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Translator for the commander of Central Command was actually an “Al Qaeda operative who had infiltrated the US military,” said former CIA Officer John Kiriakou.

A vividly hued Picasso portrait of longtime muse and partner Dora Maar that had remained hidden from public view for more than eight decades sold Friday at auction for32 million…

Ex-CIA Officer John Kiriakou said that ex-Pak President Pervez Musharraf just kept the military ‘happy,’ and pretended to side with the US on counterterrorism while carrying out terrorist activities against…

Thailand’s prime minister cancelled his trip to Malaysia ahead of the ASEAN Summit on Saturday due to the death of the kingdom’s Queen Mother Sirikit, and may miss the signing…

The Kerala government on Friday told the High Court here that not permitting a Muslim girl to wear her headscarf (hijab) to school was an “invasion” of her privacy and…

Early voting for New York’s next mayor begins Saturday with an outsider Democratic Party candidate the favorite to upend the city’s politics and face down President Donald Trump, who has…

Jammu and Kashmir has been, is, and will always be an integral and inalienable part of India, said Parvathaneni Harish, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, while hitting at Pak.

An Indian national working as a staff nurse at Raffles Hospital in Singapore was sentenced to a year and two months’ jail, and two strokes of the cane after he…

Hyderabad-Bengaluru Bus Accident Highlights: At least 20 people died after a Bengaluru-bound private bus caught fire and turned into ashes after hitting a bike in Andhra Pradesh’s Kurnool in the…

A 21-year-old man was arrested after a brief chase with a large consignment of illegal alcohol in Delhi’s Dwarka, an official said on Friday.

In a brazen display of audacity, liquor smugglers in ‘dry’ Bihar attacked a police team that had gone to a village for a raid and injured at least five personnel.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday clarified that his son Yathindra Siddaramaiah did not name anyone as his successor.

Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Minister Baby Rani Maurya had a close shave when a truck driver lost control over the vehicle and hit her car on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway on Friday…

Haryana DGP O P Singh emphasised that polite behaviour with the public is crucial and asked police officials to use simple and courteous words like ‘please’, ‘sorry’ and ‘thank you’,…

The main Palestinian political factions, including Hamas, said Friday they had agreed that an independent committee of technocrats would take over the running of post-war Gaza.

Tragedy struck Vedanthapuram village near Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh on Friday evening when four boys were swept away by the surging currents of the Swarnamukhi river while swimming.

The results of Jammu and Kashmir’s first Rajya Sabha polls after becoming a Union Territory followed expected lines, with the ruling National Conference securing three seats on Friday and the…

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the global terror funding watchdog, has warned Pakistan that its removal from the ‘greylist’ in October 2022 doesn’t make it immune to money laundering…

Thailand’s Queen Mother Sirikit, who supervised royal projects to help the rural poor, preserve traditional craft-making and protect the environment, died on Friday. She was 93.

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro asserted Friday the United States was “fabricating a war” as Washington sent an aircraft carrier to the Caribbean, building up a military deployment there.

A video which is going viral shows a Mahindra Thar being driven recklessly near the Sadar Bazaar area in the city while the passenger stands on the side step with…

The DRI has dismantled a narcotics manufacturing and distribution network operating across the Delhi-NCR region and seized contraband worth about Rs 109 crore and arrested 26 foreign nationals.

In an incident of unruly behaviour that unfolded midair, a passenger forced another flyer to speak in Marathi if he wanted to stay in Mumbai. The incident, which was recorded…

Canadian PM Mark Carney has said that his government remains ready to continue “constructive discussions” with the United States after US President Donald Trump abruptly announced the termination of trade…

Police lodged an FIR against a school-cum-madrassa here based on a man’s complaint that her 13-year-old daughter was asked to submit a “virginity test” report for admission into the institute.

The city recorded its lowest minimum temperature in October in the last two years, dropping to a minimum of 17 degrees Celsius on Thursday night, while the air quality improved,…

Donald Trump is not scheduled to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un while in South Korea next week, a senior US official said Friday, despite speculation about a meeting…

United States President Donald Trump is considering plans to target cocaine facilities and drug trafficking routes in Venezuela. However, no official plan has been made, US officials said, as reported…

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement that it struck and killed a senior Hezbollah commander in southern Lebanon.

Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor, pledged Friday to further embrace his Muslim identity in response to growing attacks by former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his…

The United States on Friday announced sanctions on Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro, who Washington has accused of failing to curb illicit drug trafficking, alongside his wife and son.

