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Three Scientists Win 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for Pioneering Quantum Circuit Discoveries

SRINAGAR: Three scientists, John Clarke, Michel H Devoret, and John M Martinis, have been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for their pioneering...

UN Rights Council Creates Afghanistan War Crimes Investigation Body

GENEVA: The United Nations Human Rights Council on Monday adopted a landmark resolution establishing an independent investigative mechanism to examine grave human rights abuses...

Snowstorm Traps 1000 People on Slopes of Mount Everest

SRINAGAR: Rescue operations are underway on the Tibetan slopes of Mount Everest after a fierce blizzard trapped nearly 1,000 people at campsites on the...

70 Killed in Gaza as Israeli Strikes Continue Despite Trump’s Ceasefire Call

SRINAGAR: At least 70 Palestinians, among them seven children aged between two months and eight years, were killed in Israeli air strikes on Gaza...

Trump Presses Israel to Halt Gaza Strikes, Says Hamas Ready for Peace

SRINAGAR: Israel’s leadership has reportedly directed the military to scale down its offensive in Gaza after the United States pressed for the “immediate implementation”...
Trump’s Qatari Jet Gift

Trump Ultimatum to Hamas: Accept Gaza Peace Plan by Sunday or Face ‘All Hell’

SRINAGAR: US President Donald Trump has issued an ultimatum to Hamas, demanding the armed group accept a Washington-backed peace plan for Gaza by Sunday...

Israeli Strikes Kill 41 Palestinians in Fresh Attack

SRINAGAR: Israeli airstrikes and gunfire killed at least 41 Palestinians overnight and into Thursday in the Gaza Strip, hospitals reported, as Hamas continued to...

Earthquake of Magnitude 5.0 Hits Turkey’s Istanbul

SRINAGAR: A moderate earthquake measuring magnitude 5 struck Istanbul and parts of northwestern Turkiye on Thursday afternoon, prompting panic and the evacuation of schools,...

Elon Musk Becomes First Individual Valued at 500 Billion Dollar

SRINAGAR: Elon Musk, the chief executive of Tesla, has become the first person in history to surpass a net worth of 500 billion dollar,...

Breathlessness in Gaza: Families Forced to Burn Plastic as Health Crisis Worsens

SRINAGAR: The humanitarian crisis in Gaza is taking a devastating toll on public health, with families resorting to burning plastic and trash for fuel...

World is Failing Gaza’s Starving Children, UNICEF Warns

SRINAGAR: As Israeli forces intensified their assault on Gaza City on Wednesday, the United Nations reported the death of another malnourished child whose struggle...

UN Warns Myanmar’s Rohingya Crisis Is a ‘Test For Humanity’

SRINAGAR: The United Nations has warned that the plight of the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar has reached a critical stage, describing it as a...

Trump Signs Executive Order Pledging Defence of Qatar

SRINAGAR: President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order pledging that the United States would employ “all necessary measures”, including potential military force,...

Earthquake Strikes Philippines; Over 70 Killed,150 Injured

SRINAGAR: A powerful earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale struck the central Philippines on Wednesday, killing at least 70 people and injuring around...

Big Tech’s Trump Settlements Cross USD 75 Million as YouTube Joins Payouts

SRINAGAR: Google’s YouTube has agreed to pay USD 24.5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by President Donald Trump over the suspension of his...