Hezbollah important pillar of security in West Asia: Iran envoy at condolence meet for Hassan Nasrallah

They say the death of Nasrallah will not impact the military campaign against Israel and that Hezbollah’s fight will continue

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Fed Chair Powell says U.S. economy is in 'solid shape' with more rate cuts coming

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China's Xi Jinping calls for Taiwan reunification in national day speech

President Xi Jinping calls for opposition to Taiwanese independence, emphasising China’s goal of reunification with Taiwan

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Harris is set to rally again in Las Vegas as both campaigns emphasise swing-state Nevada

Vice President Kamala Harris attended a San Francisco fundraiser and had plans for an event in Los Angeles before heading to Nevada, with a return to Washington set for Monday night.

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Donald Trump, anxious for a win in Pennsylvania, holds rally in Erie

Many allies and informal advisers to Trump privately characterize Pennsylvania as the most important of the battleground states in the Nov. 5 election

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says former rival, Gideon Saar, has joined his Cabinet

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin on Sunday appointed a former rival, Gideon Saar, as a member of his Cabinet

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Shigeru Ishiba: Old hand, new role

The former Defence Minister takes over as Japan’s PM at a time when the country is grappling with persistent economic and growing social challenges

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9 dead, 48 missing in migrant boat shipwreck off Spanish island

Thousands of migrants have died in recent years setting off into the Atlantic to reach Europe onboard overcrowded and often dilapidated boats.

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44 dead as Hurricane Helene cuts a swath of destruction across the Southeast

The deaths occurred in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia.

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A journey across the Palk Strait

The Nagapattinam-Kankesanthurai ferry between India and Sri Lanka, restarted in October 2023 after nearly 40 years, was suspended after a week and resumed only this August. While the demand for the service was initially low, it has picked up in the last few weeks. Nacchinarkkiniyan M. travels on the ferry with tourists, traders, and refugees and reports on the excitement and concerns about the initiative in the two countries

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Zelenskyy and Trump meet amid tensions over Ukraine conflict

Ukrainian President seeks a ‘just peace’ as former U.S. President says he maintains ‘good relations’ with both Russia and Ukraine

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Watch: Israel attacks Lebanon: Has India’s position on West Asia shifted at all?

How is India impacted by the spread in the conflict?

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Air strikes in Khartoum as Sudan army attacks paramilitary positions

Since the war began, much of its worst fighting has been in densely populated areas, and both sides have been accused of indiscriminately bombing residential areas

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BRICS countries recognize group’s importance for multipolarity: Jaishankar

The BRICS meeting focused on reforming multilateralism and strengthening development along with Sustainable Development Goals, debt, fair trade and poverty alleviation

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Japan warship asserts right to sail through Taiwan Strait

China's Liaoning aircraft carrier sailed between two Japanese islands near Taiwan for the first time, accompanied by two destroyers recently; Tokyo said the ships entered its contiguous zone, an area up to 24 nautical miles from the Japanese coast, and called the incident "totally unacceptable"

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France and the U.S. are working on a plan for a 21-day cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah

The U.S. and other international mediators have tried and failed for months to broker a cease-fire in Gaza that also would release hostages held by Hamas

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Israel tells its troops to prepare for a possible ground operation in Lebanon

Israel says it targeted Hezbollah weapons and rocket launchers in attacks that have killed more than 600 people, at least a quarter of them women and children, according to Lebanese health officials

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Winds of change in Colombo

Anura Kumara Dissanayake, leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), a party with Marxist origins, said his priorities would be to fix Sri Lanka’s battered economy and wipe out racism.

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EAM Jaishankar meets Foreign Ministers of G4 nations in New York

The G4 nations support each other’s bids for permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council

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Albania plans Sufi Muslim microstate within its borders

The tiny Vatican-like enclave within Albania’s capital Tirana will serve as the political home for Bektashi Muslims

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Bangladesh sends protest note against Amit Shah’s speech in Jharkhand

The protest note from Dhaka came after the Union Home Minister had referred to the issue of influx into India from the neighbourhood

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PM Modi attends tech CEOs roundtable in New York

Among those PM Modi met include Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen.

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India to open new consulates in Boston and Los Angeles: PM Modi

India currently has six consulates in New York, Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, San Francisco and Seattle.

