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Auckland: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in New Zealand Friday on the final leg of his three-nation visit, during which he will hold talks with his counterpart Christopher Luxon and address the Indian diaspora. Modi was received by Luxon upon his arrival at the airport....

West Palm Beach (US): A South Florida airport officially changed its name Thursday to the President Donald J Trump International Airport. Signs for the Palm Beach International Airport have been removed, while new signage goes up. "Because an entire airport transformation doesn't happen overnight, you'll...

Washington: Anil Menon, a NASA astronaut of Indian descent, is set to embark on an eight-month mission to the International Space Station July 14 from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Born in Minneapolis to Ukrainian and Indian immigrants, Menon is an emergency medicine physician and...

Beijing: Twenty-eight people were killed in a massive fire at a shoe factory in China's Jinjiang City Thursday, local authorities said. Videos of the incident showed the fire engulfing the building and the nearby structures. The Ministry of Emergency Management has dispatched a joint work...

London: An inquest into the tragic deaths of an Indian-origin family of three who plunged to their deaths from a high-rise apartment block in south London opened this week. Aditi Vijay Paralkar, 46, Rakesh Narayan Pai, 47, and their nine-year-old son Sid Rene Pai-Paralkar died...

Berlin: Germany has struck a deal with the United States to buy American-made Tomahawk cruise missiles and station them in Germany, Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced Thursday. The German leader said the agreement on the long-range missiles, which are used to strike targets deep inside enemy...

Washington: A 30-year-old Indian has been charged with murdering his wife over an alleged affair with another lady, almost nine months after her death at their home in the US' Washington state, local media reported. The King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office charged Avinash Narne with...

Kyiv: Ukrainian drones Thursday hit more Russian oil facilities and set two oil tankers ablaze in the Sea of Azov, a day after US President Donald Trump pledged to grant Ukraine a license to manufacture the Patriot air defence systems. Ukraine's strikes on oil refineries...

Dubai: The United States launched new airstrikes against Iran early Thursday, and Tehran responded by targeting Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar in crossfire that again threatened an interim deal intended to help end the war in the Persian Gulf. The strikes came hours after US President...

Dubai: US airstrikes in Iran over the last two days have killed at least 14 people and wounded another 78, Iran's Health Ministry said Thursday. Hossein Kermanpour, a Health Ministry spokesperson, offered the toll on X. It was the first overall casualty figure issued by...