Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters A cargo ship came under attack on Sunday (July 5, 2026) off the coast of Yemen in the Red Sea, the British military said, the latest maritime attack off the conflict-torn Arab country. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations centre reported the attack off the…
Image used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto India will host the two-day BRICS Heads of Anti-Drug Agencies meeting in Guwahati from Monday (July 6, 2026). Organised by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), the meeting will focus on issues such as combating synthetic drugs, strengthening intelligence sharing and operational coordination, and capacity…
Union MoS Kirti Vardhan Singh. File | Photo Credit: ANI Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh will lead the Indian delegation that will participate in the inaugural United Nations’ Global Dialogue on AI Governance in Geneva from July 6-7, the MEA said on Sunday (July 5, 2026). Also read | UN report…
Howling winds and lashing rains battered Guam and the Northern Marianas late on Sunday (July 5, 2026), hours before the projected arrival of a “super typhoon” with equivalent force to a category-5 hurricane over the U.S. Pacific territories. Super Typhoon Bavi was forecast to roar westwards over the area early on Monday (July 6, 2026)…
Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri. File picture | Photo Credit: AP A pastor of a prominent underground church who was detained in China in October has been released, less than two months after U.S. President Donald Trump brought up his case when meeting Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing, according to rights advocates. Pastor Ezra Jin…
Muhammad Raza Dar, one of the principal accused, is a relative of Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar. Some reports also suggest that Raza Dar is a grandson of Ishaq Dar. File picture | Photo Credit: Reuters Investigators in Pakistan probing the abduction and gangrape of two foreign women have begun examining…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a Fourth of July rally, marking the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on July 4, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters A performer at the funeral for Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called for the death of U.S. President Donald Trump…
On June 2, 2026, the Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF), a Palestinian rights organisation based in Brussels, filed a complaint with the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, the Bureau of Immigration and the police to arrest Eitan Gilboa, an Israeli soldier, who was found to be vacationing in Himachal Pradesh. Gilboa, a member of the 271st…
The people who were about to become United States citizens sat in folding chairs on George Washington’s lawn at Mount Vernon on Saturday (July 4, 2026), 250 years after the Declaration of Independence. The sun beat down, and the well-dressed crowd was a flutter of paddle fans stamped with American flags. Their families clung to…
President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: AP Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu could visit the White House as early as next week, U.S. President Donald Trump told Axios on Saturday (July 5, 2026), adding that the Prime Minister “knows who the boss is” in their relationship. The possible meeting comes amid reports of tensions between the…