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Myanmar Closes Key Airport After Rebels Launch Suicide Drone Attack: Report
Mandalay airport is an international and domestic travel hub in central Myanmar, but civilian air raid warning groups also identify it as a runway for military jets launching sorties.
Opinion: Opinion | How Trump Is Doing More For BRICS Than Its Critics Ever Could
By trying to bully BRICS countries into submission, Trump may be giving the grouping the very relevance he is trying to deny
Putin In India For BRICS, His "Doomsday Plane" Draws Attention: What's Inside
Putin travelled in one of the two identical Ilyushin IL-96-300PU aircraft, with both of them flying simultaneously to ensure no one knows which plane the Russian President has boarded.
In Shift, OpenAI Calls For US Regulations On Most Powerful AI Models
The call came as fears over the impact of AI have grown in recent weeks, after the revelation that powerful OpenAI technology operating outside human supervision had broken into Hugging Face, a repository of AI models.
Aurus Senat: Putin's Bulletproof, Blast-Resistant Limousine On Delhi Roads
Putin's Aurus Senat is one of the world's most secretive and heavily protected vehicles: perfect for a man who has likely made numerous enemies while leading Russia for the past 25 years.
PM Modi, Putin Hold Bilateral Ahead Of BRICS Summit In Delhi
Putin's visit comes amid continued high-level engagement between New Delhi and Moscow and follows his meeting with PM Modi on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Bishkek last week.
Italian Man Turns 1993 Fiat Panda Into Narrowest Car, Sets Guinness World Record
The car measures 50.20 centimetres in width, 3.40 meters in length, and 1.45 meters in height.
What India Really Wants From BRICS As Trade Deficit Widens
India's widening trade deficit with BRICS is a reflection of the asymmetry in India's current economic integration with the grouping.
Body Camera Video Shows How Immigration Agents Arrested 57 From US Factory
The footage from September 2025 shows the raid at the Nutrition Bar Confectioners plant in Cato, New York, a town of 2,500 people east of Syracuse, and offers a rare glimpse inside a workplace immigration sweep.
Can Trump Really Give Every American $5,000? Key Questions Answered
Trump has made similar pledges in the past which never came about, including promising Americans $2,000 checks from tariff revenues and $5,000 checks from savings made from drastic federal job cuts.
India's Journey From "Least Attractive" To One Of Most Reliable BRICS Members
The contrast is reflected in how, after 14 years, the gathering in India is being viewed as a counterweight to Western-led groups such as the Group of Seven industrialised nations.
Opinion: Opinion | 9/11, And The Price Of Fighting Terror For A Quarter Century
Twenty-five years later, 9/11 is more than just a lived memory for those who witnessed it in real time, as I did as a UN official
Israel Says It Cleared Hezbollah's Underground Terror Hub In Southern Lebanon
Israel has pushed into southern Lebanon and seized several strategic positions since the conflict erupted on March 2.
Why Yemen's Perim Island Has Become A Strategic Prize In US-Iran War
Perim Island is located at the narrowest point of the Bab al-Mandab Strait. A renewed Houthi offensive in Yemen has brought the island into the limelight.
Trump Rejects Warnings That AI May Lead To Human Extinction
Trump dismisses AI extinction fears and stresses US lead over China in AI development.
Out Of Jail For 5 Hours, Bangladesh Hindu Monk, In Tears, Touches Idol's Feet
Chinmoy Krishna Das, also the spokesperson for the Bangladesh Sammilito Sanatani Jagaran Jot, was arrested in November 2024 on sedition charges for allegedly disrespecting the national flag
"I'll Buy You The Plane Ticket": JD Vance To Protester Waving Mexican Flag
The protester emerged from the crowd, waving the Mexican flag and shouting at the Vice President.
Amid Backlash Over Racist 'Mr Singh' Poster, US' 'Laziest Lie' Reply
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has removed the controversial poster calling for "Mr Singh" to self-deport following a strong backlash from Indian-American groups and Democratic leaders.
What We Remember When We Remember 9/11
The United States suffered a terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon. The passengers of United Airlines Flight 93 forced a crash in rural Pennsylvania, thwarting another intended attack on Washington.
