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"We have a real chance for greatness in the Middle East ": Trump hints "something special"

Washington, Sept. 28 -- Hinting at "something special," US President Donald Trump on Sunday claimed that "all are on board" for the "greatness" in the Middle East. It remained unclear what "greatness... Read More


Air strikes, shooting kill at least 57 people in Gaza

Published on, Sept. 28 -- September 28, 2025 4:47 AM Israeli strikes and gunfire killed at least 57 people across Gaza, health officials said Saturday, as international pressure grows for a ceasefire... Read More


China's former agriculture minister gets suspended death sentence for bribery

Sri Lanka, Sept. 28 -- Tang Renjian, China's former minister of agriculture and rural affairs, was sentenced to death with reprieve for bribery at a court in Jilin province on Sunday (Sep 28), accordi... Read More


Gaza death toll surpasses 66,000 as Israel-Hamas war, famine crisis deepen

India, Sept. 28 -- The death toll in the Israel-Hamas war has now surpassed 66,000, as per the latest figures released by Gaza's Health Ministry on Sunday. Among the dead were 79 who were brought to h... Read More


Port Qasim's global recognition 'matter of national pride': maritime minister

Published on, Sept. 28 -- September 28, 2025 4:24 AM Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs Muhammad Junaid Anwar Chaudhry has hailed the World Bank's recognition of Port Qasim as the ninth most impro... Read More


24 Pakistanis safe after Israeli drone strike in Yemen

Published on, Sept. 28 -- September 28, 2025 4:24 PM The Foreign Office has confirmed that all 24 Pakistani crew members aboard a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tanker attacked by an Israeli drone in ... Read More


Poetry pick: Grief by Meera Ganapathi

India, Sept. 28 -- The trouble with the dead isthey're still alive to some of us; when I nearly step on a fallen sparrowlong eyes shut, feathers gleaming, it doesn't look dead enough to meand I think ... Read More


Draft bill to overhaul Indian Statistical Institute unveiled

New Delhi, Sept. 28 -- The Union government has unveiled a new draft bill that aims to bring sweeping changes to the iconic Indian Statistical Institute, a 94-year-old centre that helped design some o... Read More


Ex-Hamas insider urges israelis to launch counter-flotilla against Gaza activists

Tel Aviv, Sept. 28 -- Mosab Hassan Yousef, the son of a senior Hamas leader who later became an Israeli intelligence asset, has called on Israelis to mount a counter-flotilla in response to an interna... Read More


'PM Modi has contributed significantly to the world': Trinidad and Tobago PM praises India's humanitarian diplomacy

New York, Sept. 28 -- Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar of Trinidad and Tobago was given a vibrant Indian welcome in New York City on Saturday on the sidelines of UNGA 80, complete with traditiona... Read More