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Mexico sends drug lord Caro Quintero, 28 others to US as officials meet with Trump team
February 28, 2025 08:19 IST
In exchange for delaying tariffs, Trump had insisted that Mexico crack down on cartels, illegal immigration and fentanyl production, despite significant dips in migration and overdoses over the past year.
Nepal’s Kathmandu rattled by strong quake, no casualties reported
February 28, 2025 05:30 IST
The German Research Center for Geosciences placed the magnitude of the earthquake at 5.6, and the depth at 10 km (6.21 miles) while the US Geological Survey pegged it at magnitude 5.5.
With flattery and frank talk, Starmer urges Trump not to abandon Ukraine in press to end Russian war
February 28, 2025 04:47 IST
Starmer's visit came after French President Emmanuel Macron was in Washington earlier this week to make a similar case to Trump, and a day before Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is scheduled to visit the White House.
Iowa gives final approval to bill removing gender identity protections despite massive protests
February 28, 2025 04:33 IST
Protesters that watched the vote from the House gallery loudly booed and shouted “Shame!” as the House adjourned.
Despite WHO exit plan, US still in Americas health agency
February 27, 2025 23:58 IST
On his first day in office, Donald Trump began the US withdrawal from WHO and cut foreign aid, impacting global health programs.
Who is Abdullah Ocalan, the Kurdish militant leader urging peace with Turkey?
February 27, 2025 22:47 IST
Ocalan, from his cell in Imrali island prison in the Sea of Marmara, south of Istanbul, called on the PKK to lay down its arms and dissolve itself, a move which if heeded by his fighters will bring an end to their 40-year insurgency.
Imprisoned Kurdish leader urges PKK to disarm, disband as part of peace effort with Turkey
February 27, 2025 22:20 IST
In a message from his prison on an island off Istanbul, the Kurdish leader said the Kurdistan Workers' Party should hold a congress and decide to disband.
Fire kills 8 in the Philippines after flames gutted a residential building in less than an hour
February 27, 2025 17:26 IST
Two of the dead were found on the ground floor and the bodies of six others were recovered on the second floor, where the fire apparently started.
Lebanon’s new government wins confidence vote in parliament
February 27, 2025 01:39 IST
On Tuesday, the Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah had given its backing to the government in a speech delivered by senior Hezbollah lawmaker Mohammed Raad.
Far-right Romanian politician who led canceled presidential vote is questioned by prosecutors
February 26, 2025 23:55 IST
The Constitutional Court made the unprecedented move to annul the election two days ahead of the Dec. 8 runoff after Georgescu’s surprise first-round win. He had polled in single digits and declared zero campaign spending.
Bosnian Serb leader Dodik sentenced to jail for defying peace envoy
February 26, 2025 19:13 IST
Dodik has rejected the indictment as politically motivated. Under criminal law, Bosnians can pay a fine instead of facing jail time if the sentence is no more than one year.
Exchange of Palestinian prisoners for dead Israeli hostages through ‘new mechanism’, date of exchange to be announced at right time: Hamas
February 26, 2025 17:43 IST
Hamas said the swap will take place "through a new mechanism" that guarantees Israel's commitment.
Death toll in Sudan military plane crash rises to 46
February 26, 2025 20:20 IST
The military said in a statement that the plane crashed while taking off from the Wadi Sayidna air base north of Omdurman, the sister city of the capital, Khartoum.
South Korea birthrate rises for first time in 9 years, marriages surge
February 26, 2025 10:31 IST
The country's fertility rate, the average number of babies a woman is expected to have during her reproductive life, stood at 0.75 in 2024, according to Statistics Korea.
US judge says Trump Media, Rumble need not follow Brazilian order they deem censorship
February 26, 2025 07:31 IST
Trump Media, the parent of social media platform Truth Social, and Rumble sued Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes on February 19.
Trump proposes fines, prison for migrants illegally in US who don’t register
February 26, 2025 07:13 IST
All immigrants over the age of 14 who were not fingerprinted or registered when applying for a U.S. visa and who remain in the United States for 30 days or longer are required to register and be fingerprinted.
Medics say 6 babies have died from cold in Gaza as displaced people shelter in tents, rubble
February 26, 2025 06:57 IST
The coastal territory experiences cold, wet winters, with temperatures dropping below 10 degrees Celsius (50 F) at night and storms blowing in from the Mediterranean Sea.
US Senate confirms Dan Driscoll as Army secretary, putting Iraq War vet at helm
February 26, 2025 03:31 IST
During his Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing, Driscoll noted that his father and grandfather served in the Army and he vowed to be a secretary focused on the needs of soldiers.
Nearly 40% of contracts cancelled by Musk’s DOGE are expected to produce no savings
February 26, 2025 01:25 IST
That's usually because the total value of the contracts has already been fully obligated, which means the government has a legal requirement to spend the funds for the goods or services it purchased and in many cases has already done so.
Medics say 6 babies died from cold in Gaza as displaced people shelter in tents, rubble
February 26, 2025 01:18 IST
Temperatures have plunged in recent days. The coastal territory experiences cold, wet winters, with temperatures dropping below 10 degrees Celsius (50 F) at night and storms blowing in from the Mediterranean Sea.
Nearly 40% of contracts canceled by DOGE are expected to produce no savings
February 25, 2025 12:24 IST
The Department of Government Efficiency run by Elon Musk last week published an initial list of 1,125 contracts that it terminated in recent weeks across the federal government.
‘Bangladesh wants good working relations with India based on mutual respect and shared interests’: Foreign Affairs Adviser Touhid Hossain
February 25, 2025 11:19 IST
Foreign Affairs Adviser Md. Touhid Hossain made the remarks while responding to a question on External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar's recent remarks on bilateral relations between the two countries.
Putin says Europe is needed in Ukraine talks, but suggests deal still distant
February 25, 2025 10:43 IST
Putin also said he approved a suggestion that Russia and the United States could discuss deep cuts, of as much as half, in military spending.
China’s adviser pushes lower legal marriage age to 18 to boost birthrate
February 25, 2025 10:07 IST
The legal age for marriage in China is 22 for men and 20 for women, amongst the highest in the world, compared with most developed countries where the legal marriage age is 18.
South Korea court to hear closing statements in Yoon’s impeachment trial
February 25, 2025 09:57 IST
Yoon faces being removed from office less than three years into his five-year presidency if the court upholds parliament's impeachment.
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