Month: May 2026

Rwandan genocide suspect Kabuga dies in custody in The Hague at age 91

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Rwandan genocide suspect Kabuga dies in custody in The Hague at age 91

File image showing readers looking at a newspaper June 12, 2002 in Nairobi carrying the photograph of Rwandan Felicien Kabuga wanted by the United States. The United States published a “wanted” photograph in Kenyan newspapers of the businessman accused of helping finance the 1994 killings in Rwanda. | Photo Credit: Reuters A Rwandan suspect charged…

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Woman stripped, paraded with slipper garland after temple entry dispute; two women arrested

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Woman stripped, paraded with slipper garland after temple entry dispute; two women arrested

Image used for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Police have arrested two women for their alleged involvement in stripping another woman and parading her on the road with a garland of slippers around her neck, after a dispute over a caste panchayat’s ban on a Rajput family entering a temple in Ulhasnagar,…

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Security forces kill five terrorists in northwest Pakistan

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Security forces kill five terrorists in northwest Pakistan

Security forces gunned down five terrorists in intelligence-based operations in northwest Pakistan, police said on Sunday (May 17, 2026). The operations were conducted late on Saturday (May 16, 2026) in the Bannu district of restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, according to police. The Regional Police Officer (RPO) Sajjad Khan said that the operations were launched following…

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Noted Sri Lankan journalist D.B.S. Jeyaraj dies in Canada

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Noted Sri Lankan journalist D.B.S. Jeyaraj dies in Canada

Noted Sri Lankan journalist and columnist D.B.S. Jeyaraj, who wrote extensively for over four decades on the island’s ethnic conflict and key political developments, including as The Hindu’s Sri Lanka Correspondent, passed away in Canada on Sunday. He was 71. From the 1980s, Mr. Jeyaraj’s byline was familiar to many who followed Sri Lanka’s civil…

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Iran chief negotiator Ghalibaf appointed to oversee ties with China: media

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Iran chief negotiator Ghalibaf appointed to oversee ties with China: media

Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf. File image: AFP PHOTO / HO /ISLAMIC CONSULTATIVE ASSEMBLY (ICANA) Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who recently emerged as a chief negotiator in talks with the United States, has been appointed to oversee relations with China, Iranian media reported on Sunday (May 17, 2026). “Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has…

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Hopes rues PBKS bowlers’ inability to create early chances

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Hopes rues PBKS bowlers’ inability to create early chances

Punjab Kings bowler Harpreet Brar being greeted by teammates after wicket of Jacob during the IPL T20 Match at HPCA Stadium in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh on May 17, 2026. | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy Punjab Kings’ bowling coach James Hopes said that not creating enough chances allowed Royal Challengers Bengaluru to post an above-par 222…

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Retired bank employee found dead at Moosapet apartment complex

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Retired bank employee found dead at Moosapet apartment complex

A 66-year-old retired bank employee was found dead at an apartment complex in Moosapet early on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Pushap Kumar Tickoo, 66, a resident of Tower 2 of Marina Sky Apartments. Police said he was found dead at around 3.55 a.m. on May 17 on the apartment premises. According to police,…

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Palestinian leader’s son wins role in Abbas’ party, official says

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Palestinian leader’s son wins role in Abbas’ party, official says

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, accompanied by his son Yasser (R). File. | Photo Credit: Reuters The millionaire businessman son of Palestinian ‌President Mahmoud Abbas has won a steering role in his father’s ​political party Fatah, a party official said on Sunday (May 17, 2026), ⁠as a succession fight looms for control of the embattled Palestinian…

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Iran media says ‘no tangible concessions’ in U.S. response to Iran proposal

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Iran media says ‘no tangible concessions’ in U.S. response to Iran proposal

In its proposal, Iran had called for an end of the war on all fronts including Israel’s campaign in Lebanon, as well as a halt to the U.S. naval blockade on Iranian ports in place since April 13. File. | Photo Credit: AP Iranian media said on Sunday (May 17, 2026) that the United States…

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IPL 2026 CSK vs SRH | The intrigue over Dhoni hits fever pitch

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IPL 2026 CSK vs SRH | The intrigue over Dhoni hits fever pitch

Dhoni during CSK’s practice session ahead of their IPL match against SRH, at Chepauk in Chennai on May 17, 2026. | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam In 2021, after guiding Chennai Super Kings to a fourth IPL title, M.S. Dhoni, speaking at a celebration event in the city, remarked, “Hopefully, my last T20 will be in Chennai. Whether it’s…

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