After spending more than four decades in prison for a murder he did not commit, Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam’s long-awaited freedom has been replaced by a new ordeal — the threat of deportation to India, a country he barely knows. The 64-year-old, who was released from Pennsylvania’s Huntingdon State Correctional Institution on October 3, after his…
Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Friday launched a sharp attack on Kabul, saying all Afghans living in Pakistan must return to their homeland, declaring that the era of old relations with Afghanistan is over. “All Afghans residing on Pakistani soil must return to their homeland; they now have their own government, their own caliphate…
United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday confirmed that he has authorised theCentral Intelligence Agency (CIA) to carry out covert operations in Venezuela. He added that his administration was also mulling land-based military operations inside Venezuela, as tensions between Washington and Caracas soar over multiple deadly US strikes on Venezuelan boats in the Caribbean Sea…
YouTube users reported problems streaming content and accessing the app for about 60 minutes before the company resolved the issue. Published On 16 Oct 202516 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share YouTube says it has resolved problems with its website and app after hundreds of thousands of users worldwide self-reported…
Bira 91 is a case study of how a home-grown beer brand took on giants and rang in good times, both for the owners and the customers. From shelves at alcohol vends to chic parties, Bira ruled. But why did the chic craft beer brand disappear suddenly? Several reports suggested that a name change spelt…
Israeli air strikes on Gaza may have halted, and a prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas is ongoing, but tucked behind the headlines, tensions are brewing in Gaza between Hamas and armed groups. On Sunday, clashes erupted between an armed clan and Hamas security forces, killing at least 27 people, including eight members of Hamas,…
Typical of the youth-led movements seen in South Asia in recent years, Madagascar, a small African country, has been rocked by weeks of protests by its Gen-Z over corruption, forcing its president to flee. The unrest mirrored recent protests in nations like Nepal and Bangladesh, where protests by the youth over issues like a lack…
Tensions between Pakistan’s two provinces have escalated. Flour traders in the Pathan-dominated Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) have accused the Maryam Nawaz government of the Punjab—a province which dominates financially, militarily and discourse—of deliberately starving the northern province by blocking wheat and flour supplies. The blockade has pushed naan bakeries in the KP to the brink of…
Fresh military hostilities have rocked India’s western neighbourhood as Pakistan and Afghanistan have been locked in one of the fiercest military conflicts in recent years after Kabul said that Islamabad launched a series of airstrikes on its territory on October 9, inflicting considerable damage to infrastructure and property. Pakistan defended the strikes, saying they were…
Ashley Tellis, a United States government adviser and expert on India-US relations, has been arrested and charged with unlawfully retaining national defence information and allegedly meeting with Chinese officials, US prosecutors said on Tuesday. Tellis made his initial court appearance on Tuesday. A detention hearing is scheduled for October 21, US media reported. “We are…