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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched a wide drone and missile attack across Ukraine on Wednesday, killing at least five people, Ukrainian officials said, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump put his planned meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin on hold, saying he didn’t want it to be a “waste of time.”Ukraine’s energy minister said a “massive combined overnight attack” on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure was still underway early Wednesday — the latest in Russia’s effort to cripple the country’s energy system before winter.“As soon as security conditions allow, energy workers will begin assessing the consequences of the attack and…

Hyderabad: As the curtain came down on the nominations phase of the Jubilee Hills by-poll in Telangana on Tuesday, the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) is extending a tacit support to the Congress party by sitting out the elections.This is at a time when AIMIM chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi is fielding his candidates in Bihar, a move seen as harming the Mahaghatbandhan prospects in the next month’s state elections. The Jubilee Hills by-poll, necessitated by the demise of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLA Maganti Gopinath in June, is scheduled 11 November. Show Full Article Speaking to reporters Tuesday,…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The top United Nations court is set to give an opinion Wednesday on Israel’s legal obligations to ensure desperately needed humanitarian aid reaches Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. The U.N. General Assembly asked the International Court of Justice last year to give an advisory opinion on Israel’s legal obligations after the country effectively banned the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, the main provider of aid to Gaza, from operating in the territory. Advisory opinions carry significant legal weight and experts say the case could have broader ramifications for the U.N. and its…

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s new president declared a state of emergency in the capital Tuesday in the government’s latest attempt to stem a surge in violence that has stirred protests and contributed to the recent downfall of his predecessor.Peru has seen an increase of killings, violent extortion and attacks on public places in recent years. Between January and September, police reported 1,690 homicides, compared to 1,502 during the same period of 2024. Former President Dina Boluarte was removed from office by Peru’s Congress on Oct. 10, after an impeachment process in which lawmakers said that she had been unable…

LONDON (AP) — Leaders of six Western Balkan nations are due to meet British and European officials in London on Wednesday for talks on migration, security and economic growth in a volatile region where Russia seeks to wield influence.Delegations from Albania, Bosnia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia are attending a summit held as part of the Berlin Process, launched in 2014 to keep the southeastern European countries working toward European Union membership.The only Western Balkan nation to join the EU is Croatia, which became a member in 2013. Progress for the others has stalled, with countries at various stages…

SrinagarOctober 22, 2025 09:51 AM IST First published on: Oct 22, 2025 at 09:31 AM IST A year after Omar Abdullah registered an emphatic win in Budgam in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls, the constituency is set for a by-election on November 11. Though the J&K Chief Minister — he retained his family bastion, Ganderbal, after winning both constituencies — is not in direct contest this time, the bypoll result is likely to be read as the first verdict on his first year in power. Budgam has been a traditional stronghold of Omar’s party National Conference (NC) for almost…

Bangalore weather: Karnataka’s capital Bengaluru is in for a rainy day. The weather forecast by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) stated heavy rainfall is likely in several cties, including Bengaluru. “Heavy to very heavy rain/thundershowers with gusty wind (30-40 kmph) likely to occur at one or two places over Kodagu, Chikkamagaluru, Shivamogga, Chamarajanagara and Hassan districts. Heavy rain/thundershowers with gusty wind (30-40 kmph) likely to occur at one or two places over Mysuru, Mandya, Bengaluru (Rural), Bengaluru (Urban), Kolar, Ramanagara, Chikkaballapura and Tumakuru districts,” the latest IMD bulletin released by the Regional Meteorological Centre in Bengaluru read. “Light to moderate…

State governments across the country and cutting across party lines have disbursed a staggering Rs 67,928 crore on populist welfare schemes in the run-up to Assembly elections over the past couple of years. Leading the pack are Maharashtra, in 2024, and Bihar, now, with BJP-led NDA coalition governments in both showering welfare doles in the face of anti-incumbency.The Indian Express analysed eight major elections over the past two years showing how ruling parties have embraced fiscal populism as their primary electoral weapon. In Maharashtra, where the 2024 Assembly elections came months after Lok Sabha results posed a setback to the…

More than five decades after he first went underground to join the fight for Naga autonomy, Thuingaleng Muivah, general secretary of the Isak-Muivah faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN), now 91 years old, will have a ‘homecoming’ on Wednesday.His village Somdal and Manipur’s Ukhrul district, where it is located, are preparing to welcome him back for the first time since he joined the Naga movement in the mid-1960s, apart from a brief and secret visit that reportedly took place in 1973. The now-aged Muivah, a Tangkhul Naga, is the last surviving founding leader of the NSCN. That…

KolkataOctober 22, 2025 08:05 AM IST First published on: Oct 22, 2025 at 08:05 AM IST Months away from facing a stiff challenge from the BJP in the West Bengal Assembly elections, the Trinamool Congress’s (TMC) organisational changes continue apace, with the ruling party in West Bengal this time turning to its grassroots leadership structure, including its minority cell. This comes months after the party replaced district presidents and chairpersons in 18 of its 35 organisational district units. And, according to insiders, these reshuffles may signal that the ground is being prepared to reshuffle or drop several MLAs ahead of…