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Germany’s equality chessboard creates headache in picking new government’s ministers

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany faces the conundrum of choosing ministers for its next government without flouting equality sensitivities: the main candidates are from only two regions, and none of the

Congo government, M23 rebel delegations in Doha for talks, sources say

By Sonia Rolley (Reuters) - Congolese officials and negotiators for the Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have arrived in Doha for talks to hammer out a ceasefire and end months of fighting that have raised

Argentine workers launch widespread 24-hour strike against Milei’s austerity measures

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Argentina's largest workers' unions kicked off a massive 24-hour strike on Thursday, bringing trains, planes and ports to a halt as they protested against sweeping austerity

Europeans discuss Ukraine peace force but big questions unanswered

By Andrew Gray and Benoit Van Overstraeten BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Defence ministers from some 30 countries met in Brussels on Thursday to discuss a "reassurance force" for Ukraine in the event of a

Tanzania court charges opposition party leader with treason

NAIROBI (Reuters) - A court in Tanzania has charged opposition party leader Tundu Lissu with treason, following his arrest on Wednesday after he called for election reforms at a public meeting. (

Canadian, wanted for 2008 Mumbai attacks, arrives in India after US extradition

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A Pakistani-born Canadian businessman accused of helping to orchestrate the 2008 attacks in Mumbai, one of India's deadliest, arrived in New Delhi on Thursday after the U.S.

Germany’s CSU backs coalition deal as economic gloom ups pressure for new government

MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) - Germany's conservative CSU approved a coalition deal with its CDU sister party and the Social Democrats (SPD) on Thursday, a day after they presented a programme to revive

US, Russia delegations hold talks in Istanbul on diplomatic missions

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - U.S. and Russian delegations held talks in Istanbul on Thursday on normalising the work of their diplomatic missions after the war in Ukraine triggered the biggest confrontation

US Treasury secretary to travel to Argentina on Monday

By Susan Heavey and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will meet with Argentina President Javier Milei and other government and business leaders in Buenos Aries

EU pauses countermeasures after Trump’s tariff reprieve; U.S. weighing deals

By Philip Blenkinsop, Joe Cash and Andrea Shalal BRUSSELS/BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The European Union will pause its first countermeasures against U.S. tariffs after President Donald Trump

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What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?