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Kushner heads to Netanyahu after rare Hamas meetingPublished on: August 17, 2026 6:08 PM

Pakistan, Aug. 17 -- US envoy Jared Kushner will meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday after rare talks with Hamas officials. The meetings aim to advance President Donald Trump's Ga... Read More


Bangladesh sets Sheikh Hasina's extradition as condition for PM Tarique Rahman's India visit

India, Aug. 17 -- Bangladesh on Sunday set former premier Sheikh Hasina's extradition as a condition for a visit to India by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, with the foreign ministry in Dhaka saying a ... Read More


India's All-Women Peacekeepers Remembered In Liberia

Monrovia, Aug. 17 -- Ten years after India's all-women Formed Police Unit packed up its last tour in Liberia, a new report says their biggest weapon wasn't a baton - it was an example. By Emmanuel We... Read More


India to Host BRICS Environment Working Group Meetings at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi (17-18 August 2026)

Bhubaneswar, Aug. 17 -- India is set to host the 12th BRICS Environment Ministers Meeting in New Delhi on 18.08.2026, preceded by the BRICS Senior Officers' Meeting of the Environment Working Group an... Read More


Xi Jinping Hails Jiang Zemin's 'Indelible' Legacy at Birth Centenary in Beijing

BEIJING, Aug. 17 -- He died in November 2022, but on Monday Jiang Zemin received the treatment still available to a Chinese Communist Party patriarch: an audience with his successor, a recitation of h... Read More


Meet Rohan Naidu, Hyderabad dropout behind black hole study

Hyderabad, Aug. 17 -- Hyderabad-born astronomer Rohan Naidu, who once dropped out of engineering college to pursue his passion for the cosmos, is at the centre of a discovery that is challenging conve... Read More


Liberia: Boakai Calls for County-Led Concrete Action To Improve School Enrollment

Monrovia, Aug. 17 -- President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has called on county superintendents and national leaders to take direct ownership of education reform. By Emmanuel Weedee-Conway President Boakai ... Read More


US stock market today: S&P 500, Dow futures steady after 3-week winning streak; oil rises on Hormuz risks

New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- US stock futures were coming off a solid three-week winning run as tensions in the Middle East escalated over the weekend, keeping crude oil prices higher and offsetting falling ... Read More


L&T bags Rs 15,000-Crore EPCIC Order in West Asia

Mumbai, Aug. 17 -- L&T Energy Hydrocarbon Offshore (LTEH Offshore) officially announced here on Monday that it has secured an "ultra-mega order" to develop multiple offshore facilities from a prestigi... Read More


What is Shahzad Bhatti Network? India carries out multi-state crackdown against ISI-backed group

India, Aug. 17 -- Indian security agencies have carried out a major multi-state crackdown against the ISI-backed Shahzad Bhatti Network (SBN) ahead of Independence Day, dismantling what authorities de... Read More