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EAM Jaishankar interacts with members of German Parliament, chairs conference of Indian Ambassadors in Europe

In Berlin, EAM Jaishankar chaired the regional conference of Indian Ambassadors in Europe, where he discussed Operation Sindoor and India’s message of zero tolerance for terrorism. from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/Tto9yji

Man accused of killing 2 Israeli Embassy staffers in Washington charged with murder of foreign officials

The man told police after his arrest, “I did it for Palestine, I did it for Gaza" from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/iulmjwz

Israel blames Europe after embassy staff shot dead in U.S.

French foreign ministry spokesman Christophe Lemoine called the accusation “completely outrageous and completely unjustified.” from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/w1rV3zN

Trump administration bars Harvard from enrolling foreign students

The Trump administration has revoked Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students in its escalating battle with the Ivy League school from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/Hmbl4zT

Indian diplomat was not part of delegation that came under Israeli army’s fire in Jenin: Official

“The Ministry holds the Israeli occupying government fully and directly responsible for this criminal assault and affirms that such acts will not pass without accountability,” the Palestinian Authority's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement. from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/ctpNOP3

IndusInd finds fresh lapses of ₹1,885 crore making Q4 FY25 its worst quarter ever

Wrong classification of loans accumulated over FY25 has hit profit by ₹1,969 crore, while Net Interest Income slumped 43%, and gross Non-Performing Assets rose to 3.13%. from Industry News, Company News, Manufacturing News, Service Sector | The Hindu https://ift.tt/MY7VQZR

Trump claims he ended India-Pakistan hostilities, suggesting it was ‘through trade’

The remark was made in passing during a largely confrontational bilateral meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office. from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/E9HQCG0

U.N. says no aid reached Palestinians, despite new supplies entering Gaza

Experts have warned that many of Gaza's 2 million residents are at high risk of famine. from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/lZ4AdmE

China says it backs Pakistan in defending 'sovereignty'

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said China welcomed the two countries "handling differences through dialogue" as he met his Pakistani counterpart Mohammad Ishaq Dar in Beijing from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/qh4nxc7

Britain, Canada, France warn Israel over 'egregious' Gaza tactics

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Trump, alongside the first lady, signs a bill to make posting 'revenge porn' a federal crime

Many states have already banned the dissemination of sexually explicit deepfakes or revenge porn, but the ‘Take It Down Act’ is a rare example of federal regulators imposing on internet companies. from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/hWQJEey

First few aid trucks enter Gaza after nearly 3 months of Israel’s blockade

Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu said on Monday that Israel plans on “taking control of all of Gaza,” from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/IalzNoP

Jaishankar holds wide-ranging discussions with Dutch counterpart on deepening bilateral partnership

The External Affairs Minister appreciated the Netherlands’ strong condemnation of the Pahalgam attack and support for zero tolerance against terrorism. from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/39xGoV1

Romanian centrist Dan on course to win presidency: exit poll

Romania held its presidential election run-off; initial 2024 ballot was cancelled after alleged Russian meddling from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/UyeLTXa

Joe Biden diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer

Doctors have told the former U.S. President that the cancer has spread to the bone; Mr. Biden and his family are reviewing treatment options from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/bYAxReI

Poland votes in tight election as Europe watches

Warsaw mayor Rafal Trzaskowski leads in polls for Poland’s presidential election, crucial for EU government and social rights from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/Iisfy3N

Explosion outside fertility clinic in California kills one; police say act was ‘intentional’

An explosion has killed a person and heavily damaged a fertility clinic Saturday in the upscale California city of Palm Springs from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/oFYKCpc

Did Trump cross the line on Kashmir issue? | Explained

What are the contours of Indian foreign policy with regard to Jammu and Kashmir? What has the U.S. President said? What has been the experience in the past? What is the stand adopted by India and Pakistan? Is a dialogue with Pakistan possible? from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/8CZQxDp

The new U.S refugee policy for minority South Africans: Explained

The Trump administration has welcomed Afrikaner refugees under a reimagined refugee resettlement plan, even as the programme remains on pause for others. from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/yUp079R

Iran, European powers hold nuclear talks in Turkiye

Mr. Gharibabadi added that, if necessary, Tehran would meet again with the so-called E3 — the European parties to the 2015 deal along with China, Russia and the United States — to continue discussions from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/tv4FxcP

