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If the new law is implemented, the proposal would require all parents or legal guardians to provide proof of their citizenship or evidence of their immigration status when submitting a passport application for their children. The Donald Trump administration is planning to ask parents in the United States to prove their own citizenship or immigration status before…

Mayor Zohran Mamdani told reporters on Wednesday that schools would halt the current use of about 40 educational tools in New York City classrooms. New York City officials announced a one-year moratorium on students using artificial intelligence in public elementary and middle schools, the latest step by public officials to set guidelines around new technology in the…

While US forces aim to suppress Iran’s leverage in the region, concerns remain regarding the safety of shipping routes, with energy companies wary of risks and high costs. The US military has escorted 40 commercial vessels carrying about 18 million barrels of oil through the Strait of Hormuz, in what US officials described as a wartime high.…

A day after the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22 last year that claimed 26 lives, India took a series of punitive measures against Pakistan, including suspending the Indus Water Treaty. India is firm: The Indus Waters Treaty’s suspension remains in force and the Hague-based Permanent Court Of Arbitration “has no jurisdiction on India’s sovereign decisions” after…

Rescue teams are working to reach around 100 hydropower workers believed to be trapped inside several tunnels in Nepal’s Rasuwa district. Rescuers battled mud, debris and treacherous terrain as the death toll from devastating flash floods in Nepal and Tibet climbed to more than 950, with over 4,400 people still missing — as the disaster entered its…

The first committee meeting under the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement is set to bring the three countries together for technical and operational discussions. Pakistan is moving towards a larger military role in the Middle East and South Asia as Pakistan, Turkey and Saudi Arabia prepare for key defence discussions in Istanbul. Field Marshal Asim Munir has arrived…

The SCO summit’s priorities include counter-terrorism, regional stability and coordination on cross-border threats. The 26th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit will be held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, from August 31 to September 1, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping among the leaders attending the gathering. Modi arrived in Kyrgyzstan on Sunday, August 30, to…

Russia continues drone strikes against Ukrainian cities, resulting in casualties and significant damage, including fatalities from a recent attack on a warehouse near Kyiv Ukraine says it has intelligence that Russia is planning and preparing for possible new ground offensives against the Ukrainian cities of Kyiv and Chernihiv. Pavlo Palisa, deputy head of Ukraine’s presidential office, told…

Ukraine remains cautious, fearing an impending escalation from Russia. CIA Director John Ratcliffe proposed a trilateral meeting between US President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a covert visit to Moscow earlier this week, according to a report by Axios. The proposal was made as the Trump administration seeks to revive…

VLADIMIR Putin has flexed his nuclear arsenal by launching an intercontinental ballistic missile in a chilling warning to the West. It came after CIA chief John Ratcliffe flew to Moscow and reportedly issued the Kremlin a stern warning not to attack Nato members. But just days later Putin has defiantly engaged in more nuclear sabre-rattling by firing…

Over 14,000 security personnel have been mobilised for search and rescue operations and about 3,742 people have been rescued. The devastating Nepal floods have claimed at least 579 people and left more than 977 people missing, Nepal’s disaster authority said on Friday. The Chinese state media said that the disaster that happened on Wednesday killed at least…

The U.S. said on Wednesday it had disrupted a Chinese hacking operation ‌responsible for break-ins and attempts on the Justice Department, NASA, the Federal Reserve, the Senate, and other sensitive government agencies. In a statement, opens new tab, the Justice Department said it had seized domains used by two hacking platforms, dubbed QScan and QTRouter, which it…

President Donald Trump’s administration has ​issued a pause on visa appointments for applicants around the world during ‌an ongoing immigration crackdown by the U.S. government in the Republican leader’s second term in the White House. A U.S. State Department spokesperson said on Tuesday that it launched a global training initiative at ​all U.S. embassies and consulates worldwide…

Iran said it had restarted talks ​with neighbor Oman to manage the Strait of Hormuz as it faces heightened economic pressure from U.S. ‌President Donald Trump in the wider conflict. Iran and Oman have been in on-and-off talks for weeks about controlling traffic through the strategic waterway, which handled one-fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas…

