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Suvendu Adhikari sworn in as West Bengal’s first BJP chief minister
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Middle East
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Europe
US trade court rules Trump tariffs illegal
9 May 2026, 00:00 AM
USA
Gulf clash clouds truce deal hopes
9 May 2026, 00:00 AM
US-Israel war on Iran
US SC lets Trump revoke legal status for 5 lakh migrants
The US Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump a major victory Friday in his immigration crackdown, giving his administration the green light to revoke the legal status of half a million migrants from four Caribbean and Latin American countries.
31 May 2025, 18:00 PM
India floods kill five in northeast
Torrential monsoon rains in India’s northeast triggered landslides and floods that swept away and killed at least five people in Assam, disaster officials said yesterday.
31 May 2025, 18:00 PM
Trump ‘tough love’ better than no love
The European Union’s diplomatic chief Kaja Kallas yesterday said the continent was beefing up defence spending after “tough love” from the Trump administration, as she called for stronger ties to counter China’s “economic might”.
31 May 2025, 18:00 PM
China ‘preparing’ to use military force in Asia
US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth yesterday warned that China was “credibly preparing” to use military force to upend the balance of power in Asia, vowing the United States was “here to stay” in the region.
31 May 2025, 18:00 PM
60 more killed in Gaza
Israeli strikes killed at least 60 people in Gaza yesterday as Tel Aviv warned of annihilating Hamas if it does not accept a hostage deal in Gaza.
31 May 2025, 18:00 PM
India says changed tactics worked well in conflict with Pakistan
India suffered initial losses in the air, says India's chief of defence staff
31 May 2025, 11:05 AM
Israel won't cooperate with Arab ministers visiting West Bank: official
Israel this week announced the creation of 22 new West Bank settlements
31 May 2025, 08:52 AM
Musk vows to stay Trump's 'friend' in bizarre black-eyed farewell
As the world's richest person bowed out of his role as Trump's cost-cutter-in-chief, the Republican hailed Musk's "incredible service" and handed him a golden key to the White House.
31 May 2025, 05:15 AM
Trump says Chinese students in US will 'be ok'
Trump's administration this week said it would specifically target permissions for Chinese students, in its latest broadside against US higher education.
31 May 2025, 05:10 AM
Saudi warned Iran to reach nuclear deal with Trump or risk Israeli strike
While media covered the 37-year-old prince's visit, the content of the King Salman's covert message has not been previously reported.
31 May 2025, 04:18 AM
Trump says he plans to double steel, aluminum tariffs to 50%
The doubling of steel and aluminum levies intensifies Trump's global trade war
31 May 2025, 04:06 AM
Biden says 'I'm feeling good' after cancer diagnosis
Former US President Joe Biden told reporters Friday he was feeling "optimistic" about the future after delivering his first public remarks since revealing he had an aggressive form of prostate cancer
31 May 2025, 02:20 AM
Pentagon chief warns China 'preparing' to use military force in Asia
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth warned Saturday that China was "credibly preparing" to use military force to upend the balance of power in Asia, vowing the United States was "here to stay" in the Indo-Pacific region
31 May 2025, 02:16 AM
US suggests student visa suspension to be brief
The US State Department indicated Thursday that a global suspension on visa processing for international students would be brief, as it ramps up scrutiny of applicants’ social media activity.
30 May 2025, 19:17 PM
3,000-year-old Mayan city found in Guatemala
Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a Mayan city nearly 3,000 years old in northern Guatemala, with pyramids and monuments that point to its significance as an important ceremonial site, the Central American country’s culture ministry said Thursday.
30 May 2025, 19:10 PM
UN warns all of Gaza at risk of famine
Gaza is “the hungriest place on Earth”, the United Nations said yesterday, warning that the Palestinian territory’s entire population was now at risk of famine.
30 May 2025, 19:09 PM
Pak, India close to completing border troop reduction
Pakistan and India are close to reducing the troop build up along their border to levels before conflict erupted between the nuclear-armed neighbours this month, a top Pakistani military official told Reuters yesterday, although he warned the crisis had increased the risk of escalation in the future.
30 May 2025, 18:00 PM
IS claims first attack on new Syria forces
The Islamic State (IS) group on Thursday evening claimed its first attack on Syria’s new government forces since the fall of longtime Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, two war monitors said.
30 May 2025, 18:00 PM
Israel intercepts missile fired from Yemen
The Israeli army said it had intercepted a missile launched from Yemen on Thursday evening after air raid sirens sounded in the centre of the country and explosions were heard over Jerusalem.
30 May 2025, 18:00 PM
US SC lets Trump revoke ‘parole’ status for migrants
The US Supreme Court yesterday let President Donald Trump’s administration revoke the temporary legal status of hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan, Cuban, Haitian and Nicaraguan migrants living in the United States, bolstering the Republican president’s drive to step up deportations.
30 May 2025, 18:00 PM