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U.S. says China 'massively expanded' nuclear arsenal

Washington said the lapsing earlier this month of New START — the last treaty between top nuclear powers, the United States and — Russia presented the possibility of striking a "better agreement" including Beijing. from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/3Kb1kcR

Three dead in U.S. strike on boat in Caribbean

The United States began targeting alleged smuggling boats in early September, and the latest strike brings the death toll from the campaign to at least 150. from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/glzc8BX

U.K. police arrest ex-envoy Peter Mandelson in Epstein case

"Officers have arrested a 72-year-old man on suspicion of misconduct in public office," the Metropolitan Police said in a statement. from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/Cl5kZ3r

Top Mexican drug cartel leader killed

Nemesio Oseguera, the 59-year-old leader of the violent Jalisco New Generation Cartel, was wounded in a clash with soldiers in the town of Tapalpa and died while being flown to Mexico City, the army said in a statement. from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/Cpt5vmy

All four Moscow airports closed due to spate of Ukrainian drone attacks

The Russian civil aviation agency Rosaviatsia said in a press release that air traffic restrictions have been imposed at all four international airports — Domodedovo, Vnukovo, Zhukovsky and Sheremetyevo — due to safety concerns. from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/bEspCQt

Iran vows to defend itself but sees diplomatic solution to U.S. standoff

After a recent round of talks in Geneva, Iran said it was preparing a draft proposal for an agreement that would avert military action. from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/BMLX7DF

Chagos Islands | Deal in deep water

As the U.K.’s draft legislation to ratify the transfer of sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius moves through Parliament, Trump is taking aim at the deal from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/SHzGhXL

RSP rides reform wave, old guard digs in ahead of Nepal’s elections

The coming elections are seen as a litmus test for Nepal’s traditional parties, which have drawn scorn from various quarters for their failures, despite ruling the country for the last three decades from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/OeZHa0F

What are Section 122, 301 and 232 tariffs Trump is considering?

Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 permits the U.S. President to impose tariffs of up to 15% on a country to address “a large and serious United States balance-of-payments deficit” from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/3zVOMb0

‘They’ll be paying tariffs, and we will not be paying tariffs’: Trump says no changes to India-U.S. deal post court ruling

Donald Trump claimed, as he has done before on multiple occasions, that he stopped the “war” (in May 2025) between India and Pakistan “largely” by threatening each country with 200% tariffs from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/BHsbvGW

U.K. government considers removing former prince Andrew from line of succession amid Epstein row

Amid a torrent of often tawdry revelations from the files of late U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, King Charles III has already stripped his younger brother of all his titles and ousted him from his home in Windsor from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/86HylpZ

Trump says he’s ‘absolutely ashamed’ of U.S. Supreme Court justices who issued 'deeply disappointing'  tariff decision

The 6-3 decision centres on tariffs imposed under an emergency powers law, including the sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs he levied on nearly every other country from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/9yUlNmL

Tehran reenters the global geopolitical spotlight

Iran returns to haunt the United States and West Asia alike from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/uxvmIDH

Trump repeats claim he ended conflict between India and Pakistan; said he threatened 200% tariffs on countries

Donald Trump repeated the claim that he stopped eight wars within the first year of his second term in the White House as he addressed an event of the Board of Peace in Washington from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/GamnBoT

India attends Trump's Board of Peace meeting as observer nation

India has not joined the Board of Peace, which has been set up by Mr. Trump for the redevelopment of the Gaza Strip from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/jaz8oJR

In new flip, Trump attacks U.K. on base deal as U.S. mulls Iran attack

Donald Trump, who is considering strikes on Iran, lashed out hours after the State Department offered the latest U.S. support to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s deal to return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/tsWhZ4n

India adds its name to list of countries criticising Israel’s unilateral measures on West Bank

India had not joined the original group of 85 countries that announced the statement on February 17 from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/pAO70Jx

Zuckerberg to testify in landmark social media addiction trial

The trial will mark the first time Mark Zuckerberg will address the safety of his world-dominating platforms directly before a jury. from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/GIiYygZ

French auto parts major plans to invest more than €200 million in India

India currently contributes about 1% to Valeo’s global sales, but the company aims to raise that share to 6–7% in line with India’s share in the global automotive market. from Industry News, Company News, Manufacturing News, Service Sector | The Hindu https://ift.tt/sxaBnp5

