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Israel nears decision on Lebanon border offensive, army chief says

By Dan Williams, Henriette Chacar and Maya Gebeily JERUSALEM/BEIRUT (Reuters) -Israel is ready for an offensive along the northern border with Lebanon and is nearing a decision, the chief of staff

Lawmakers brawl in Turkish parliament over pro-Kurdish mayor’s detention

ANKARA (Reuters) - Lawmakers from Turkey's ruling AK Party and the pro-Kurdish DEM Party brawled in parliament's general assembly on Tuesday over the detention and replacement of a DEM Party mayor in

Brazil senator drops proposal to tax low-cost online orders from bill

BRASILIA (Reuters) - A proposal to tax online international purchases under $50 was dropped from a wider bill ahead of an expected vote in the Brazilian Senate on Tuesday and should be debated

Sri Lankan President, Maldives President, Nepal PM, congratulate PM Modi on election victory

Colombo/Kathmandu, Jun 4 (PTI) Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Nepalese Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' on Tuesday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra...

US commends India’s parliamentary elections, stays neutral on results

Washington, Jun 4 (PTI) The US on Tuesday praised India's parliamentary elections as the "largest exercise of democracy in history", while refraining from...

Baseball star Ohtani’s ex-interpreter pleads guilty to bank fraud

By Michael Blake and Brad Brooks SANTA ANA, California (Reuters) - Japanese baseball great Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter pleaded guilty on Tuesday to stealing nearly $17 million from the

Spanish court summons PM Sanchez’s wife over corruption allegations

MADRID (Reuters) -A Madrid court has summoned Begona Gomez, wife of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, to appear before a judge on July 5 over allegations of corruption and influence peddling that

Biden imposes sweeping measures to bar migrants from asylum at Mexico border

By Ted Hesson and Mica Rosenberg WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Migrants caught illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border could be denied the chance to claim asylum and quickly deported or turned back to

Poland’s Tusk says EU vote crucial for keeping war outside the bloc

WARSAW (Reuters) - Thousands of supporters of Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk gathered in the capital Warsaw on Tuesday ahead of European elections that the head of government says are crucial for

US, partners making progress on ways to use frozen Russian assets, Treasury official says

By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States and its G7 partners are making progress on finding ways to provide larger amounts of urgently needed funds to Ukraine by tapping the value of

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Support reducing for Kolkata doctors. Mamata is 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?