Satellite images in recent years have indicated North Korea was expanding a uranium enrichment plant at its Yongbyon nuclear complex. Nuclear weapons can be built using either highly enriched uranium or plutonium, and North Korea has facilities to produce both at Yongbyon.
"Because there was another club, it was called the G7 and you wouldn't let anybody else into that club, so we said we'd go and form our own club. As it started, it gained a life of its own over the period of time. Others saw value in it as well," said Jaishankar.
Russia would be forced to take what Putin called "appropriate decisions" based on the new threats."If this decision is taken, it will mean nothing less than the direct involvement of NATO countries, the United States and European countries in the war in Ukraine," said Putin.
TAPI gas pipeline project is crucial, especially for Pakistan and India, with the two neighbouring nations importing over 80 per cent of their energy requirements.
Russia's Defense Ministry announced that Moscow's forces had regained control of 10 settlements in Kursk, providing a list of the locations but not characterising the operations as a counter-offensive.
Shiva Faqir Kaachi, who heads the Pakistan Darawar Ittehad organisation, said the 16-year-old girl was abducted from her village in Hunguru on Wednesday and forcibly married off to a much older man who converted her to Islam.
Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said in a statement that the Beijing Research Institute of Automation for Machine Building Industry had worked with Pakistan to procure equipment for testing rocket motors for the Shaheen-3 and Ababeel systems and potentially for larger systems.
According to the statement released by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), the meeting gave two sides the opportunity to review recent efforts towards finding early resolution of remaining issues along LAC.
"The Quad Leaders Summit will focus on bolstering the strategic convergence among our countries, advancing our shared vision of a free and open Indo-Pacific region, and delivering concrete benefits for partners in the Indo-Pacific in key areas," a White House spokesperson said.
According to the USGS, the strong quake was recorded about 4.35 miles north of Malibu and about 8 miles from the Los Angeles suburb of Thousand Oaks. The temblor took place just before 7:30 a.m. local time
Harvey Weinstein has been hit with new criminal charges in New York, a prosecutor said in court on Thursday, as the Manhattan district attorney's office prepares to retry the former movie mogul following the reversal of his rape conviction.
Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed India hold a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Kazan on October 22.
The external affairs minister said negotiations between the two sides to find a solution to the problem are underway. "Now those negotiations are going on. We made some progress. I would say roughly you can say about 75 per cent of the disengagement problems are sorted out," he said.
Local residents claimed the man had used derogatory remarks against the prophet and went after him. After he was arrested, the mob surrounded the station, demanding police hand Khan back to them so they could kill him.
When PM Modi visited Moscow in July, he strongly took up the matter with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Russian side agreed to release all the Indians from their army.
India and China discussed early resumption of direct passenger flights between their two countries, Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu said, in an indication that their air travel could recover after four years.
Staff Sergeant Geri Gideon Hanghal was killed in a ramming attack involving a fuel tanker near Ramallah on Wednesday. Heavy clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinian fighters have been reported since Israel launched a series of raids in the northern West Bank two weeks ago.
Right-wing activist Laura Loomer said if Harris wins the elections, the White House will "smell like curry" and speeches "will be facilitated via a call centre". The remarks sparked outrage on social media, with Republican Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene calling it "appalling and extremely racist".
Taylor Swift announced that she will vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in the November elections, signing off her post with the "childless cat lady" in an apparent dig at Vance. Donald Trump had earlier dismissed her endorsement, saying she would "pay for it".
Vietnam's local media reported that 197 people have been killed so far in the wake of Typhoon Yagi, while 800 are wounded and 128 are missing. Several areas in Hanoi are still inundated, prompting people to wade through the streets in small boats.
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