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Bangladesh Criminal Charges: Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus Faces Sedition Allegations Carrying Death Penalty

New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- DHAKA - The Nobel Peace Prize once gave Muhammad Yunus the world's most impenetrable shield. In August 2026, that shield is showing its cracks. Multiple criminal allegations hav... Read More


Trump Orders Cuts to US-South Korea Military Drills, Calling Them 'Hostile' to Kim Jong Un

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 -- South Korea's Ministry of Defence announced Monday morning that its annual joint military exercises with the United States would proceed on schedule, hours after President Donal... Read More


Silver Rate Today, August 17, 2026: Rs.2,49,900 a Kg as the Counter Cuts and the Exchange Climbs

New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- The silver rate today moved in the wrong direction, and it moved by exactly one hundred rupees. Rs.2,49,900 a kilogram, down from Rs.2,50,000 on Sunday. Over the same weekend, t... Read More


Houthi Missiles Kill Four in Yemen's Al-Makha, Strike Marib as Civil War Escalates

SANA'A, Aug. 17 -- The port director of al-Makha spent most of Saturday watching his operations come to a halt for the third consecutive day. Houthi missiles had struck the Red Sea city's outskirts an... Read More


Israeli Airstrikes Kill Eleven in Southern Lebanon Despite Two US-Brokered Ceasefires

New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- Seven people were killed in Ansar village in southern Lebanon on Saturday when Israeli warplanes struck what Beirut's government described as a residential area. Three more were ... Read More


Waymo Wins California Approval to Expand Robotaxi Service to Sacramento and San Diego

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 17 -- California has given Waymo permission to operate autonomous robotaxis across more of the state, approving the Alphabet-owned company's bid to expand its driverless ride-haili... Read More


Ukraine's Largest Drone Assault Hits Wildberries Warehouses and Rocket Fuel Plant Near Moscow

KYIV, Aug. 17 -- The fires at Wildberries' main distribution warehouse in Koledino were still visible from the roadside well into Sunday morning. The 250,000-square-metre facility, the company's large... Read More


Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Says AI Backlash Is a 'Crisis of Trust' While Admitting Promises Undelivered

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 17 -- The debate Dario Amodei chose to have on X last weekend was, on its surface, a garden-variety tech-platform argument: an investor told the Anthropic chief executive he needed... Read More


Israel Attacks Lebanon Despite Ceasefire, Killing 11 in Nabatieh

New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- BEIRUT - The house in Ansar village was destroyed from the air. Seven people died in the rubble; three more were wounded. Among the dead were children. The strikes on Ansar came... Read More


Ukraine War: 600-Drone Barrage Targets Wildberries and Moscow Region in One of the War's Largest Attacks

MOSCOW, Aug. 17 -- For tens of millions of Russians, Sunday began with the news that Wildberries was on fire. The country's largest online marketplace, the platform where people order groceries, child... Read More