Large-scale Russian drone attacks on Ukrainian cities are on the rise. Monday night’s bombardment, while not record breaking, was typical of the new norm. For several hours after midnight, drones buzzed incessantly over Kyiv. It seemed they were coming from almost every direction, as searchlights raked the sky and skeins of orange tracer fire rose...
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EAM Jaishankar, Prevot discuss India’s new approach to combat terror In Belgium
External affairs minister S Jaishankar and his Belgian counterpart Maxime Prevot on Monday discussed India’s new approach to combating terrorism and bilateral cooperation in areas such as trade, investment and security. Belgium is the first stop in Jaishankar’s week-long visit to Europe, a month after India carried out military strikes on terror infrastructure in Pakistan...
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Russia launches one of war’s largest air attacks days after Ukraine’s bomber raid
Russia launched a barrage of drones and ballistic missiles across broad swaths of Ukraine early Friday, killing at least six people and injuring dozens of others, days after Kyiv launched a daring raid on Moscow’s fleet of strategic bombers. For residents of Kyiv, the night’s soundtrack was familiar: the shrieking whir of drones, air raid...
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Musk Fires Back After Trump’s “Disappointed” Remark, Slams “Ingratitude”
Fewer friendships have soured quite as rapidly, and with as much media glare, as that of Donald Trump and Elon Musk. Almost inseparable over the last nine months, President Trump and his go-to friend and later colleague, Elon Musk, had parted ways a few days ago. Now their spat is out in public. “Look, Elon...
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Elon Musk calls Trump’s big tax break bill a ’disgusting abomination’
Elon Musk blasted U.S. President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” of tax breaks and spending cuts as a “disgusting abomination” on Tuesday (June 4, 2025), testing the limits of his political influence as he targeted the centerpiece of Republicans’ legislative agenda. The broadside, which Musk issued on his social media platform X, came just days after...
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US ‘Very Close’ To Making Trade Deal With India, Says Trump
US President Donald Trump has said the “deal” he is most proud of is that he was able to stop “potentially a nuclear war” between India and Pakistan through trade as opposed to through “bullets”. In the last few weeks, Trump has also repeatedly claimed that he told India and Pakistan that the US will...
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Trump moves to cut $100 million in federal contracts with Harvard
US President Donald Trump’s administration plans to cancel all remaining contracts with Harvard University, worth about $100 million, according to a letter seen by The letter, dated May 27 and signed by Josh Gruenbaum of the General Services Administration (GSA), instructs agencies to end contracts and “find alternative vendors” for future services. The letter tells agencies...
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Russia Bombs Ukraine With 355 Drones; Moscow Calls It Response To Attack On Russia’s Civilian Infra
President Putin is taking the decisions that are necessary to ensure the security of our country,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, saying Russia’s strikes were a response to Ukrainian ones. The Kremlin said President Vladimir Putin was defending Russia after US President Donald Trump called him “crazy” following three consecutive days of massive Russian...
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Israel’s latest strikes in Gaza kill 38 people including children
Israeli strikes over the past 24 hours killed at least 38 people in Gaza, including children, local health officials said Sunday, with no data available for a second straight day from now-inaccessible hospitals in the north. Further details emerged of the Palestinian doctor who lost nine of her 10 children in an Israeli strike on Friday. Gaza’s Health Ministry said...
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China, Russia object to Donald Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ missile shield push
China and Russia have voiced strong objections to US President Donald Trump’s announcement of a $175-billion “Golden Dome” missile defence shield, expressing deep concerns over its implications for global strategic stability and nuclear arms control. Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said Beijing is “seriously concerned” about the missile defence shield, warning that it carries...