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Pakistan court overturns ex-PM Nawaz Sharif’s last graft conviction

By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A Pakistan court on Tuesday overturned a conviction for graft of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, his lawyer said, removing one of the last major hurdles for

Sweden says Hungary sticking to promise over NATO accession

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Hungary has repeated a promise that it will not be the last NATO country to ratify Sweden's application to join the alliance, Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom said on

Kenya to scrap visas for all visitors, president says

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Visitors to Kenya from across the world will no longer require a visa from January, President William Ruto said on Tuesday. Ruto said his government had developed a digital

Guinea-Bissau president reappoints Geraldo Martins as PM

By Alberto Dabo BISSAU (Reuters) - Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo has reappointed Geraldo Martins as prime minister after dissolving his government last week, he said in a statement on

Israel pounds Gaza as hunger spreads, disease risk grows

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Michelle Nichols CAIRO/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -Israeli tanks and warplanes pummelled southern Gaza on Tuesday, and the U.N. said aid distribution to Gazans facing growing

Yemen’s Houthis claim attack on Norwegian tanker in tense Middle East

By Nadine Awadalla and Terje Solsvik DUBAI/OSLO (Reuters) -Yemen's Houthis said on Tuesday they carried out a military operation against a Norwegian commercial tanker in their latest protest against

WHO protests after patient dies on rescue mission held up by Israeli troops

By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber GENEVA (Reuters) -The World Health Organization complained on Tuesday about the Israeli detention of a medical rescue convoy in the Gaza Strip, saying one patient had died

Militant suicide truck attack kills 23 Pakistani soldiers

By Saud Mehsud and Mushtaq Ali DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - A six-man suicide squad drove an explosive-laden truck into a military camp in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least 23

Rwanda sets July election date for presidential and parliamentary polls

KIGALI (Reuters) - Rwanda will hold presidential and parliamentary elections in July next year, when President Paul Kagame will seek to extend his roughly three decades in control of the East African

German anti-drone project costs increase fivefold – Spiegel

BERLIN (Reuters) - The planned procurement of an anti-drone system by Germany's defence ministry will end up being five times more expensive than initially expected, Spiegel magazine reported on

On Camera

Stop targeting Galgotias University students. Focus on politicians instead

Going through their Instagrams and dissecting their ‘statements’ is not the astute political commentary you think it is—it is time for us to back off from targeting 20-year-olds.

High capacity usage, fresh borrowings & new orders — why FY25 could be a big year for pvt investment

Companies are borrowing more from banks and public. Economists say high capacity utilisation & growing new orders could set stage for renewed investment push by India Inc.

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.