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Hungary’s Prime Minister-elect Peter Magyar. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Pro-European conservative Peter Magyar is to be sworn in as Hungary’s Prime Minister on Saturday (May 9, 2026) as he promises “regime change” after nationalist Viktor Orban’s 16 years in power. The former government insider-turned-critic scored a landslide victory last month, pledging wide-ranging reforms to…
Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, Musandam, Oman, May 8, 2026. (Representational image) | Photo Credit: Reuters An Indian sailor was killed and several others injured after their wooden dhow caught fire near the Strait of Hormuz, government sources said on Saturday (May 10, 2026). 17 other Indian crew members were rescued following the incident…
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The crude oil tanker Odessa, carrying UAE crude after passing through the Strait of Hormuz with its Automatic Identification System transponder turned off, navigates the waters at Daesan port, where it is expected to discharge crude oil, in Seosan, South Korea, May 8, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters The U.S. announced Project Freedom on May…
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Image used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Sri Lankan authorities arrested a senior Buddhist monk on Saturday (May 9, 2026) for the alleged sexual abuse of an underage girl, police said, marking the highest-profile case involving clergy in the country. Pallegama Hemarathana, 71, was arrested at a private hospital in the…
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“A note that a former cellmate said he discovered after Jeffrey Epstein’s first suspected jail suicide attempt was all but certainly penned by the same person as a note that authorities found in the millionaire sex offender’s cell after he killed himself,” handwriting experts say on Saturday (May 9, 2026). Three forensic document examiners who…
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Screengrab of a video released by U.S. Southern Command shows that Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organisations. Photo: X/Southcom The U.S. military’s latest strike on an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean killed two men on Friday (May 8, 2026) while leaving…
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In this image posted on May 8, 2026, MoS for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh, left, meets International Organisation for Migration Director General Amy Pope on the sidelines of IMRF 2026, in New York, United States. Photo: X/@KVSinghMPGonda via PTI | Photo Credit: PTI India and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) discussed expanding and…
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Image used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. immigration authorities have cancelled the visas of more than two dozen people, including some who worked on a Disney Cruise Line ship, amid allegations that they possessed or had viewed c U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a statement on Friday (May 8,…
In this image posted on May 9, 2026, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar in conversation with Trinidad and Tobago Foreign Affairs Minister Sean Sobers during the final leg of his three-nation Caribbean tour, after visiting Jamaica and Suriname, in Port of Spain. | Photo Credit: PTI External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said cricket gives a…
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U.S. imposes sanctions on 10 individuals, companies for aiding Iran’s weapons sector The U.S. Treasury on Friday announced sanctions against 10 individuals and companies, including several in China and Hong Kong, for aiding efforts by Iran’s military to secure weapons and raw materials used to build Tehran’s Shahed drones. The Treasury move, first reported by…
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