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Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin met Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu in Moscow on Sunday and hailed military cooperation between the two nations, which have declared a “no limits” partnership. Footage of the meeting posted by the Kremlin showed Putin shaking hands with Li and then sitting down at a table. Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu was also present. “Development …

NEW DELHI: Ahead of his appearance before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday alleged that the BJP might have ordered the probe agency to arrest him and said they are “very powerful and can send anyone to jail”. In a five-minute video message on Twitter, Mr Kejriwal said, he would truthfully and honestly …

WASHINGTON: A senior US lawmaker, Brad Sherman, has said that former prime minister Imran Khan has assured him that he was not against America. Mr Sherman, a Democrat Congressman from California, and the chief negotiator of the US-Taliban deal have both rejected the suggestion that they support former Mr Khan’s campaign for regaining power. Mr Sherman, however, confirmed that he …

At least eleven people died on Sunday after suffering from sunstroke at an event attended by India’s home minister on the outskirts of Mumbai, the chief minister of Maharashtra state said. Hundreds of thousands of people attended an award function on Sunday afternoon where federal home minister Amit Shah presented an award to a well-known social activist, on the outskirts …

Explosions rocked the Sudanese capital Khartoum Monday as fighting between the regular army and paramilitaries raged for a third day with the death toll rising to nearly 100. The violence erupted Saturday after weeks of power struggles between Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The raging battles …

Police in India’s northern border state of Punjab have arrested a soldier in connection with last week’s killing of four others at a military base, they said on Monday. The four were shot dead in their sleep in barracks at the Bathinda military base early on Wednesday. The killings were suspected to have been motivated by “personal enmity”, district police chief Gulneet …

More than 100 prisoners of war were flown from Saudi Arabia to Yemen on Monday, further buoying peace hopes a day after a major exchange of 869 captives ended, the ICRC said. Two International Committee of the Red Cross planes carrying 48 prisoners each flew to Sanaa, Yemen’s rebel-held capital, while a third with eight captives took off for government-controlled Aden in …

Outspoken Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza was jailed for a quarter of a century by a Moscow court on Monday, the harshest sentence of its kind since Russia invaded Ukraine, after being found guilty of treason and other offences he denied. Kara-Murza, 41, a father of three and an opposition politician who holds Russian and British passports, spent years speaking out …

Ali Khawar and family host wonderful Iftar dinner party for Pakistani community By: Raja Zahid Akhtar Khanzada Dallas: As the month of Ramadan blessings nears its end, Ali Khawar, the owner of Texas King located in Irving, organized a wonderful and extravagant Iftar dinner at his restaurant, like every year. A large number of community people participated in this event. …

SAN FRANCISCO: Elon Musk has formed an X.AI artificial intelligence corporation based in the US state of Nevada, according to business documents that surfaced on Friday. Musk, who is already the boss of Twitter and Tesla, was listed as a director of X.AI Corporation founded on March 9, a state business filing indicated. Musk recently merged Twitter with a newly …