Nearly 100 persons have been reported dead and dozens are missing in Sri Lanka — as of Friday (November 28, 2025) evening — amid incessant rains combined with strong winds, even as Cyclone Ditwah appears to proceed north and north-west, towards the coast of Tamil Nadu. Reports indicate that the impact of the extreme weather conditions is especially severe along...
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Zelensky Can “Fight His Little Heart Out” If He Rejects Peace Plan: Trump
With his new 28-point plan to end Russia’s war in Ukraine, President Donald Trump is resurfacing his argument that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky doesn’t “have the cards” to continue on the battlefield and must come to a settlement that heavily tilts in Moscow’s favor. Trump, who has demonstrated low regard for Zelensky dating back to his first term, says he...
Dubai Airshow turns into a heavyweight bout
Dubai’s biennial air show is the talk of the town this week. Airlines and makers of commercial aircraft, fighter jets, air taxis and drones have all gathered here, showing off their latest and vying to secure and sign the most lucrative of deals. The biggest and most important of updates have come from the rivalry between Boeing and Airbus and...
Hasina, ex-home minister get death; Dhaka to seek her extradition from Delhi
New Delhi on Monday said it has formally taken note of the Dhaka-based International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh’s verdict against ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, adding that it “remains committed to the best interests of the people of Bangladesh.” “As a close neighbour, India remains committed to the best interests of the people of Bangladesh, including peace, democracy, inclusion and...
Netanyahu’s “Easy Way Or Hard Way” Warning On Disarming Hamas
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday reiterated that Hamas will be “disarmed” either the “easy way or the hard way.” “Our opposition to a Palestinian state in any territory has not changed. Gaza will be demilitarised, and Hamas will be disarmed, the easy way or the hard way,” Netanyahu said at a weekly cabinet meeting. His statements come a...
EAM Jaishankar meets UN Secretary-General Guterres in New York
External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar today met United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres in New York. In a social media post, Dr Jaishankar valued the UN Secretary-General’s assessment of the current global order and its implications for multilateralism. He also appreciated his perspectives on various regional hotspots. The External Affairs Minister also thanked Mr Guterres for his clear and consistent...
Russian drone slams into block of flats in deadly wave of strikes across Kyiv
A Russian drone has slammed into a block of flats in eastern Kyiv, killing six people and wounding dozens of others, during a wave of strikes throughout the Ukrainian capital. As emergency workers sifted through the wreckage in the Lisovyi area, one Kyiv resident called Vita described how the drone had pierced the building, exploding on the other side. Meanwhile,...
Trump urges Israel’s president to pardon Netanyahu
Israel’s President Isaac Herzog has received a letter from US President Donald Trump formally urging him to “fully pardon” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu has been standing trial for the past five years on charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust in connection with three separate cases. He has denied any wrongdoing. In the letter, Trump writes that he...
Close To Reaching “Fair Deal” With India, They Will “Love Us Again”: Trump
The US is “pretty close” to reaching a “fair trade deal” with India, President Donald Trump has said, adding that he will lower the tariffs imposed on New Delhi “at some point.” “We’re making a deal with India, much different deal than we had in the past. So right now, they don’t love me, but they’ll love us again,” Trump...
US Supreme Court Weighs Legality Of Trump Tariffs In High Stakes Hearing
US Supreme Court justices questioned the legality behind a wide swath of Donald Trump’s tariffs on Wednesday, as they began hearing a landmark case that could uphold — or upend — the president’s economic agenda. Billions of dollars in customs revenue and a key lever in Trump’s trade wars are at stake, while the conservative-dominated court once again grapples with...
Ahead Of COP30, UN Warns World Still Off Track To Meet Paris Climate Goals
Days before global leaders gather for the crucial climate talks at COP30 in Brazil, a stark new report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has delivered a wake-up call – there has been progress on cutting greenhouse gases, but not nearly enough to avoid a hotter, riskier future. The 16th annual Emissions Gap Report paints a picture of a world inching forward on climate action yet hurtling toward temperatures that could unleash widespread floods, wildfires and...
Pakistan secretly testing nukes, claims Trump
US President Donald Trump has claimed that Pakistan has been secretly “testing nuclear weapons”, alongside Russia, China and North Korea, the comments coming as Washington itself considers resuming nuclear testing after more than three decades. In an interview to an American news channel, Trump said several countries were covertly conducting nuclear tests while the US had “stopped testing”, calling the...