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Oscar-winning Palestinian director Basel Adra says his home in West Bank raided by Israeli soldiers

Palestinian director Basel Adra faces Israeli soldiers raiding his home, searching for him, and attacking his family in the West Bank from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/eZPu8sF

Nepal protest death toll rises to 72, says Health Ministry

 Health Ministry spokesperson Prakash Budathoki said that bodies of many people who died in shopping malls, houses and other buildings that were set on fire or attacked are now being discovered from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/7C5iRIh

Qatar PM urges world to reject ‘double standards’ and punish Israel

Qatar’s Prime Minister calls for international accountability on Israel at preparatory ministerial meeting for the emergency Arab-Islamic summit amid escalating tensions in the region from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/n1vyC84

Sébastien Lecornu | Macron’s lieutenant

France’s President has chosen his long-time ally to lead the government and win the support of a fractious Parliament where no party has a majority from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/eYpral1

From the Bench to the helm

The former Chief Justice, who has become Nepal’s first woman PM, has to restore order and public faith in the system and hold free and fair elections, bringing back the democratic process from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/bYa6F2T

Once banned Islami Chhatra Shibir-backed panel wins Jahangirnagar University students’ union poll in Bangladesh

Shibir’s victory adds to political dynamics as Islamists-led eight party grouping demand exclusion of 14 political parties, and PR system election from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/hCmJyu8

France sends jets to Poland, the U.K. ramps up sanctions in a signal to Russia not to escalate

France says its is deploying fighter jets to Poland, and the U.K. has announced new sanctions against Russia from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/17WvRb8

G7 finance ministers discuss possible sanctions, tariffs on supporters of Russia's war

They discussed a wide range of possible economic measures to increase pressure on Russia from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/tYRc8va

Causes a rift with India: Trump on imposing tariffs on India for purchasing Russian oil

During the interview, Donald Trump also repeated his claim that he has solved seven conflicts so far in his second term as President from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/XNCu9Y2

Watch: Nepal interim Prime Minister: Former Chief Justice Sushila Karki takes oath

Nepal has sworn in former Chief Justice Sushila Karki as its first woman interim Prime Minister to lead a government tasked with holding elections within six months.  from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/JdPkxfh

South Sudan Vice-President charged with murder, crimes against humanity

President Salva Kiir issued a presidential decree stripping Riek Machar of his government position, along with another co-accused, petroleum minister Puot Kang Choi, according to a statement on state television from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/dvF2Jfe

Rifle recovered in the search for Charlie Kirk's killer as FBI releases photos of person of interest

The photos show a person wearing a hat, sunglasses and a long-sleeve black shirt from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/BnVyiQC

Working to blend isobutanol with diesel after ethanol blending failed: Gadkari

from Industry News, Company News, Manufacturing News, Service Sector | The Hindu https://ift.tt/Y1re3HJ

India to send special flights to Nepal

Kathmandu’s Tribhovan International Airport resumed flight operations and various airlines announced resumption of flight services from September 11, 2025 from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/6Hh0d7S

Trump ally Charlie Kirk shot at U.S. university: media

Charlie Kirk shot at Utah Valley University; condition unclear, media reports from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/LyzOwYX

Indian tourists, pilgrims stranded across Nepal and along Nepal-China border

600 pilgrims on Kailash Mansarovar Yatra stranded in Taklakot on the Nepal-China border; tourists take refuge in hotels in Kathmandu and Pokhara as they wait for situation to ease; State governments working with External Affairs Ministry to bring back people and reassure families of their safety from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/3Q8teOW

Leaders in Nepal, India call for engagement to prevent isolation of Nepal

“India, the U.S., and China should assure Nepal that the country will not face international isolation because of the current political situation,” says vice-president of Nepali Congress Bimalendra Nidhi from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/KcmzpHr

Iran, U.N. nuclear watchdog agree new cooperation framework

He said the framework was "fully consistent" with provisions of a law suspending cooperation with the IAEA, allowing for interaction within the limits set by the legislation. from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/zJVT8Iq

‘This is a national movement now, not just Gen Z’: Nepali protester

Many of the Gen Z protesters were themselves caught off guard. Their demand was the resignation of the Prime Minister and Home Minister, as well as addressing the issue of rampant corruption, along with the lifting of the ban on certain social media platforms from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/yp5CGIb

India, China should counter unfair U.S. tariffs: Chinese envoy

Xu Feihong said the U.S. is using the tariffs as a kind of “weapon” to extract “exorbitant” costs from various countries, and India and China must cooperate with each other to navigate the situation from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/CWzhF2b

French PM ousted in parliament confidence vote

In the vote in the National Assembly, 364 deputies voted that they had no confidence in the government while just 194 gave it their confidence from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/hWXec2Y

Trump attends U.S. Open as Rolex's guest despite Swiss tariffs

The President was watching from Rolex’s suite, and his acceptance of Rolex’s invitation came mere weeks after the Trump administration imposed a whopping 39% tariff on Swiss products from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/vJWGIrm

Israel's Supreme Court says government is not giving Palestinian prisoners enough food

Rights groups have documented widespread abuse in prisons and detention facilities, including insufficient food and health care, as well as poor sanitary conditions and beatings. from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/D87qIrb

Trump issues 'last warning' to Hamas over hostages

Israel’s army bombed a Gaza City residential tower on September 7, 2025, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the military was “deepening” its assault on the Gaza Strip’s key urban centre from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/VBR7WAP

Russia, India and China have tendency to interact in common interests: Lavrov

The Russian Foreign Minister says the three countries are aware of their common interests in a number of areas. “This does not mean that everything is 100% the same, but there is a tendency for China, Russia and India to develop their partnership, deriving mutual benefit from those areas where we have the same interests,” he says. from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/C4gLTvK

