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Germany’s AfD pledges to expel all illegal immigrants
Ulrich Siegmund, the top candidate of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in Germany’s Saxony-Anhalt state election, gestures as he addresses a local party congress in Magdeburg, Germany, on July 11, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Germany’s far-right AfD party on Saturday (July 11, 2026) unveiled a manifesto for its first 100 days in…
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Boom to bust: Gurugram’s illegal PG business faces crackdown
It was a quiet Saturday morning on June 20. Sanghamitra Pati was at her home in Bhubaneswar when her phone rang. “Do ghante mein room khali kar do, building seal ho rahi hai (Vacate the room in two hours. The building is being sealed),” the caretaker of her rented accommodation in Gurugram’s DLF Phase 3…
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China evacuates over 1 million as Typhoon Bavi brings winds and rain
People ride electric scooters in the rain as Typhoon Bavi approaches in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, China, on July 11, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Chinese authorities evacuated more than 1 million people on Saturday (July 11, 2026) and issued high alerts as eastern China braced for Typhoon Bavi, which has brought strong winds and rain…
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NATO | Towards a more European alliance
For more than seven decades, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) has been the cornerstone of Western security architecture. Founded in 1949 as a bulwark against Soviet expansion into capitalist Europe, the 32-member military alliance outlived its original purpose by morphing into a vehicle for American power projection not just in Europe but across the…
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Trinamool rebel camp forms State and district committees
The West Bengal LoP and the rebel unit of TMC, led by Ritabrata Banerjee. File | Photo Credit: ANI Intensifying its efforts to portray itself as the original Trinamool Congress, the Ritabrata Banerjee camp of the party on Saturday announced its State and district committees. The rebel faction has the support of about 65 of the…
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U.S. Democrat Ro Khanna detained briefly by Israeli settlers in Palestine
U.S. Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA) speaks with Palestinian residents of Turmus Ayya, near Ramallah, during a visit in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, July 9, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna, a 2028 U.S. Presidential aspirant, on Saturday (July 11, 2026) said he was detained by gun-wielding Israeli settlers while on a visit…