Afternoon Times

The US government shut down Wednesday, with Democratic lawmakers insisting that any deal address their health care demands and Republicans saying those negotiations can happen after the government is funded.

India has slammed Pakistan’s hypocrisy at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), saying it is “deeply ironic” that a nation with a record of minority persecution can lecture others…

Alphabet’s Google said hackers are sending extortion emails to an unspecified number of executives, claiming to have stolen sensitive data from their Oracle business applications.

Donald Trump’s assault on science could threaten the United States’ position as the world’s leading research nation and have knock-on effects worldwide, Nobel Prize officials in Sweden told AFP.

Two commercial planes of Delta Airlines collided while taxiing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport on Wednesday, causing one plane’s wing to detach.

Kamal Gavai, Chief Justice of India Bhushan Gavai’s mother, on Wednesday said she would not attend a centenary program of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) here on October 5.

A 20-year-old student from Delhi was found hanging in his PG room in Kota on Wednesday, police said.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said on Wednesday that he is ready even to lay down his life for the youth if required.

US Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday described AI-manipulated videos that President Donald Trump posted on social media of House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries as a joke, dismissing complaints from…

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has become the first person in history to achieve a net worth of nearly half a trillion dollars.

The Canadian government issued a warning this week to citizens holding passports with the nonbinary “X” gender designation in their passports, saying they could face difficulties when trying to enter…

Ali Akbar knows everyone and everyone knows him. The last newspaper hawker in Paris zigzags each day from cafe to cafe, shouting humorous headlines in the heart of the French…

President Donald Trump signaled Wednesday that he plans to push Chinese leader Xi Jinping on US soybean purchases when they meet, as American farmers grapple with fallout from his trade…

A 17-year-old girl allegedly stabbed and seriously injured her mother following a dispute over mobile phone use in this coastal district, police said on Wednesday.

A gold necklace worth over Rs 6 lakh was stolen from a jewellery showroom in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr, with the entire incident caught on CCTV.

UPSC Chairman Ajay Kumar on Wednesday said that cheating and use of fake certificates in any government job recruitment examination by the candidates is “unacceptable” and it can cause long-term…

A one-year-old girl died after accidentally falling headfirst into a bucket filled with water at her home in Delhi’s Budh Vihar, police said on Wednesday.

Britain will no longer automatically extend settlement and family reunion rights to migrants who have been granted asylum, the government announced on Wednesday in a further effort to curb immigration.

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that he will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in four weeks, with the soybean issue to be a significant topic of their discussion.

The free trade agreement between India and the four European nations bloc EFTA has come into force, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Wednesday.

Senior IAS officer Rajesh Agrawal on Wednesday assumed charge as Secretary, Department of Commerce, an official statement said.

A 37-year-old man was injured after being shot at with an air gun allegedly by his neighbour in southwest Delhi’s Sagarpur area on Wednesday, police said.

Air India on Wednesday launched its direct flights from the national capital to Manila, the capital city of the Philippines.

If a U.S. government shutdown goes on long enough, it could throw a wrench in travel plans, potentially leading to longer airport wait times, flight delays and even cancellations.

The high-value Rs 2000 notes worth Rs 5,884 crore are still in circulation, according to official data released on Wednesday.

A New York City rapper who joined President Donald Trump during a campaign rally last year has been sentenced to five years behind bars after he admitted he used earnings…

The Group of Seven nations’ finance ministers said on Wednesday they will take joint steps to increase pressure on Russia by targeting those who are continuing to increase their purchases…

An Indian-origin couple who were charged with the murder of their three-year-old daughter nearly two years ago by the Metropolitan Police have been accused of “deliberately starving” the toddler at…

H-1B visas will also face a pause until the shutdown ends, says immigration attorney Nicole Gunara.

Israeli naval forces on Wednesday intercepted a flotilla carrying aid to Gaza, ending its latest bid to break an Israeli blockade of the war-battered Palestinian territory.