European leaders consult Trump, then agree joint response to Russian foot-dragging in truce talks

Mr. Starmer said that he and the leaders of France, Germany and Poland had consulted Mr. Trump. He didn't say what the response might involve, but some European leaders pressed for new sanctions from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/PBMwANo

Pakistan Foreign Minister calls for 'composite dialogue' with India to address contentious issues

Mr. Dar also said that the Director Generals of Military Operations (DGMOs) of Pakistan and India would again get in contact on May 18 from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/ZB58EiU

LIC to get two new managing directors

Mr. Pant, who is the appointed Actuary and Executive Director (Actuarial), will serve as the MD till his superannuation on May 31, 2027 from Industry News, Company News, Manufacturing News, Service Sector | The Hindu https://ift.tt/kA6Oi24

Trump says the U.S. and Iran have ’sort of’ agreed on the terms for a nuclear deal

Without offering detail, Trump signalled growing alignment with the terms that he has been seeking from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/8hKOxTr

Rwanda’s Army and its rebel group ally have killed dozens and abducted thousands, Congo says

The alleged crimes were committed between May 10 and 13 against civilians accused by the rebels of belonging to the Congolese army and its allied militias, Congo's Interior Ministry said in a statement from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/8Y4hFtJ

U.K. may set up migrant 'return hubs' in other nations: PM Starmer

Mr. Starmer is under pressure to cut the number of irregular migrants arriving on U.K. shores, many in small boats, amid the rising popularity of the hard-right and anti-immigrant Reform U.K. party. from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/h3gVw1e

Putin to skip Ukraine talks, Russian team includes seasoned negotiators

Those included presidential adviser Vladimir Medinsky and Deputy Defence Minister Alexander Fomin from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/tS7BX3p

Indian student Badar Khan Suri from Georgetown University released from immigration detention

Badar Khan Suri said he was glad to be released as he left a federal detention facility in Alvarado near Dallas alongside his attorney from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/hTMo5jr

IMF disburses $1.023 billion tranche to Pakistan

The disbursement of the second tranche comes amid IMF’s virtual discussions on Pakistan’s upcoming Budget, as the visit of its mission to Islamabad had been delayed due to security concerns in the region from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/pCFIny6

Netanyahu says there is ’no way’ Israel halts the war in Gaza until Hamas is defeated

The Israeli military on Tuesday struck what it said was a Hamas “command and control centre” located beneath a hospital in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/6VhwJ3G

Trump says U.S. to lifts Syria sanctions, secures $600 billion Saudi deal

Speaking in Riyadh, Mr. Trump said he was acting on a request to scrap the sanctions by Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler, Prince Mohammed bin Salman from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/zbkj8uY

Aditya Birla Capital posts profit of ₹865 crore in Q4

In a separate statement, the company said that overall lending portfolio — NBFC and HFC — grew by 27% year-on-year to ₹1,57,404 crore as of March 31, 2025 from Industry News, Company News, Manufacturing News, Service Sector | The Hindu https://ift.tt/F02YuCl

Airtel network down across Tamil Nadu

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Taiwan holds first live-fire of U.S. high-tech rocket systems

The truck-mounted units can launch multiple precision-guided rockets at the same time, and has been used by Ukraine against Russia in their ongoing conflict from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/nvAK5pB

China's Ant Group to sell 4% stake in India's Paytm for $242 million, term sheet shows

Goldman Sachs India Securities and Citigroup Global Markets India will lead the sale, the term sheet showed from Industry News, Company News, Manufacturing News, Service Sector | The Hindu https://ift.tt/3jHQem9

U.S. and China hail 'progress' after trade talks end in Geneva

China's Vice Premier He Lifeng told reporters the meetings had achieved "substantial progress," and described the atmosphere as "candid, in-depth and constructive," adding there were plans for a joint communique to be published Monday from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/3NyKUaQ

Hamas says Edan Alexander, last living American hostage in Gaza, will be released in truce efforts

Hamas released a video of Alexander in November during the Thanksgiving weekend, his favourite holiday, his mother said from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/L7BtkYU

