Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin's diplomatic visit to India is the centre of attention. The US defence secretary has arrived in India's capital city of New Delhi after taking part in the Shangri-La Summit in Singapore. Austin is currently in India for a two-day visit to discuss a variety of bilateral issues with India's defence minister, Rajnath Singh. This is the defence secretary's second visit to India; the previous one was in March 2021.

US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin to hold talks with Rajnath Singh today

Pakistan's cup of woes is overflowing as the country's economy is in deep crisis - a never-ending nightmare for its citizens. The government was expecting help from IMF but it wasn't forthcoming. The Pakistani rupee is in free fall and inflation continues to spiral.

Pakistan economy: Galloping inflation, deprecating currency

A terrible occurrence has been reported from Afghanistan, where over 80 girls have been hospitalised in cases of suspected poisoning. These cases bring back grisly memories of the neighbouring Iran, where numerous similar incidences were recorded a few months ago.

Afghanistan: Girls from 1st to 6th grade poisoned, attacks happened with the help of a third party

As India grieves its worst train disaster in 28 years condolences have been pouring in from different parts of the world. At least 294 people were killed and over 1000 injured in an accident on Friday, June 2, after an accident involving three trains. The horrific accident happened when the Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express, headed toward Chennai, derailed. It collided with a goods train on the adjacent track, causing the rear carriage of the Coromandel Express to veer off onto the third track. The Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, coming from the opposite direction on the third track, rammed into the derailed coaches.

Odisha train tragedy | Indian Railways: 129 trains cancelled, 81 trains diverted

NATO Chief advises turkier to drop its opposition to Sweden's entry into the block on a visit to Istanbul stoltenberger that Sweden has taken concrete steps to address all of turkey's concerns turkey has expressed its opposition to Sweden's admission to the defense cooperation the Balkan nation has previously accused Stockholm of failing to take concrete steps to crack down on the elements turkey deems as an existential threat a concern Sweden has now fully taken care of Stockholm has seen important steps to align with turkey's prerequisites including amending their constitution ending an arms embargo and more importantly stepping up their counter-terrorism cooperation.

NATO Chief Jens Stoltenberg: Sweden has fulfilled obligations

Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held talks with his US counterpart Lloyd Austin on enhancing India-US defence ties, regional security and other issues. Lloyd Austin arrived in New Delhi on Sunday on a two-day tour.

Lloyd Austin India Visit: Agreement on new roadmap for India-US industrial cooperation

Lloyd Austin meets Indian defence minister Rajnath Singh, NSA Ajit Doval

The Odisha train accident killed 275 people in India. The Indian Railway Minister has attributed the horrific collision to a change in the electronic interlocking and said that all will soon be revealed in a report. Train services resumed on the tragedy-hit route 51 hours after the accident. Watch to know more in this interview with Akhil Agrawal, former Director General of the Railway Board.

Odisha Train Tragedy: Train services resume on tragedy-hit route 51 hours after accident

Prince Harry is set to make an appearance in the UK court as his case against the publisher of the Daily Mail begins. This also makes the Duke of Sussex the first senior British Royal to give evidence in the court in 130 years.

UK: Prince Harry expected to give evidence against newspaper group

Record heat in may across parts of the country comes amid a year of rising temperatures and erratic weather in China.

More Asian nations hit by extreme temperatures in May

It's already a wildfire season for the record books in Canada, with the blistering heat of summer and howling winds of fall still ahead.

Canada Ablaze: How wildfires are caused by climate change

With its 1.4 billion people, India is the third largest greenhouse gas emitter after china and the US. The country is now taking its first steps towards climate transition with volume targets.

Study: Climate transition costs, benefits unevenly distributed

All eyes on - Lloyd Austin's diplomatic trip to India - he is currently on a two-day visit to India - to discuss a range of bilateral issues with India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. The whole world is watching his arrival in India. Watch the video to know more.

US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin: We see bullying and coercion from China

A large-scale locust outbreak has hit Afghanistan, threatening the country's food security. The outbreak has happened across eight provinces in north and northeast Afghanistan. The food and agriculture organisation of the united nations has issued a warning against the locust outbreak.

Afghan locust outbreak threatens food security

As the country's economy is still being negatively impacted by excessive inflation, Turkish President Erdoan has vowed a return to Orthodox economics. The country's newly chosen finance minister is the re-elected leader, who has long favoured liberal policies.

Turkey: Erdogan appoints orthodox economist as Finance Minister

The Iranian Navy Commander declared the plan to join a naval Alliance during a televised programme, albeit the specifics of the alliance are unknown. Iran is reportedly in talks with Saudi Arabia and three other Gulf nations as well as on the formation of a naval alliance.

