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Hong Kong plans to install tens of thousands of surveillance cameras with AI-powered facial recognition, the city’s security chief said.

For the peace prize, US President Donald Trump has been nominated several times by people within the US as well as politicians abroad since 2018.

The organisers of a Gaza-bound aid flotilla said Israel intercepted its last remaining boat on Friday, after the interceptions of its fellow vessels drew protests worldwide.

British police said on Friday they may have accidentally shot two victims, including one who died, in their attempts to bring under control an attack on a Manchester synagogue during…

As scientists ready for next week’s Nobel Prize announcements, one awarding body is warning academic freedom is under threat in the US and elsewhere, with political interference risking long-lasting negative…

Indonesia said it has suspended TikTok’s registration status as an electronic system provider after it failed to hand over all data relating to the use of its live stream feature.

The planet’s warming climate is having effects in Antarctica that increasingly resemble those observed in the Arctic, meaning global sea levels could rise faster that previously predicted, Danish researchers warned.

Magistrates have charged a top French psychoanalyst with sexual assaults on six women, allegedly raping three when they were minors.

Madagascan President Andry Rajoelina condemned what he said was an attempt to topple his government following days of deadly youth-led protests against the political elite and years of misrule.

Jeff Bezos said gigawatt-scale data centres will be built in space within the next 10 to 20 years, predicting they would eventually outperform Earth-based ones thanks to the abundance of…

US President Donald Trump on Friday issued an ultimatum to Hamas to accept his Gaza peace plan by Sunday 6 pm Washington DC time or face “all hell”.

Why does a motorcycle weigh 100 kg while a car is much heavier at 3,000 kg? Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, currently on a trip to Colombia, posed this question…

After two sensational murders this year, involving the now-infamous blue drum, a similar case has emerged from Madhya Pradesh.

To claim life insurance of Rs 5.2 crore, a gang killed a partially paralysed man in Karnataka’s Hospet, placed his body on a bike and then rammed it with a…

Stirring up a controversy, a senior Congress leader has implied there was something amiss about Operation Sindoor, which was India’s response to the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam.

A lathicharge by the cops led to the stampede that killed 41 people last weekend in Tamil Nadu’s Karur district, actor-turned-politician Vijay’s party, the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam or TVK, told…

A man lay on the ground as his friend fired three bullets at him within 11 seconds in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut, only to stop when an accomplice recording the incident…

A popular Alaskan climber fell to his death from Yosemite National Park’s El Capitan, marking the third death in the park this summer.

India’s consumer economy has achieved its highest Navratri sales in over a decade, a surge attributed to the Modi government’s NextGen GST reforms, which reduced tax rates and increased product…

If Pakistan wants to retain its place on the map, it must stop supporting terrorism, Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi has warned, asserting that the Indian armed forces won’t exercise…

The current bilateral and global centripetal forces seem to be pulling India and the EU together. However, the two sides have been here many times during the past two decades.

India could experience the biggest impacts of chikungunya in the long-term, potentially putting 51 lakh people at risk of the mosquito-borne infection every year, according to a global modelling study.

The company whose cough syrup has been linked to three deaths and a doctor losing consciousness in Rajasthan is now under the state government’s scanner.

A lawmaker in Kerala faced public wrath for allegedly ignoring a key issue related to health and waste disposal in Kannur district.

The Election Commission of India (ECI) released the final electoral roll for Bihar after completing the special intensive revision (SIR) exercise ahead of polls in the state.

No public rallies shall be held near highways and must have basic facilities, such as drinking water and toilets, the Madras High Court has ordered while disposing of petitions related…

In yet another incident where technology came to the rescue, an Apple Watch Ultra has saved the life of a 26-year-old Mumbai techie during a scuba diving accident near Puducherry.

Some Nobel laureates were straight-A students from the get-go. But others AFP recounted how they cut class, got expelled, and had doubts about their future.

The Dasara festivities at an Andhra Pradesh village turned tragic after a temple chariot fell on devotees walking alongside it as part of the procession on Thursday.

Britain appointed Sarah Mullally as the new Archbishop of Canterbury on Friday, the first time a woman has been named leader of the Church of England in the 1,400-year history…

Days after US President Donald Trump showed Pakistani leadership for supporting the Gaza peace deal, Islamabad has denied backing Washington’s ’20-point’ proposal to end the war between Israel and Hamas.

US Democratic Representative Madeleine Dean on Wednesday confronted House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican from Texas, urging him to respond to comments made by President Donald Trump during his address…

New York mayoral front-runner and Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani said he wants to end the city’s gifted and talented program for kindergarten students in public schools, wading into a contentious…

The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming (PROG) Act, 2025, bans real money gaming platforms such as online poker, rummy and fantasy sports.