Qatar says no final decision made on gifting Trump jet to use as Air Force One

Mr. Trump intends to convert the Qatari aircraft into a plane he can fly on as President, with the Air Force planning to add secure communications and other classified elements to it from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/HGo9Wu6

Washington ‘optimistic’ amid trade talks with China

High-level U.S.-China trade talks in Geneva aim to de-escalate tensions, with “optimism” expressed by Washington officials from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/0I3sZeu

Brazil President Lula da Silva to visit China ahead of regional summit

Since returning to power in early 2023, Mr. Lula has sought to improve ties with both China and the United States from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/Rdhx3VW

Israeli airstrikes kill 23 in Gaza as outcry over aid blockade grows

The UN and aid groups have rejected Israel's aid distribution moves, including a plan from a group of American security contractors, ex-military officers and humanitarian aid officials calling itself the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/HndIUvP

33 killed in Sudan strikes blamed on paramilitary RSF

The attacks came after six straight days of RSF drone strikes on the Army-led government's wartime capital Port Sudan damaged key infrastructure including the power grid and the country's last operational civilian airport from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/pVQbSBR

Air India suspends Tel Aviv flights till May 25

Air India, the only Indian carrier to operate direct services to Tel Aviv, normally has five weekly flights to the Israeli city from Delhi from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/tWwGEmS

G7 countries call for ‘immediate de-escalation’ in India-Pakistan conflict

Foreign Ministers of the seven wealthy democracies said further military escalation poses a serious threat to regional stability from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/INDqiA8

Pakistan claims India targeted three airbases with missiles, closes airspace to all traffic

The Pakistan Airport Authority issued a notification stating that Pakistan’s airspace has been closed from 3.15 a.m. to 12 noon for all kinds of air traffic from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/vyIEKeu

Pakistan PMO says IMF has approved $1 billion loan

India earlier raised concerns over the efficacy of IMF programmes in the case of Pakistan, given its poor track record, and also on the possibility of misuse of debt financing funds for state-sponsored cross-border terrorism from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/BKhpdaS

FMCG volume growth slows to 5.1% in March quarter; rural markets drive growth while metros drag volume

Volume growth is slowing across categories, and non-food segments are still outpacing food in the FMCG sector. The industry reported a volume growth of 6.1% in the March quarter of 2024 from Industry News, Company News, Manufacturing News, Service Sector | The Hindu https://ift.tt/36UvxY8

Israel vows harsh retaliation against Iran after Houthi hit

Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said, “Israel should be able to defend itself... against any threat and against any enemy” from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/SpiZlTn

Asian Paints Q4 net profit falls 45% to ₹700.8 crore

Its revenue from operations slipped 4.25% to ₹8,358.91 crore in the March 2025 quarter. It was ₹8,730.76 crore in the year-ago period from Industry News, Company News, Manufacturing News, Service Sector | The Hindu https://ift.tt/RixISq4

Drone strike targets Port Sudan naval base: army source

Ongoing drone strikes in Sudan raise fears of humanitarian aid disruption and escalating conflict with UAE involvement from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/FG5NIyf

Ukrainian drones keep targeting Moscow as foreign leaders arrive for Red Square parade

Russian flag carrier Aeroflot cancelled more than 100 fights to and from Moscow, while more than 140 fights were delayed as planes were repeatedly grounded, says Mayor Sobyanin from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/sAymNuw

Indians earn the most among Asian Americans: Data

About 77% of Indians have a bachelor’s degree or higher, second only to Taiwanese (83%) from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/yPIh4ZS

MoU signed for cargo movement by barges over inland waterways

A hundred barges will be deployed in a phased manner across national waterways; the MoU between the Inland Waterways Authority of India and Rhenus Logistics targets the movement of over one million tonnes of cargo annually by the end of 2025 from Industry News, Company News, Manufacturing News, Service Sector | The Hindu https://ift.tt/Z2crizV

Heavy shelling by Pak troops along LoC in Poonch, Rajouri as India carries out 'Operation Sindoor'

Indian armed forces carried out missile attacks early on May 7 on 9 terror targets in Pakistan and PoK, including Bahawalpur which is a major base of Jaish-e-Mohammad terror outfit from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/afw6Xt8

Pakistan Army says India launches air strikes, vows to respond

Pakistan will respond to this at a time and place of its own choosing. This heinous provocation will not go unanswered, said Army spokesman Lt. Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/X7K80t1