Ford backed Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and warned Canada could use electricity, fuel, potash and uranium to put “massive pain” on the U.S. in retaliation. Ontario Premier Doug Ford has sharply escalated his criticism of US President Donald Trump amid the latest fallout from the Canada-US trade war, calling Trump a “dictator,” a “bully” and the…

Tehran also threatened both a possible military response and further reduction in oil exports from the Gulf even before any US economic measures were announced. Iran has threatened retaliation against the expansion of the United States’ economic sanctions, with Tehran expressing confidence that major trading partners would resist Washington’s pressure campaign. Taking to social media, Iranian Parliament…

Carney claimed that the US proposed new terms that were “uneconomic” and “unfair” and said that they undermined the net benefits for Canada. After the negotiations between Washington and Ottawa broke down on Friday, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said that he walked away because of a ‘bad trade deal’ and vowed to slap retaliatory tariffs on…

Canada will impose tariffs on some U.S. goods in retaliation for 50% ​levies ordered by President Donald Trump on Canadian products, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Saturday, after trade talks collapsed between the two neighbors. The “dollar for dollar” tariffs ‌on imports of U.S. steel, electronics and other products, to take effect on September 8, mark…

Iran on Saturday denounced U.S. plans to announce new sanctions that could put further strain on the Islamic Republic’s economy and have an impact ​on its most important trading partners including China. After nearly six months of war since the U.S. and Israel launched airstrikes against Iran on February 28, the sides are not ‌firing at each…

Search and rescue operations are underway after Russian strikes hit a shopping centre in Kryvyi Rih, with at least six people killed and nearly 100 injured. At least 14 people were killed and 121 injured, including 22 children, after Russian drone strikes hit Kryvyi Rih, the hometown of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, on Friday, Ukrainian authorities said.…

Iran warned other nations that US sanctions targeting Tehran threaten their sovereignty too, cautioning that yielding to such pressure could mark return to “full-scale colonialism” Iran has warned that new US sanctions targeting Tehran are not just an issue for Iran but threaten the sovereignty of all independent nations, with the country’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei…

Somali pirates have hijacked two ships in four days, including a Turkish weapons-carrying cargo vessel off Puntland and a tanker seized off Yemen. Somali pirates have hijacked two ships in four days, raising concerns that piracy is making a major comeback in waters off Somalia and Yemen amid growing regional instability. The latest incidents include the seizure…

U.S. Treasury chief Scott Bessent said the United States will impose “the toughest sanctions in history” on Iran, a move he suggested would lessen the need for new major military operations. Bessent’s ​comments on Thursday followed President Donald Trump’s threat a day earlier of “Economic Warfare” and warning of economic consequences against any country that provided “any…

The Fatah family has emerged as a key component of Pakistan’s effort to build an indigenous conventional precision-strike capability Pakistan has issued a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) restricting a large stretch of airspace over August 19-20, triggering speculation that the country could be preparing for a test involving its Fatah-series missile systems. The NOTAM covers an area…

Total U.S. debt has topped $40 trillion for the first time, the Treasury Department said on Wednesday, drawing fresh warnings that a fiscal crisis is ​brewing as ballooning costs for social safety-net programs and interest payments far outstrip revenues held back by tax cuts. The Treasury’s latest daily cash and debt balances statement showed total public debt…

Russian ballistic missiles ‌killed 12 people and injured more than 30 in Kyiv early on Thursday, authorities said, damaging buildings and severing power supply to some parts of the Ukrainian capital. A fire broke out and the upper floors of a nine-storey residential block were destroyed in the ​city’s Solomianskyi district, where seven people were killed, Mayor…

A large amount of “damning” new evidence against convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his imprisoned accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell could soon come to light after a federal judge ordered a trove of case files to be unsealed. Miami Herald reporter Julie K. Brown, whose reportage is credited with catalyzing the disgraced financier’s downfall, wrote on her Substack…

