Afternoon Times

Articulated in Monroe’s 1823 address to Congress, Monroe Doctrine was intended to ward off European colonisation or other interference in independent nations of the Western Hemisphere.

Detainees and their lawyers have long complained about rampant violence at the Brooklyn jail. Two prisoners were killed by other inmates in 2024, and jail workers have been charged with…

Operation Absolute Resolve was some months in the planning, as the Pentagon acknowledged in its briefing on January 3.

US President Donald Trump has warned Venezuelan interim President Delcy Rodriguez may have to pay a bigger price than ousted leader Nicolas Maduro “if she doesn’t do what’s right.”

A farmer and a leopard died after the big cat attacked him and then both fell into a well in Nashik’s Sinnar taluka on Sunday, a police official said.

Sixteen people have already died in Bhagirathpura after consuming contaminated drinking water in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore, officially India’s “cleanest city.”

Venezuela’s military on Sunday recognized Delcy Rodriguez, deputy to ousted president Nicolas Maduro, as the country’s acting leader, after US forces extracted the former head of state to face trial.

A large part of erstwhile President Nicolas Maduro’s security team was killed in the US raid that led to the leader’s Saturday capture, Venezuelan Defence Minister General Vladimir Padrino said.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested Sunday that the United States would not take a day-to-day role in governing Venezuela other than enforcing an existing “oil quarantine” on the country.

Nigeria’s drug enforcement agency Sunday said it had arrested 22 Indian crew members of a merchant ship after 31.5 kilogrammes of cocaine was found on the vessel at Lagos’s main…

Three out of four of Moscow’s airports shut to air traffic on Sunday after Ukraine launched dozens of drones at the Russian capital, authorities said.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday that discussions of Venezuela holding elections following Nicolas Maduro’s ouster were “premature,” with Washington focused on ensuring the remaining leadership in Caracas…

A woman died after falling into a hollow in southern France during a cross-country ski excursion, rescue services said Sunday.

A 27-year-old Indian woman reported missing was found dead with stab wounds inside her ex-boyfriend’s apartment in Maryland, the police said.

Bangladesh’s elite force, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested the three main accused in the murder of Khokon Das (50), a pharmacy owner and bKash agent from Shariatpur, Chief…

In a blow to the Shiv Sena (UBT) ahead of the Mumbai civic body elections, former Mayor Shubha Raul on Sunday joined the BJP in the presence of Maharashtra Chief…

A 12-year-old girl was found hanging in her hostel room in Latur’s Navodaya Vidyalaya on Sunday morning, a police official said.

Things took a wild turn during a routine drunk-driving check in Hyderabad late Saturday night when an intoxicated auto-rickshaw driver allegedly tried to scare off the police by waving a…

The political churn in Ladakh has taken a new turn with the formal launch of the Voice of Buddhist Ladakh (VBL), a socio-political platform that is expected to recalibrate the…

Raj Thackeray entered the Shiv Sena Bhavan after 20 years. It’s the same place where he once held sway.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Sunday he would still be in power this time next year, in the face of low poll numbers and speculation about a possible…

Denmark on Sunday made its displeasure known after the wife of President Donald Trump’s most influential aide posted a social media picture of Greenland painted in the colours of the…

At least 25 people have died and 14 others remain missing after a boat carrying dozens of passengers capsized in Yobe State, northeastern Nigeria, officials said on Sunday.

It was dark and it was deadly, said US president Donald Trump when the US forces, in a brazen operation into the South American country,captured Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and…

Flights at Greek airports were cancelled or delayed Sunday after a technical problem knocked out airspace radio frequencies, the country’s civil aviation authority said, calling the outage “unprecedented”.

Over a decade ago, a confident Elon Musk laughed dismissively when asked if Chinese automaker BYD could become a serious competitor to Tesla in the electric vehicle (EV) market.

The incident took place on Saturday evening when some workers were engaged in drilling and exploration of stone at a quarry located near Gopalpur village in Dhenkanal district.