“Undue pressure” by Amneet P Kumar, the wife of deceased IPS officer Y Puran Kumar, and MLA Amit Rattan and two other cops “forced” Assistant Sub-Inspector Sandeep Kumar Lathar to…

Police busted an illegal country-made weapons factory in Madhya Pradesh’s Bhind district that was operating out of a rented farmhouse.

A woman doctor, who allegedly died by suicide at a district hospital in Maharashtra’s Satara, was raped by a police sub-inspector (SI) four times over a span of five months,…

Asserting that Bihar is still a “poor” state despite the 20 years of rule by the JD(U)-led NDA in the state, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Friday claimed that CM…

Weeks after a late-night hit-and-run accident in Bengaluru, the city traffic police on Friday identified ex Bigg Boss Kannada contestant Divya Suresh as the alleged driver of the car involved…

A man from Goa was arrested for allegedly duping a woman and her family of Rs 1.10 crore by posing as the CEO of multiple companies and offering them job…

A host of regulations, including the Carbon Tax, introduced by the European Union are expected to impact its businesses, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Friday.

A third-year MBBS student of Kota Government Medical College allegedly died by suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan in her house here on Friday, a police official said.

With increasing worries about the misuse of AI and synthetic content in political campaigns, the Election Commission has released a new advisory which sets strict rules for disclosing such campaign…

Behind their smartphone and laptop screens, two men were slowly drawn into the dark web of ISIS propaganda and eventually allegedly converted it into a plot to strike Delhi on…

A truck driver who backed into a US Coast Guard base in the San Francisco Bay Area – the site of earlier protests against federal immigration agents – was shot…

The driver of the bus which caught fire in Andhra Pradesh’s Kurnool in the early hours of Friday had alighted to check on the situation but panicked and fled instead…

The presidents of Cameroon and Ivory Coast, 92 and 83 respectively, are each seeking to extend decades of rule, reflecting a trend across Africa where some of the world’s oldest…

In the desire for a baby boy, a woman in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur was made to abort her pregnancy twice and then forced to have relations with her father-in-law and…

A low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm by the morning of October 27, IMD said on Friday.

A 52-year-old man was beaten to death with a stick allegedly by his intoxicated family member here, police said on Friday.

India on Friday cited Pakistan’s attempts to protect at the UN Security Council the terror outfit that claimed responsibility for the Pahalgam attack to point out that the global body’s…

A man stabbed his brother and his sister-in-law to death in front of their young children following a dispute over property in Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur on Friday.

The capital markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India has stopped mutual funds from investing in pre-IPO placements, sources said.

A man – wearing a cap, with a machete in one hand and a plastic tote in the other – goes about attacking his wife in the middle of a…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched his Bihar assembly poll campaign with back-to-back rallies in Samastipur and Begusarai districts, asserting that the NDA under Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will…

Mysterious drone flights over the airspace of European Union member countries in recent weeks have alarmed the public and elected officials.

Pope Leo XIV has authorised a traditional mass to take place this weekend at the Vatican, lifting restrictions that angered conservatives in his latest attempt to heal splits within the…

Photos of a German-made freight lift that the thieves used in a lightning-fast daylight heist at the Louvre have gone viral. And its manufacturer is now riding high from the…

Spanish police said Friday that a Pablo Picasso painting that vanished en route to an exhibition has been found, raising doubts if it was ever loaded onto a transport truck.

Ukraine’s allies are gathering in London on Friday with President Volodymyr Zelensky and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer pushing for more long-range missiles to be delivered to Kyiv.

After two years of war, Gaza is buried under more than 61 million tonnes of debris and three quarters of buildings have been destroyed, according to UN data

The US military has conducted its 10th strike on a suspected drug-running boat, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday, blaming the Tren de Aragua gang for operating the vessel…

The science of creating artificial rain was witnessed by NDTV’s science editor Pallava Bagla in 2018 when he flew in a plane that studied the outcome.

In a late-night accident, two cousins were burnt to death after their Fortuner SUV collided with a truck and caught fire in outer Delhi’s Rani Bagh area in the early…

Tripura Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha has suggested that Thursday evening’s violent clashes at Shantirbazar in Dhalai district were the outcome of a larger conspiracy.

A political storm has broken out within the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) in Kerala after the Pinarayi Vijayan-led state government signed the memorandum of understanding for the Pradhan Mantri…

Police officers who went to Singapore to look into the death of Assam’s cultural icon and singer Zubeen Garg today said the island nation’s authorities will soon share statements and…

Local government officials in Kerala’s Palakkad district have urged the forest department to move a wild elephant back into the forests after multiple incidents of road blockage and attacks on…

In the language of IT, Bengaluru’s traffic issues began with a bandwidth problem, and were compounded by the fact that infrastructure did not drive growth but had to catch up…

He learned that his partner had raped his six-year-old daughter. Enraged, he cut off his partner’s private parts and, hours later, died by suicide. This bizarre incident unfolded in Uttar…

Once celebrated in royal courts and on India’s ancient battlefields, indigenous dog breeds are reclaiming their place of honour. This time, in the nation’s frontline security forces.