The United Arab Emirates announced on Tuesday that it had suspended all trade and financial dealings with Iran. The United Arab Emirates announced on Tuesday that it had suspended all trade and financial dealings with Iran. “In light of regional escalations… all trade, commercial exchanges, and financial transactions with Iran have been halted until further notice,” UAE…

Trump noted that not even one per cent of voters in India used postal ballots in the recent general elections, and every voter had a valid photo identity document. US President Donald Trump has cited India’s election system and voter identification requirements as he renewed his call for the passage of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE)…

Russia carried out a wave of ‌airstrikes on Ukraine overnight, killing two people at a steel plant, and Kyiv launched a heavy drone attack on the Moscow region that killed one person and set ablaze a warehouse used by Russia’s leading e-commerce retailer. Romania, which borders Ukraine, said an F-18 fighter on a NATO air policing mission…

Ukraine earlier launched hundreds of drones across Russia, killing at least six people in one of Kyiv’s largest aerial attacks of the war. Indian-origin billionaire Lakshmi Mittal’s ArcelorMittal mining and metallurgical complex in Kryvyi Rih — Ukraine’s largest integrated steel unit — came under a missile attack by Russia. The strike, which came in retaliation for a…

The MoU was designed as a framework for ending the conflict, with the two sides declaring “immediate and permanent termination of military operations” and a final deal in 60 days. The 60-day window created by the US-Iran memorandum of understanding (MoU) expires on Monday, August 17, but the deadline arrives with the agreement already badly frayed and…

Trump said he would “soon” declare the Strait of Hormuz US territory after defeating Iran. US President Donald Trump on Friday said he would “soon” declare the Strait of Hormuz a US territory after defeating Iran, escalating his rhetoric over the vital waterway. “After we finish defeating Iran, which is being very badly defeated — pretty soon…

VLADIMIR Putin is being pushed closer and closer towards a last-ditch attack on Nato as he fights to save face in Russia, an expert has warned. Putin is facing a string of worrying crises on his doorstep with his national support beginning to wane, the Kremlin’s cash dwindling and the war with Ukraine now at an embarrassing…

The Strait of Hormuz is “under Iran’s control and management”, the recently appointed head ‌of Iran’s Basij paramilitary unit said on Thursday, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States had “total control” of the strategic waterway. Hossein Taeb said the U.S. had sought to disrupt what he described as the Islamic Republic’s popularity…

  Google co-founder Sergey Brin in recent months has urged key AI staff to go all in on the company’s Gemini model as parent Alphabet (GOOGL.O), seeks to close the gap with rivals, two people familiar with his remarks told Reuters. As Anthropic raced ahead with a preview of its powerful Claude Mythos model, Brin addressed hundreds…

Iran and the United States remain at ​loggerheads over efforts to agree a permanent end to the war in the Gulf, according to a senior Iranian source, who said there ‌had been no progress in talks to revive the interim deal agreed in June and define a time frame to implement it. The comments came as U.S.…

The U.S. and Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis reported separate attacks on shipping on Tuesday as prospects for ending the Iran war appeared to dim, with Tehran saying the Strait of Hormuz would remain closed unless ​Washington accepts its conditions. The attacks, in the Gulf of Oman leading to the strait and at the entrance to the Red Sea…

The strike targeted the Nizhnekamsk area as Russia and Ukraine continued to intensify long-range drone and missile attacks against each other. A Ukrainian drone strike killed at least 13 people and injured 75 others in Nizhnekamsk, in Russia’s Tatarstan region, local authorities said Monday, making it the deadliest attack inside Russia in more than two years. A…

These changes reflect ongoing tensions and strategic realignments within Iran’s military and political landscape Iran has announced six new appointments to key military positions, including a new armed forces chief of staff and a new commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), as Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei reshapes the country’s security leadership. Ali Abdollahi, head of…

TAICHUNG/PENGHU, Taiwan, Aug 10 (Reuters) – Taiwan slowed the mobile internet in a large swathe ​of the central part of the island on Monday for the first time during annual war games, simulating communication disruption ‌in the event of a Chinese attack or natural disaster. Democratically governed Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory, has long…

