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August 20, 2026 9:49 AM
Vietnam's government has proposed abolishing the death penalty for six offences, including drug trafficking and the rape of minors, as part of a revision of the country's criminal code presented to parliament on Thursday, state media reported. Publi...
August 20, 2026 9:46 AM
 Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani said he made clear to Israel there were no plans to establish a Turkish military base at Abu al-Duhur airbase, which Israel struck on Tuesday, saying the site was being rehabilitated for use by the Syrian ...
August 20, 2026 9:38 AM
The Manipur government has ordered the closure of all schools, colleges and higher education institutions across the state from Thursday to Saturday, citing the prevailing law-and-order situation. According to an order issued by the Education Depart...
August 20, 2026 9:32 AM
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will hold a bilateral meeting with his Japanese counterpart, Shinjiro Koizumi, in New Delhi on Thursday to further strengthen defence cooperation between the two nations and promote peace in the Indo-Pacific region. â€...
August 20, 2026 9:24 AM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday paid homage to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his birth anniversary. In a post on X, PM Modi said, “On the occasion of his birth anniversary, paying homage to former Prime Minister of India, Shri Raj...
August 20, 2026 9:17 AM
Global bonds steadied on Thursday after the U.S. Treasury stepped in to stem a rout in its bond market, soothing investor nerves and sending the dollar lower while stocks climbed. The U.S. Treasury announced overnight it will double buyback sizes fo...
August 20, 2026 9:12 AM
U.S. President Donald Trump warned of economic consequences against any country that provided "any type of lifeline to Iran" as the U.S. looks to resolve a war it began alongside Israel nearly six months ago. Thousands of people have been ki...
August 20, 2026 8:58 AM
Russian ballistic missiles killed at least five people and injured over two dozen more in Kyiv early on Thursday, authorities said on the Telegram messaging app, damaging buildings and leaving parts of the Ukrainian capital without power. People wer...
August 20, 2026 1:13 AM
Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu on Wednesday flagged off the scaled-up phase of India's transshipment cargo reform at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi, expanding the network to four additional domestic origin stations and two ...
August 20, 2026 1:12 AM
Union Minister of State for Science and Technology Jitendra Singh on Wednesday said the Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) Fund has stringent safeguards to prevent conflicts of interest and protect taxpayers’ money as well as private capita...
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