Britain's Crown Prosecution Service inspects Tihar jail as India intensifies efforts to extradite fugitives

According to information, the CPS team visited the high-security ward of Tihar and spoke with the prisoners there from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/0yt2hSR

Boko Haram militants kill 60 in attack in Nigeria's northeast

The Bama local government area was the target of several Boko Haram attacks a decade ago, forcing many residents to flee from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/J2Rxvjr

Katchatheevu | A flashpoint in the Palk Strait

Half a century since New Delhi gave up its claim to the barren island and recognised Sri Lanka’s sovereignty over it, politicians in India periodically rake up the issue, triggering tensions in ties between the friendly countries from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/9IbZqAO

Trump tariff effect: Tamil Nadu’s apparel hubs are unravelling at the seams

From August 27, the United States has levied a 50% tariff on Indian goods exported to them, disrupting business for thousands of micro, small and medium-scale enterprises in India in sectors such as textiles, garments, and jewellery. M. Soundariya Preetha reports on how America’s tariffs have upended operations in the apparel hubs of Tiruppur and Karur in Tamil Nadu, a major garment-exporting State from Industry News, Company News, Manufacturing News, Service Sector | The Hindu https://ift.tt/Ek62TJy

Attorneys General warn OpenAI, other tech companies to improve chatbot safety

California AG Rob Bonta and Delaware AG Kathleen Jennings have spent months reviewing OpenAI’s plans to restructure its business, with an eye on “ensuring rigorous and robust oversight of OpenAI’s safety mission” from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/0naWSdq

Fixing problems, unlocking India’s growth potential

GST 2.0 is both a tax reform and the start of a new chapter in the growth journey from Industry News, Company News, Manufacturing News, Service Sector | The Hindu https://ift.tt/edHyBw9

Auto, pharma sectors hail GST changes; airlines feel their wings clipped

Auto-makers expect the tax cut to boost demand; airlines slam higher GST on non-economy seats; small entrepreneurs worried about higher labour costs; textile industry disappointed over the 18% duty for garments priced above ₹2,500 from Industry News, Company News, Manufacturing News, Service Sector | The Hindu https://ift.tt/qP5zJj8

Earthquake of magnitude 6.2 strikes southeastern Afghanistan, Germany’s geosciences centre says

The quake follows a series of earthquakes earlier this week that killed more than 2,200 people and injured over 3,600 in the country’s east from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/sTYA6Rt

Trump says China should have mentioned U.S. aid in WW2 during 'beautiful ceremony'

Trump lauds 'impressive' military spectacle in Beijing, says U.S. helped China 'very much' in World War Two from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/ZYzP3jS

Trump unlawfully cancelled Harvard's research grants, U.S. judge rules

The judge said Mr. Trump was right to combat antisemitism and that Harvard was “wrong to tolerate hateful behaviour as long as it did” but fighting antisemitism was not the administration’s true aim and that officials wanted to pressure Harvard to accede to its demands in violation of its free-speech rights under the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/mH62VJT

Small cars, bikes up to 350 cc to get cheaper as GST reforms kick in

Petrol, LPG and CNG vehicles of less than 1,200 cc and not more than 4,000 mm length and diesel vehicles of up to 1,500 cc and 4,000 mm length would move to the 18% rate from the current 28% from Industry News, Company News, Manufacturing News, Service Sector | The Hindu https://ift.tt/yNdxSeh

At least 15 killed, 18 injured as Gloria funicular, Lisbon’s landmark streetcar, derails

Five of the injured are in serious condition and a child is among the injured, the National Institute for Medical Emergencies said in a statement; an unknown number of the injured are foreigners, it said from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/3snGeY1

Trump says 11 dead in U.S. strike on drug-carrying boat from Venezuela

“Earlier this morning, on my Orders, U.S. Military Forces conducted a kinetic strike against positively identified Tren de Aragua Narcoterrorists,” Mr. Trump said from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/ayjnsi7

Six Pakistani security personnel, six militants killed during attack on paramilitary base

The attack began after a suicide bomber rammed the compound of the paramilitary base in Bannu; the ensuing gun battle lasted for 12 hours, police said from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/irJIhZ0

Bomb blast kills at least 11 at rally in southwestern Pakistan, officials say

Police said they were investigating the blast, which appeared to be a suicide bombing; no group has claimed responsibility so far from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/YZi8gXG

India tax panel calls for steep levies on luxury EVs in blow for Tesla, BMW

The proposal could affect domestic EV makers such as Mahindra and Tata Motors, though their offerings above the ₹2 million price range are limited from Industry News, Company News, Manufacturing News, Service Sector | The Hindu https://ift.tt/T5EqUdP

Amnesty says Syrian government forces, allies behind 46 Druze ‘executions’

Amnesty said it documented the “deliberate shooting and killing” of 46 Druze in Sweida city or on its outskirts on July 15 and 16 from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/JKDHBbn

Nestle sacks CEO over ‘undisclosed romantic relationship’ in office

“The departure of Laurent Freixe follows an investigation into an undisclosed romantic relationship with a direct subordinate which breached Nestle’s code of business conduct,” a statement from Nestle said from Industry News, Company News, Manufacturing News, Service Sector | The Hindu https://ift.tt/G2ebk94

Nestle sacks CEO over ‘undisclosed romantic relationship’ in office

“The departure of Laurent Freixe follows an investigation into an undisclosed romantic relationship with a direct subordinate which breached Nestle’s code of business conduct,” a statement from Nestle said from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/G2ebk94

Trump says he’s awarding former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani the Presidential Medal of Freedom

Mr. Trump called Mr. Giuliani the “greatest Mayor in the history of New York City, and an equally great American Patriot” from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/fstBK1W