A North Korean hacking group built large language model tools and collected software that could help automate ​cyberattacks, analyse stolen material and produce more convincing phishing ‌campaigns, a South Korean cybersecurity firm said on Monday. The cybersecurity firm, Genians (263860.KQ), opens new tab, said it found evidence that the North Korean-linked group Kimsuky ​had set up tools…

Iran said it was nearing a final pact with Oman defining new shipping lanes between them through the Strait of Hormuz ​but repeated that the U.S. must meet other conditions, including compensation and an end to sanctions and military threats, before the strategic waterway is reopened. A U.S. official told ‌Reuters on Friday that Iran and Oman…

Iran said on Saturday that a deal with Oman on control of the Strait of Hormuz was close but would not be enough ​to free up the waterway, and the United Arab Emirates said Iran had hit another ship there. Agreement between Iran and Oman over the strait, which separates the two countries, is ‌seen as vital…

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said India and Israel will continue strengthening their partnership after his telephonic conversation with PM Narendra Modi. The leaders reviewed progress in bilateral ties, discussed cooperation across sectors and exchanged views on West Asia developments. MEA said the call focused on further strengthening the India-Israel Special Strategic Partnership. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…

Ransom-seeking hackers who use phone calls to compromise their victims targeted dozens of prominent U.S. financial institutions and ​other businesses over the past month, according to Google and internet intelligence data reviewed by Reuters. The data shows the hackers devised websites aimed at stealing passwords from employees of private ‌equity firms and financial companies including Blackstone (BX.N),…

A New Mexico state court ordered Meta (META.O), on Thursday to pay $567 million into a ​teen mental health fund and change how its platforms function for young users after finding the company is to blame for harming children’s wellbeing. Judge Bryan Biedscheid in Santa Fe ruled the ‌company had created a public nuisance in New Mexico,…

The U.S. Army has used up much of its global stockpile of highly accurate long-range missiles during its five-month war with Iran, ​according to three people familiar with the data, raising concerns about the military’s readiness for future conflicts. The missiles are principally the Army’s surface-to-surface weapons, known as Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) and Precision Strike…

Iran has warned Gulf states that any new U.S. attack on its territory would trigger ​retaliation against critical energy infrastructure across the region, according to five sources, as Tehran seeks to raise the cost of military action by threatening Washington’s closest regional allies. The warning ‌was delivered through a flurry of high-level diplomatic contacts after President Donald…

A North Korean missile unit has begun deploying to western Russia and could ​be equipped with 120 ballistic missiles and six launchers for strikes against Ukraine, an official at Ukraine’s military intelligence agency said. Ukraine is very short of high-end air ‌defences and Russia has tried to exploit this by using more ballistic missiles, which are particularly…

The vessel, MSV Faize Noore Oliya, was attacked about 13 nautical miles south of the Houthi-held port city of Hodeidah. An India-flagged cargo vessel overturned and sank in the Red Sea off Yemen’s western coast after it was attacked by a projectile on Tuesday. There were 14 crew members on the ship, of which 13 were Indian…

While Mohsin Naqvi refrained from taking names, his back-to-back salvos have fueled speculations about whether Pakistan is headed to a major power reshuffle Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has claimed to have unearthed what he calls the “biggest scam” in the country’s history. He suggested that multiple pillars of the state machinery, including judges and politicians, were…

Authorities recovered a loaded pistol from suspect’s vehicle and found a 16-round magazine loaded with ammunition in his pocket during the arrest. A 38-year-old man armed with a loaded pistol and ammunition was arrested near US President Donald Trump’s California golf course after allegedly photographing security arrangements just days before a Republican National Committee fundraiser at the…

Trump also pushed back on Iranian claims about control of the Strait of Hormuz, a key global shipping route. He said that access through the strait would remain entirely up to the US. “Deal, or Total Surrender”: these are the two options that US President Donald Trump has put in front of Iran’s leadership. The ultimatum came…

Amid Iran war, Netanyahu said India remains one of the key countries with which Israel is strengthening ties. Amid the ongoing Iran conflict and shifting geopolitical equations, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said Israel is investing heavily in its relationship with India, describing Prime Minister Narendra Modi as “one of our greatest friends” and praising…

