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Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar with Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, as India defends buying Russian oil against European criticism

Jaishankar Tells Europe Its Weapons Attack India, Defends Russian Oil in Finland

At Finland's Kultaranta Talks, India's foreign minister told his European hosts their weapons end up used against India and defended buying Russian oil 'on cost and availability,' noting it was Washington that

June 12, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Yoon Suk Yeol, then South Korea's president, at the Camp David trilateral summit before his downfall

Thirty More Years for Yoon, This Time for the Drones He Flew at Pyongyang

A Seoul court sentenced ex-President Yoon Suk Yeol to 30 years for the October 2024 drone incursion into Pyongyang, ruling he engineered the provocation as a pretext for martial law. It is

June 12, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

NASA Landsat satellite image of a severely depleted reservoir in India before the monsoon

Mumbai’s Lakes Sit at 12 Percent as the Delayed Monsoon Forces a Water Cut

Mumbai is living under a 10 percent water cut while the seven lakes it drinks from hold just 12.49 percent of capacity and the monsoon that refills them runs late. Upper Vaitarna's

June 12, 2026

Climate·News

The Bank of Russia headquarters on Neglinnaya Street in Moscow, led by Elvira Nabiullina

A Russian Banker Takes Sick Leave, and the West Writes Her a Coup

Elvira Nabiullina, the central banker who steered Russia's economy through four years of sanctions, missed a forum and a Putin meeting on sick leave. Émigré outlets turned the absence into resignation, martial

June 12, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Kangana Ranaut and the nurse ensemble of Bharat Bhhagya Viddhaata in blood-stained uniforms outside Cama Hospital in the official trailer art

Bharat Bhhagya Viddhaata Reviews: Kangana Ranaut Anchors a Film Critics Can’t Agree On

Bharat Bhhagya Viddhaata opened Friday to reviews that cannot agree on the film: a nail-biting tribute to the Cama Hospital nurses of 26/11 or a hagiography that drains its own tension. What

June 12, 2026

Entertainment·Movies·News

An Israeli settlement on a West Bank hilltop, as the government moves to fund 61 new settlement sites

Israel Moves to Fund 61 Instant Settlements Before Its Own Election Can Stop It

A 1-billion-shekel plan to plant mobile homes, roads and utilities at 61 new West Bank sites went to Israel's security cabinet, designed to put settlers on the hills before planning approvals or

June 12, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Kolkata Weather: The Monsoon Inches Through Bengal as the City Waits at 34 Degrees

The IMD's June 12 bulletin advanced the monsoon into more of West Bengal and Bihar, the Bay arm's third push through the state in four days. Kolkata, past its usual onset date,

June 12, 2026

Climate·News

An internally displaced woman prepares breakfast outside a makeshift shelter in the Kahda district of Mogadishu, Somalia, as war-driven prices push families into hunger

The Iran War Broke Food Prices. A Super El Niño Is About to Break Harvests.

The war's oil shock is already pushing 45 million people toward acute hunger, by the World Food Programme's count. This week NOAA confirmed a possible super El Niño is coming for the

June 12, 2026

Climate·Conflicts, Military and War·News

Students attend a coaching institute class in Prayagraj, India, as the CBSE exam scandal exposed by three teenagers grows

Three teenagers broke India’s exam scandal open. The state answered with the army

Three teenagers, working with screenshots, public records and a vulnerability report the state ignored, forced India's exam scandal into the open. The CBSE's chairman has been transferred, the army drafted into exam

June 12, 2026

Education·Government and Politics·News

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York City

Markets Erase a War in a Day: Stocks Surge and Oil Slides as Trump Calls Off Iran Strikes

The S&P 500 posted its best day since April, Seoul's KOSPI surged 8 percent and Brent fell to a two-month low after Donald Trump called off strikes on Iran and declared a

June 12, 2026

Business·Markets·News

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Jaishankar Tells Europe Its Weapons Attack India, Defends Russian Oil in Finland

Thirty More Years for Yoon, This Time for the Drones He Flew at Pyongyang

Mumbai’s Lakes Sit at 12 Percent as the Delayed Monsoon Forces a Water Cut

A Russian Banker Takes Sick Leave, and the West Writes Her a Coup

Bharat Bhhagya Viddhaata Reviews: Kangana Ranaut Anchors a Film Critics Can’t Agree On

Israel Moves to Fund 61 Instant Settlements Before Its Own Election Can Stop It

Kolkata Weather: The Monsoon Inches Through Bengal as the City Waits at 34 Degrees

The Iran War Broke Food Prices. A Super El Niño Is About to Break Harvests.

Three teenagers broke India’s exam scandal open. The state answered with the army

Markets Erase a War in a Day: Stocks Surge and Oil Slides as Trump Calls Off Iran Strikes

Radical Islam is being appreciated by Indian authorities too

Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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