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India on Saturday condemned the attack on French UN peacekeepers in Lebanon, urging the Lebanese government to urgently investigate this attack and bring its perpetrators to justice. A French soldier was killed and three others wounded while clearing a road in southern Lebanon in an attack that UN peacekeepers and French officials claimed was carried…
Venezuela’s opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said on Saturday she had “no regrets” about symbolically handing over her Nobel Peace Prize to US President Donald Trump in January. “There is a leader in the world, a head of state in the world who risked the lives of his country’s citizens for Venezuela’s freedom,” she told…
Last Updated:April 19, 2026, 12:50 AM IST Tehran has now pulled back the curtain on the 21-hour marathon negotiations held in Islamabad Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (R) with Pakistan’s Army Chief Asim Munir. (File pic/Reuters) The diplomatic euphoria surrounding a potential West Asia breakthrough has been met with a cold dose of reality. Iran’s…
Last Updated:April 19, 2026, 12:01 AM IST CNN-News18 has learnt from top sources that a fundamental disconnect remains between Tehran’s rhetoric, the IRGC, and the United States Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and US Vice President JD Vance. (File pic/AFP) The high-stakes diplomatic theatre in Islamabad has been hit by a wave of scepticism as…
Last Updated:April 18, 2026, 11:13 PM IST US citizen Sundas Naqvi is sued for defamation after alleging a 43-hour ICE detention at Chicago airport, DHS and a Wisconsin sheriff say surveillance disproves her claims. The Department of Homeland Security rejected the claims that US citizen of Pakistani decent, Sundas Naqvi, was taken into custody at…
Last Updated:April 18, 2026, 9:42 PM IST Pope Leo rejects idea of public debate with US President Trump, signaling Vatican will avoid direct political confrontation and focus on diplomacy and humanitarian priorities. US President Donald Trump; Pope Leo XIV (R) (Image: Reuters/File) Pope Leo has dismissed the idea of engaging in a public debate with…
Last Updated:April 18, 2026, 9:07 pm IST Gunman opens fire in Kyiv district, killing at least one and injuring several, then enters Velmart supermarket and reportedly takes hostages, special forces surround area. Gunman opens fire in Kyiv district, killing at least one and injuring several, then enters Velmart supermarket and reportedly takes hostages, special forces…
New Delhi: Two Indian-flagged vessels were fired at by Iranian gunboats in the Strait of Hormuz today, sources have said. No one was injured and the vessels were not damaged, they said. The two ships, however, had to turn back after the incident northeast of Oman in the shipping lane critical for oil trade. One…
Last Updated:April 18, 2026, 7:12 PM IST According to top government of India sources, the incident involved general small arms firing in the area as the vessels navigated a narrow segment of the strait For the Indian government, this ‘stray bullet’ incident presents a complex maritime challenge. Representational image/AP The delicate diplomatic thaw in West…
Last Updated:April 18, 2026, 6:13 PM IST In 2005, mounting concerns over performance and governance brought internal tensions within the Johnson family into sharp focus. File photo of Edward Johnson and his daughter Abby Johnson around the early 2000s. (Photo: X) A major internal conflict within Fidelity Investments in 2005 exposed how deeply family dynamics…