Md Touhid Hossain, adviser for Foreign Affairs of the interim government of Bangladesh. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Bangladesh’s interim government on Wednesday (October 8, 2025) described Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri’s comments on the general election as “completely unwarranted”, saying it is entirely an internal affair of the country. “I see that statement as not … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin. File | Photo Credit: AP Russia’s lower house of parliament on Wednesday (October 8, 2025) approved a move to withdraw from a landmark agreement with the United States aimed at reducing vast stockpiles of weapons-grade plutonium left over from thousands of Cold War nuclear warheads. The Plutonium Management and Disposition Agreement … Read more
Damage to vehicles at the site of a military strike on a protest in central Myanmar’s Chaung U township. Facebook/UGC via AFP Myanmar’s military carried out a paraglider strike on a village that killed at least 24 people including children, and wounded more than 50 others, according to a member of a resistance group, villagers … Read more
Supporters of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party walk past a banner of their leader and jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan in Peshawar. File | Photo Credit: AFP Jailed former premier Imran Khan’s party’s general secretary on Wednesday (October 8, 2025) confirmed that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur is being removed from office. Pakistan … Read more
Heiner Linke (left), Chair of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry, explains a model as Hans Ellegren (centre), Secretary General of The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and Olof Ramstroem, Member of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry, listen during a press conference on the announcement of the winners of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry at … Read more
Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif. | Photo Credit: Reuters Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has warned that “chances of war with India are real” and claimed that his country would achieve even bigger success in the case of any armed conflict in future. Mr. Asif made the remarks in an interview with Samaa TV … Read more
An Indian national fighting alongside the Russian military surrendered to Ukrainian forces, the Ukrainian military said on Tuesday (October 7, 2025). The 63rd Mechanised Brigade of the Ukrainian military, on its Telegram channel, released a video of the Indian national who identified himself as Majoti Sahil Mohamed Hussein from Gujarat. There was no word from … Read more
Urla, a lush district in western Turkey, is bursting with promise, with easy access to beaches, an up-and-coming gastronomy scene and a well-marked vineyard route. Source link
In a historic development for the Indian diaspora, California has designated Deepavali as an official state holiday, becoming the third state in the United States (the U.S.) to officially recognise the Indian festival of lights as a holiday. California Governor Gavin Newsom on Tuesday (October 7, 2025) announced that he has signed a Bill by … Read more
Islamist militants ambushed a Pakistani military convoy near the Afghan border. File | Photo Credit: AP Islamist militants ambushed a Pakistani military convoy near the Afghan border on Wednesday (October 8, 2025), killing nine soldiers and two officers, sources said, with the Pakistani Taliban claiming responsibility. Roadside bombs hit the convoy before a large number … Read more
