Syrian government forces withdrew from the key city of Homs on Saturday, marking a significant setback for President Bashar al-Assad’s rule. Insurgents continued to press towards the capital, Damascus, raising concerns about the collapse of Assad’s government, news agency Reuters reported. The withdrawal from Homs followed a rapid series of defeats for Syrian government forces,…
(Photo credit: Screenshot from video posted on X) NEW DELHI: India speedster Mohammed Siraj on Friday angrily threw a ball at Marnus Labuschagne after his late pull out as tempers flared up late in the final session on the opening day of the second day-night Test in Adelaide.With Siraj, who was almost about to deliver…
KAITHAL: Ahead of farmers’ call for Delhi, the rapid action police force, formed for riot control, are being trained at the police line in Kaithal district. According to a police spokesperson, following the orders of Haryana’s director general of police, Shatrujeet Kapoor, SP Rajesh Kalia, three companies have been formed by the district police to…
NEW DELHI: The security forces on Tuesday killed one terrorist after an encounter broke out in Jammu and Kashmir’s Dachigam forest.According to Jammu and Kashmir Police, a joint operation was launched with Indian army based on specific inputs in the upper mountain belts of the Harwan area of Srinagar. Taking to X, Chinar corps of…
The three service branches have identified a significant need for Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) drones. (Image: NAGASTRA loiter munition) India eyes indigenous long-range drones: The Indian armed forces, having acquired locally developed loitering munitions, are now seeking domestic production of long-range unmanned aerial vehicles for surveillance and combat operations.The three service branches have identified…
D Gukesh vs Ding Liren (Photo Credit: @FIDE_chess on X) NEW DELHI: In an intense Game 6 of the World Chess Championship, the 18-year-old Indian challenger D Gukesh held the defending champion Ding Liren of China to a draw with the black pieces. This was the third consecutive draw, leaving both players level on 3…
Supporters of the former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), stop traffic along a road during a protest demanding the release of Khan, in Islamabad. (Reuters) ISLAMABAD: At least eight supporters of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) were killed and dozens of others injured in Islamabad following what the party said was a sweeping…
With the ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah coming into force on Tuesday (November 26), the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) will now resume their operations fully as per Resolution 1701 of the UN Security Council. Adopted in 2006, Resolution 1701 seeks to end hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, with the…
New Delhi: Trapped inside her family’s dilapidated home due to the suffocating smog enveloping India’s capital, Harshita Gautam struggled to catch her teacher’s words through a low-quality mobile phone her mother had lent her.The nine-year-old is among nearly two million students in and around New Delhi told to stay home after authorities once again ordered…