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Sikh separatist leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun. File | Photo Credit: AP A prominent Sikh separatist said on Tuesday (August 25, 2026) that the FBI and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police have warned him that he faces a new credible threat to his life even as a man from India faces sentencing later this year for…
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The sun rises over the city skyline in Panama City on August 11, 2026. Panama declared an emergency over the El Nino climate phenomenon on August 25, 2026, after Honduras and El Salvador, which has already forced a reduction in shipping through the Panama Canal. File | Photo Credit: AFP Panama on Tuesday (August 25,…
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The “economic onslaught” that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has declared on Iran’s financial connections around the world may have one major caveat, says China. Beijing is Iran’s biggest trading partner and its leading oil buyer. While the U.S. is trying to isolate the Islamic Republic from its remaining economic partners, President Donald Trump is also…
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U.S. forces strike a vessel in the Caribbean as part of operations against suspected narco-terrorist networks. (Screengrab) (X/@Southcom) The U.S. military said on Tuesday (August 25, 2026) that four people were killed in a strike on a vessel in the Caribbean, the latest in a series of attacks Washington says target “narco-terrorists”, but human rights…
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Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi meets with Oman’s Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi in Tehran, Iran, August 25, 2026. Photo: Iranian Foreign Ministry via Reuters. Omani Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaid met Tuesday (August 25, 2026) with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi in Tehran to discuss a framework for managing ship traffic in the Strait of…
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RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat receives a warm welcome on his arrival in New York on August 25, 2026. | Photo Credit: ANI The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC) and allied community and faith organisations held a press conference in New York on Tuesday (August 25, 2026) to protest against an upcoming event featuring Rashtriya Swayamsevak…
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday (August 25, 2026) said he does not support the planned event at Madison Square Garden where Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat will address members of the Indian diaspora. However, he said the city may…
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Dolly Parton. File. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. country music legend Dolly Parton, who grew up poor in Tennessee and became a household name with hits like “Jolene,” has died at the age of 80, her family said on Tuesday (August 25, 2026). “Dolly has lived in the light and is in the arms of…
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Artist Suse Lowenstein, whose son, Alex, was killed in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, looks at photos of the some of the victims at her studio in Montauk, N.Y., Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP A U.S. federal judge postponed on Monday (August 25, 2026) the trial of…
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FILE – Sri Lankan Army soldiers secure the area around St. Anthony Shrine after a blast in Colombo on April 21, 2019. | Photo Credit: AP The Colombo High Court has set September 22 as the date for the verdict on the main criminal case in the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings, which killed 279 people,…
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