A massive explosion and fire rocked a port Saturday in southern Iran purportedly linked to a shipment of a chemical ingredient used to make missile propellant, killing 25 people and injuring around 800 others. Helicopters and aircraft dumped water from the air on the raging fire through the night into Sunday morning at the Shahid…
When the Trump administration proposed a peace plan that would recognize Russian rule of the Crimean peninsula, the response from Kyiv was a loud and unequivocal no. Doing so would violate the nation’s Constitution, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine told reporters. It would never happen, he declared, not even in exchange for the end of…
Sonia and Rahul Gandhi (ANI file photo) NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday said it has begun proceedings to take possession of properties worth over Rs 700 crore belonging to Associated Journals Limited (AJL) in National Herald case, a company linked to Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. The assets include prime…
A second person who took part in pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University has been arrested by U.S. immigration agents, after overstaying a student visa, federal officials said on Friday, the latest turn in the crisis engulfing the Ivy League institution. The person, identified by the authorities as Leqaa Kordia, is Palestinian and from the West…
MEERUT/BAREILLY: Police in Sambhal have initiated a ‘public awareness campaign’ by putting up posters of absconding suspects linked to last year’s violence in the city, which claimed five lives. The law enforcement agencies have released an additional poster of a ‘key suspect’, whose identity is not known but is believed to have instigated the crowd…
D Gukesh vs Ding Liren (Photo Credits @FIDE_chess on X) (1) NEW DELHI: In the 10th game of the World Chess Championship match between defending champion Ding Liren of China and challenger D Gukesh of India, the game ended in a draw without much excitement. It was a relatively straightforward game for Gukesh with the…