The French parliament on Monday overwhelmingly supported a measure to enshrine the right to abortion in its Constitution by a 780-72 majority. The 2022 overturning of the Roe v Wade ruling by the US Supreme Court prompted France to push the measure.
India's reform model proposes that the Security Council’s membership increase from the current 15 to 25-26, by adding six permanent and four or five non-permanent members. It stopped short of specifying which member states would occupy the new UNSC permanent seats.
During her three-day visit, President Murmu will hold meetings with her Mauritian counterpart Prithvirajsing Roopun and Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth. She will also inaugurate 14 India-assisted projects and witness the exchange of key bilateral agreements.
The CBI conducted a massive search operation in seven cities in connection with a human trafficking network taking Indians to the Russia-Ukraine war zone. This came a day after the MEA confirmed that a youth from Hyderabad was killed in the war.
In the Nikkei Forum, the external affairs minister said people had the tendency to "cherry-pick principles" while defending India's relationship with Moscow. Jaishankar is currently on the second leg of his two-nation visit in Japan after his concluding his visit to South Korea.
Mahashivratri is the biggest festival of the Hindu Community - dedicated to Lord Shiva - and is widely celebrated in India and Nepal. This occasion marks the anniversary of the divine marriage between Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati and also celebrates Lord Shiva's Tandava dance.
Hong Kong, a booming business hub, has come under the scanner as authorities launched a crackdown on dissent in the semi-autonomous city. This crackdown began after violent pro-democracy protests in 2019 after which several pro-democracy lawmakers have been arrested while others fled abroad.
Shinzo Abe, Japan's longest-serving PM, was assassinated in 2022 at an election campaign speech in Nara. In the same year, PM Modi hailed him as an outstanding leader of Japan and lauded him for strengthening Japan's strategic ties with India.
Netanyahu's remarks came as a Hamas delegation left Cairo without any breakthrough in the ceasefire negotiations in the war that has killed thousands in Gaza. Both Israel and Hamas blamed each other for the lack of agreement after four days of talks mediated by Qatar and Egypt about a 40-day truce.
During his hour-long address, Biden repeatedly slammed his "predecessor" Donald Trump and Republicans for threatening US democracy and bowing down to Russia. He also tackled Republicans on economic issues, taxes and healthcare and accused them of trying to bury the truth of the 2021 Capitol attack.
Murdoch began dating Zhukova, 67, in the summer. His most recent marriage to actress and model Jerry Hall resulted in divorce in 2022 after six years.
The police said when the first officers arrived at the home the family's father was outside and screaming for someone to call 911. Sri Lanka's high commission said that it is in touch with relatives in the country's capital, Colombo.
United Airlines flight lost a tyre soon after takeoff from San Francisco and made an emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport.
Sweden has stayed out of military alliances for more than 200 years and long ruled out seeking NATO membership. But after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, it ditched its longstanding policy of nonalignment almost overnight and decided to apply to join the alliance.
The victims had left several displacement camps to look for firewood in Borno state's Gamboru Ngala council area when they were ambushed and taken hostage, the UN said, in the latest attack in the conflict-hit region where frequent abductions and killings limit movement.
NATO chief Stoltenberg underscored that the Nordic country “now enjoys the protection granted under Article 5, the ultimate guarantee of allies’ freedom and security.”
Maldives Colonel Mujthaba also said that the Indian helicopter stationed in Addu City is currently undergoing repairs, and in its place, 26 civilians have arrived in the Maldives with a replacement helicopter.
After four days of talks mediated by Qatar and Egypt to secure a 40-day ceasefire ahead of the Muslim fasting month there is still no sign of progress on key sticking points, with both sides blaming the other.
Shehbaz Sharif's reply on social media came a day after PM Modi extended greetings to Sharif on being elected as Pakistan's PM.
Addressing an event in Japan, EAM Jaishankar said, "That is why for India, in a changing world, our own equilibrium, our own balances with other countries are changing as well. They don't have to be acrimonious, but the balance is changing."
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