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Pakistan signed the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement with Saudi Arabia and Turkey in August, but Houthi attacks are now forcing Islamabad into a corner — honouring the pact risks alienating Iran, a…
The White House streamed a lo-fi hip-hop broadcast on X titled 'Lo-Fi Beats to Build America's Golden Age' on October 16, 2026,…
Afghan counter-narcotics forces seized 136 kg of opium in Helmand in a single operation — but that is only one data point. Within…
A senior US official has declared the India-US trade deal '98-99% done', with only one or two per cent of negotiations left —…
Two Indian nationals injured in the October 10 Riyadh airport attack remain in the ICU, with one more in the HDU, as the Indian…
A Christian pharmacist's arrest on blasphemy charges in Punjab's Gharial Kalan village triggered mob arson and the mass…
India and South Korea are quietly but systematically deepening ties on multiple fronts — coast guard cooperation, energy…
India and Mongolia held their 14th defence JWG meeting in Ulaanbaatar on 16 October, days after completing the 18th Nomadic…
India is on a path to become the world's fourth-largest economy by 2027, displacing Japan in nominal GDP terms with a projected…