Bangladesh reform agenda wins voters’ backing, but rifts remain among parties

The July Charter, born from the 2024 uprising, calls for key reforms such as setting up of a non-partisan caretaker government to run future elections, creation of a 100-member upper house and broadening fundamental rights from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/57Uyhgl

India’s first private sector helicopter final assembly line inaugurated near Kolar in Karnataka

The facility in Vemagal in Kolar district of Karnataka, is India’s first private-sector helicopter Final Assembly Line for the Airbus H125 from Industry News, Company News, Manufacturing News, Service Sector | The Hindu https://ift.tt/Xq0TDPE

Bangladesh no longer a ‘submissive country’: Yunus in farewell address

Muhammad Yunus emphasised that his 18-month tenure had rebuilt the three "fundamental foundations" of the country’s foreign engagement: "sovereignty, national interests, and dignity". from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/m9VGpnw

A budgetary signal as banks cannot bear it all

There is an attempt in Budget 2026 to rebalance India’s financial system by moving risks away from banks and into markets from Industry News, Company News, Manufacturing News, Service Sector | The Hindu https://ift.tt/P1Un7kO

‘Godfather’ and ‘Apocalypse Now’ actor Robert Duvall dead at 95

Robert Duvall won his Academy Award in 1983 for playing a washed-up country singer in “Tender Mercies” from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/POAmQUF

Nepal launches campaigns for first post-uprising polls

The ousted former Prime Minister's bid to return to power — 73-year-old Marxist leader K.P. Sharma Oli - is being challenged on his home turf by a rapper-turned-mayor casting himself as a symbol of youth-driven political change, 35-year-old Balendra Shah from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/FZjRDnh

Hindus among four from minority communities elected to Bangladesh parliament

Goyeshwar Chandra Roy and Nitai Roy Chowdhury are the two Hindu candidates who won on a Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) ticket from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/m140pCi

‘Ultra-left’ blamed for youth’s killing that shocked France

The victim, Quentin Deranque, aged 23, had been hospitalised and placed into a coma on February 12 after being attacked in the southeastern city of Lyon from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/zYfXpQj

Israel will begin contentious West Bank land registration in new step to deepen control

The land regulation paves the way for the resumption of “settlement of land title” processes, which had been frozen in the West Bank since the Mideast War in 1967 from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/rKpLt4e

Bangladesh Nationalist Party | Return of the old guard

The party founded by General Ziaur Rahman, which champions Bangladeshi nationalism, has returned to power with a huge mandate to steer the country through a tumultuous period from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/vROBxb4

Strong Opposition set to test BNP’s dominance as Bangladesh’s new Parliament takes shape

With 77 seats, we have nearly quadrupled our parliamentary presence and become one of the strongest Opposition blocs in modern Bangladeshi politics, say JeI chief Shafiqur Rahman from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/6OMrFnv

Xiaomi to strengthen its mid-segment growth, stay accessible in 2026, amid price hikes

“The brand entered the year 2026 with a clear intent to stay accessible to a large number of consumers in the country despite shifting market dynamics,” says Sudhin Mathur, COO, Xiaomi India from Industry News, Company News, Manufacturing News, Service Sector | The Hindu https://ift.tt/abpf2HC

Telecom service providers do not own spectrum: Supreme Court

The Bench of Justices P.S. Narasimha and Atul Chandurkar says spectrum is a scarce natural resource owned by the people of India, with legal title vesting exclusively in the Union of India, which holds it in trust for the public from Industry News, Company News, Manufacturing News, Service Sector | The Hindu https://ift.tt/QWF1Uic

Arundhati Roy withdraws from Berlin Film Festival amid Gaza row

Her statement comes after jury president Wim Wenders’ response to a question on Gaza at a press conference, where he stated, “We cannot really enter the field of politics,” calling filmmakers “the counterweight to politics” from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/gpBYSui

India tested, from U.S. sanctions to one-sided trade deal

India’s autonomy and global credibility could be undermined by its unilateral trade deal with the United States from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/sywq8N5

Trump revokes basis of U.S. climate regulation, ends vehicle emission standards

The move marks the administration’s most extensive rollback of climate change policy, following a series of regulatory cuts aimed at promoting fossil fuel development and hindering clean energy from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/gdyHpCG

Quad ‘very important platform’: top U.S. South Asia diplomat Paul Kapur

U.S. diplomat Paul Kapur emphasises the Quad’s importance for strategic cooperation and defence in South Asia during a congressional hearing from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/d3yI6mW

