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October 16, 2025 2:32 PM

Egyptian FM Badr Abdelatty arrives in Delhi for key strategic dialogue

Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty arrived in New Delhi on Thursday to attend the 1st India-Egypt Strategic Dialogue aimed at enhancing bilateral ties and strategic partnership. Welcoming the Egyptian Foreign Minister on his arrival, the MEA ...

October 16, 2025 11:17 AM

India reaffirms stance on 2-state solution for Palestine, pledges support for peace in West Asia

Reiterating India's longstanding stance for a negotiated two-State solution, Union Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh underscored New Delhi's commitment to contributing towards a peaceful and stable West Asia during the meetin...

October 16, 2025 10:56 AM

Explosions hit Ecuador bridges days after illegal mining crackdown

The detonation of explosive devices on two bridges in Ecuador early on Wednesday was retaliation for a major military operation against illegal miners, the country's interior minister said. Interior Minister John Reimberg indicated that authorities ...

October 16, 2025 10:18 AM

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya arrives in India for three-day official visit

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya arrived in New Delhi on Thursday for her maiden visit to India after assuming office. In a post on X, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) wrote said: “PM @Dr_HariniA of Sri Lanka has arrived in New D...

October 16, 2025 9:51 AM

French PM faces day of reckoning, but likely to survive no-confidence votes

French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu appears likely to survive two no-confidence votes in parliament on Thursday after offering to suspend President Emmanuel Macron's landmark pension reform to win support from the left. Lecornu, already France's...

October 16, 2025 9:52 AM

Shutdown could cost US economy $15 billion a week, Treasury says

The two-week-old federal government shutdown may cost the U.S. economy as much as $15 billion a week in lost output, a Treasury official said late on Wednesday, correcting an earlier statement from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent that put the cost...

October 16, 2025 9:42 AM

Landmines that sparked Thai-Cambodia clash were likely newly laid, experts say

Thai Army Second Lieutenant Baramee Sricha was on a patrol near a disputed stretch of the border between Thailand and Cambodia on July 16, when a member of his team stepped on a landmine that detonated, severing his ankle. The incident was a cat...

October 15, 2025 10:53 PM

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 t...

October 15, 2025 10:50 PM

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...

October 15, 2025 11:12 PM

IMF sounds alarm about high global public debt, urges countries to build buffers

Global public debt is projected to rise above 100% of gross domestic product by 2029, reaching its highest level since 1948 and continuing to climb, the IMF said on Wednesday, urging countries to build up buffers to guard against economic risks. Vit...

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