• Brazil’s Lula blasts Flavio Bolsonaro for requesting U.S. tariff delay

    Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Brazil’s leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday (July 2, 2026) lashed out at his right-wing rival Flavio Bolsonaro for looking to postpone potential U.S. tariff hikes until after the South American country’s elections. Polls are projecting a tight race between leftist…

  • Ram temple donation ‘theft’: RJD MP moves Supreme Court seeking audit of temple trust finances

    The petitioner sought an independent temporary Supreme Court-monitored oversight committee to watch over the financial and administrative affairs of the Trust during the pendency of the investigation. File. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Sudhakar Singh has moved the Supreme Court to direct the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust to…

  • U.S. withdrew forces from Nigeria after operation against ISIS, AFRICOM chief says

    AFRICOM Commander Air Force Gen. Dagvin Anderson. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The United States has withdrawn most of the forces it deployed for ​a recent operation against Islamic State militants in Nigeria and ‌is now providing intelligence support at Abuja’s ​request, the head of U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) ⁠said. In May, U.S. and Nigerian…

  • M.P. High Court orders protection for judge facing threats after verdict in lynching case

    Madhya Pradesh Additional District and Sessions Judge Tabassum Khan. File | Photo Credit: narmadapuram.dcourts.gov.in The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the State police to provide protection to judge Tabassum Khan who is facing threats after sentencing seven cow vigilantes to life term in a mob lynching case.  Taking suo motu cognisance of news reports…

  • Russia, Ukraine exchange deadly strikes after massive Kyiv attack

    A firefighter works at the site of what Ukrainian media reported was a Russian strike on the Ukrainian Red Cross warehouse, in a location given as Kyiv, Ukraine, in this screengrab taken from a handout video obtained by Reuters on July 3, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters At least 10 people were killed in Ukrainian…

  • JSW plant in Kadapa finalised during YSRCP term, claims Jagan

    YSRCP president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy. | Photo Credit: File Photo YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy congratulated JSW Steel MD Sajjan Jindal on restarting the steel plant project in Kadapa, calling it a significant milestone for the industrial development of Rayalaseema and a moment of hope for the youth and families…