News brief: Big stories of the day
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Massive blast rocks gas plant in central China, casualties unknown: State media
A massive blast ripped through the Yima gasification plantin centralChina on Friday, news agency AFP reported citing local media.
The powerful explosion is reported to have shattered windows and doors of buildings in a three-kilometre (1.9-mile) radius.
Will release images to disprove US claim that drone was shot down: Iran's Revolutionary Guards
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Friday they would release images to disproveUS President Donald Trump's assertion that the US Navy has destroyed anIranian drone in the Gulf,Iranian news agencies reported.
Karnataka Governor's new deadline for floor test expires; Kumaraswamy, Congress move Supreme Court
After receiving the second deadline set by Governor Vajubhai Vala, Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy on Friday said the Governor's second letter has hurt him and asked Speaker KR Ramesh to handle the new directive.
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US Supreme Court backs Trump administration's use of SAVE database to check voter citizenship
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Outrage erupts after 3-year-old is married to 60-year-old man in Pakistan, link to her sister's murder being probed
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‘Anti-social elements spreading false rumours’: LPU issues statement amid massive unrest over alleged rape
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LPU students go on rampage, vandalise campus amid widespread protest: What's happening
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OpenAI AI Agents hacked 4 websites before Hugging Face, researchers reveal
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Pentagon quietly adds 37 wounded troops to Iran war tally without explaining when or how
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New Friday OTT releases (September 25, 2026): Don’t Be Shy, Hunkkaar: The Roar, Mango Pachcha- 6 movies and TV shows on Netflix, Prime Video and more
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Asian Games 2026: India face Afghanistan in quarterfinal on Sep 28; Pakistan clash with Hong Kong
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‘Attack on Mecca a red line for Pakistan’: Shehbaz Sharif warns Houthis at UN
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Nigeria Navy moves to boost oil security, tackle crude theft and infrastructure threats
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'He's very much in our plans': Ravindra Jadeja ‘in mix’ for 2027 ODI World Cup, says batting coach
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'Countries far from conflict are penalised': Jaishankar calls for Gulf peace, seafarer safety at UN
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Bigg Boss 20: Salman Khan schools Rhiti Tiwari over Qazi Touqeer clash, compares her to Dolly Bindra
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Gaza's war turned environmental damage into second crisis
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Nations League: Spain sink England at Wembley; Modric shines for Croatia
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Trump-Xi summit wrap: Big pageantry, Iran talks, few major developments and more meetings planned
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‘Could kill billions...’: Bill Gates backs calls to slow AI development amid fears of catastrophe
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Bollywood x K-pop crossover! LE SSERAFIM’s Kazuha charms fans with Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘Chammak Challo’ steps
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US-Iran war: Trump rejects Iran's Hormuz proposal, reports suggest talks expected next week
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'What kind of confession is this?': Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif’s 'terrorists would be roaming New York' remark goes viral, raises alarm online. Watch
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Sri Lankan Tamil migrant worker gets death sentence in Saudi Arabia, help sought from India
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Myanmar training camp case: US national, 6 Ukrainians allowed to meet their families abroad
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'FIRST LOOK from inside Noah’s Ark': Researchers share video from inside mysterious mound in Turkey
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UNSC reform momentum grows: Russia, Portugal, Mauritius push for India's permanent seat bid
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WATCH | As Shehbaz Sharif claims Pakistan’s ‘victory’ during 2025 conflict, Indian diplomat R Srinivas laughs at UN
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Ceuta migrant crisis: Protesters take to streets as Spain grapples with migrant challenge
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Jaishankar at UNGA: Goodwill and friendship can't coexist with terrorism
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'A terrorist country is asking me that question?': Jaishankar hits back at Pakistani journalist at UN; flags attacks on commercial shipping
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Russia will achieve Ukraine war aims; Europe doing everything to block peace talks: Lavrov at UN
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‘Serial practitioner of terrorism’: Jaishankar calls out Pakistan’s ‘state-sponsored’ terror at UNGA
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US court backs Pentagon's decision to exclude Anthropic over Claude AI restrictions
Kyoto Animation fire suspect has criminal record, was treated for mental health issues: Report
The man who believed to have started the fire at an animation studio in Japan's Kyoto has a criminal record, Russia's Sputnik News said, citing sources in Japan.
World Bank pulls $300 million of funding for Amaravati after Delhi drops support
The World Banksaid on Friday it had withdrawn $300 million of funding for a new capital in Andhra Pradesh after the central government dropped support for the project.