Sri Lankan Navy arrests 32 Tamil fishermen, five boats seized

Chennai (IANS) The Sri Lankan Navy has arrested 32 fishermen from Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu for allegedly crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) and fishing in Lankan waters.  

The arrests were made during the early morning…

Italy PM slams Left's double standards, says when Trump, Meloni, Modi talk, they are called threat to democracy

Washington (IANS) Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has accused left-wing politicians of being "nervous" over former US President Donald Trump's victory, claiming that conservatives are unfairly labelled as a "threat to democracy" while leftist…

Arab leaders meet in Saudi Arabia to discuss Palestinian issue, Gaza developments

Riyadh (IANS) Leaders of Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar, Kuwait, and Bahrain met in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh to discuss the Palestinian issue and the developments in the Gaza Strip, the official Saudi Press…

BNP leader attacked, beaten to death in Bangladesh

Dhaka (IANS) In yet another incident of lawlessness in Bangladesh under the current dispensation of Chief Advisor Mohammad Yunus, a Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader Mohammad Babul Mia was brutally beaten to death. 

This unfortunate…

Chinese Navy continues aggressive posturing, launches 2nd exercise in Australia-New Zealand waters

Wellington (IANS) In yet another provocative act, China conducted a second live firing exercise on Saturday in the Tasman Sea situated between Australia and New Zealand. 

The Government of New Zealand raised concern as China conducted this…

Israeli Defence Minister orders intensified raids in West Bank after bus explosions

Jerusalem (IANS) Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has ordered the military to escalate raids in refugee camps in the occupied West Bank following a series of bus explosions, which he said were "a terror attack".

"In light of the serious…

Trump 'very frustrated' with Zelensky, says US NSA Mike Waltz

Washington (IANS) National Security Advisor Mike Waltz said US President Donald Trump was "very, very frustrated" with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as he highlighted the growing rift between the Trump administration and Kyiv.

US…

Deeply troubling, agencies probing foreign interference in India's internal affairs: MEA on USAID funding

New Delhi (IANS) India on Friday said that relevant departments and agencies are looking into the information put out by the US administration about the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) meddling in Indian elections and spending…

Bangladesh told it should not normalise terrorism: MEA

New Delhi (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar, during his meeting with Bangladesh Foreign Affairs Advisor Touhid Hossain in Muscat earlier this week, had conveyed that it is important that Bangladesh should not normalise terrorism,…

Trump threatens Zelensky Ukraine war could be settled without him

New York (IANS) As their war of words escalated, US President Donald Trump threatened Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky that there could be a deal with Russia to end the three-year Ukraine War without him. 

Zelensky "better move fast…