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Sri Lanka appoints Priyantha Weerasuriya as acting police chief

Colombo, Sep 27 (PTI) Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Friday appointed Senior Deputy Inspector General Priyantha Weerasuriya as the acting police...

Yemen’s Houthis say they targeted three U.S. destroyers in the Red Sea

DUBAI (Reuters) - Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis said on Friday they targeted with 23 ballistic‮ ‬and winged missiles and a drone three U.S. destroyers in the Red Sea while on their way to support

Helene, one of largest storms to hit the US, brings chaos to Florida and Georgia

By Rich McKay and Andrew Hay ATLANTA (Reuters) -Helene roared through Florida and Georgia under darkness on Friday as one of the most powerful storms to hit the U.S., killing at least four people,

Britain’s youngest killers in 30 years sentenced for machete attack

By Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) - Two boys who were aged just 12 when they killed a 19-year-old man in a "horrific" machete attack in central England last year were on Friday sentenced to a

Pakistan requests IMF to provide additional USD 1.5 billion loan to combat climate change

Islamabad , September 27 (ANI): Pakistan has requested the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to provide an additional USD 1.5 billion loan to tackle the...

Factbox-What’s at stake in Georgia’s October election?

By Felix Light TBILISI (Reuters) - The South Caucasus country of Georgia holds a parliamentary election on Oct. 26 that pits a government seen as leaning increasingly towards Russia against an

Slovakia’s PM Fico to discuss nuclear power plans in S Korea visit

(Reuters) - Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Friday he will discuss plans to build a new nuclear power unit during a visit to South Korea as the government sounds out potential bidders.

EU concerned by report of Russia producing attack drones in China

(Reuters) - A report that Russia is developing a China-backed attack drone programme for the war in Ukraine is "deeply concerning", a European Union spokesperson said on Friday. Reuters reported on

Challenges US faces in tackling with China on global stage are “almost overwhelming”: Former NSA

Washington, DC , September 27 (ANI): Former National Security Advisor Robert C O'Brien stated that the challenges the United States faces in dealing with...

Pakistan: Election Commission schedules hearing of Tehreek-e-Insaf’s intra-party polls case

Islamabad , September 27 (ANI): The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has scheduled the hearing of the case regarding discrepancies in the intra-party elections...

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Is support reducing for Kolkata doctors? Mamata not the only one who has to course correct

West Bengal is ready to welcome its daughter home for Durga Puja, but the family is unable to keep the deep-rooted discord within from spilling out. At its head is Mamata Banerjee.

How Modi govt’s Atmanirbhar policy could have hobbled BSNL’s efforts to catch up in 4G race

Restrictions on use of equipment from global vendors have necessitated new indigenous technology being developed, tested & deployed—further delaying BSNL's 4G & 5G launch.

IAF chief AP Singh red-flags Tejas delay, says China ahead in technology & production capacity

Air force chief says HAL needs to churn out 24 aircraft per year. It is important for IAF to have indigenous weapons systems to deal with any security challenges, he says.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?