Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on July 1 suggested that the Centre make Jammu and Kashmir a gateway between South and Central Asia, and use its geographical location to strengthen ties with Pakistan and China. Source link
A Hindu student, who also works as a temple priest, was allegedly held captive and assaulted for money by unidentified persons in Bangladesh, a local media report said on Tuesday (July 1, 2026). Subhash Deuri, a 25-year-old law student at Jagannath University in Dhaka, was targeted by unidentified persons late on Monday (June 30, 2026),…
Palau’s President Surangel Whipps. File | Photo Credit: AFP The United States has started deporting migrants to a sparsely populated archipelago in the tropical Pacific, the island nation of Palau told AFP on Wednesday (July 1, 2026). President Donald Trump has led a push to expel asylum seekers and undocumented migrants from the United States,…
Venezuelan merchant Grian Serrano has survived two of the country’s worst natural disasters: the devastating 1999 mudslides that ravaged the coastal state of La Guaira and, 26 years later, two powerful earthquakes that struck the same region. Bruised around his left eye and across much of his body, 46-year-old Mr. Serrano is recovering from the…
Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman. | Photo Credit: Reuters Forty days of war, more than sixty days of tense negotiations, and then a memorandum of understanding. Yet, the U.S. still has no easy solution to a problem that did not exist before it joined Israel in launching its war…
General view of people in the stands amidst the heatwave during the round of 16 match between Madison Keys of the U.S. and Spain’s Jessica Bouzas Maneiro. | Photo Credit: Reuters More than 1,000 deaths in Spain were attributed to the recent heatwave that roasted Europe, as the country posted the hottest first six months…
Venezuela — hit by twin earthquakes on June 24 — is struggling to build itself back up. With official rescues dropping dramatically, the death toll has risen to 1,943 and the number of injured has almost doubled to 10,571, according to latest information. From India sending a field hospital under Operation Amistad and two IAF…
U.S. President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The U.S. has de-listed four Indian companies from its sanctions list, which were accused of supplying advanced technology and equipment for Russia’s military-industrial base. The companies have been deleted from the Office of Foreign Assets Control’s (OFAC) Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN) List. The…
Democratic congressional candidate Melat Kiros speaks to supporters at an election-night watch party after winning the Colorado primary on June 30, 2026, in Denver, Colorado. Kiros defeated incumbent Rep. Diana DeGette in the Democratic primary. | Photo Credit: Getty Images via AFP Democratic socialist Melat Kiros defeated 15-term U.S. Representative Diana DeGette on Tuesday (June…
Congolese health workers receive a patient at the Rwampara General Hospital as authorities intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain outbreak in Rwampara outside Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo has increased…