Earthquake hits Afghanistan near Pak border A 4.9-magnitude earthquake struck Afghanistan on Sunday morning, according to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS).The earthquake was recorded at 9.36 am IST, with its epicentre located near Hindu Kush range on Afghanistan-Pakistan border.The quake took place at a depth of 147 km beneath the Earth’s surface.There were no […]
An Indian-origin PhD scholar hit back at a conservative media executive after he posted on social media saying “America is for Americans.”Sean Davis, the CEO and co-founder of the conservative outlet The Federalist, wrote on X that Americans are targeted and denied their basic national rights. He said that everyone except Americans in the US […]
Elon Musk has lashed out at the European Union after the European Commission issued a €120 million penalty against X for breaching multiple transparency and data access requirements under the Digital Services Act. Within hours of the announcement, Musk posted that the “EU should be abolished,” arguing that sovereignty must be returned to individual nations […]
A powerful offshore earthquake, preliminarily measured at magnitude 7.6, struck off the southern Philippine province of Davao Oriental on Friday morning, sending shockwaves through communities and sparking widespread panic. Social media has been flooded with videos showing the quake’s immediate impact. In one clip, chaos erupts at Tagum City Davao Hospital, with staff and patients […]
A prominent Chinese maritime analyst has warned that Japan’s expanding military role in the South China Sea could become more destabilising than that of the United States, as regional tensions continue to rise following the 10th anniversary of the landmark 2016 arbitration ruling that rejected Beijing’s sweeping maritime claims.Speaking at a security round table in […]
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage and Count Binface Nigel Farage’s personal approval rating has fallen to its lowest level since the 2024 general election, according to an Opinium poll, as the Reform UK leader faces scrutiny over his party’s finances and political donations.The survey of around 2,000 Britons found Farage’s net approval rating had dropped […]
USF units struck 10 vessels involved in russian maritime logistics in the Sea of Azov and near occupied Crimea Ukraine’s military said on Tuesday that its drones struck eight tankers from Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’ overnight as they were delivering fuel to Crimea.In a statement posted on Telegram, Ukraine’s drone forces said the vessels were targeted […]
The ruling Congress and the Opposition continued to spar over the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, with Karnataka BJP president B.Y. Vijayendra accusing the State government of “facilitating violations” and Home Minister Priyank Kharge asserting that the State government was neither framing the rules nor directing Booth Level Officers (BLOs) on how […]
Rupert Lowe (left) and Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (right) Indian-origin Labour MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi has hit back at Restore Britain leader Rupert Lowe after he called for a ban on carrying the Sikh ceremonial kirpan in public spaces following the murder of British-Polish teenager Henry Nowak.Dhesi, the Labour MP for Slough and one of Britain’s […]
Representative image (Photo credit: AP) Iran’s annual inflation rate surged to its highest level since World War II in May, highlighting the deepening economic crisis facing ordinary citizens as the country grapples with the fallout of conflict, sanctions and long-standing structural problems.According to data released by Iran’s Central Bank, the consumer price index rose 77.2 […]
