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Japan's trade negotiator Ryosei Akazawa cancelled a visit to the US at the last minute on Thursday.
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Japan's trade negotiator Ryosei Akazawa cancelled a visit to the US at the last minute on Thursday.

A US Air Force F-35 pilot was forced to eject after nearly an hour spent on a mid-air conference call with engineers, trying unsuccessfully to fix a serious malfunction before the jet crashed on an Alaska runway.

Washington DC/IBNS: The words like "Nuke India", "Kill Trump Now" were written on the guns of the 23-year-old shooter, who opened fire at school children in the US city of Minneapolis, media reports said.

Washington DC/IBNS: White House trade advisor Peter Navarro has called the Russia-Ukraine war "Modi's war" in a fresh attack on India and its Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the purchase of oil from Moscow, media reports said.

Two children and the shooter were killed while 20 others injured in a gunfire incident that occurred on Wednesday morning at the US's Minneapolis Catholic school, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said.

At least two Federal Constabulary (FC) personnel died and 18 others were injured in a terror attack in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region on Monday, media reports said.

The UN agency responsible for the postal sector has said that 25 nations, including India, have suspended their outbound postal services to the US, citing uncertainties related to transit.

A Chinese medical researcher has been charged with theft of Trade Secrets, related to US-funded cancer research, and attempting to take it to China, officials said.

The body of a Baloch youth, who was forcibly disappeared, was found dead with severe torture marks on his body in Pakistan's Balochistan region, media reports said.

The killing of five more Palestinian journalists in Gaza by Israeli forces – bringing the total killed overall to 247 since the war began – should shock the world into action, the UN human rights office said on Tuesday.

Two men were publicly caned in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province after an Islamic Shariah court convicted them of violating the law by kissing and hugging, media reports said.

Australia has expelled the Iranian ambassador to Canberra, Ahmad Sadeghi, after the country’s intelligence agency found that Iran was behind at least two antisemitic attacks on its soil.

Australia has expelled the Iranian ambassador to Canberra, Ahmad Sadeghi, after the country’s intelligence agency found that Iran was behind at least two antisemitic attacks on its soil.

A Sri Lankan court on Tuesday granted bail to former President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who was arrested last week on charges of misusing state funds when he was in power.

Australia suspended some postal deliveries to the United States due to the 'complex and rapidly evolving situation' which is emerging amid the US President's decision to impose tariffs.

US President Donald Trump has once again threatened to add 'substantial additional tariffs' on nations that impose digital services taxes and related regulations on US tech firms.

Two Victorian Police officers died, and another was injured during a shooting at a rural property in Victoria state of Australia, on Tuesday.

Two Victorian Police officers died, and another was injured during a shooting at a rural property in Victoria state of Australia, on Tuesday.

World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Gebreyesus renewed his call for a ceasefire in Gaza following two deadly Israeli air strikes on the Nasser Hospital in the southern Strip on Monday.

World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Gebreyesus renewed his call for a ceasefire in Gaza following two deadly Israeli air strikes on the Nasser Hospital in the southern Strip on Monday.

Bangladesh has demanded an apology for the 1971 genocide from Pakistan and even urged it to resolve long-standing historic issues during Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar's visit to the South Asian country, media reports said.

The immigration population in the US, which has been growing for the past 50 years, has declined ever since US President Donald Trump took charge as the President for the second term, a new study has revealed.

The French and German postal services have announced restrictions on package deliveries to the US amid tariffs imposed by the President Donald Trump-led government, media reports said.

At least two people, including a teen, have been arrested over an alleged arson attack on an Indian restaurant in London.

At least two minor brothers were injured after a toy-like bomb exploded in a house in Miramshah region of Pakistan on Saturday, media reports said.

The doctors of Abbasi Shaheed Hospital (ASH), one of the largest public healthcare facility under the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) in Pakistan, recently demonstrated over non-payment of salaries, media reports said.

Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Sunday met Bangladeshi interim government chief Muhammad Yunus on his visit to Dhaka, when he stressed the need to revitalise regional cooperation through the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc).

The Israeli Air Force on Sunday targeted Yemen’s Houthi-held capital of Sanaa, responding to the Iran-backed group’s repeated attacks on Israel, media reports said.

A Pakistani man has been arrested in Saddar region of Pakistan after he chopped off his wife’s leg over a minor dispute, media reports said.
The Russian government on Sunday accused Ukraine of targeting its nuclear plant with drones that triggered a fire and caused damage to an auxiliary transformer.
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