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NEW DELHI: Reacting to the US designating The Resistance Front (TRF), a proxy of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation (FTO) and Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT), External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar lauded the decision and termed it a strong affirmation of India-US counter-terrorism cooperation.

JERUSALEM: Israel "deeply regrets" a bombing of Gaza's only Catholic church, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, in an attack that killed three people and wounded at least 10 others.

UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemns the Israeli strike on the Holy Family Church in Gaza, a sanctuary for civilians, a UN spokeswoman said.

SEOUL: Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol plans to attend a court hearing on the legality of his arrest later this week, his lawyers said Thursday.

NEW DELHI: Veteran diplomat and India's former Ambassador to the United States, Taranjit Singh Sandhu has joined the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) as Advisor to the Board and will be the Chairman of the USISPF Geopolitical Institute.

ISLAMABAD: At least 60 more people have died and hundreds injured as torrential monsoon rains continued to unleash widespread destruction across Pakistan, bringing the nationwide death toll to over 124.

SEOUL: Two people have died and about 1,000 residents were evacuated as torrential rains slammed parts of the nation's central regions, authorities said on Thursday, as they warned of more downpours in the coming days.

BAGHDAD: Around 50 people were killed in a massive fire at a hypermarket in Iraq's Wasit province, the regional governor said on Thursday.

QUETTA: A human rights organisation on Wednesday revealed that 33 cases of extrajudicial killings and 84 of forced disappearances were documented across Pakistan's Balochistan in the month of June.

MOSCOW: No survivors were reported in the July 14 Mi-8 chopper crash in Russia's far eastern region, Khabarovsk, the country's emergencies ministry said on Wednesday.

SEOUL: A special counsel team in South Korea stepped up its investigation on Wednesday into allegations that high-ranking officials, including those from the presidential office, intervened in an initial probe into the tragic death of a young Marine in 2023.

DHAKA: As the general elections in Bangladesh approach, major political parties are engaged in a heated exchange regarding the need for reforms prior to the polls.

VIENTIANE: Officials from Laos and Cambodia gathered in Vientiane for the first Laos-Cambodia Prosecutors' Office Meeting on Cooperation in Combating Transnational Crime, with a particular focus on drug trafficking.

NEW DELHI: Union Minister of State for External Affairs and Textiles, Pabitra Margherita, is set to embark on a multi-nation official visit to the African continent from July 18 to 25, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced on Wednesday.

SEOUL: South Korean former President Yoon Suk Yeol has filed for a review of the legality of his arrest, his lawyers said Wednesday, beginning a process to regain his freedom a week after being placed in custody over his failed attempt to impose martial law.

DAMASCUS: Syria's foreign affairs authorities condemned Israeli airstrikes targeting Syrian forces in the southern province of Sweida, calling the attacks "a blatant act of aggression."

NEW YORK: US President Donald Trump stated that India is working on a trade deal along the same lines as the one he announced with Indonesia, which will provide the US with greater access to the Indian market.

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said that Ukraine should not target Moscow, following a report stating that he had encouraged Kyiv to escalate deep strikes into Russian territory, according to media reports.

NEW YORK: US President Donald Trump threatened on Monday to impose a secondary 100 per cent tariff on countries that import oil, gas and uranium from Russia, saying he was “very unhappy” with Moscow’s intransigence in finding an end to the war with Ukraine.

DHAKA: The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Monday announced that it has constituted an investigation team to probe the recent murder of a scrap trader in Old Dhaka after allegations of involvement of party leaders and workers in the gruesome act.

SEOUL: Unification Minister nominee Chung Dong-young on Monday said he does not agree with the view that North Korea is South Korea's "main enemy," instead calling the North a "threat.

MOSCOW: A Mi-8 helicopter of a private airline disappeared during a flight from the town of Okhotsk to Magadan, Russia's state-owned TASS news agency reported on Monday citing information from emergency services.

SINDH: Pakistan's provincial government has failed to take any adequate steps to clean stormwater drains, sewer lines, or gutters across Sindh, due to which several areas are still clogged despite the Meteorological Department's fresh monsoon forecast beginning July 15, according to local media reports.

WASHINGTON: A devastating fire broke out at the Gabriel House assisted living center in Fall River, a city in southeastern Massachusetts, resulting in multiple injuries, according to Fall River Fire Chief Jeffrey Bacon.

KABUL: Afghanistan's counter-narcotics police have seized 125 kg of methamphetamine during a series of operations in the Helmand province, the provincial information and culture department said in a statement.

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday expressed deep sorrow over the demise of former Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, remembering his warm persona and steadfast dedication to strengthening India-Nigeria relations.

DHAKA: The Human Rights Congress for Bangladesh Minorities (HRCBM) filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the High Court against the “systemic abuse of false criminal cases used to harass, intimidate, and dispossess Hindus and other minorities” across the country aiming to expose “legal harassment of the Bangladesh’s religious minorities”.

SEOUL: South Korea's special counsel, investigating former President Yoon Suk Yeol's martial law imposition, on Monday raided the Drone Operations Command (DOC) and the defence ministry, in a sign that the insurrection probe has expanded into treason charges.

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has said that the United States will send Patriot air defence missiles to Ukraine to help bolster the country's defences against Russian attacks.

SEOUL: South Korea's arrested former President Yoon Suk Yeol has been asked to appear for questioning by a special counsel team on Monday over his failed martial law bid, but whether he will appear for questioning remains unclear as he continues to cite health issues.

BEIJING: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, during his meeting with Chinese Vice President Han Zheng on Monday, emphasised that the continued normalisation of ties between India and China can yield "mutually beneficial" results.

WASHINGTON: The US Senate has released a scathing report detailing the findings of its investigation into the assassination attempt on President Donald Trump during a campaign rally last year highlighting what it describes as “stunning failures” in the operations and preparedness of the United States Secret Service, calling the incident a serious lapse in presidential security.

KHARTOUM: At least 18 civilians were killed and 31 others injured in attacks by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on areas in the North Kordofan State in western Sudan, volunteers group said.

TEHRAN: Iran and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) highlighted the necessity to ensure security in West Asia through the participation of all regional states, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported.

ADEN (Yemen): The United Kingdom has reported that at least four crew members from the Liberia-flagged ship Eternity-C were killed in Red Sea attacks by Yemen's Houthi group last week, with several others still missing.