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February 18, 2026 4:59 PM
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Prime Minister of Finland Petteri Orpo said that Finland and India, together with global partners, can lead resilient, sustainable and human-centric technological progress. Addressing a session on Building Sovereign Deep Tech for a Resilient Future at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi, Mr...
February 18, 2026 2:14 PM
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Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was reappointed by Parliament today to form her second Cabinet, following last week's landslide election win. All previous ministers are expected to be retained. With a two-thirds super majority in the 465-member lower house, Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party...
February 18, 2026 1:45 PM
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In Bangladesh, Political tensions rose yesterday when newly elected members of the 13th Parliament disagreed over taking an additional oath as members of the proposed Constitutional Reform Council. Members of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, BNP took oath only as Members of Parliament at the Jatiya...
February 18, 2026 1:25 PM
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A District and Sessions Court in Pakistan has extended the pre-arrest bail of former Prime Minister Imran Khan in five cases. One of the cases relates to the alleged attempted murder of former minister Mohsin Shahnawaz Ranjha. District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Afzal Majoka directed the prosecutio...
February 18, 2026 8:56 AM
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Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi resigned with her cabinet today. Cabinet ministers of the Takaichi administration submitted letters of resignation en masse at a cabinet meeting, as parliament is set to convene for a new session this afternoon to elect a new prime minister. After the vote, the...
February 18, 2026 8:48 AM
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The US military struck three alleged drug-trafficking vessels in the eastern Pacific and Caribbean yesterday, killing all 11 people on board, US Southern Command said. The Southern Command said in a statement that intelligence confirmed the vessels were transiting along known narco-trafficking rou...
February 18, 2026 8:39 AM
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Iran has announced the temporary closure of the Strait of Hormuz for live-fire drills in a rare show of force as its negotiators held another round of indirect talks with the United States over the Islamic Republic’s disputed nuclear programme. It was the second time in recent weeks that Iran has ...
February 18, 2026 8:04 AM
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Russian and Ukrainian delegations concluded the first day of US-brokered peace talks in Geneva, just one week before the fourth anniversary of Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine’s chief negotiator, Rustem Umerov, said discussions would resume in the Swiss city this morning. Hopes for a...
February 18, 2026 7:55 AM
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Jesse Jackson, the civil rights activist and two-time US presidential candidate, has died. He was 84. Jackson, a protégé of Martin Luther King Jr. had been hospitalised in recent months and was under observation for progressive supranuclear palsy. He died last morning, his son said. According to ...
February 17, 2026 10:38 PM
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The third international AYUSH conference and expo concluded at the Dubai World Trade Centre, drawing over 1,500 delegates and nearly 20,000 visitors from 30 countries for three days of scientific sessions, policy dialogue and cultural programmes. The biennial event, following editions in 2017 and 20...
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