Nine women from Uttarakhand were abducted in Thailand and taken to Myanmar for forced work in cyber-crime hubs. Family members reported brutal torture and threats of sexual assault. Efforts are underway to rescue these women and other victims. The Indian government recently secured the release of 11 citizens from similar conditions in Myanmar.
In a rare cricketing incident, Pakistan’s Usama Mir was dismissed hit wicket during The Hundred Men’s match between Manchester Originals and Southern Brave. Mir accidentally struck the stumps with his bat on the final ball, scoring 11 runs. Southern Brave chased down Manchester’s total of 116 with ease, winning by 7 wickets with 22 balls…
India has declared 2025 as the ‘year of reforms’ in the defence sector, focusing on modernizing the armed forces and establishing integrated theatre commands. Defence minister Rajnath Singh aims to boost defence exports to Rs 50,000 crore by 2029, promoting R&D and international partnerships.
Australia triumphed over England by 28 runs in the first T20 international at Southampton. Travis Head’s aggressive innings of 59 off just 23 balls set the tone for Australia’s total of 179. Adam Zampa’s economical spell and timely wickets from Josh Hazlewood restricted England to 151 all out, despite a brief fightback from Liam Livingstone…
CNN commentator and ex-Obama adviser Van Jones called out Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on Monday for claiming that Democrats didn’t mislead the public about President Biden’s ability to serve. “That’s foolish. Look, obviously, Biden was in bad shape, and I was surprised,” Jones said. “But there were people who are close who must have known…
As mpox (formerly monkeypox) has been declared a global public health emergency, some are wondering whether the virus poses the risk of a COVID-like pandemic. The World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared the mpox outbreak a “public health emergency of international concern” on Aug. 14, based on a surge of cases in the Democratic Republic…
FIRST ON FOX: A top Biden White House adviser has been employed for decades as a minister at a Washington, D.C., church that has hosted several activists and religious leaders with long histories of antisemitism, including one Black activist who, during a 2002 speech, called for “Zionists” in Israel, including their babies, to be murdered….