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Trump Ends Indefinite Visa Status for Foreign Journalists and Students in 60-Day DHS Rule

New Delhi, July 17 -- The standard arrangement that allowed a foreign correspondent posted to Washington to remain in the country for the duration of an assignment is ending. Under a final rule publis... Read More


Pentagon Classifies F-35 GAO Report for First Time, Ending Two Decades of Public Access

New Delhi, July 17 -- WASHINGTON - For more than two decades, the Government Accountability Office published its annual review of the F-35 fighter jet program for anyone to read. This year, for the fi... Read More


Germany to Join France in Nuclear Deterrence Exercises for First Time This Autumn

New Delhi, July 17 -- Germany will participate in nuclear deterrence exercises organised by France for the first time this autumn, German officials confirmed Thursday, a structural step in a European ... Read More


US Launches Fifth Consecutive Night of Strikes Against Iran, CENTCOM Says

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- American forces launched a new wave of strikes against Iran on Thursday afternoon, US Central Command announced, marking the fifth consecutive night of military operations targe... Read More


US and Chevron Back Iraq-Syria Pipeline to Bypass Strait of Hormuz

New Delhi, July 17 -- WASHINGTON - For Ali al-Zaidi, Iraq's prime minister, the numbers in his government's budget tell a story familiar to any finance minister dependent on a single export route. Ira... Read More


The Party That Made Bangladesh Is Now Illegal in Bangladesh

New Delhi, July 17 -- DHAKA - Bangladesh would not exist without the Awami League. The League organized the liberation war, sheltered the independence movement, and sustained the nine-month resistance... Read More


Philippines Demands China Daily Remove AI Video Depicting Filipinos as Monkeys

New Delhi, July 17 -- the upload date coincided with the tenth anniversary of an international tribunal ruling that Beijing has refused to accept. The video, 58 seconds of computer-generated animatio... Read More


Contexto Answer Today - July 17, 2026: Puzzle #1398 (ICON)

New Delhi, July 17 -- The Contexto answer for Friday, July 17, 2026, is ICON. Today's game is #1398. Three hints before the full answer, for solvers still working through the word cloud. Hint 1: The... Read More


NYT Spelling Bee Answers - Friday, July 17, 2026 (ALBUMEN)

New Delhi, July 17 -- The NYT Spelling Bee pangram for Friday, July 17, 2026, is ALBUMEN - the only word in today's puzzle that uses all seven available letters. Today's center letter is U, with outer... Read More


NYT Mini Crossword Answers - July 17, 2026

New Delhi, July 17 -- The NYT Mini Crossword answers for Friday, July 17, 2026, are below, with the full Across and Down solutions. Across 1A - Spanish question word: QUE 4A - National Ice Cream Mo... Read More