Aarna Saini 
According to the National Seismic Monitoring Centre (NSMC), the earthquake occurred at 2:04 a.m. PST at a depth of 102km, with its epicentre located in the Hindukush Mountain region in Afghanistan. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto A 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck parts of Pakistan, including Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, and Islamabad, leaving residents in a state of … Read more
Police officers stand guard outside India House where the High Commission of India is located, in London, Britain. | Photo Credit: Reuters Even as India concluded a trade deal with the United Kingdom, Indian diplomatic vehicles have racked up almost £10 million (₹115.8 crore) in unpaid dues and penalties for London’s congestion charge, a £15 … Read more
Representative image. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Against the backdrop of racist attacks on foreigners in Dublin, the Embassy of India in Ireland has issued an advisory for citizens urging them to take “reasonable precautions”. The advisory came soon after an Indian national took to social media, on July 31, reporting that he became the … Read more
Representational image of a n Indian Oil fuel station in Sonipat. | Photo Credit: Reuters India will keep purchasing oil from Russia despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats of penalties, two Government sources told The New York Times, not wishing to be identified due to the sensitivity of the matter. “These are long-term oil contracts,” … Read more
Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer | Photo Credit: AP The story so far: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced last week that his government would recognise the state of Palestine during the coming UN General Assembly session in September unless Israel agrees to a ceasefire in Gaza, allows more humanitarian aid and commits itself towards … Read more
On August 1, U.S. President Donald Trump wrote on the social media that he had ordered two “nuclear submarines” to be positioned in “the appropriate regions”, in a direct threat to Russia. Pete Hegseth, the Secretary of Defence, reposted Mr. Trump’s post. The reason for Mr. Trump’s escalatory move: back-to-back social media posts by Dmitry … Read more
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is welcomed by Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad, Pakistan, on August 2, 2025. | Photo Credit: West Asia News Agency Handout via Reuters Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian arrived in Pakistan on Saturday (August 2, 2025) on a two-day state visit aimed at strengthening ties and increasing bilateral trade volume … Read more
Türkiye’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar (2nd right), Minister of the Economy of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mikayil Jabbarov (right), Syrian energy minister Mohammed al-Bashir (2nd Left) and Director General of Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) Fahad Hamad Hassan Al-Sulait (L) during the Türkiye-Syria Natural gas pipeline opening and the commencement of … Read more
Muhammad Yunus, the 85-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner, is leading the caretaker government as its chief adviser until elections are held. | Photo Credit: Reuters Bangladesh’s interim government said on Saturday (August 2, 2025) it will release its slate of democratic overhauls on August 5, the one-year anniversary of the overthrow of the previous autocratic … Read more
Police tape surrounds The Owl Bar in Anaconda, Montana, on August 1, 2025, following a fatal shooting. | Photo Credit: AP Police and other emergency personnel are seen after a reported shooting in Anaconda, Mont., Friday, Aug. 1, 2025. (Joseph Scheller/The Montana Standard via AP) | Photo Credit: AP A shooting at a Montana bar … Read more