The doctor who was allegedly raped four times by a police sub-inspector (SI) before she died by suicide at a Maharashtra hospital was under pressure to prepare false medical reports,…

The European Commission said on Friday that US Big Tech giant Meta and Chinese-owned social media app TikTok breach their obligation to grant researchers adequate access to public data under…

Defence startup Castelion said it has won contracts to integrate its Blackbeard hypersonic strike weapon with current US Army systems, the first step toward allowing the military to place the…

Three separate controversies involving leaked text messages from private online group chats have rocked US political circles this month, revealing racist, antisemitic and violent statements from figures across the ideological…

A 20-year-old man from Bhopal has been arrested for having alleged links with an Islamic State (ISIS)-inspired terror module.

The Border Security Force (BSF) has inducted two native Indian dog breeds, the Rampur Hound and the Mudhol Hound, into its canine units.

The family of a woman from Maharashtra’s Palghar district has alleged that she lost her baby during delivery at a government hospital as there was no doctor for several hours,…

India will not rush into signing any trade agreements and will reject conditions from partner countries that restrict its trading choices, Trade Minister Piyush Goyal said on Friday.

How a dead woman’s memoir has blown the lid off Britain’s dirtiest Royal secret.

The Centre has launched “Bharat Taxi”, India’s first cooperative taxi service, designed to directly challenge private players such as Ola and Uber.

US President Donald Trump said this week he spoke with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi mainly about trade, and that PM Modi had assured him India would limit its oil…

The Delhi government’s Home Department has announced a significant reshuffle in the ranks of the Delhi Police, issuing a fresh order of transfers and postings for several senior Indian Police…

Moscow has secretly built an undersea surveillance system, Harmony, to track US submarines near Russian naval zones.

Nitesh Thackeray, 27, expected new clothes or a gift from his employer on Diwali. But when he didn’t get, he verbally abused the employer over call.

A luxury intercity bus travelling from Hyderabad to Bengaluru caught fire in the early hours of Friday near Ullindakonda in Andhra Pradesh’s Kurnool district, killing 19 people and injuring several…

The recent Pakistan-Taliban clashes are not just about Afghanistan. They’re about Trump, and a base from where America can watch the world.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said GST officers should be polite and empathetic in dealing with honest taxpayers and asked them to use technology for faster registration approvals and…

Five persons died in one week, and many took ill after they allegedly consumed contaminated food at a post-funeral feast in a village in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district, officials said on…

In an effort to reform the workplace for women, the Delhi government has allowed women employees to work night shifts across shops and commercial establishments.

A woman doctor allegedly died by suicide at a district hospital in Maharashtra’s Satara on Thursday night, police said on Friday.

Days after one of its lifts was used in the Louvre Museum heist, German firm Bocker made the most of its sudden fame with a new ad campaign.

About 1,000 employees are expected to receive layoff notices next week, and the company also plans to eliminate about 800 vacant jobs, a company spokesperson said.

Audio recordings released by the Coast Guard capture the distress of a family who was rescued two days after their boat caught fire and sank, forcing them to swim to…

Anthony Boyd, 54, was sentenced to death for his role in killing Gregory Huguley in Talladega County. Prosecutors said Huguley was set on fire after he didn’t pay for $200…

Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has announced plans to implement V2X, a smart traffic management network. It connects traffic signals directly to vehicles.

The East Wing of the White House, the formal entryway where first ladies — since the time of Eleanor Roosevelt — created histories, planned state dinners and promoted causes, is…

Hussaini siblings came to US seeking an end to the repression by the Taliban after the withdrawal of American troops in 2021.

Alaska Airlines said its operations have resumed Thursday after it had to ground its planes for hours because of an information technology outage.

A group of 11 persons allegedly kidnapped and brutally thrashed a 22-year-old man, urinated on him, and abused him over his caste in Maharashtra’s Ahilyanagar district, officials said on Friday.

A fresh controversy has erupted over Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra after she appeared to endorse a social media post that used racist and derogatory language against Indians celebrating Diwali…

Harika was asleep when the luxury bus she was travelling in caught fire early this morning. Startled by the chaos, she woke up to find the flames had almost engulfed…

Piyush Pandey was the creative force behind iconic campaigns like Mile Sur Mera Tumhara, Fevicol, and Cadbury ads