More than 60 people were killed and about 115 others injured after gunmen opened fire at them in a Moscow concert hall, Russian authorities said, raising an earlier count of 40. Russia’s Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said 115 people were hospitalised, including five children, one of whom was in grave condition. Of the 110 adult...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said he was grateful to the Bhutanese people for according to him a “memorable welcome” to their beautiful country and hoped that India-Bhutan friendship “keep scaling new heights”. His comments came hours after he arrived in the Himalayan nation on a two-day State visit. His visit seeks to further...
Donald Trump has won the Republican presidential primary in Ohio, days after winningthe primary for the third consecutive time. In addition to Ohio’s contest, Trump is likely to comfortably pull off GOP primaries in Arizona, Florida, Illinois, and Kansas. President Joe Biden also won the Ohio Democratic primary and is expected to do thesame in...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hours after speaking to Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Prime Minister’s conversation with the two leaders comes in the backdrop of Putin’s reelection as President and no sign of a de-escalation in the Russia-Ukraine war. Sources told NDTV that the two leaders said they see India...
The entire population of Gaza is experiencing “severe levels of acute food insecurity”, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday, underscoring the urgency for increasing the delivery of humanitarian aid into the Palestinian territory. “According to the most respected measure of these things, 100 percent of the population in Gaza is at severe levels...
Welcome back to our continued live coverage of the Russian election, as predictably Vladimir Putin has claimed a landslide victory after a three-day vote widely condemned by Western nations as a “pseudo-election”. Late on Sunday, the Kremlin announced that the Russian leader had cemented another six-year term after securing 87% of the vote. However, no...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has approved plans for a ground offensive in Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah, his office said in a statement today. The Israeli military is “preparing for the operational side and for the evacuation of the population,” it said. More than 1 million people are sheltering in the city, many of them displaced after...
The United States House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed a bill that could eventually ban the social media platform TikTok in the country, in its latest salvo against both China and big tech. The bill received resoundingly bipartisan support, with vote of 352 to 65 in favour. It now heads to the 100-member Senate, where its prospects...
A Romanian court has approved a request from Britain to extradite internet personality Andrew Tate but postponed doing so until Romanian trial proceedings finish. The court said on Tuesday it had also ruled that Tate and his brother Tristan should be released from police custody immediately. The Tates had been detained for 24 hours pending...
US president Joe Biden and his predecessor Donald trump on Wednesday secured nominations as presidential candidates for the elections later this year, setting up a rematch between the rivals after four years. Both Mr Biden and Mr Trump, who had already disposed of their primary challengers, secured enough delegates in the states of Mississippi, Washington...