Food rationing, grounded planes: Economists outline how hard countries will be hit due to Iran war - a global recession next?Iran war economic crisis global oil shock raises urgent fears of fuel shortages and supply disruptions worldwide. With nearly 20% of oil fl...
20 Mar, 2026, 11.08 PM IST
US plan to send thousands of troops to Iran: Here's what happened when Iran last fought a ground invasion 30 years agoAs the Middle East conflict enters its 20th day, Iran shows no signs of backing down amid US pressure. Reports suggest President Trump plan...
19 Mar, 2026, 02.25 PM IST
Encrypted phone service 'Encrochat' shutdown leads to 6,500 arrests: EuropolThe system had an estimated 60,000 users when it shut down abruptly in June 2020, and Europol revealed the following month that law enforce...
27 Jun, 2023, 02.46 PM IST
President Biden pledges new Ukraine aid, warns Russia on chem weaponsThe Western leaders spent Thursday crafting next steps to counter Russia's month-old invasion - and huddling over how they might respond sh...
25 Mar, 2022, 12.55 PM IST
Russia strikes military base near Polish border, 35 dead, Ukraine saysThe military training facility, the biggest in the western part of the country and traditionally the site of joint drills with NATO, is loc...
13 Mar, 2022, 05.50 PM IST
India airlifts nano nitrogen to help Sri Lanka's fertiliser crisisAmidst mounting island-wide protests by farmers demanding fertiliser following the government's sudden decision to go fully organic and ban...
04 Nov, 2021, 07.37 PM IST
Not 'pandemic', 'corona' or 'Covid-19', but '2020' could be the word of the yearThere is no single word yet for “unending series of disastrous events” but 2020 should fit the bill.
10 Aug, 2020, 08.31 AM IST
Terrorists planning chemical attacks on planes, warns MHAThe security personnel have been asked to be on a lookout for any substance that could be used to release deadly toxic gases on aircraft.
13 Jul, 2018, 02.45 PM IST
French tycoon Serge Dassault passes away in his office after heart attackFrance's third wealthiest person died at the age of 93 in his office on the Champs-Elysees.
29 May, 2018, 12.43 PM IST
Syria, Russia accuse Israel over air strike, deny chemical attackIsrael, which has struck Syrian army locations many times in the course of the seven-year-old civil war, has neither confirmed nor denied m...
09 Apr, 2018, 11.47 PM IST
US readying more sanctions against Syria"We will be announcing additional sanctions on Syria as part of our ongoing effort to stop this type of activity and emphasise how signific...
08 Apr, 2017, 12.20 PM IST
Barack Obama's India Visit: Here is sneak peek into the US President's coterie of cars and choppersDuring his first visit to India as US President in November 2010, Team Obama landed in a fleet of 40 aircraft, including the Air Force One.
09 Jan, 2015, 03.47 PM IST
US condemns attack on Russian Embassy in KievThe US has criticised the attack on the Russian Embassy in Kiev, and called on Ukraine to provide adequate security for the diplomatic miss...
15 Jun, 2014, 10.09 AM IST
UK rules out joining military action against SyriaPrime Minister David Cameron today categorically ruled out the possibility of Britain joining any military action against Syria.
04 Sep, 2013, 10.30 PM IST
- al-Qaida may use body bombs to blow up jets: US
US security experts have warned airlines and airport authorities to be on high alert for possible al-Qaida attempts to blow up passenger je...
07 Jul, 2011, 11.33 AM IST
- Bush’s NSA warns Obama of danger that Pakistan is
US President George W Bush’s National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley has said that Pakistan’s increasingly turbulent border region poses t...
08 Jan, 2009, 05.47 AM IST
- PM to get own Air Force One in June
Soon, very soon, in fact in June itself, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will get a plush new office, thousands of feet up in the sky.
16 Apr, 2008, 09.14 AM IST