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DNPA announces support for World News Day

September 27, 2024 14:14 IST

Over 600 media organizations worldwide are participating in this event to reaffirm their dedication to delivering verified news amid the rising tide of fake news.

Former Defense Minister Ishiba chosen to lead Japan’s ruling party, to become PM next week

September 27, 2024 12:19 IST

The current prime minister, Fumio Kishida, has been dogged by corruption scandals, and his party was looking for a fresh leader in hopes of regaining public trust before a looming next general election.

US airlines cancel over 1,000 flights due to hurricane Helene

September 26, 2024 23:16 IST

Southwest Airlines has canceled 201 flights, the most among the carriers, closely followed by American Airlines and Delta Air Lines.

New York Mayor Adams charged in Turkey bribery, fraud scheme

September 26, 2024 22:51 IST

In a 57-page indictment, prosecutors laid out an alleged scheme stretching back to 2014 that helped to underwrite Adams' 2021 mayoral campaign and showered him with free rooms at opulent hotels and meals at high-end restaurants.

Trump lawyers ask New York court to toss nearly $500 million civil fraud judgment

September 26, 2024 22:19 IST

Justice Arthur Engoron in February ordered Trump, the Republican candidate in the Nov. 5 U.S. presidential election, to pay $454.2 million in penalties and interest for inflating his net worth.

Iran denies targeting ex-US officials after Trump implicates it in assassination attempts

September 26, 2024 18:51 IST

Trump, the Republican candidate to return to the presidency, said on Wednesday Iran may have been behind recent attempts to assassinate him and suggested that if he were president and another country threatened a US presidential candidate, it risked being "blown to smithereens".

Iwao Hakamada, left, 88-year-old former boxer who has been on death row for nearly six decades after his murder conviction that his lawyers said was based on forced confession and fabricated evidence, is helped by a supporter as he goes for a walk in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka prefecture, central Japan Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japanese court acquits a former boxer in a 1966 murder retrial after decades on death row

September 26, 2024 12:01 IST

Iwao Hakamada’s acquittal by the Shizuoka District Court makes him the fifth death-row convict to be found not guilty in a retrial in postwar Japanese criminal justice. The case could rekindle a debate around abolishing the death penalty in Japan.

Trump says Ukraine ‘demolished’, dismisses its defence against Russia’s invasion

September 26, 2024 10:05 IST

Trump argued Ukraine should have made concessions to Russian President Vladimir Putin in the months before Russia's February 2022 attack, declaring that even “the worst deal would've been better than what we have now".

US Secret Service agent probed over ‘sexual misconduct’ involving Harris staffer

September 26, 2024 06:34 IST

A U.S. Secret Service (USSS) spokesperson said separately that the employee was placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation.

Vice President Harris to visit US-Mexico border, discuss security, aide says

September 26, 2024 06:24 IST

Harris was California's attorney general before being elected to the U.S. Senate and then in 2020 vice president. She visited the border in 2021.

Passenger fatally shot in Los Angeles bus hijacking

September 25, 2024 22:54 IST

The armed man boarded the Metro bus with the driver and two passengers aboard shortly before 1 a.m. in South Los Angeles, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The department described it as a kidnapping situation.

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China conducts first public test launch of intercontinental ballistic missile

September 25, 2024 09:38 IST

The launch "effectively tested the performance of weapons and equipment and the training level of the troops, and achieved the expected goal," Xinhua reported.

Trump briefed on alleged assassination threats by Iran, his campaign says

September 25, 2024 07:14 IST

The campaign said that intelligence officials have identified that Iranian threats have "heightened in the past few months" and U.S. government officials were working to protect Trump.

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) Turkey

Turkey’s Erdogan says UN, Western values dying in Gaza

September 24, 2024 23:44 IST

In a speech at the United Nations General Assembly, Erdogan reiterated his harsh criticism on Israel over its military campaign in the Gaza strip and on the Western countries for their support to Israel.

Several people are detained in Switzerland in connection with suspected death in a ‘suicide capsule’

September 24, 2024 20:16 IST

Switzerland is among the only countries in the world where foreigners can travel to legally end their lives.

Thousands of ill inmates released from Congo’s main prison to ease overcrowding

September 24, 2024 06:07 IST

Inmates had increasingly grown frustrated with the poor conditions in the facility, including inadequate beds, poor feeding and poor sanitation.

3 dead off a Greek island after a boat with migrants runs into trouble

September 23, 2024 16:51 IST

The coast guard said it was unclear how many people had been on board the boat, believed to have been a dinghy, or what exactly had occurred.

China urges netizens to be vigilant against Taiwanese cyberattacks

September 23, 2024 06:39 IST

Taiwan frequently accuses Chinese groups of seeking to spread online disinformation or carry out cyberattacks across the democratically governed island.

Scholz’s Social Democrats hold back far right in German state vote Potsdam

September 23, 2024 06:36 IST

The vote in Thuringia marked the first electoral victory for a far-right party in Germany since World War II.

Kate, the Princess of Wales, makes first public appearance after cancer treatment

September 22, 2024 19:48 IST

Kate and her husband, Prince William, were seen attending church with King Charles III and Queen Camilla near their royal Balmoral estate in Scotland.

Kenya’s Ruto open to converting Haiti mission to UN peacekeeping operation

September 22, 2024 05:15 IST

The 15-member council is due to vote on September . 30 on the mandate renewal.

Biden says China’s aggressive behavior continues in South China Sea and Taiwan Strait

September 22, 2024 04:45 IST

'We believe Xi Jinping is looking to focus on domestic economic challenges and minimize the turbulence in China diplomatic relationships,' the US President added.

Two dead, three hurt after shooting in downtown Minneapolis

September 21, 2024 23:59 IST

The two men died at a hospital. Police said the injuries to the others are not believed to be life-threatening. Police say a fight between groups of people led to the shooting.

Fears grip ethnic minorities after deadly violence in Bangladesh

September 21, 2024 20:06 IST

Sectarian violence, sparked by the lynching of a Bengali man on Wednesday, has displaced scores of ethnic families after homes and businesses were set on fire in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) bordering Myanmar and northeast India, they said.