Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh said on Saturday (May 30, 2026) that a BrahMos missile deal with Vietnam had already been signed, while a similar pact involving Indonesia was in the final stages. Mr. Singh is in Singapore to attend the Shangri-La Dialogue, and his comments were in response to a question on potential buyers…
Suspended senior Buddhist monk Pallegama Hemarathana. File | Photo Credit: AFP Sri Lanka’s Buddhist hierarchy suspended on Saturday (May 30, 2026) a senior monk accused of sexually abusing an 11-year-old girl, in a high-profile case that has shocked the religiously conservative nation. In a rare disciplinary move, 71-year-old Pallegama Hemarathana was stripped of his responsibilities…
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Russia’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement “The Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Armenia, Sergei Pavlovich Kopyrkin, has been recalled to Moscow for consultations in connection with steps taken by the Armenian leadership toward rapprochement with the European Union.” FIle | Photo Credit: Reuters Russia said…
A bus carrying young athletes to a competition in Hungary early Saturday (May 30, 2026) veered into the opposing lane and then collided with a tree, killing the driver and injuring nearly two dozen, police said. The accident occurred near the town of Hird in southwestern Hungary at around 5:20 a.m. local time, Baranya County…
Rescue workers in Laos said Saturday (May 30, 2026) they have safely evacuated four villagers trapped in a flooded cave for 10 days, the day after another one was successfully extracted. Two men remain missing. Lao and Thai rescue groups posted about the successful operation on social media, along with photos of the men lying…
US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Saturday (May 30, 2026) credited President Donald Trump with helping broker peace between India and Pakistan, while describing New Delhi as a key partner in Washington’s Indo-Pacific strategy. Speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Mr. Hegseth referred to the understanding reached between India and Pakistan after their…
The United States warned on Saturday (May 30, 2026) that it was “more than capable” of resuming war with Iran after U.S. President Donald Trump said any peace deal must adhere to his red lines, including Tehran never being able to develop nuclear weapons. Also read | Trump ponders whether to move forward with Iran…
Shrey Parikh, a 14-year-old Indian-American student from California, on Friday (May 29, 2026) won the Scripps National Spelling Bee after he spelt 32 of the 35 words correctly in 90 seconds. Parikh, an eighth grade student from Day Creek Intermediate School, spelt ‘Bromocriptine’ correctly in the 90-second spell-off. Bromocriptine is an alkaloid that mimics the…
India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Harish Parvathaneni, highlighted that “Blue Helmets continue to be the face of the UN in crisis spots in different parts of the world”. | Photo Credit: Reuters India underlined its “unflinching commitment” to UN peacekeeping as it paid homage at a solemn ceremony here to peacekeepers who sacrificed…
The United States Government has released a new trove of documents on various cases of “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena” (UAPs) – many of which would have been described in the past as Unidentified Flying Objects or UFOs – including photos, videos and reports of unexplained events sighted in the sky and in space. The files detail…