A 25-year-old woman and her infant daughter allegedly drowned in a well in Jharkhand’s Deoghar, police said on Sunday. The incident took place in Padmapur village.

Deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro was captured in an audacious nighttime military operation that Donald Trump said would set the US up to “run” the South American country and tap…

Months of planning and rehearsal, over 150 defence assets and a team with its eyes trained on the progress of ‘Operation Absolute Resolve’ looked to US President Donald Trump for…

North Korea denounced on Sunday the United States’ capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro as a “serious encroachment of sovereignty”, state media said.

President Donald Trump’s plan to take control of Venezuela’s oil industry and ask American companies to revitalise it after capturing President Nicolas Maduro in a raid isn’t likely to have…

President Trump openly celebrated what he described as a flawless US military operation in Venezuela, which included an assault involving special forces, air strikes, and naval deployments that culminated in…

US President Donald Trump on Saturday (local time) said that he has managed to settle several global conflicts, claiming he resolved “eight and one-quarter wars,” including easing tensions between Thailand…

At least 30 people were killed and several others abducted when gunmen attacked a market in Nigeria’s Niger State, police said on Sunday.

The two cousins, who reunited last year, launched a scathing attack on the BJP-led ruling Mahayuti in Maharashtra.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin announced a new pension scheme that would assure 50 per cent of thelast drawn salary as monthly pension for government employees.

The Tirumala temple of Lord Venkateswara will remain closed to devotees from 9 am to 7.30 pm on March 3 owing to a lunar eclipse, the temple administration said on…

More than two crore rice ration card holders in Tamil Nadu will receive a Pongal gift of Rs 3,000 ahead of the harvest festival, Chief Minister MK Stalin announced on…

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, have been captured by US forces and are now in American custody. They face charges of narco-terrorism, drug trafficking, and illegal…

The Trump Administration has charged Nicolas Maduro, his wife and son with drug trafficking, narco-terrorism, and weapons offences.

Hours after the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, US President Donald Trump announced plans for the United States to take control of Venezuela’s vast oil reserves.

Deposed Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores will face criminal charges after they were captured and transported from Caracas to New York on Saturday.

US prosecutors have charged Cilia Flores, wife of Venezuela’s captured president Nicolas Maduro, with accepting bribes to facilitate drug trafficking and manipulate the country’s anti-drug office.

Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro, along with his wife, has been captured and flown out of the country, US president Donald Trump announced on social media at 4:21 am on Saturday.…

It’s about oil, US President Donald Trump said quite frankly a day after US special forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and wife Cilia Flores from Caracas in a swift…

A 42-year-old man died on Saturday after two alleged criminals mowed him down while trying to evade arrest here, police said. Police said efforts are on to trace the criminals…

In May last year, the Adani Group announced the signing of an MoU to jointly develop 5,000 MW of hydropower projects in Bhutan.

Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, who is serving a 20-year jail term for raping two of his disciples and is lodged in the Sunaria jail in Haryana’s…

An elderly couple in Delhi was found dead under mysterious circumstances at their house in Shahdara in the early hours of Saturday.

India today said the developments in Venezuela are a matter of deep concern and it is closely monitoring the evolving situation, a day after US special forces captured President Nicolas…

A major fire broke out at the Thrissur Railway Station on Sunday, destroying more than 200 two-wheelers parked at a designated parking facility adjacent to the station.

The accused used to frequently visit Ranjitha’s house for meals, but tensions escalated when he insisted on marriage, to which Ranjitha and her family objected.

Venezuela nationalised the industry in the 1970s, and in the 2000s ordered a forced migration to joint ventures controlled by its state oil company, PDVSA .

Indian American lawmakers sharply criticised President Donald Trump’s decision to use military force in Venezuela and his statement that the United States would “run” the country.

In a daring mission on Saturday, the US special forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife from his residence in Caracas.