Coal India Q3 profit slips 16% amid lower offtake, subdued power demand

Net sales during the quarter dipped 5% on a year-over-year basis. from Industry News, Company News, Manufacturing News, Service Sector | The Hindu https://ift.tt/UjIKmDV

U.S. House votes to slap back Trump’s tariffs on Canada

The U.S. House votes 219-211 to oppose Trump’s tariffs on Canada, marking a rare bipartisan rebuke of his trade policies from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/CwW5P9R

U.S. says Mexican cartel drones breached Texas airspace

Mexico stated it had “no information” on drones at the border, and lawmakers, along with U.S. media sources, questioned the Trump administration’s account, suggesting the shutdown was due to U.S. military drone activity from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/OaR4A2i

Trump ‘insists’ on continued Iran talks in meeting with Israeli PM Netanyahu

Mr. Trump said that he and Israel’s PM Netanyahu had “also discussed the tremendous progress being made in Gaza and the Region in general” from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/CSIwfMY

Takaichi’s triumph: On Japan’s snap election results

Japan should go beyond conservatism and adopt an inclusive agenda from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/txdKip0

Anti-India sentiment serves as both shield and sword in Bangladesh polls

As Bangladesh heads into a landmark election, nationalist rhetoric is reshaping political discourse; with Hasina’s Awami League out of the race, the two main contenders, Bangladesh Nationalist Party and the Jamaat-e-Islami alliance, are locked in a contest to weaponise ‘pro-India’ views from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/OaPjZrs

U.S. Commerce Secretary Lutnick acknowledges meetings with Epstein that contradict previous claims

His acknowledgement comes as lawmakers are grasping for what accountability looks like amid the revelations contained in what's known as the Epstein files from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/le4jYkL

Eritrea calls Ethiopia’s accusations of military aggression ‘deplorable’

Ethiopia accused Eritrea over the weekend of military aggression and of supporting armed groups inside their territory, where recent clashes between Tigrayan forces and Ethiopian troops have raised from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/UFsqaCw

U.S. trims tariffs on Bangladesh to 19%

Bangladesh’s key export-earning ready-made garments made from cotton and synthetic fibres imported from the U.S. would enjoy zero reciprocal duty under the deal, says Commerce Secretary Mahbubur Rahman from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/TGIVa0o

Venezuela’s top prosecutor orders the arrest of opposition leader’s ally, hours after his release

Venezuela’s top prosecutor says his office has requested the arrest of Juan Pablo Guanipa, a close ally of opposition leader María Corina Machado from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/X5A07yt

Trump says China’s Xi to visit U.S. ‘toward the end of the year’

Donald Trump is expected to go to China in April, before Xi Jinping would then visit the United States from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/ODjPBmJ

Israel’s security cabinet approves measures to strengthen control over West Bank

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, in a statement, called the decision “dangerous” and an “open Israeli attempt to legalise settlement expansion” and land confiscation from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/BZ02zrK

Truck carrying passengers crashes in northern Nigeria, killing at least 30 people

The truck involved in the latest accident was carrying some passengers and goods towards Gujungu town in Kano when it crashed from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/W5TIRag

France opens probe against ex-Culture Minister Lang after Epstein file dump

Jack Lang has been summoned to report on February 8 to the Foreign Ministry, which supervises the Arab World Institute, a cultural and research institution ‌that promotes understanding of the Arab world from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/RAK4Tdv

Israel says Netanyahu will meet with Trump about Iran talks on February 11

The U.S. and the Islamic Republic of Iran held indirect talks on February 6 in Oman that appeared to return to the starting point on how to approach discussions over Tehran’s nuclear programme from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/6JhAGRw

Abbas Araghchi | The diplomat on a tightrope

Iran’s Foreign Minister faces the daunting task of finding a diplomatic way out of tensions with the U.S. without compromising key national security interests at a time when the economy struggles and internal tensions remain high after the January crackdown from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/L8qPTJO

Embassy REIT declares distribution of ₹613 crore to unitholders for December quarter

Amit Shetty, Chief Executive Officer of Embassy REIT, said it was another strong quarter for Embassy REIT, underpinned by sustained leasing momentum, robust GCC demand across its gateway markets, and disciplined financial execution. from Industry News, Company News, Manufacturing News, Service Sector | The Hindu https://ift.tt/5ENCh96

Iran rules out U.S. demand to end uranium enrichment during Oman talks, diplomat says

Iran’s missile capabilities were not discussed during the talks, said a regional diplomat, briefed by Tehran from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/woECOX7

