Chennai, July 9, 2026Tamil Nadu’s TVK (Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam) government is pushing to make Chief Minister Vijay the chancellor of state universities, replacing incumbent Governor R.N. Ravi. If the proposal succeeds, it would bring significant changes to the administration of state universities.State Education Minister P. Vishwanathan told reporters on Tuesday that the proposal reflects the…
Mashhad, July 9, 2026The coffin of former Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei arrived Thursday at Shahid Hashemi Nejad Airport under fighter jet escort, before being transferred toward the Imam Reza shrine for final burial. Accompanying the coffin were family members killed in the February 28 joint U.S.-Israeli airstrike: daughter Seyedeh Boshra Hosseini Khamenei, son-in-law…
Mashhad, July 9, 2026Following six days of funeral proceedings, Iran’s former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was buried on Thursday in the northeastern city of Mashhad, within the shrine complex of Imam Reza, the eighth Shia imam. Hundreds of thousands gathered in Mashhad’s streets, many waving Iranian flags, while some carried banners calling for retaliation…
Second day of discussions in Washington focus on exports, investment, IT sector, and broader economic cooperationWASHINGTON — Pakistan and the United States continued a second day of trade negotiations in Washington aimed at improving bilateral economic ties and securing a reduction in the 19 percent tariff currently imposed on Pakistani exports to the US.According to…
A US toddler who was found unresponsive in an Arizona pool and declared dead was later discovered to be alive in the hospital’s “cold room”, a newly released police report shows. The family of the 18-month-old frantically called police after they found him face down in the pool at a home in the Phoenix-area suburb…
International DeskAmid rising tensions in West Asia, Iranian Parliament Speaker and senior negotiator Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf issued a strong message to Washington, declaring that the era of threats, intimidation and extortion is over and that Iran will never bow down.In a statement posted on X (formerly Twitter), Qalibaf accused the US of gravely violating the…
ISLAMABAD — Report by Muhammad Saleem Pakistan’s military spokesperson, Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry, Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), said Tuesday that security forces killed 54 militants in Balochistan over a four-day period, while 42 personnel were killed defending the country during three major terrorist incidents.Briefing reporters on the security situation in the…
Renewed fighting has broken out in the Gulf region, in the worst exchange of fire between the US and Iran since the two nations signed an interim deal in June. US Central Command (Centcom) said on Tuesday it had launched “powerful” strikes in response to attacks on three oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz,…
Australian dock workers are demanding a 28-hour work week with no loss of pay as the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and automation expands across the country’s ports. The AI push is being led by port logistics giant DP World, which the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) said has put workers’ jobs “in the crosshairs”….
At the summit, Sir Keir is expected to underline the threat posed by Russia to the UK and Nato. The government said Nato had scrambled fighter jets to intercept Russian aircraft approaching allied airspace more than 700 times and that Russian military activity around UK waters had surged 30%. Sir Keir is expected to stress…
