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A 104-year-old man who spent 43 years in jail on charges of murder and attempted murder was released from the Kaushambi district jail after being acquitted by a high court,…

Tim Cook is likely bothered more about what shareholders and analysts think of the way he manages his company’s huge cash pile – estimated at well over $300 billion –…

US President Donald Trump on Friday urged Britain to drill for more oil rather than build wind turbines, just a fortnight after Washington signed a trade deal with London.

Madhya Pradesh minister Vijay Shah on Friday issued a fresh apology for his objectionable remarks on Colonel Sofiya Qureshi, calling it a “linguistic mistake”, and said he did not intend…

Iranian and US negotiators resumed talks on Friday in Rome to resolve a decades-long dispute over Iran’s nuclear ambitions, Iranian media reported.

According to a report by Conde Nast, about 11.08 lakh Schengen visa applications have been lodged from India, of which 5.91 lakh were approved and 1.65 lakh were denied.

Harvard University on Friday sued the US administration against its decision to revoke its eligibility to enroll international students, in an escalation of the fight between President Donald Trump and…

Astronomers have observed a galaxy dating to an earlier epoch in the universe’s history that surprisingly is shaped much like our Milky Way but far more massive, offering new insight…

A restaurant owner in Kerala’s Kochi heaved a sigh of relief as a local consumer court near here ruled that gravy need not be given for free to customers.

Russia and Ukraine began a major prisoner swap on Friday that was agreed on at their first direct talks in more than three years, a Ukrainian military source said on…

Hay fever can be annoying at the best of times. But this year, many people are reporting their usual symptoms are worse than ever before with their normal go-to remedies…

A large number of job seekers attend interviews without preparation and fail to unlock their true potential, said a report on Friday.

In a case of negligence, a 45-year-old vegetable seller died after workers allegedly belonging to the Bareilly municipal corporation, in Uttar Pradesh, dumped a trolley of sludge on him.

As part of an ongoing crackdown on illegal immigration, the Delhi Police have detained 121 Bangladeshi nationals from Outer North Delhi for residing in the country without valid documentation.

Wendy Rush, the wife of OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, knew exactly when the Titan submersible carrying her husband and four others imploded.

The Russian agents held what appeared to be legitimate Brazilian birth certificates, not counterfeits, not recently inserted, but real entries in decades-old civil registries.

US President Donald Trump said on Friday Apple will have to pay a 25% tariff if phones sold in the country are not made within its borders.

As the US government’s crackdown on Harvard University intensifies, links to China and Iran have emerged, raising national security concerns in the United States.

Some Congress leaders were among individuals who donated funds to the Young Indian and AJL on instructions from senior party functionaries as not doing so would have been “damaging” for…

According to the police, the victim, identified as Suleman (50), a resident of Vamanjoor, had arranged the marriage of the accused, Mustafa (30) eight months ago.

A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan said 14 suicide cases were reported from the city so far this year.

A shopkeeper said they have removed the word ‘Pak’ from all their sweets and replaced it with ‘Shree’.

Amit Shah credited the success of Operation Sindoor to a combination of leadership, intelligence, and military capability.

The top court made the judgment while hearing a petition filed by a Tamil Nadu woman, a government teacher, who was denied maternity leave after the birth of her child…

We’ve long known that a lack of sleep is bad for the heart – but scientists are now starting to understand exactly how it causes harm.

Ron Prosor said that Yaron Lischinsky represented Judeo-Christian values and set an example for young people around the world.

Chinese students at Harvard were cancelling flights home on Friday and seeking legal advice on staying in the United States after President Donald Trump’s administration blocked the famed university from…

Bangladesh’s Muhammad Yunus “needs to remain” in office as interim leader to ensure a peaceful transition of power, a cabinet member and special adviser to Yunus said Friday.

Every year, the race begins anew. Scientists scramble to track mutating viruses, pharmaceutical companies reformulate vaccines and public health systems brace for another season of jabs and logistics.

Billionaire Elon Musk’s DOGE team is expanding use of his artificial intelligence chatbot Grok in the US federal government to analyze data potentially violating conflict-of-interest laws and putting at risk…

Matthew Prince, co-founder and CEO of IT service management company Cloudflare, was stunned after receiving a random email offering to buy his $54 million company.

Chat GPT’s parent company Open AI on Thursday announced a partnership with the United Arab Emirates for first ever international deployment of Stargate OpenAI’s AI infrastructure platform in Abu Dhabi,…

Despite mounting international pressure over its war on Gaza, Israel can lean on central and eastern European countries as faithful allies, for historical and ideological reasons.

For 444 days, William Buckley, a decorated CIA officer, was not just missing. He was trapped, shackled and tortured. Isolated in a Beirut cell so dark and silent it erased…

A ten-year-old girl allegedly died by suicide following a disagreement with her elder sister over watching a television channel in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district, police said on Friday.

Brenden Lee Jones was arrested after his DNA was discovered in rape kit evidence processed in 2024.

Britain signed an agreement Thursday to hand sovereignty over the contested Chagos Islands to Mauritius, a move the government says ensures the future of a US-UK military base that is…

US Federal Bureau of Investigation Assistant Director in Charge Steven J. Jensen called the tragic murder of 2 Israeli Embassy employees outside the Jewish National Museum in Washington.