Israel issued a final warning Wednesday for people to flee Gaza’s main city, as Hamas weighed US President Donald Trump’s plan to end nearly two years of war in the…

Whether Netanyahu delivered a scripted apology to Qatar is a speculation that erupted after the White House circulated a black-and-white photograph showing US President Donald Trump gripping the phone while…

Jane Goodall, the conservationist renowned for her groundbreaking chimpanzee field research and globe-spanning environmental advocacy, has died.

Detainees arriving at the immigration detention centre in the Florida Everglades known as “Alligator Alcatraz” are given color-coded uniforms and wrist-bands and then segregated based on their criminal history and…

Arab and Muslim national leaders are pushing Hamas to accept the Gaza plan unveiled by US President Donald Trump this week, saying the need to end the fighting surpasses concern…

Two persons allegedly involved in the September 26 violence in Bareilly were arrested following an encounter in CB Ganj area on Wednesday, police said, as the crackdown continued on suspected…

A 12-year-old Dalit boy allegedly died by suicide by consuming poison after he was reportedly locked inside a cowshed by some so-called ‘upper caste’ women for entering their house at…

Daboh police station in Madhya Pradesh’s Bhind district has once again brought the police under sharp criticism, with an incident that residents described as the height of negligence and insensitivity.

The saga of self-styled godman Swami Chaitanyananda Saraswati is getting ever murkier with the Delhi police recovering a sex toy and some CDs, suspected to contain obscene videos.

A man in Uttar Pradesh’s Hapur was killed with an axe by his younger brother and sister-in-law following an argument over throwing garbage.

Seven members of a grooming gang in northern England were jailed for between 12 and 35 years, the latest sentences stemming from a decades-spanning scandal across several cities.

Rescuers pulled five survivors from a collapsed school in Indonesia as frantic parents demanded searchers speed up efforts to find dozens of children believed still trapped in the rubble two…

Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff, Field Marshal Asim Munir, is facing a storm of criticism after his latest high-profile visit to Washington, which was his third in less than six…

Bricked-up doors, narrow alleys blocked by walls, and families peering down from rooftops — these are the visuals from a locality in Delhi where the daily life of residents has…

The long-awaited direct flight service between Rajahmundry (Madhurapudi) and Tirupati was formally launched today, significantly reducing travel time between the cultural and spiritual capitals of Andhra Pradesh.

A 50-year-old man returning home along with his family from a Durga Puja fair was fatally attacked allegedly by three persons over a long-standing land feud in Jharkhand’s Seraikela-Kharswan district,…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday released a special postage stamp and a commemorative coin, which features first-ever depiction of Bharat Mata on Indian currency, to mark the centenary celebrations…

Meta Platforms said it would begin using people’s interactions with its generative AI tools to personalize content and advertising across its apps such as Facebook and Instagram starting on December…

US and allied forces are reducing their presence in Iraq, the Pentagon said, winding down a more than decade-long mission there against the Islamic State as planned.

Ukraine’s president and the UN nuclear agency head are sounding the alarm about increased safety risks at the Russia-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in southern Ukraine, which lost its external…

Mobile networks returned to several provinces across Afghanistan, including the capital Kabul, 48 hours after the Taliban authorities shut down telecommunications.

A scare about a supposed shooting that prompted a lockdown at New Jersey’s largest military base was a hoax caused by a civilian employee who wanted to “trauma bond” with…

Youth protests in cities across Morocco turned far more violent on the fourth night of unrest, with 263 members of the security forces and 23 civilians injured as demonstrators torched…

A museum dedicated to the life and work of MF Husain, one of the most influential figures in the history of modern art, will open in Doha, Qatar, next month.

The US government has shutdown for the first time in seven years after Republicans and Democrats failed to agree to a deal to keep the federal government funded. Several federal…

The United States will regard “any armed attack” on Qatari territory as a threat to Washington and will provide the Gulf Arab state with security guarantees, the White House said,…

Switzerland’s glaciers have faced “enormous” melting this year, with a 3% drop in total volume the fourth-largest annual drop on record due to the effects of global warming, top Swiss…