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Russia may deploy intercontinental missiles in Belarus if necessary: Lukashenko

Although Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that the tactical missiles would remain under Moscow's control, Lukashenko suggested he could use them with Russia's agreement if Belarus was threatened with destruction

Senior Republicans rally behind Trump after criminal indictment

Republicans' ferocious response to the indictment on Thursday reflected the grip Trump still holds on the party and many of its voters as he seeks a return to the White House in the 2024 election

Trump seeks to make criminal allegations pay with 2024 fundraising drive

A Manhattan grand jury indicted Trump after a probe into hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels. Trump, who has denied making any payment, has claimed the charges are evidence of a left-wing plot - an argument made in the fundraising email to supporters on Thursday

Donald Trump hit with criminal charges in New York, first for a US ex-president

The charges, arising from an investigation led by Democratic Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, could reshape the 2024 presidential race. Trump previously said he would continue campaigning for the Republican Party's nomination if charged with a crime

Pakistan to skip US democracy summit amid domestic turmoil

Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry in a statement thanked the United States and its co-hosts for the invitation. Pakistan was also not part of the first and only other summit held in December 2021

International Court of Justice rules US was wrong to freeze Iran assets

The ruling comes amid heightened tensions between the United States and Iran after tit-for-tat strikes between Iran-backed forces and U.S. personnel in Syria last week

‘Why’s Rahul Gandhi beating his chest over disqualification?’ Amit Shah's 'reminder' at Rising India Summit

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday tore into Rahul Gandhi and the Congress over the former’s disqualification from the Lok Sabha, questioning the ex-party chief’s “arrogance” in not appealing in court against the judgment.

Taiwan president starts sensitive US visit

Tsai is en route to Guatemala and Belize, two of the few countries that recognise Taiwan diplomatically. She will stay in New York until Saturday and will also visit Los Angeles on her return from Central America

Republican inaction on guns 'unacceptable': White House

Biden spoke about the shooting by phone on Wednesday with U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, who has often been a harsh critic of his administration, according to the White House. It did not say whether they discussed policy responses

Indonesia’s stance on Israel overshadows world football event

FIFA canceled an important preparatory step after regional governors and protesters demanded Israel’s team be excluded, and the tournament, planned for May 20-June 11, appears to be on hold

UAE president names son Abu Dhabi crown prince, brothers to top roles

MBZ became ruler of Abu Dhabi and president of the UAE, which groups rulers of the seven emirates of the UAE federation, in May after the death of his half-brother, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed, who had ruled Abu Dhabi

Britain's King Charles visits Germany in first overseas trip as monarch

Charles, who succeeded his mother Queen Elizabeth as monarch in September, had been due to travel first to France, but cancelled that part of the tour due to violent social unrest over President Emmanuel Macron's new pension law

China issues warning as Taiwan president heads to US

China, which claims democratically-ruled Taiwan as its own territory, has repeatedly warned U.S. officials not to meet Tsai, seeing it as showing support for the island's desire to be seen as a separate country

Renewed tension between Japan, China over arrest of 'spy' in Beijing

Since China passed its counterespionage law in 2014, 17 Japanese nationals - including the Astellas employee – have been detained in by the Chinese authorities over alleged espionage activities

PM Modi stands out as Hero No. 1 for me, says Piyush Goyal

Union Minister Piyush Goyal said Amit Shah, former PM of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) have also inspired him

Election Commission 'not in hurry' for Wayanad bypoll

Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said the poll panel has taken decisions on vacancies that have occurred till February

Karnataka Assembly Election 2023: Voting on May 10, results on May 13

Addressing a press conference here, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said the notification for the elections to the 224-member Assembly will be issued on April 13 and the last date for filing nomination papers will be April 20

Republican Leader McConnell opposes repeal of Iraq war powers at Senate

McConnell, who is home recovering from a fall earlier this month, is weighing in for the first time as the Senate is poised, as soon as Wednesday, to repeal the decades-old authority for the Iraq war

Syria, Turkey, Iran, Russia to hold summit in Moscow

Encouraged by President Bashar al-Assad's ally Russia, Syrian and Turkish officials held meetings last year, in a move towards normalising ties between states on opposing sides of Syria's 12-year-long conflict

Imran Khan must apologise to people of Pakistan: Shehbaz Sharif

In August, the six army personnel on board including Lt Gen Sarfraz Ali died in a crash that was caused due to bad weather, according to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR)

Steeped in Orientalism, Western media has obsessive compulsive disorder of maligning India, PM Modi

The way the global press has come out to defend Rahul Gandhi against his conviction in the criminal defamation case over maligning the ‘Modi surname’ is just fantastic

Hungarian parliament approves Finland’s bid to join NATO

While Hungary’s approval was greeted with relief in Helsinki and elsewhere, NATO accession for Sweden remained up in the air as members of Hungary’s governing party insisted they will wait for Stockholm to clear up lingering disagreements before they go to a vote

British PM Rishi Sunak aims to crack down on anti-social behaviour

Sunak, who has seen a small tick up in his approval ratings since last month and received a boost when he curtailed a rebellion in his party over Brexit, is increasingly setting out his policy agenda to try to close a double-digit lead in the opinion polls for the opposition Labour Party

Russia has weapons to destroy US, warns Russian official

The comments from Nikolai Patrushev, the influential secretary of Russia's Security Council, are the latest from a senior Russian official to raise the spectre of a nuclear showdown between the world's two largest nuclear powers

Former Taiwan president on China visit, pledges to bring peace

Ma, in office from 2008-2016, is the first former or current Taiwanese president to visit China since the defeated Republic of China government fled to Taiwan in 1949 at the end of a civil war with the Communists

Mass protests over judicial reform puts Israel's ruling coalition in trouble

Amid reports Benjamin Netanyahu's nationalist-religious coalition risked breaking apart, Israel faced one of the biggest waves of industrial action seen in years after the Histadrut union called for a general strike

They want to kill me, says Atiq Ahmed before being taken to UP from Sabarmati jail

When some reporters asked him when he was being taken to a police van whether he was feeling afraid, the former Samajwadi Party MP said, "Mujhe inka programme maloom hai...Hatya karna chahte hain (I know their programme...They want to murder me)"

BJP accuses Priyanka Gandhi of 'lying' about Rahul Gandhi's degrees

BJP's I-T department head Amit Malviya tweeted, "None of Rahul Gandhi's election affidavits mentions a degree from Harvard. Priyanka Vadra, just like her disqualified brother, is lying. Is there anything about the family that is not fake?"

Little room for manoeuvre as ties between US, China slide further

Blinken did meet with China's top diplomat Wang Yi at the Munich Security Conference last month after the balloon incident, but this did not soothe tensions. A source familiar with that conversation called it the most antagonistic U.S.-China engagement since contentious talks in Alaska

Canada PM Justin Trudeau urges alliance with US to counter China

Trudeau, speaking in the Canadian parliament ahead of a speech by U.S. President Joe Biden, also expressed unity in supporting Ukraine and said the two allies must continue "to face down authoritarian threats, both at home and abroad"