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 Following setbacks in Operation Sundoor, the Indian government has once again resorted to leveling false allegations against Pakistan. After the embarrassment of the Pahalgam false flag operation, another fabricated drama has surfaced in Indian media. According to reports, Indian outlets have claimed—without evidence—that Mumbai Traffic Control Room received fake calls about bombs planted at various locations in the city. In …

Japanese Prince Hisahito, son of Crown Prince Akishino wearing an ancient ceremonial costume, leaves for a ceremony by a carriage at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on September 6, 2025. — AFP  TOKYO: Japan on Saturday heralded the coming-of-age of Prince Hisahito with an elaborate ceremony at the Imperial Palace, where a succession crisis is brewing. The nephew of Emperor …

A view of the USAID building in Washington, DC, US, February 1, 2025. — Reuters Appeals court blocks Trump’s foreign aid cuts. Trump loses bid to freeze $4bn foreign aid. Laws binding unless Congress changes them: judge A US appeals court on Friday declined to block a lower court ruling that said President Donald Trump’s administration could not unilaterally cut …

Representational image shows a Great White shark pictured in the Eastern North Pacific in this undated handout photograph courtesy of Kevin Weng, University of Hawaii. — Reuters SYDNEY: A suspected “large shark” mauled a surfer to death in a rare fatal attack off a Sydney beach on Saturday, Australian police and rescuers said, leading to a string of beach closures. …

Bhumjaithai Party leader Anutin Charnvirakul gestures in the parliament chamber in Bangkok on Sep 5, 2025. — AFP Parliament confirms Anutin as PM ending week-long power vacuum.  PM receives backing of People’s Party, which holds plurality of seats. Apex court due to rule on Tuesday over Thaksin’s hospital stay. Thailand’s next prime minister has pledged to make good on his …

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday paving the way for a new blacklist of countries accused of unjustly detaining American citizens, warning of tough penalties including travel bans. The order allows Washington to designate nations as “state sponsors of wrongful detention,” a move likened to the powerful designation of state sponsors of terrorism. “With this executive order, …

A boy stands in front of houses damaged by a deadly earthquake that struck Afghanistan’s Kunar and Nangarhar provinces, at Masud village in Nurgal district, Kunar province, Afghanistan, September 4, 2025. — Reuter Trump administration ends virtually all aid to Afghanistan in April.  UN says initial donations came from multiple countries, but more needed. IRC needs Washington’s permission to send …

US President Donald Trump speaks after signing an executive order, as US Vice President JD Vance and US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth look on, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., US, August 25, 2025. — Reuters WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has signed an order to bring back the old War Department name for the Pentagon, …

Pakistani-origin British politician Shabana Mahmood smiles as she walks towards No 10 in London, Britain.— Reuters/File Pakistani-origin politician Shabana Mahmood was appointed Britain’s new interior minister on Friday as Prime Minister Keir Starmer carried out his first major cabinet reshuffle since taking office in July 2024. Starmer brought in his “loyal friends” on Friday in a sweeping reshuffle intended to …

British Labour Party leader Keir Starmer speaks during Prime Minister’s Questions, at the House of Commons in London, Britain, May 24, 2023.— Reuters  Starmer appoints new deputy, foreign, interior ministers. Reshuffle sparked by resignation of Rayner. Starmer sad to lose ‘trusted colleague. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer brought in a new deputy and foreign and interior ministers on Friday in …