On the brink of conflict

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Trump administration says it will pay immigrants in the U.S. illegally $1,000 to leave the country

Donald Trump has made immigration enforcement and the mass deportation of immigrants in the U.S. illegally a centrepiece of his campaign, but that is a costly, resource-intensive endeavour from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/fc72IMb

UNSC begins closed door consultations on situation between India, Pakistan

Hours before the closed consultations, UNSG Antonio Guterres voiced concern over tensions between the countries being at ‘their highest in years’, saying ‘it pains me to see relations reaching a boiling point’ from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/rEHWC9A

Pakistan Defence minister warns India could carry military strike any moment along LoC

He also accused PM Modi of ‘pushing the region to the brink of nuclear war for political gains’, reiterating allegations that ‘New Delhi was involved in terrorism in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan’ from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/ny17Cux

Donald Trump announces 100% tariff for movies produced outside U.S.

Neither Mr. Lutnick nor Mr. Trump provided any details on the implementation. It was not immediately clear whether the move would target production companies, foreign or American, producing films overseas from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/UjO3s9z

Russia says willing to help resolve India-Pakistan differences over Kashmir

Mr. Lavrov’s conversation with his Pakistani counterpar took place two days after he spoke with EAM S. Jaishankar and also called for a settlement of differences between the two neighbouring countries from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/KD65Ygx

U.K. police release 14 children held after boy dies in fire

Northumbria police said late on May 3 that 11 boys and three girls aged 11 to 14 had been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/B2m0IjN

Pakistan to brief U.N. Security Council on India’s ‘aggressive actions’: Pak Foreign Office

Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar directed Pakistan's UN Permanent Representative Asim Iftikhar to take immediate steps to convene a meeting of the Security Council from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/CLX9qTw

Pahalgam attack: Pakistan shuts ports for Indian ships after New Delhi bans imports from Islamabad

The Pakistan Army, meanwhile, said in a statement that it has conducted a successful training launch of the Abdali Weapon System — a surface-to-surface missile with a range of 450 km from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/UbkJszn

Lawrence Wong’s PAP win by landslide in Singapore General Election

This was Mr. Wong’s first election as prime minister of the global-business focused Singapore which now faces navigating through strong headwinds caused by tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/kwfnlXz

The Druze | Between Israel and Islamists

The small minority sect in Syria is caught between hostile Islamists who see them as heretics and an aggressive Israel, which is bombing Syria in the name of protecting them from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/XmCiUzn

Communist Party of Vietnam | Marxism, market and nationalism

The ruling party, which recently commemorated the 50th anniversary of the reunification of the country after the withdrawal of U.S. forces, draws legitimacy from both its historical role in liberation and ending occupation, and its continuing role as an economic moderniser from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/TGxbs23

German police rule out attack after car injures 8 in Stuttgart

German security services have been on high alert following several deadly car-ramming attacks in recent months, including in the eastern city of Magdeburg and in the southern city of Munich. from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/xucV5nq

Trump signs executive order to cut NPR, PBS public funding

National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (CBS) are only partly funded by U.S. taxpayers through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and rely heavily on private donations. from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/K1ZRI02

Britannia Industries gets over ₹25 cr demand from tax authority

In a regulatory filing, the company said the Additional Commissioner of CGST & CX, Kolkata North, has passed an order covering tax periods from July 2017 to March 2023. from Industry News, Company News, Manufacturing News, Service Sector | The Hindu https://ift.tt/R3O9BMh

Brazil ex-president Collor to be released on house arrest

Brazil's first democratically-elected president after a decades-long dictatorship last week began serving a nine-year sentence for taking bribes while a senator between 2010 and 2014. from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/pXm0Qh2

Adani Enterprises Q4 profit jumps 7.5x on Wilmar stake sale, strong growth in solar mfg

The profit rise was helped by a ₹3,286 crore gain made from the sale of stake in Wilmar. from Industry News, Company News, Manufacturing News, Service Sector | The Hindu https://ift.tt/dhvmH32

Parliament to ratify minerals deals with U.S. in few weeks: Senior Ukrainian official

Yulia Svyrydenko said some technical details have to be completed before a joint U.S.-Ukraine investment fund could become operational. from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/G427kVL