Dormant for more than two decades, India’s only mud volcano at Baratang in Andaman and Nicobar Islands has again erupted, an official said on Friday.

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. will be the first Indian IT firm to face investors after Donald Trump moved to curb a key work visa, sending the company’s shares tumbling and…

In this “dangerous and divided” time, Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called for finding strength in Gandhi’s message to work for a “just, sustainable, and peaceful world”.

Luxembourg’s Grand Duke Henri abdicated his throne on Friday in favour of his son, Guillaume. Henri, 70, had served the tiny duchy in the heart of Europe for 25 years…

Britain will name a new Archbishop of Canterbury on Friday to lead the Church of England, mother church of 85 million Anglicans worldwide, and for the first time the centuries-old…

Japan’s jobless rate rose to its highest in over a year, signaling a slight loosening of the labor market as speculation swirls over a Bank of Japan rate hike in…

The annual march to commemorate the 1968 massacre of protesting students in Mexico’s capital was eclipsed Thursday by demands to end a humanitarian crisis halfway around the world in Gaza.

US District Judge Arun Subramanian, who will decide the sentence, has signaled that Combs is unlikely to be freed soon. He twice rejected bail for the rapper, who has been…

Two years of war, multiple displacements, and the deaths of her husband and father have reduced Lamis Dib’s life in Gaza to a relentless fight for survival.

Russia’s sustained bombardment of Ukraine’s power grid is deepening concerns about the safety of the country’s nuclear facilities after a drone knocked out power for more than three hours to…

The woman filed a police complaint against her husband and in-laws, accusing them of harassment, blackmail, and exploitation.

Canada continues to prioritise foreign interference and transnational repression as central to its national security agenda, even as it overlaps and at times undermines Indias concern about Khalistani separatism.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said India’s capacity to absorb external shocks is strong at a time when the world economy is undergoing a structural transformation.

For years, WhatsApp held an unshakable monopoly in the messaging space, with over half a billion active users in India. Now, Arattai, a made-in-India messaging app developed by Zoho Corp,…

Security was strengthened in several sensitive areas here ahead of the evening prayers on Friday, a week after the city witnessed violence following the congregational prayers.

You can use the Sora 2 model to create your cameo play beach volleyball or wrestle an elephant. All of this is possible with only text prompts.

The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has imposed a penalty of Rs 5 lakh on Drishti IAS (VDK Eduventures Pvt Ltd) for publishing misleading advertisements regarding the results of the…

Pavel Durov said that he lost his hearing and vision before he began experiencing respiratory difficulties.

The population of rare snow leopards in high-altitude tribal areas of Himachal Pradesh has increased by 62 per cent over the past four years, says a newly released survey.

The bodies were discovered when her husband, who works as a lab technician at the hospital, returned home after his night shift and found the door locked.

Doctors in Karnataka have reported an extremely rare and unusual medical case in which a newborn male baby was found to have another baby developing inside his abdomen, a condition…

Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri has put to rest a widely circulated myth among social media users that the platform listens to private conversations and serves ads based on them.

A seven-year-old boy, allegedly kidnapped by his mother’s former live-in partner in a bid to pressure her into returning to him, was rescued by police. The prime accused and his…

A fireball lit up the night sky in Los Angeles on Thursday after an explosion that led to a massive fire at a Chevron refinery in LA County’s El Segundo…

On her social media accounts, Yasmin has been educating Gazans to modify traditional recipes with basic, everyday items through brief films and recipe guidelines.

Raymond Vickery, a former senior US government official has reacted to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s remarks in Colombia that democracy is under siege in India.

Gitanjali J Angmo, wife of Sonam Wangchuk, has approached the Supreme Court seeking the release of the climate activist, who was arrested last week under the stringent National Security Act…

The Assam Police SIT investigating the death of singer Zubeen Garg on Thursday arrested his bandmate Shekhar Jyoti Goswami and co-singer Amritprava Mahanta, taking the total arrests in the case…

President Donald Trump is openly embracing the conservative blueprint he desperately tried to distance himself from during the 2024 campaign

A former National Security Guard (NSG) commando has been found involved in a drug smuggling network. Bajrang Singh had participated in the 26/11 anti-terror operation in Mumbai.

The Congress has been embroiled in a fresh political controversy, with a party leader comparing Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Ravan, the ten-headed demon king whose effigy is burnt every…

Japan’s long-governing Liberal Democratic Party will choose a new leader Saturday to replace Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, but the winner must quickly restore political stability and regain public support for…

Prince William also opened up about how their children, Prince George, 12, Princess Charlotte, 10, and Prince Louis, 7, were affected by Kate’s cancer diagnosis.

