that India’s scale, diversity, and...
Updated: Sep 18th, 2025 Months after the Ahmedabad-London Air India flight 171 crash that killed 260 people on June 12, the families of four victims have sued the aerospace manufacturers Boeing and Honeywell. The complaint that was filed on Tuesday at Delaware Superior Court mentioned that the locking mechanism for the switch on the Boeing...
Updated: Sep 18th, 2025 Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has reportedly uncovered a human trafficking racket that posed as the national football team to enter Japan. According to reports, a 22-member group, presented as a football squad, travelled to Japan in June 2025 on 15-day visas. However, Japanese immigration authorities identified the team as fraudulent...
Updated: Sep 18th, 2025 Image: MetpoliceUK Protests erupted in central London on Wednesday as US President Donald Trump met King Charles and Prince William during his official state visit to the UK. While thousands of demonstrators marched through the capital, Trump attended a state banquet where King Charles commended his “personal commitment to finding solutions...
Updated: Sep 17th, 2025 The white sedan rammed into FBI gates A man drove his car into FBI gates in Pennsylvania’s Pittsburgh field office in the early hours of Wednesday. “At approximately 2.40 am, an individual driving a white sedan proceeded to ram one of the vehicle entrance gates at FBI Pittsburgh,” said the FBI. ...