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London MP Catherine West in live TV clash with Cabinet minister over her bid to topple Keir Starmer

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UP Cabinet Expansion Live: कुछ देर में होगा योगी मंत्रिमंडल का विस्तार, भूपेन्द्र चौधरी समेत 6 नेता लेंगे मंत्री की शपथ

UP Cabinet Expansion Live

Car bomb attack in northwest Pakistan kills at least 14 police personnel

Car bomb attack in northwest Pakistan kills at least police personnel

Starmer fighting to keep job as former minister warns he has ‘lost the country’

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Caste, regional balance in focus: Yogi Adityanath Cabinet to get 6 new ministers

Caste regional balance in focus Yogi Adityanath Cabinet to get new ministers

"Society More Powerful Than Government": PM Modi At Art Of Living Event

Addressing a large gathering at the event, the Prime Minister spoke about spirituality, public participation in nation-building, environmental protection and the role of youth in shaping a developed India.

UP Cabinet Expansion Live: कुछ ही देर में होगा योगी मंत्रिमंडल का विस्तार, भूपेन्द्र चौधरी समेत 6 नेता लेंगे मंत्रीपद की शपथ

UP Cabinet Expansion Live

Iran ceasefire tested as cargo ship catches fire after being hit off Qatar's coast

Iran ceasefire tested as cargo ship catches fire after being hit off Qatar's coast May 10, 20265:10 AM ET By  The Associated Press This is a locator map for the Gulf Cooperation Council member states: Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait and United Arab Emirates. AP hide caption toggle caption AP DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A cargo ship caught fire Sunday after being hit by an unknown projectile off Qatar's coast, the British military said, in the latest attack on vessels in the Per...

Vladimir Putin suggests Ukraine war 'coming to an end' following most scaled-back Victory Parade in years

Vladimir Putin has said the conflict in Ukraine is approaching its conclusion just hours after Russia's most diminished Victory Day commemoration in recent memory."I think that the matter is coming to an end," the Russian president told journalists, while maintaining the situation remained "a serious matter".Mr Putin directed sharp criticism at Western nations for their continued backing of Kyiv throughout the conflict, which has now entered its fifth year and claimed hundreds of thousands of li...

Gargash says Mohamed bin Zayed leads with simplicity and public trust

Abu Dhabi: Dr. Anwar Gargash, Diplomatic Adviser to the UAE President, has commended the leadership style of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, describing him as a leader who is closely connected to people through regular public engagement and direct interaction with citizens.In remarks shared on X, Gargash said Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed was among the region’s most prominent leaders who “lead from the field”, noting that he finds genuine joy in meeting peopl...

Indyref2 demands perfectly reasonable with pro-independence majority – Flynn

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Slovak PM to hold urgent meeting with Transpetrol company after visit to Russia

Robert Fico said that he had important information on prospects for cooperation with Russia in the energy sector

‘Better the devil you know’: former Labour voters in Birmingham unsure about replacing Starmer

Focus group sceptical that replacing Keir Starmer would improve party’s fortunes, with some drawn to Reform or the GreensUK politics – liveAs Keir Starmer faces the prospect of a leadership challenge, former Labour voters in a Birmingham constituency were last week feeling nervous about what could come next.A month ago, the group from Birmingham Yardley had very little good to say about the prime minister, comparing him to a rat or a donkey. They said they felt he had let them down. Continue rea...

This is the sentence that protects every abuser in Pakistan

Sana stood outside the gates of the police station with her young son, clutching her hand as she trembled from fear of what people would say if she went inside. The 26-year-old had been subjected to four years of physical, emotional and financial violence at home, and now her husband was threatening to leak their private videos. What held her back was not fear of her abuser but a sentence she had heard her whole life: Sharif larkiyaan thaney nahi jaati. Good girls don’t go to police stations. At...

Iran congratulates Karoline Leavitt on baby's birth with bombed school reference

Iran congratulates Karoline Leavitt on babys birth with bombed school reference

North Korea's 'Dead Hand'? Pyongyang will fire nukes if Kim Jong-un is killed

North Koreas Dead Hand Pyongyang will fire nukes if Kim Jongun is killed

Israel deports two foreign activists seized from Gaza flotilla

Israel deported on Sunday two foreign activists seized from a Gaza-bound flotilla, in what a rights group representing them described as a “punitive attack” on a civilian mission. Saif Abu Keshek, a Spanish national of Palestinian origin, and Brazilian Thiago Avila were among dozens of activists aboard a flotilla intercepted by the Israeli navy in international waters off the coast of Greece on April 30. The pair were seized by Israeli forces and brought to Israel for questioning, while the othe...

IDF strikes 40 targets in Lebanon, kills 10 Hezbollah militants over weekend

TEL AVIV, May 10. /TASS/. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) struck 40 military targets and eliminated 10 militants of the Shia group Hezbollah in Lebanon over the weekend, the military press service reported. "Over the weekend, in order to remove threats, IDF soldiers of the 91st Division struck more...

EU puts pressure on Slovak PM over his visit to Moscow — news portal

Euractiv noted that Brussels warned about a shortfall in Slovakia’s agricultural payments agency, which puts funding for local farmers at risk