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2 boats struck in the Pacific as US continues drug pushback; toll climbs to 37

India, Oct. 23 -- The United States' department of war launched a "lethal kinetic strike" on a vessel allegedly carrying drugs in the eastern Pacific ocean on Wednesday (local time), said secretary of... Read More


Saudi Arabia, US, Qatar, others reject Israeli bills to annex occupied West Bank

Nigeria, Oct. 23 -- Israel's proposed bills to annex parts of the occupied West Bank have drawn swift condemnation from several countries, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkiye, Jordan, and the Pales... Read More


Zelensky pushes EU to unlock €140bn in frozen Russian assets

France, Oct. 23 -- Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday urged European leaders to quickly allow his country to use €140 billion in frozen Russian assets to repair the damage caused... Read More


Peacekeeping ops face unprecedented complexities in today's conflicts: CISC

New Delhi, Oct. 23 -- Modern warfare is increasingly multi-faceted and borderless and conflicts today involve a mix of state forces, non-state militias and terrorist groups, leading to "unprecedented ... Read More


When useless work ethic meets the useless class in northern Nigeria, By Mohammed Dahiru Aminu

Nigeria, Oct. 23 -- There is a dangerous philosophical sickness spreading in northern Nigeria. It has taken hold of the minds of many young people who now claim that one's progress in life is not the ... Read More


Vietnam treasures relations with South Africa: State President

Hanoi, Oct. 23 -- Vietnam values its traditional friendship with South Africa, its close friend and first African partner with which it established a partnership for cooperation and development framew... Read More


Oil prices jump 5% as US sanctions hit Russian crude giants

New Delhi, Oct. 23 -- Oil prices jumped on Thursday after the United States unveiled sanctions targeting Russia's biggest oil companies, threatening supplies from one of the world's top producing nati... Read More


Karnataka locals 'celebrate' Deepawali by lighting diyas in potholes

Hyderabad, Oct. 23 -- While most people light diyas and burst crackers to celebrate Deepawali, residents of an old age home in Karnataka's Mandya district turned the festival into an opportunity to sp... Read More


India must master rare earth recycling-and not just to ease China's chokehold

New Delhi, Oct. 23 -- The electronics and information technology ministry's proposal to include the recycling of rare earth materials in the government's production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for r... Read More


PM Modi to attend India-ASEAN summit virtually; EAM to represent India

New Delhi, Oct. 23 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not travel to Kuala Lumpur for this year's ASEAN-related meetings, including the East Asia Summit, due to scheduling issues. Instead, he will jo... Read More