US embassy in Riyadh. (Screenshot) Two drones struck the US embassy in Riyadh early Tuesday, triggering a small fire and causing minor damage to the building, Saudi authorities said, as Iran continued its wave of retaliatory strikes across the Gulf.In a statement, a spokesperson for Saudi Arabia’s defence ministry said preliminary assessments confirmed that the…
Bizarre polling station names like ‘Singapore’, ‘For Pakistan’, and ‘Slingshot’ are causing confusion in Telangana’s 2002 electoral rolls. (AI image) HYDERABAD: “Singapore”, “For Pakistan”, “Slingshot”, “Cockatoo”, “Cashew Lizard”, “Big Goot”, and “Goat’s Nest”, it turns out, are nonsensical words and phrases representing polling stations from the 2002 rolls that are listed on the Election Commission…
NEW DELHI: Holding that a welfare legislation, enacted to extend benefit to a certain section of society, should be given a “liberal and purposive interpretation” in favour of beneficiaries, Supreme Court has said an employer has to pay penalty from his pocket for delay in payment under the Employees’ Compensation Act, even if the compensation…
Republicans on the House Oversight Committee have released video footage of closed-door depositions given by Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton as part of their investigation into the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, bringing hours of previously unseen testimony into the public domain.The recordings show both former Democratic leaders repeatedly distancing themselves from Epstein and denying any…
NEW DELHI: Every year, nearly 6 lakh babies in India are born with congenital anomalies. Yet, the country has no national registry to track them.With congenital conditions now accounting for a growing share of child deaths as infectious mortality declines, experts say the gap in surveillance and coordinated care is becoming urgent. India contributes 16%…
NHL’s Seattle Kraken have signed defenseman Gustav Olofsson to a one-year, two-way contract worth $775,000 (Image via X/Twitter) Ahead of the trade deadline, the NHL‘s Seattle Kraken have signed defenseman Gustav Olofsson to a one-year, two-way contract worth $775,000, adding experienced depth to their blue line as they push for a Western Conference playoff spot….
US President Donald Trump has set out four specific objectives for the war with Iran, seeking to answer mounting criticism that the United States had entered another Middle East conflict without a clearly defined endgame.Speaking at the White House on Monday, Trump said the joint US-Israeli offensive represented the “last, best chance” to strike at…
US President Donald Trump said on Monday that operations against Iran are likely to last four to five weeks, but the United States is prepared “to go far longer than that” and said the operation represented the “last best chance” to eliminate what he called “intolerable threats” from the Iranian regime.Speaking at a White House…
President Donald Trump greets Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his Mar-a-Lago club, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) There’s a phenomenon, popular among OSINT enthusiasts on Twitter, called monitoring the situation. For those lucky enough to lead real lives, monitoring the situation is the Olympics of toxic masculinity, referring…
PV Sindhu pulled out of the All England Championships on Monday, as the shuttler and her Indonesian coach Irwansyah Adi Pratama are stuck in Dubai due to the situation in West Asia.Confirming the development, Badminton Association of India (BAI) secretary Sanjay Mishra told TOI that Sindhu will compete in next week’s Swiss Open Super-300 tournament….
