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A devastating structural collapse struck a private educational institution in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Thursday morning, killing at least 18 people—including 17 young students and a female teacher while leaving dozens trapped beneath heavy concrete rubble. The incident took place during active morning classroom hours when the …

The Government of India has formally lodged sharp concerns regarding escalating racially motivated hostility and hate-driven vandalism targeting places of worship in the United States, following the detention of a teenager accused of defacing a prominent Hindu temple in the greater Chicago metropolitan area. Officials from the Ministry of External …

A predawn inferno at a multi-family residential building in the western German city of Bochum has claimed the lives of three young Indian nationals, sending shockwaves across the Indian diaspora and their home state of Kerala. Emergency services were alerted around 4:15 AM local time when roaring flames engulfed the …

The maritime trade corridors of the southern Red Sea and the Bab el-Mandeb strait have become the proving ground for an unexpected military evolution. Yemen’s Houthi militia, long characterized as a ragtag insurgency fighting from rugged desert outposts, has transitioned into a sophisticated regional strike force wielding precision-guided ballistic systems …

Pope Leo XIV has been diagnosed with lung cancer after undergoing scheduled thoracic surgery at Rome’s Gemelli University Hospital, the Holy See Press Office confirmed in an official medical bulletin. The 71-year-old pontiff underwent a surgical procedure during which specialists performed a lobectomy to excise the lower lobe of his …

In a major diplomatic and economic push, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is scheduled to arrive in India next week for an intensive bilateral visit spanning October 17 to 22. The trip, announced formally by the US Department of State, will see Washington’s top diplomat make strategic stops in …

In one of the most talked-about White House podium debuts in recent memory, newly appointed Press Secretary Katie Zacharia found herself at the center of a viral moment after an accidental slip of the tongue cut across the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room. Fielding questions from reporters on how …

New Delhi has issued an urgent condemnation following fresh projectile and drone strikes on merchant vessels operating near the vital Strait of Hormuz corridor, warning that repeated assaults on civilian shipping threaten global trade and endanger innocent maritime workers. The statement from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) comes as …

Tensions across critical international energy transit routes escalated further as Tehran officially turned down Washington’s counter-proposal regarding the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian leadership labeled the United States’ diplomatic reply “inadequate” and “insufficient,” asserting that while American negotiators agreed in principle to select components of Tehran’s seven preconditions, …

In a surprise diplomatic maneuver that sent shockwaves across global capitals, US President Donald Trump unilaterally declared an immediate “energy ceasefire” in the grinding war between Russia and Ukraine. Taking to his social media platform Truth Social, Trump proclaimed that both warring nations had officially signed off on an agreement …