French President Emmanuel Macron comfortably won reelection to a second term Sunday, triggering relief among allies that the nuclear-armed power won't abruptly shift course in the midst of the war in Ukraine from European Union and NATO efforts to punish and contain Russia's military expansionism.
China's capital Beijing has gone on high alert as the situation turned grim following the emergence of clusters of COVID-19, while the country's financial hub Shanghai reported 39 more deaths due to the virus, the highest in a day so far during the current outbreak since last month.
Maharashtra sets up state vaccination task force to strengthen immunisation programme
Congress wins 18 seats in Assam; 17 Muslim candidates among victors
3 Indians injured after fire breaks out in UAE's Fujairah due to drone attack
Meghalaya rolls out centralised PF for 30,000 teachers
Heavy rain, hailstorms likely to lash Uttarakhand on Tuesday; IMD issues warning
Karnataka: Three held for murder of Tibetan man in Dharwad district
Trump launches new effort to reopen Strait of Hormuz
Injured Phil Salt returns home for scans
Lungi Ngidi fit to play against CSK
Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah questions West Bengal, TN poll results; cites polarisation
Sengottaiyan secures historic 10th victory in Gobichettipalayam assembly constituency
Bengaluru: Four arrested in prostitution racket; four women rescued
The US discourages India to rely on Russia for its defence needs, the Pentagon has said.
prominent American Congressman has expressed concern over the human rights situation in Kashmir and emphasised that the US government must make clear that it expects better of democracies like India.
Colombo: India on Thursday said it has delivered one more consignment of 40,000 MT of diesel to Sri Lanka under the Indian credit line to help ease the acute power crisis in the island nation.
Kabul: A series of explosions across Afghanistan on Thursday killed at least 10 people and wounded scores more, according to police and hospital officials.
Sri Lanka's Leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa on Wednesday claimed that Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardene had assured that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was ready to resign if all political parties request him, media reports said on Wednesday.
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who is under pressure to resign, was dealt a further blow on Wednesday when three more parliamentarians withdrew their support to the government.
Colombo: At least one person was killed and 12 others injured on Tuesday when police opened fire to disperse anti-government protestors in Sri Lanka's southwestern region of Rambukkana.
Beijing: Shanghai reported seven more deaths due to COVID-19 as the Chinese financial hub grapples with a record outbreak, taking the death toll in the country to 4,648 with over 21,400 new cases, most of them from the city.
