Palestinian Ambassador to India Abdullah Abu Shawesh welcomed US President Donald Trump's announcement of the first phase of the Gaza Peace Plan, saying Palestinians support any effort to end the bloodshed in Gaza and ensure their families can live peacefully with full stomachs.
UN human rights experts have asked China and Vietnam to explain the arrest, disappearance, and suspicious death of Tibetan spiritual leader Tulku Hungkar Dorje Rinpoche in Ho Chi Minh City, warning that both governments may have violated international human rights laws, according to Phayul.
Israel's health, justice, and security institutions began mobilising on Thursday for the long-awaited return of hostages held by Hamas and the parallel release of Palestinian prisoners.
In a move described as 'historic,' Israel's Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security will provide support totalling approximately 65 million Shekels (USD 19.7 million) per year to fish farmers in Israel.
The United Kingdom on Thursday signed a new £350 million defence deal with India that will support hundreds of jobs in Northern Ireland while supplying India, 'a key strategic partner,' with air defence missiles and launchers
Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with United States President Donald Trump on Thursday and congratulated him on the success of the historic Gaza peace plan.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced the UK-India Technology Security Initiative in Mumbai, highlighting new collaborations in tech, education, and film. He said the partnership is being 'remade for modern times,' with shared goals across trade, energy, and innovation.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised the issue of Khalistani extremism during a meeting with his British counterpart Keir Starmer and emphasised that radicalism and violent extremism have no place in democratic societies.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomed progress toward Middle East peace, thanking the US and President Trump for their leadership. He expressed hope for the release of Israeli hostages, an end to violence in Gaza, and called for firm global pressure on Russia to ensure lasting peace and security.
Israeli Prime Minister praised US President Donald Trump in a post on X, saying he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize, sharing a photo of Trump celebrating under a 'Peace Through Strength' banner.
The Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet crashed on December 25, 2024, while on a flight from Baku to Grozny, the regional capital of the Russian republic of Chechnya
US Senator James Risch has introduced the Deter PRC Aggression Against Taiwan Act to sanction Chinese entities if Beijing uses force against Taiwan. The bill proposes a joint State-Treasury task force to coordinate sanctions, deter aggression, and support Taiwan amid rising cross-strait tensions.
She has made early childhood development one of her primary causes
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, speaking at the India-UK CEO Forum in Mumbai, announced the opening of India's nuclear power sector to private players. He highlighted infrastructure and renewable energy goals, ongoing economic reforms, and GST changes aimed at boosting growth, ease of doing business, and MSME opportunities.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing the Global Fintech Fest in Mumbai, highlighted India's fintech leadership, digital innovation, and inclusive governance. He praised UPI, ONDC, and OCEN for empowering small businesses and noted that half of the world's real-time digital transactions now take place in India.
Noting that nearly 50 per cent of the world's real-time digital transactions are taking place in India, PM Modi said on Thursday said that there is no area in which India and UK cannot expand cooperation and combination of India's talent and scale and the UK's Research and Development and expertise has the potential to achieve major results.
Human Rights in China (HRIC) has released its latest weekly brief, painting a grim picture of escalating repression under President Xi Jinping's rule, highlighting the Chinese Communist Party's tightening control over civil liberties, religious freedom, and dissent across the country and beyond its borders.
the late American essayist Susan Sontag dubbed the 'contemporary master of the apocalypse,' Krasznahorkai's novels - often set in shivering Central European villages - depict townsfolk searching for meaning in symbols scattered across a godless world.
The literature prize is the fourth to be announced this week, following the 2025 Nobels in medicine, physics and chemistry
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that India has democratised digital technology, making it accessible to every citizen and every region of the country and is among the most technologically inclusive societies in the world.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday expressed confidence that India and the United Kingdom will double bilateral trade from the existing approximately USD 56 billion before the mutually set target of 2030.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday paid homage at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, honouring the memory of Indian soldiers who fought valiantly alongside their Australian counterparts in distant lands.
US President Donald Trump spoke about the strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities earlier this year, noting that Iran was close to developing nuclear weapons and if that had happened then the Gaza peace deal would not have been po
French President Emmanuel Macron and EU chief Ursula von der Leyen welcomed the Gaza ceasefire and hostage-release deal, praising mediation by the US, Qatar, Egypt, and Turkiye. Both leaders urged all sides to uphold the agreement and called for lasting peace based on the two-state solution.
In first key text, Pope Leo urges Catholics to help immigrants
United Kingdom's Prime Minister Keir Starmer shared that he discussed the situation in West Asia with PM Modi and welcomed the first steps towards the peace plan in Gaza. He also shared that the two leaders discussed the need for a just and lasting peace in Ukraine, and the need for stability and security in the Indo-Pacific.
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On the sidelines of the 60th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), in an exclusive interview with ANI, political activist from Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan (PoGB), Sherbaz Khan has accused Pakistan of exploiting the region's disputed status while denying its people constitutional rights, representation, and control over their own land and resources.
Shotaro Odate is best known for pioneering seatbelts with an electric system that adjusts tension based on crash impact and dynamics
Deputy Prime Minister Marles accepted the invitation of Defence Minister Singh to visit India for the Annual Defence Ministers' Dialogue in 2026.