Republic of Balochistan considers August 11 its Independence Day and said the occasion would continue to be celebrated every year. Republic of Balochistan on Monday declared August 11 as the Independence Day of Balochistan and called for worldwide celebrations, weeks after announcing the province’s independence from Pakistan. In a statement, the Republic of Balochistan urged Baloch people…

Chinese military researchers have used outputs from leading U.S. artificial intelligence models developed by OpenAI and Anthropic to ​train domestic AI systems to advance China’s defence capabilities, according to a Reuters review of more than 80 Chinese academic papers and patents. The previously unreported findings offer a rare glimpse into ‌how military and security-linked institutions in China…

Iran on Sunday said it is close to reaching an agreement with Oman on a new maritime route through the Strait of Hormuz, separate from the existing shipping corridors. According to Tehran, the proposed route is intended to protect the sovereign rights and security interests of both countries. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei said the two…

UKRAINE has given Vladimir Putin a major headache by dragging Iran towards the Ukraine war and giving Donald Trump a reason to tighten the screws on Moscow. Kyiv’s daring drone strike on an Iranian military cargo ship in the Caspian Sea sparked threats from Tehran that may see two conflicts collide. As opposing allies become drawn into…

Donald Trump was reportedly considering renewed heavy attacks on Iran over this weekend. President Donald Trump on Saturday said that the US and Israel had agreed to “hold off” on planned strikes on Iran at the request of Tehran and other countries in the region, claiming that the Middle East allies have reached the parameters of a…

The July 27 Rawalakot violence triggered nationwide rallies, with demonstrators targeting the government and military establishment. Mass protests have erupted across several major Pakistani cities against the alleged crackdown on demonstrators in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir’s Rawalakot on July 27, with protesters accusing the Shehbaz Sharif government and the military establishment of using force to suppress demands for civil…

At least nine people were killed and 22 civilians injured in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv after Russia launched an intense barrage of ballistic missiles and drones overnight into Saturday, authorities said. A five-story residential building in the city’s Solomianskyi District was damaged by falling debris and a fire broke out. Rescue workers evacuated 35 people from the…

Under the new plan, students would reportedly have to pay $100,000 to work in the US — that’s over Rs 95 lakh at current exchange rates. Here’s a number that should worry every Indian student dreaming of a US degree — $100,000. That’s the fee the Trump administration is reportedly weighing on international students who want to…

Saudi Arabia and 13 nations formed a maritime coalition in Riyadh to guard the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, Red Sea, and Gulf of Aden amid Houthi blockades. Saudi Arabia and 13 other countries signed a joint statement in Riyadh on Thursday to establish a multinational defensive maritime coalition guarding the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, the Red Sea and the…

Trump said Chinese President Xi Jinping had personally assured him that Beijing would not arm Iran. US President Donald Trump said he would be “quite disappointed” if China supplied weapons to Iran, responding to reports that Tehran could soon receive hundreds of Chinese-made shoulder-fired missiles. Trump said Chinese President Xi Jinping had personally assured him that Beijing…

Saudi Arabia is facing a difficult dilemma. Ever since the US and Israel launched their war on Iran on 28 February, the Saudis have largely tried to stay out of it. But now, after being attacked from three sides, the Saudis have had enough. This week, they carried out joint strikes with the US on Iranian proxy…

CENTCOM said the strikes targeted “Iran-aligned terrorists” allegedly directed by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to carry out attacks. The US and Saudi Arabia carried out joint airstrikes on Tuesday against Iran-aligned militants in Iraq after more than 30 drone attacks targeting US forces and Saudi energy infrastructure in the past 72 hours, the US military…

What makes the deployment of the J-20 significant are its stealth characteristics which enable it to dominate contested airspace China has stepped up operational deployments of its frontline J-20 ‘Mighty Dragon’ stealth fighter jets at airbases which are ranged against India. The satellite images in this report, sourced from Vantor, show that China had deployed eleven J-20s…