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Trump to hit Canada, Mexico, China with...

Trump has promised to impose 25 percent tariffs on immediate neighbors Canada and Mexico, pointing to their failure to stop illegal immigration and the flow of fentanyl across US borders.

Old India-Pakistan rivalry drives South Asia diplomatic...

Nuclear-armed India and Pakistan -- carved out of the subcontinent at the chaotic end of British colonial rule in 1947 -- have fought multiple wars and remain bitter foes.

India’s Kohli flops on return to domestic...

Dejected fans began making their way to the exit even as Kohli was walking back to the pavilion, and the stadium numbers soon dwindled from thousands to less than a few hundred.

Israel cuts ties with UN aid agency...

The agency, UNRWA, will be banned from operating on Israeli soil, and contact between it and Israeli officials will also be forbidden.

White House offers 2 million federal employees...

The offer went out to the federal workforce through a new system the Trump administration set up that gives officials the ability to email all federal employees at once.

New backlash over Trump plan to move...

After the ceasefire came into force, Trump touted a plan to "clean out" the Gaza Strip, reiterating the idea on Monday as he called for Palestinians to move to "safer" locations such as Egypt or Jordan.

Trump’s ‘Gen Z’ press secretary makes podium...

The 27-year-old immediately announced that she was opening up the briefing room to TikTokers and creating a seat for "new media," echoing her boss's wider overhaul of the US government.

India’s Kumbh Mela, world’s largest religious gathering

Devotees have travelled from across India and beyond to take part in elaborate rituals, prayers and religious processions with elephants, as well as horse-back parades and chariots.