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As Tensions Rise With Pakistan, a Moment of Truth for India’s Military

The last time the perpetual tensions between India and Pakistan escalated into a face-off, Indian officials were forced to confront an uncomfortable reality: The country’s huge military was bloated, antiquated and underprepared for imminent threats at its borders. The humiliating downing of an Indian jet by Pakistan in 2019 injected new urgency into India’s modernization […]

What ‘busy’ Donald Trump did for wife Melania Trump on her birthday

US President Donald Trump said he had been too busy to buy First Lady Melania Trump a birthday present as she turned 55 on Saturday, instead opting for a dinner aboard Air Force One as the couple returned from Pope Francis’s funeral in Rome.“She’s got a working birthday,” Trump told reporters on the presidential plane, […]

Man stabbed to death in New York subway after stepping on another rider’s shoes: Police

A 38-year-old man was fatally stabbed to death on a Manhattan subway platform Friday morning (local time) after an argument over a stepped-on shoe turned violent, police said.The victim, identified as John Sheldon of Brooklyn, was attacked around 8:30 am at the Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall station. According to police, Sheldon and another man began arguing […]

Video: Russian general Yaroslav Moskalik killed in car blast near Moscow

A senior Russian general has been killed in a car bombing just outside Moscow, in what authorities described as a targeted assassination likely carried out by Ukrainian special services. The incident, which claimed the life of Lieutenant General Yaroslav Moskalik, marks the second deadly attack on high-ranking Russian military officials in recent months.The Russian Investigative […]

St Pete-Clearwater International Airport: Florida’s St Pete-Clearwater International Airport receives bomb threat, forces evacuation of Allegiant flight

Representative image (Picture credit: X/@LindsayH4) Florida’s St Pete-Clearwater International Airport (PIE) received a bomb threat, after a note was discovered inside an Allegiant Air flight, prompting an evacuation and a temporary airport shutdown.After a thorough investigation, the airport returned to normal operations by Friday night.According to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO), the Allegiant plane […]

Former Indiana commissioner gets jail time for attempted assault on daughter

John Jessup, a former Hancock County commissioner in Indiana, was sentenced on Thursday to six to fifteen years in prison after pleading guilty to attempted sexual assault of his daughter during her 21st birthday trip to Las Vegas in January 2023.According to court documents, Jessup took his daughter Rachel Keesling to Harrah’s Las Vegas, where […]

UnitedHealthcare CEO murder: Accused Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to federal charge

Luigi Mangione, accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in what prosecutors describe as a politically motivated assassination, pleaded not guilty to federal murder charges on Friday during an arraignment in Manhattan federal court. US prosecutors are seeking the death penalty—marking the first such federal case since Donald Trump’s return to the White House.The 26-year-old, […]

Virginia Giuffre: Virginia Giuffre, who accused Jeffrey Epstein and Prince Andrew of sexual assault, dies by suicide

File photo: Virginia Giuffre (Picture credit: Instagram/virginiarobertsrising11) Virginia Giuffre, who became one of the most powerful voices against Jeffrey Epstein’s global sex trafficking ring and accused Britain’s Prince Andrew of sexual abuse, has died by suicide at the age of 41, her family confirmed. She passed away at her farm in Neergabby, Western Australia.“It is […]

Russian general killed by a car bomb just outside Moscow

A Russian general was killed by a car bomb Friday, Russia’s top criminal investigation agency said, in the second such attack on a top Russian military officer in four months that Moscow blamed on Ukraine. The committee said Lt Gen Yaroslav Moskalik, a deputy head of the main operational department in the general staff of […]

Prez warns of military action if N-talks with Iran collapse

If an agreement with Iran to limit its nuclear programme proves elusive, the US could spearhead military action against it, President Donald Trump said in an interview published on Friday.Trump’s comments, in an interview with Time magazine marking his first three months in office, came as US and Iranian officials were set to meet for […]