Fourth Indian held suspected role in killing of Nijjar
A fourth Indian national has been arrested by Canadian authorities in connection with the killing of Khalistan separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a week after police arrested three Indians linked with the high-profile case that has severely strained India’s relations with Canada. Amandeep Singh, 22, a resident of Brampton, Surrey, and Abbotsford...
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Profound sadness and anger grip Israel on its Memorial Day
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Israel battles regrouping Hamas in northern Gaza
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House rejects Greene’s effort to remove Speaker Johnson
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Yoon rejects S Korean opp calls for probe against wife, top officials
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Prez pins Sri Lanka’s economic stability on IMF programme
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Pak leadership vows not to allow May 9 ‘executors’ to get away
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Spanish court shelves tax probe against Shakira
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IS group claims bombing in Af
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a bombing in Afghanistan’s northeast that killed police officers who were part of an anti-poppy crop campaign. A motorcycle was booby-trapped and exploded, targeting a Taliban patrol in Faizabad town in Badakhshan province, killing and wounding 12 members of the patrol as well as...
Japanese aircraft makes emergency landing after glitch
A Japanese defence aircraft carrying eight people made an emergency landing at a commercial airport in central Japan on Thursday after a cockpit window inadvertently slid open during its training flight, officials said. No damage or injuries were reported. The Japan Air Self-Defence Force said its C-2 transport aircraft experienced...
Taliban sound warning to journalists, experts
The Taliban on Thursday warned journalists and experts against working with Afghanistan International TV. It’s the first time they have told people not to cooperate with a specific outlet. Afghanistan International TV, which is headquartered in London, is accessible through satellite, cable and social media. A spokesman for the Taliban-controlled Ministry of...
Putin accuses West of fueling global conflicts
Russia on Thursday wrapped itself in patriotic pageantry for Victory Day, as President Vladimir Putin celebrated the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II by hailing his forces fighting in Ukraine and blasting the West for fueling conflicts around the world. Even though few veterans of what Russia calls the...
Stormy Daniels to return to stand in hush money trial
Stormy Daniels will return to the witness stand in Donald Trump’s hush money trial on Thursday, two days after she spent hours recounting in sometimes graphic detail the alleged 2006 sexual encounter with the former president that she was eventually paid to keep quiet about during the 2016 presidential election. ...
Passengers, crew evacuated after plane’s tyre burst
A total of 190 people were safely evacuated from a plane in Turkiye on Thursday after one of its tyres burst during landing at a southern airport, Turkiye’s transportation ministry said. No one was hurt. The Boeing 737-800, belonging to Turkiye-based Corendon Airlines, stopped safely on the runway after landing...
Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim two attacks in Gulf of Aden
(): Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Thursday claimed two missile attacks in the Gulf of Aden on two Panama-flagged container ships that caused no damage, while also saying they targeted a ship in the Indian Ocean in a previously unreported assault. The claims by Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree come as the tempo...