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Our message is clear, Quad is here to stay: PM Modi at Leaders' Summit

A free, open, inclusive and prosperous Indo-Pacific is the grouping's priority, Mr. Modi said, without naming any country

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Pokrovsk: The Russians are coming

With the Russian troops making gains in the battlefield in the east, Ukraine seeks to hurt Russia with drone and missile strikes

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U.N. warns that West Asia violence could escalate into devastating conflagration

As its war in Gaza nears one year old, Israel killed a top Hezbollah commander and other senior figures in the Lebanese movement in an airstrike on Beirut

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Unprecedented level of ‘mob justice’ can turn Bangladesh into a failed state, says criminologist

Incidents of mob justice or mob bullying began almost immediately after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina administration with students often forcing college and university teachers to resign citing political affiliation

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The stakes in Sri Lanka’s ninth Presidential election

The country votes in the backdrop of the major churning that has happened in its political arena

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Germany to approve 397 million euros in extra Ukraine military aid, letter says

Germany is Ukraine’s biggest supporter in Europe in terms of military aid

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Student ally of Bangladesh former PM Hasina beaten to death on campus

Ahmed is at least the second leader of the Awami League’s student wing to be killed this month

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Rights group allege Bangladesh Army was inactive while indigenous people attacked in CHT

Indigenous Chakma groups have been alleging that a systematic military-led process took place during 1979 to 1983 to facilitate influx of at least 5,00,000 “plains settlers” into the Chittagong Hill Tracts

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U.N. General Assembly widely supports Palestinian resolution demanding Israel end its occupation; India abstains from voting

Only a two-state solution achieved through direct and meaningful negotiations between both sides, will lead to peace, India’s representative said

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China will be ‘high’ on Quad Summit agenda: White House Spokesperson

U.S. President Joe Biden will host Quad leaders in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware, on September 21

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First post Covid cut: U.S. Fed slashes rate by 50 bps

Policymakers voted 11-to-1 in favor of lowering the U.S. central bank's benchmark lending rate to between 4.75% and 5.00%, the Fed announced

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Japan’s Defense Ministry says North Korea has test-fired a ballistic missile

Japan’s military says it detected North Korea test-firing at least one ballistic missile, adding to its military demonstrations as tensions with Washington and neighbors escalate

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Interim Government gives magisterial and policing powers to Bangladesh Army

The order is being interpreted as a step that will give greater responsibility to the Army in executing administrative and policing responsibilities across Bangladesh

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Two senior media professionals arrested in Bangladesh

A source in Bangladesh said genocide cases have been lodged against Sheikh Hasina for her role in the killing of protesters during July to August 2024 and the two senior media professionals have been arrested for remarks that they might have made regarding the protest

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Trump blames Biden and Harris 'rhetoric' for assassination bids

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Israel-Hamas war latest: Israeli airstrikes kill 16 in Gaza, including 4 children, Palestinians say

Israeli airstrikes in Gaza kill 16, including women and children, as UNRWA successfully vaccinates 90% of Gaza’s children against polio

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Trump is safe after shots reported in his vicinity in Florida, Secret Service and campaign says

The news comes roughly two months after the Republican presidential nominee was shot during an assassination attempt

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Bangladesh hosts high-level U.S. diplomats, seeks assistance for completing post-Hasina reforms

The U.S. Agency for International Development grants $200 million to Bangladesh

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A crucial election in Sri Lanka | Explained

Why is the upcoming election on September 21 significant for Sri Lanka? How has the political landscape in Sri Lanka changed in recent years, especially after former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was ousted mid-term during the island’s economic crisis? Who are the leading candidates in the presidential election?

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Russia, Ukraine swap 206 prisoners of war in UAE-brokered deal

The Russians released in the swap were captured during Ukraine's incursion into the Kursk region, Moscow said, while some of the Ukrainians freed had been held prisoner since Moscow seized the Azovstal steel plant in May 2022

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Trump pledges to deport Haitians from Ohio city; Biden calls for attacks to stop

Two elementary schools were evacuated and one middle school in Springfield was closed on Friday after anonymous bomb threats were made against the community for the second day in a row

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Tech billionaire pulls off first private spacewalk high above Earth

The commercial spacewalk was the main focus of the five-day flight financed by Isaacman and Elon Musk’s company, and the culmination of years of development geared toward settling Mars and other planets.

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Harvey Weinstein indicted on additional sex crimes charges ahead of New York retrial

Prosecutors retrying Weinstein's overturned rape conviction disclosed last week that they had begun presenting to a grand jury evidence of up to three additional allegations against Weinstein, dating as far back as the mid-2000s.

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Biden sports Trump hat in show of 9/11 anniversary ‘unity’

Video and still images of the president in the hat, bearing the slogan “Trump 2024,” quickly went viral

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North Korea fires multiple short-range ballistic missiles

It is Pyongyang's first apparent weapons test since July 1, and comes days after the isolated, nuclear-armed country marked a key anniversary celebrating the founding of the ruling regime.