Cycles of revolt: On Pakistan and the Baloch rebels

Pakistan risks being in eternal conflict with the Baloch rebels from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/CY4oOfs

Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles posts net loss of ₹3,483 crore in Q3

The company had posted a consolidated net profit of ₹5,485 crore in the corresponding quarter of the last fiscal, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Ltd (TMPVL) said in a regulatory filing. from Industry News, Company News, Manufacturing News, Service Sector | The Hindu https://ift.tt/O2tVfXA

Reliance buys 2 million barrels of Venezuelan oil

Reliance, which operates the ‍world’s biggest refining complex, has bought Venezuelan crude for April delivery at a discount of around $6.5-$7 per barrel to ICE Brent, the ⁠trade sources said from Industry News, Company News, Manufacturing News, Service Sector | The Hindu https://ift.tt/s5eUfba

India-U.S. trade deal provides much-needed macro predictability: Nasscom U.S. CEO Forum

AI is unlikely to be adopted as a simple “out-of-the-box” solution in large enterprises, says Nasscom from Industry News, Company News, Manufacturing News, Service Sector | The Hindu https://ift.tt/AxV3OUf

Maduro ally Saab, Venezuelan businessman once held in U.S., arrested again

Alex Saab, ​54, is expected to be ⁠extradited to the U.S. in the coming days, the U.S. official said from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/F9ItRnJ

A turning point for nuclear deterrence

At the dawn of the nuclear age, when possessors were still building their arsenals, there was a debate on whether deterrence rested on certainty or uncertainty from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/AeTtrWd

CCI probes IndiGo for dominance abuse, fare hikes after December flight cancellations

Probe report to be submitted in 90 days; order after passenger complained of buying air tickets at double the price after IndiGo cancelled his flight from Industry News, Company News, Manufacturing News, Service Sector | The Hindu https://ift.tt/eV8XW4t

Women returning to Gaza say Israeli troops bound and interrogated them after Rafah crossing

Three women from the first group of Palestinians to enter Gaza through the newly reopened Rafah crossing told The Associated Press that Israeli troops blindfolded, handcuffed and interrogated them for hours after they crossed from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/C16o9lk

Aditya Birla Capital profit jumps 33% to ₹945 cr in Q3

The company said it took an impact of ₹38 crore because of the implementation of the new labour codes, which restricted its reported profit growth from Industry News, Company News, Manufacturing News, Service Sector | The Hindu https://ift.tt/ZkRBEhd

Kremlin warns of ‘dangerous’ moment as U.S.-Russia nuclear treaty set to expire

New START, the last nuclear treaty between Washington and Moscow after decades of agreements dating to the Cold War, is set to expire on February 5, 2026, and with it restrictions on the two top nuclear powers from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/WD7ZnUm

Dhoot Transmission files confidential draft papers; aims to raise USD 250 mn via IPO

Backed by private equity major Bain Capital, the proposed IPO will comprise a fresh issue of equity shares along with an offer for sale (OFS) by existing investors, while the promoters will not sell any stake through the OFS, sources said from Industry News, Company News, Manufacturing News, Service Sector | The Hindu https://ift.tt/g6IjZBQ

Justice Department says it's taken down Epstein-related files that may have had victims’ information

It blamed the release of sensitive information that drew an outcry from victims and their lawyers on mistakes that were “technical or human error” from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/FW87BRE

Trump says U.S. lawmakers are close to resolution on government funding

Mr. Trump ​told reporters ⁠that he had spoken with House ​Speaker Mike ⁠Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune ‌and thought “they’re ‌pretty close to a ‍resolution” from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/jvBf3pJ

Iranian media says President has ordered talks with U.S

Following the Iranian authorities’ deadly response to anti-government protests that peaked last month, Mr. Trump has threatened military action and ordered the dispatch of an aircraft carrier group to West Asia from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/O8L3pXs

Prominent Venezuelan activist released after over four years in jail

To cries of “Freedom! Freedom! Freedom!” and applause from Catholic faithful, the 43-year-old dissident was taken to the forecourt of a Caracas church after being released from Helicoide prison from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/1pzOflB

India’s defence budget: A case for higher allocation

In the context of India’s rapidly evolving security requirements, its defence budget is middling. Our security outlays must be assessed in the context of the resources committed by nations that pose a threat to India, rather than in isolation from Industry News, Company News, Manufacturing News, Service Sector | The Hindu https://ift.tt/XYASd8p