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December 19, 2025 10:54 AM

Japan reaffirms no-nukes pledge after senior official suggests acquiring weapons

Japan reaffirmed its decades-old pledge never to possess nuclear weapons on Friday after local media reported that a senior security official suggested the country should acquire them to deter potential aggressors. The unnamed official said Japan ne...

December 19, 2025 10:16 AM

EU leaders agree joint borrowing to fund Ukraine, setting aside plan to use Russian frozen assets

European Union leaders decided on Friday to borrow cash to fund Ukraine's defence against Russia for the next two years rather than use frozen Russian assets, sidestepping divisions over an unprecedented plan to finance Kyiv with Russian sovereign ca...

December 19, 2025 9:58 AM

Bangladesh: Fanatics vandalise renowned cultural institution Chhayanaut

Dhaka witnessed fresh unrest in the early hours of Friday as the premises of the renowned Bengali cultural organisation Chhayanaut were vandalised and partially set on fire, hours after news broke of the death of Inqilab Mancha convenor Sharif Osman ...

December 19, 2025 9:53 AM

Suspected gunman in Brown University shooting found dead, official says

The suspect in the mass shooting at Brown University last weekend is dead, a U.S. attorney said, as authorities investigate whether the same person killed a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor two days after the rampage at Brown. Christi...

December 19, 2025 9:34 AM

Media offices torched, journalists targeted; uneasy calm in Dhaka after night of violent riot following Osman Hadi’s death

An uneasy calm prevailed in Dhaka and several other cities of Bangladesh after intense unrest late Thursday night following the death of Inqilab Moncho convenor Sharif Osman bin Hadi. Mobs attacked media houses, political offices, cultural institutio...

December 18, 2025 5:25 PM

PM Modi to address closing ceremony of Second WHO Global Summit on traditional medicine on December 19

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the closing ceremony of the Second WHO Global Summit on Traditional Medicine at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi on December 19, highlighting India’s growing leadership in shaping a global, science-based and pe...

December 18, 2025 5:22 PM

India, Oman sign Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, ushering in new era of trade and economic partnership

India and Oman on Thursday signed a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), marking a milestone in bilateral ties and opening a new chapter of trade, investment and people-to-people cooperation between the two countries. The agreement wa...

December 18, 2025 5:01 PM

India and Ethiopia Deepen Bilateral Ties With Key Sector Agreements

India and Ethiopia on Tuesday upgraded their relationship to a Strategic Partnership and signed eight agreements after high-level talks in Addis Ababa during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit on December 16–17, 2025. The visit is part of his t...

December 18, 2025 4:46 PM

Eyeing robust cooperation across diverse sectors, PM Modi and Oman Sultan hold discussions in Muscat

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Oman Sultan Haitham bin Tariq held a bilateral meeting in Muscat on Thursday with External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal, National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval a...

December 18, 2025 2:19 PM

‘Indian diaspora a living example of co-existence, co-operation’: PM Modi in Muscat

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday praised the Indian community in Oman, describing the Indian diaspora as a “living example of co-existence and co-operation,” while addressing members of the community and students in Muscat. PM Modi began...

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