Amid the row over scrapping of a nuclear submarine deal, the French government has cancelled a defence meeting with the UK set for this week, reports said. The diplomatic crisis was triggered after the Biden administration along with UK PM Boris Johnson announced last week that they had entered into a deal with the Australian government on helping the country to manufacture nuclear-powered submarines.

France cancels defence meeting with UK amid submarine row

France on Saturday said French foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar agreed to work on a common programme of "concrete actions" to jointly defend a truly multilateral international order.

Jaishankar, foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian seek to deepen India-France strategic partnership

As US defence secretary Lloyd Austin apologised for the drone strike in Kabul that mistakenly killed ten civilians, including children, WION's Anas Mallick visited the house of Emal Ahmadi whose brother and children were killed in the airstrike.

Exclusive: Brother of Afghan killed in US drone strike demands compensation; thanks WION

According to a report, the fortune of the world's richest families grew over 22 per cent in the past year with the Waltons who head the retail giant Walmart in the US topping the list for the fourth consecutive year.

World’s 25 wealthiest families are now worth $1.7 trillion; grew richer in one year

As France continues to wrangle against the US, UK, Australia nuclear submarine deal, Jean-Pierre Thebault, the French envoy to Canberra, said it was a "huge mistake, a very, very bad handling of the partnership".

Morning news brief: France slams Australia over submarine cancellation & more

The Israeli army has recaptured the last two Palestinian fugitives involved in a spectacular jailbreak earlier this month, it announced Sunday. At the beginning of September, six Palestinian inmates escaped Gilboa prison in Israel's north, through a tunnel dug under a sink in a cell, reportedly using tools including a spoon.

After massive manhunt, Israel captures last two Palestinians involved in jail break

Days after Australia announced it had pulled out of the submarine deal with France, Jean-Pierre Thebault, the French envoy to Canberra, said it was a "huge mistake, a very, very bad handling of the partnership".

Duplicity and lies, says France after Australia cancels submarine deal

The Biden administration announced Saturday that it would swiftly begin deporting Haitians who have gathered in the thousands at the southern border in the past week after illegally entering the United States as it struggled to manage an escalating crisis.

Biden administration to deport Haitians in south Texas

Fewer than 100 right-wing demonstrators, sharply outnumbered by an overwhelming police presence and even by reporters, gathered at the foot of the Capitol on Saturday to denounce what they called the mistreatment of “political prisoners” who had stormed the building on January 6.

Sparse right-wing protest of January 6 arrests draws huge police response

According to reports, China has stepped up night drills near the Himalayan border with India in order to familiarise troops with its new equipment. The People's Liberation Army (PLA) reportedly wants "higher standards" from troops stationed at high altitudes.

Chinese military conducts drill along India border with advanced equipment: Report

According to China's state-run Global Times, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) eastern theatre command dispatched naval and Air Forces to conduct joint patrols and combat exercises "in the waters and airspace southwest of Taiwan".

China eyes military exercise near Taiwan after US warship passes Taiwan Straits

According to ISIS-K propaganda magazine, the terrorist who conducted the suicide attack on American service members and Afghans at the Kabul airport on August 26 was arrested in India five years ago.

Suicide bomber who carried out Kabul airport attack was arrested in Delhi earlier, claims ISIS-K

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