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US Designates Outfit Behind India's Pahalgam Attack As Global Terrorist
The U.S. Government has designated The Resistance Front (TRF), which was behind the deadly Pahalgam terrorist attack in India, as a Foreign Terrorist Organization and Specially Designated Global Terrorist.? TRF, a Lashkar-e-Tayyiba front and...

Few People Using Name Of Lord Shiva To Gain Political Mileage: Former SP MP On Kanwariyas
(MENAFN- IANS) Moradabad, July 18 (IANS) Former Samajwadi Party MP, S.T. Hasan triggered a controversy on Friday with his remarks on the ongoing Kanwar Yatra, accusing certain individuals of misusing religion for political gains and behaving as if...

Authorized refugees won’t be deported: interior minister
TEHRAN – Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni has said the country is not planning to deport documented and authorized refugees. “We are only deporting the two million Afghans who are illegally residing in Iran,” he said. Iran is not an...

Raghuram Rajan Calls For Caution, Strategy In India-US Trade Deal Negotiation
India needs to be 'very careful and clever' while negotiating trade agreements with the US, especially with regard to the agriculture sector, which is heavily subsidised by developed countries, former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan said on Friday. In...

Brave Son Of Motherland: Defence Minister Singh Pays Homage To Piru Singh's Gallantry In 1948 Battle Of Tithwal
(MENAFN- IANS) New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) On July 18, India solemnly remembers Company Havildar Major (CHM) Piru Singh, a soldier whose name is etched in the annals of military history for unmatched gallantry and sacrifice. Defence Minister Rajnath...

China mulls economy-boosting measures to tackle challenges
BEIJING Shoppers tour a crowded shopping mall during the summer school holiday, in Beijing on Sunday, July 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) China is prepared to take measures and has a "plentiful" toolbox to avoid an economic slump in the second...

Report warns: A little-known Microsoft program can expose US national security secrets to Chinese hackers
Microsoft is using engineers in China to help maintain the Defense Department's most sensitive computer systems with minimal US supervision, potentially exposing critical national security data to America's leading cyber adversary, a ProPublica...

“The Trump administration took back the country on behalf of Americans”—Political Commentator
Joshua Treviño Joshua Treviño is the Chief Transformation Officer at the Texas Public Policy Foundation and Senior Fellow of the Western Hemisphere Initiative at the America First Policy Institute. An American political commentator, Treviño was a...

China economy still facing 'very severe, complex situation': commerce minister
Beijing: China's economy is still facing a "very severe and complex situation", its minister of commerce said Friday, suggesting the government would take action to counter challenges ahead. Growth came in at 5.2 percent in the second quarter,...

China commerce minister discussed foreign investment, AI at meet with Nvidia CEO
By Che Pan and Casey Hall BEIJING (Reuters) -China's Commerce Minister Wang Wentao told Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on Thursday that he hoped multinational companies, including Nvidia, would provide high-quality and reliable products and services to...

Prime Minister establishes working groups to speed up public investment disbursement
HÀ NỘI — Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính has established eight working groups to remove difficulties related to production, business, infrastructure construction, and imports and exports, as well as promote growth and accelerate disbursement of...

asia Vietnam warns of food supply disruptions as African swine fever spreads
HANOI — African swine fever outbreaks are spreading in Vietnam, threatening to disrupt food supplies in the Southeast Asian country, the government warned on Friday (July 18). Vietnam has this year detected 514 outbreaks in 28 out of 34 cities and...

INS Nistar Commissioned In Vizag: All About India’s First Indigenous Diving Support Vessel
Last Updated:July 18, 2025, 14:08 IST India's first indigenously built Diving Support Vessel, Nistar, was commissioned, enhancing submarine rescue capabilities. Admiral Tripathi highlighted its significance. Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) Admiral...

Public ‘sick of cover-ups’ at MoD, says Chinook crash campaigner
Andy Tobias, who was eight when his father Lt Col John Tobias was killed in the crash, said: “Clearly, we have touched a nerve with the British public who are sick of cover-ups and secrecy at the MoD.
How Japan election could shape future of same-sex marriage rights
What’s the context? An anti-LGBTQ+ party is gaining support in Japan as Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage looms. LONDON - An upstart nationalist party opposed to legalising same-sex marriage is gaining support in Japan ahead of a vital...

India News | Rahul Gandhi Pays Tribute to Former Kerala CM, Oommen Chandy
Kottayam (Kerala) [India], July 18 (ANI): Congress Member of Parliament and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, paid tributes on Friday to former Chief Minister of Kerala, Oommen Chandy, on his second death anniversary. Speaking on...

India News | Bihar: PM Modi Holds Roadshow in Motihari
Motihari (Bihar) [India], July 18 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held a roadshow in Motihari. Travelling in an open jeep PM Modi greeted supporters. He was accompanied by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Deputy Chief Ministers...

China's FDI inflow tops $700b since 2021
BEIJING -- China has achieved its target ahead of schedule for actual use of foreign direct investment (FDI) during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025), a commerce official said Friday. By the end of June, China's actual use of FDI since...

Stability and security between Europe and Central Asia
The 12th annual session of the Dialogue between the European Union and Central Asian countries was held in Dushanbe. During the summit, Tajikistan agreed to conclude a wide-ranging partnership agreement with the EU, joining the processes underway...

Maharashtra Assembly Scuffle Case: Mumbai Police Registers FIR, Arrests 2 in Incident of Clash Between BJP’ Gopichand Padalkar and NCP-SCP’ Jitendra Awhad
Mumbai, July 18: A First Information Report (FIR) was registered and two people were arrested by the Mumbai Police in the incident of a clash between supporters of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Gopichand Padalkar and NCP-SCP leader Jitendra...