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Pentagon releases video of US strike on Iranian tankers

The US military said its forces disabled two Iranian-flagged oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman after a confrontation with Iranian forces near the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most important shipping routes.US Central Command (CENTCOM) said the operation was part of ongoing American blockade measures targeting Iran. The tankers, identified as M/T Sea Star III and M/T Sevda, were reportedly prevented from entering Iranian ports.Fighter jets used in operationAccording to CENTCOM, a US Navy F/...

A year ago today: Normality returns as nuclear-armed neighbours step back from the brink

The week of May 6 - May 10 marks the first anniversary of the five-day military conflict between Pakistan and India. The conflict was sparked by the April 22 Pahalgam attack on tourists in India-occupied Kashmir, which New Delhi, without evidence, linked to Pakistan. In a dangerous escalation, New Delhi launched deadly air strikes in Punjab and Azad Kashmir on May 7. Pakistan retaliated by downing five Indian planes in air-to-air combat, later raising the tally to seven. Following tit-for-tat st...

SMOKERS’ CORNER: THE AGE OF HYPERPOLITICS

In the early 2020s, the Belgian political theorist Anton Jäger coined the term “hyperpolitics”. He noticed that, in this day and age, politics seemed to be everywhere and in everything but was not catalysing any real change. At least not the way politics used to in the 20th century. The last century was an era of mass political activity (‘mass politics’) driven by large political parties, unions and macro-ideologies. According to Jäger, until the 1980s, political life was...

US To Revoke Citizenship Of Indian Man Over $2.5 Million Fraud Case

Debashis Ghosh, 62, is accused of conspiring to defraud investors of $2.5 million intended for the construction of an aircraft maintenance facility, according to a statement by the US Department of Justice.

One-vote shocker heads to court: DMK's Periyakaruppan moves HC to stop TVK MLA's oath

Onevote shocker heads to court DMKs Periyakaruppan moves HC to stop TVK MLAs oath

Analysis: No war, but no peace either

• Pakistan-India ties still trapped by Delhi’s intransigence, US failure to create political process after ceasefire• Islamabad’s institutional coherence shattered New Delhi’s illusions it was dealing with ‘weak neighbour’• Water war takes centre stage as Indus treaty remains ‘unilaterally held in abeyance’ THE fighting lasted barely 90 hours, but the political consequences have proved far more durable. While neither India nor Pakistan got what they expected from the flare-up of 2025, very few c...

Congress hunts for consensus as camps flex muscle in CM battle: What’s happening Kerala

Congress is deliberating on its Kerala chief minister choice, with V.D. Satheesan, Ramesh Chennithala, and K.C. Venugopal as top contenders. Meetings with the high command are ongoing, with a decision expected imminently. The party is also addressing internal indiscipline following public demonstrations supporting individual leaders.

Iran's Guards threaten US Middle East sites as Trump awaits Tehran response

Iran threatens US sites if its tankers are attackedIran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards threatened to target US sites in the Middle East if its tankers come under fire, Iranian media reported, as Washington was left waiting for Tehran's response to its latest negotiating position."Any attack on Iranian tankers and commercial vessels will result in a heavy attack on one of the American centres in the region and enemy ships," the Guards said, a day after US strikes on two Iranian tankers in the Gul...

Live: Will KC Venugopal be Kerala CM? Sonia Gandhi to take final call today

Live Will KC Venugopal be Kerala CM Sonia Gandhi to take final call today

Iran keeps US waiting for a response

• Questions seriousness of American diplomacy amid naval flare-ups• CIA report claims Tehran can withstand blockade for months• Bahrain arrests over 40 ‘pro-IRGC’ individuals• UK deploys warship to Mideast with eye on potential Hormuz mission• Israel continues strikes in Lebanon, targets highway south of Beirut TEHRAN / WASHINGTON / BEIRUT: Iran questioned the seriousness of American diplomacy on Saturday in the wake of renewed naval clashes in the Gulf, while keeping Washington waiting for a re...

‘No Kings’ protest outside Buckingham Palace

British anti-royals have staged a ‘No Kings’ protest outside Buckingham Palace in London.

Tamil Nadu CM Oath Ceremony Live: तमिलनाडु में आज से 'विजय सरकार', सुबह 10 बजे CM पद की शपथ लेंगे थलपति

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Live: TVK chief Vijay to be sworn-in as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister at 10 am

Live TVK chief Vijay to be swornin as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister at am

Ebar Ram, pore Bam: How Left voters quietly helped BJP win Bengal election

Ebar Ram pore Bam How Left voters quietly helped BJP win Bengal election

The G.O.P. Rush To Break Up Majority-Black Districts

Republican-controlled legislatures in the South are breaking up majority-Black congressional districts in the wake of the Supreme Court’s recent ruling. Our national politics reporter Nick Corasaniti describes what it means for the midterms.

MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: A tumultuous week... but two people can unite our divided Kingdom

The old way of doing things has died, and will not come back. But a new way has yet to be born.

'यूक्रेन की लड़ाई अब अंत की ओर', रूसी राष्ट्रपति व्लादिमीर पुतिन ने विक्ट्री डे पर दे दिए बड़े संकेत

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Trump overseeing D.C. landmark overhauls in wartime

President Trump is overseeing an overhaul of some of D.C.'s most treasured landmarks and this week, shot back when asked why he'd focus on these projects during a war. Aaron Navarro reports.

Vladimir Putin suggests Ukraine war is ‘coming to an end’

Russian president damns western support that has allowed Ukraine to hold out and asks for talks with Gerhard Schröder in remarks after diminished Victory Day paradeVladimir Putin has said he thinks the Ukraine war is winding down – remarks that came a few hours after he had vowed to defeat Ukraine at Moscow’s most scaled-back Victory Day parade in years.“I think that the matter is coming to an end,” Putin told reporters of the Russia-Ukraine war, Europe’s deadliest conflict since the second worl...