Iranian commander announces plan to form joint Naval force

Afghanistan: Nearly 80 girls poisoned in two schools in northern part of the country

Robots can make people fall in love. We've seen this in movies, but it's noteworthy to note that it actually occurs in real life, and it's based in New York. Rosanna Ramos is the newest illustration. Replica is the name of the AI companion app that she is addicted to. It essentially functions as an instant messaging software where you can talk to an AI chatbot whenever you want.

Replika users in love with AI chatbot companions

US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin India visit: US-India defence cooperation in focus

One day after a bridge crossing the Ganga under construction in the Indian state of Bihar collapsed, the state's chief minister, Nitish Kumar, acknowledged the bridge's poor design. He claimed that the bridge in the district of Bhagalpur was improperly built and that it had also collapsed the previous year. He promised to take action against those responsible.

Bhagalpur Bridge Collapse: CM Nitish Kumar acknowledges fault in design of the bridge | India

More than a dozen, including a woman carrying a bouquet of flowers and a guy holding a candle, have been detained by Hong Kong police on suspicion of "breaching public peace" as a result of a crackdown on commemorations of the anniversary of the massacre in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. The major vigils remembering the anniversary of the brutal crackdown by Chinese military on pro-democracy protesters have been suppressed in Hong Kong due to restrictions; as a result, places like Taipei, London, New York, and Berlin are now the only ones left to honour the memory of June 4, 1989.

Tiananmen anniversary : Hong Kong police detain activists on anniversary of massacre

Russian exports of highly explosive liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) through the Taman Black Sea port will soon come to an end because of drone assaults.At this time, it is unclear precisely when the port will stop exporting. The Taman transhipment facility, which has an annual capacity of 20 million tonnes of cargo, will cease all operations involving hydrocarbon raw materials.

Russia's Taman port set to suspend LPG exports over fear of drones

Here we bring you a quick round-up of all the latest news and top headlines from all across the globe : Defense Chiefs of US and China are in a war of words hitting out to each other for making provocative moves. The two Nations militaries have also been involved in a face-Off in the air and the Sea. The latest standoff incident between the United States and China took place in the Taiwan .

US-China face-off in Taiwan strait | Turkish troops arrives in Kosovo

Heavy rains that began on Friday and lasted until early Saturday in Japan have caused one person to pass away, at least three others are reported missing, and dozens of others have been hurt. Due to the excessive rains, transport services have been affected throughout the nation. On Friday, bullet trains were stopped in central Japan.

Typhoon Mawar: Japanese streets flooded after heavy rains

According to recent reports, there has been a shooting incident along the border between the states of Israel and Egypt, in which at least three Israeli troops and one Egyptian security personnel have died.

Israel-Egypt Border Clash: Gunfight kills three Israel soldiers, one Egyptian policeman at border

UN has kicked with its operation to transfer oil from Yemen's corroding vessel 'safer' stranded in red sea . The oil tanker contains 1.1 million barrels of crude oil which is four times as much as oil spilled in 1989 exxon valdez oil disaster off the Alaska coast.

'Safer' vessel running out of time

The dust has settled on Turkish polls. The opposition which until a week ago was being looked at as a tough contender now stands defeated. What does this loss mean for the united opposition and what do they need to learn as local polls near?

The road ahead for Turkey's oppostion

Bahrain, a country famous for F1 races and luxury cars, has a historical treasure that not many are aware of. The country has a mosque with roots dating back to thousands of years, from the early days of islam. Ananya Dutta takes you through the minarets that worshippers claim emits a sense of inner peace.

Centuries-old Bahrain mosque stands the test of time

Royals from across the world gathered in Jordan this week. The occasion was one of celebration. The scion and the crown prince got married in an extravagant ceremony. A royal event that everyone globally would want to see.

Jordan's Prince Hussein gets married to Saudi's Rajwa Al Saf

Something big might be brewing behind the scenes. The Sultan of Oman was on a visit to Iran. Muscat has historically been the negotiator between the West and Tehran. It played a key role in inking the 2015 nuclear pact and the visit at a time like this, has stirred off the rumour mill on a possible revival of the controversial deal.

West Asia's diplomatic shifts

In response to a request from NATO to join the alliance's K-4 peacekeeping Force, NATO member Turkey has planned to send commandos to the country for peacekeeping. The Turkish Defence Minister on Saturday called for restraint followed by a constructive dialogue in order to resolve the crisis.

Turkey plans to send peacekeeping troops to Kosovo

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