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Hamas freed the first two of six Israeli hostages due to be released on Saturday (February 22, 2025) even as heightened tension between the adversaries clouded the future of the fragile ceasefire deal. The two hostages — Tal Shoham, 40, and Avera Mengistu, 38 — were put into Red Cross vehicles after being brought out … Read more
Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters A second meeting between representatives of Russia and the United States is planned for the next two weeks, the RIA state news agency reported on Saturday (February 22, 2025), citing Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov. Moscow and Washington held their first talks on … Read more
Vasundhara Oswal, daughter of Indian-origin billionaire Pankaj Oswal, speaks during an interview with PTI, in Mumbai, on Feb. 21, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Vasundhara Oswal, daughter of Indian-origin billionaire Pankaj Oswal, who was jailed falsely on charges of kidnapping and murder of her father’s former employee in Uganda, claimed that her more than three-week … Read more
Nuns pray next to the statue of late Pope John Paul II outside the Gemelli Hospital, where Pope Francis is admitted for treatment, in Rome, Italy, February 22, 2025. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Pope Francis, who is being treated in hospital for double pneumonia, will not appear in public on Sunday to lead his usual … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Prime Minister of Bhutan Dasho Tshering Tobgay during a meeting, in New Delhi, March 14, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI India and Bhutan enjoy “exemplary ties” of friendship and cooperation, based on trust, goodwill and mutual understanding at all levels, and the visit of Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay was in … Read more
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and the College of Commissioners will visit India on February 27 and 28, the government and Commission announced. The visit comes early in the Commission’s new term, which began in December last year. | Photo Credit: AP European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and the College of … Read more
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and the College of Commissioners will visit India on February 27 and 28, the government and Commission announced. The visit comes early in the Commission’s new term, which began in December last year. | Photo Credit: AP European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and the College of … Read more
Hamas freed the first two of six Israeli hostages due to be released on Saturday (February 22, 2025) even as heightened tension between the adversaries clouded the future of the fragile ceasefire deal. The two hostages — Tal Shoham, 40, and Avera Mengistu, 38 — were put into Red Cross vehicles after being brought out … Read more
Supporters of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. File photo used for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: AP A leader of the principal Opposition, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), was beaten to death in front of his wife by his rivals in Dhaka, police said. Also read: Bangladesh clashes leave nearly 150 students injured Mohammad Babul Mia, … Read more
Palestinian militants carry a coffin containing the body of Kfir Bibas, the youngest captive and one of four Israeli dead hostages, including Kfir’s brother Ariel and their mother Shiri Bibas, as they are hand it over to the Red Cross in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP A … Read more