October 16, 2025 | Papuan separatists
October 17, 2025
UP govt announces 3% hike in Dearness Allowance, Dearness Relief ahead of Diwali; CM Yogi extends congratulations to employees, pensioners
In a festive gesture ahead of Diwali, the Uttar Pradesh government on Friday announced an increase in Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) for state employees and pensioners. The rates hav...
October 16, 2025
PM Modi, Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh extend wishes to NSG personnel on Raising Day
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh extended their best wishes to the National Security Guard (NSG) personnel on the occasion of the force's Raising Day. "On the occasion of National Security Guard's Raisin...
October 16, 2025
India and Egypt share commitment to progress of Global South: EAM Jaishankar
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday highlighted that India and Egypt share commitment to the progress of the Global South. "India and Egypt share a commitment to the progress of the Global South and the strengthening of independence and freedom...
October 16, 2025
Myanmar elections unlikely to see credible outcome, EU human rights rep says
The European Union's Special Representative for Human Rights Kajsa Ollongren said on Thursday that the grouping had no plans to send observers to an election in military-ruled Myanmar, as it was unlik...
October 15, 2025
Aid trucks roll into Gaza as dispute over hostage bodies is paused
Aid trucks rolled into Gaza on Wednesday and Israel resumed preparations to open the main Rafah crossing after a dispute over the return of the bodies of dead hostages that had threatened to derail the fragile ceasefire deal with Hamas. Israel had threatened ...
October 15, 2025
Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupts, spewing ash 10 km into the sky
Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted on Wednesday, shooting volcanic ash 10 km (6.2 miles) into the sky, the country's volcanology agency said, forcing authorities to raise the alert system to its highest level. Located in East Nusa Tenggara province,...
October 15, 2025
Aid trucks roll into Gaza as dispute over hostage bodies is paused
Aid trucks rolled into Gaza on Wednesday and Israel resumed preparations to open the main Rafah crossing after a dispute over the return of the bodies of dead hostages that had threatened to derail th...
October 15, 2025
Gaza needs massive boost in emergency aid after ceasefire, UN relief chief says
The United Nations is seeking a dramatic boost in humanitarian aid for Gaza, saying the hundreds of relief trucks cleared to enter the devastated enclave under a ceasefire were nowhere near the thousands needed to ease a humanitarian disaster. Tom Fletcher, t...
October 15, 2025
US military tells Hamas to stop violence against Gaza civilians, disarm ‘without delay’
The U.S. military's Middle East command on Wednesday called on Hamas to stop its violence against civilians in Gaza and disarm "without delay" as the militant group reasserts itself by deploying security forces and executing those it deems collaborators with I...
October 16, 2025
French PM survives no-confidence votes after making pension concession
French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu survived two no-confidence votes in parliament on Thursday, winning crucial backing from the Socialist Party thanks to his pledge to suspend President Emmanuel ...
October 13, 2025
Ex-French President Sarkozy’s 5-year jail term to start next week, RTL reports
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy will head to a Paris prison next week, where he will begin an unprecedented five-year prison sentence for criminal conspiracy over attempts to raise 2007 election campaign funds from Libya, RTL reported on Monday. RTL r...
October 8, 2025
EU’s plan to phase out Russian energy clears first political hurdle
European Union countries' ambassadors on Wednesday agreed to move ahead with the bloc's plan to end Russian oil and gas imports by 2028, EU diplomats said, clearing the law's first political hurdle before governments vote on it later this month. The EU is neg...
October 17, 2025
John Bolton, former Trump adviser, charged with sharing classified information
John Bolton, President Donald Trump's former national security adviser, was charged on Thursday in a sweeping indictment that accuses him of sharing sensitive government information with two of his re...
October 17, 2025
Trump says he will meet Putin in Budapest, touting progress in Ukraine talks
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on Thursday to another summit on the war in Ukraine, a surprise move that came as Moscow feared fresh U.S. military support for Kyiv. Trump and Putin may meet within the next two weeks in...
October 16, 2025
No phone call took place between PM Modi and Trump: MEA rejects US President’s claim
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday said that no phone call took place between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump on Wednesday, rejecting the US President’s claim that the two leaders had spoken. When asked about Trump...
October 15, 2025
MoS Kirti Vardhan Singh arrives in Kampala for Non-Aligned Movement ministerial meeting
Minister of State for External Affairs and Environment, Kirti Vardhan Singh, has arrived in Uganda's capital Kampala, to lead the Indian delegation at the 19th Mid-Term Ministerial Meeting of the Non-...
August 14, 2025
Ethiopian fossils reveal new species in human evolutionary lineage
Researchers have unearthed tooth fossils in Ethiopia dating to about 2.65 million years ago of a previously unknown species in the human evolutionary lineage, one that lived in the same time and place as the earliest-known member of the genus Homo to which our...
August 3, 2025
Trump reaffirms support for Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara
U.S. President Donald Trump has reaffirmed support for Morocco's sovereignty over Western Sahara, saying a Moroccan autonomy plan for the territory was the sole solution to the disputed region, state news agency MAP said on Saturday. The long-frozen conflict ...
