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8 men indicted in planned drone and sniper attack on White House UFC cage-fighting show
Workers continue building the cage for UFC fight on the South Lawn in front of the White House. File | Photo Credit: AP Eight men were indicted on murder and terrorism conspiracy charges on Thursday (July 9, 2026) for their alleged roles in a thwarted drone and sniper attack on the UFC cage-fighting show staged…
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Gone girls | Death of 14 Juang girls from Odisha in Tiruvallur ammonia gas leak exposes tribe’s socio-economic struggle
When the MGR Chennai Central–Bhubaneswar Superfast Express pulled into the Bhubaneswar railway station on the morning of June 27, Sari Juang, along with her two younger sisters, had just cheated death by a mile. The over 1,500-km journey back to their home State followed a deadly ammonia gas leak at their workplace – a seafood…
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China, Taiwan brace for Typhoon Bavi; likely to make landfall in eastern Fujian on July 11
Suao Port, as Typhoon Bavi approaches Taiwan, in Yilan, Taiwan, on July 9, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters China is still reeling from Typhoon Maysak with 39 killed in flooding caused by the storm in Guangxi; nine others still missing China and Taiwan were bracing for possibly the most destructive tropical storm in years as…
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Prabhsimran credits Yuvraj, Ponting for his improvement
Prabhsimran Singh. File | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap Prabhsimran Singh was in the middle of a gym session when he got to know about his selection in the India squad for the three T20Is in Zimbabwe later this month. When PTI reached out to him, the 25-year-old from Patiala could not express in words…
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Syria welcomes U.S. announcement of removal from blacklist
A shopkeeper waits for customers in an old market near the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus on July 9, 2026. File | Photo Credit: AFP Damascus welcomed a U.S. announcement that it would remove Syria from its list of “state sponsors of terrorism”, a move that one economist told AFP opened the door to economic recovery…
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Ebola death toll in Congo reaches 600, as new cases suspected in previously unaffected provinces
Caskets on the ground outside the Rwampara General Hospital during a go-slow by healthcare workers involved in the Ebola response over unpaid salaries, as authorities seek to contain a new outbreak of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, in Rwampara, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, July 6, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters New suspected cases…