As Pakistan boils over alleged atrocities and internet blackout in violence-hit Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (POK), police in Islamabad stormed the National Press Club (NPC), where several journalists were attacked.

On Wednesday morning, Sonu and his wife, a couple living in Uttar Pradesh’s Hapur, had a fight. Following this, the woman informed her parents about the incident and called the…

Former Bihar minister Tej Pratap Yadav, whom his father Lalu Prasad recently expelled from the RJD, asked his younger brother Tejashwi Yadav to show him the respect that Lord Rama…

A three-year-old boy and his 13-year-old brother stood in horror as half a dozen men attacked and tortured their father in Maharashtra allegedly over an old business dispute.

The Rajasthan Health Department has clarified that the recent deaths of two children in Bharatpur and Sikar districts were not caused by cough syrup distributed under the state’s free medicine…

A video of Sam Altman appearing to steal artwork from Hayao Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli headquarters has taken the internet by storm. It demonstrates how Sora 2 translates your vision into…

A movie theatre in Canada’s Ontario province has pulled several screenings of Indian films after it became the target of arson and shooting attacks on two separate occasions in the…

Apple said on Thursday that it had removed ICEBlock, the most popular ICE-tracking app, and other similar apps from its App Store after it was contacted by President Donald Trump’s…

Judge Andy Porter sentenced Elizabeth Wolf, 43, after she pleaded guilty to attempted murder and injury to a child.

The parents of a college student in a Tesla crash say she was killed by flames and smoke as she tried but failed to escape the burning car because of…

India on Thursday condemned the deadly terror attack on a synagogue in Britain’s Manchester, and said it is yet another grim reminder of the challenge the world is facing from…

The Centre for Human Rights and Peace Advocacy organised a side event during the 60th Session of the UN Human Rights Council, titled “Enforced Disappearances in Pakistan: Amplifying Voices, Demanding…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has hit out at the United States over its efforts to pressure India to stop its Russian crude trade, saying New Delhi would never bow to…

Germany’s Munich airport said early on Friday that drone sightings on Thursday evening had forced air traffic control to suspend operations, leading to the cancellation of 17 flights and disrupting…

On the eve of his sentencing, Sean “Diddy” Combs told a federal judge Thursday that he is a new man after realising that he was “broken to my core” and…

Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday targeted the BJP over the arrest of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk in connection with the violence in Ladakh last month and asserted…

U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration approved $230 million for Lebanon’s security forces this week as they push to disarm the once powerful armed group Hezbollah, sources in Washington and Beirut…

Nine people were killed and four law enforcement officials were injured after a blast in Peshawar on Thursday (local time), DAWN reported.

Police in Haryana’s Palwal have arrested a YouTuber named Wasim Akram on charges of spying for Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and its High Commission, officials said on Thursday.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde seized on Congress leader P Chidambaram’s remarks and said the UPA government’s decision not to strike Pakistan after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack “under…

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke on Thursday at the Valdai Discussion Club, a forum of Russia experts, in the city of Sochi

Protesters around the world Thursday railed at Israel’s interception of a flotilla carrying aid for Gaza’s besieged Palestinians, urging greater sanctions in response.

Japan stands a good chance of having its first woman prime minister or its youngest leader in the modern era after a vote on Saturday to pick the head of…

The Supreme Court will begin day-to-day hearings on Madhya Pradesh’s move to grant 27 per cent reservation for Other Backward Castes or OBCs. The hearings will begin on October 8.

The SHO of Rajpur police station in Dehradun has been suspended after he rammed his car into three vehicles one after the other, driving allegedly under the influence of alcohol,…

The US Embassy in India on Wednesday assured applicants that passports and visa services will continue despite the government shut down underway in Washington.

Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his anticipation for his upcoming visit to India in early December and has ordered the government to devise measures to soften the trade imbalance with…

An assailant drove a car into people outside a synagogue Thursday in northern England and then began stabbing them, killing two and seriously wounding four in what police called a…

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the United States that supplies of long-range missiles to Ukraine will seriously damage relations between Moscow and Washington but will not change the situation on…

President Donald Trump has determined the United States is engaged in “a non-international armed conflict” with drug cartels, according to a document notifying Congress of its legal justification for deadly…

Amid rain, President Droupadi Murmu attended the Dussehra celebrations at the Red Fort on Thursday and said the Indian armed forces’ Operation Sindoor represents a decisive victory over the Ravana…

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday promised a “significant” response to “Europe’s militarisation”, as he addressed a foreign policy forum in southern Russia.

A delivery boy was arrested for allegedly kidnapping and raping an 8-year-old girl in Gurugram Sector 93, police said on Thursday.