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Australia proposes legal minimum age for children accessing social media

The Australian government has promised to legislate this year to enforce a minimum age for children to access social media but has yet to announce how ages will be verified

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India hosts 12th review meeting of Greater Male Connectivity Project

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Six Indians released from Russian Army

Move comes months after Modi raised the issue “personally” with President Putin during his visit to Moscow in July

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Israel releases video of a Gaza tunnel where it says Hamas killed six hostages

The footage of the Gaza tunnel had been shown to the hostages’ families, says Israeli military spokesman

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Kate, princess of Wales, says she’ll return to public duties

Kate, the Princess of Wales, says she has completed chemotherapy and will return to some public duties in the coming months

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India supports Israel-Hamas ceasefire as ‘soon as possible’: EAM Jaishankar

‘The current situation in Gaza is now understandably our foremost concern,’ says Jaishankar at India-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Ministerial Meeting for Strategic Dialogue in Riyadh.

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Bangladesh to seek extradition of Sheikh Hasina from India

Ms. Hasina's government was accused of widespread human rights abuses, including the mass detention and extrajudicial killing of her political opponents

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Australia's census to include sexual orientation, gender questions for first time

The questions will be optional and only asked of those over 16 years of age

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Russia takes Ukrainian town in advance on Pokrovsk

Russian forces, which control about a fifth of Ukraine since invading in February 2022, are advancing in eastern Ukraine in an attempt to take the whole of the Donbas, which is about half the size of the U.S. state of Ohio

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As India and U.S. agree to swap turns, Biden to host Quad Summit at his hometown

India will instead host summit in 2025, indicating Donald Trump or Kamala Harris will visit next year.

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Navdeep's silver upgraded to gold in men's javelin throw F41 at Paralympics

This is India's first-ever gold medal in the men's javelin F41 category.

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U.S. and U.K. spy chiefs praise Ukraine’s ’audacious’ Russia incursion and call for a Gaza cease-fire

The heads of the British and American foreign intelligence agencies say Ukraine’s surprise incursion into Russia is a significant achievement that could change the narrative of the grinding war

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Social media platform X back up after brief outage, Downdetector shows

The cause of the outage is still unknown

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Cockpit audio indicates de-icing problems in deadly Brazil plane crash last month, investigators say

Weather reports from the day of the accident predicted ice formation in the region where the plane went down.

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Judge delays Donald Trump's sentencing in hush money case until after November election

It had been scheduled for September 18, about seven weeks before Election Day

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France's new PM tackles first challenge of forming cabinet

Taking over from 35-year-old Gabriel Attal, a centrist half his age who was the country's first openly gay premier, Barnier pledged to take on his new task with "humility".

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Donald Trump says he would have Elon Musk lead a government efficiency commission

Former President Donald Trump says he would create a government efficiency commission to audit the entire federal government, led by Elon Musk

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Hunter Biden enters surprise guilty plea to avoid tax trial months after his gun conviction

The President’s son was already facing potential prison time after his June conviction on felony gun charges

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Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba resigns, says parliament speaker

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba resigns amid major government reshuffle following Russia’s invasion, part of significant reset

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Islamic State group claims Kabul suicide attack that killed at least 6

IS claims Kabul bombing killed 45 in attack on Taliban-run prisons, escalating violence post-Taliban takeover

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Bangladesh ex-PM Khaleda Zia acquitted in five cases

Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has been acquitted in five separate cases, including one filed over allegations of celebrating a “fake birthday” and another for supporting war criminals

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Case of Telegram founder Durov raises human rights concerns: UN

The Russian-born chief of the popular but controversial messaging app was sensationally detained at Le Bourget airport outside Paris on August 24

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Russian leader Putin challenges international warrant for his arrest with visit to Mongolia

Russian President Vladimir Putin is visiting Mongolia with no sign that the host country will bow to calls to arrest him on an international warrant for alleged war crimes stemming from the invasion of Ukraine

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The churn in Bangladesh

Amid reports of attacks on minorities, chief adviser to the interim government Muhammad Yunus told the nation in a recent televised address, that citizens of Bangladesh will not be discriminated against, based on their religion or political beliefs.

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A suicide bomber detonates in Afghan capital, killing at least 6 people and injuring 13

The dead included one woman, he said, while 13 people were wounded, all of them civilians

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Nirmala Sitharaman hails Japanese anime director Miyazaki on winning Ramon Magsaysay Award

Ms. Sitharaman described Mr. Miyazaki as a magician

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Helicopter crash that killed Iran’s President was caused by climatic conditions, report finds

Iranian state TV says an official investigation into the helicopter crash in May that killed Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi and seven other people found it was caused by challenging climatic and atmospheric conditions

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Wreckage of helicopter missing in Russia’s far east located; 17 bodies found

Rescuers have located a helicopter that went missing in Russia’s far east with 22 people on board, officials said

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