A screenshot of a video by The Lallantop showing the condition of the Delhi-Dehradun Expressway, four months after its inauguration by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Credit: YouTube/The Lallantop A video clip of India’s Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari is going viral these days in which he claims that a Dubai prince once asked […]
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An Indian Army outpost in remote Arunachal Pradesh. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/ Sushanthunt You probably have heard of Kashmir – the Muslim-majority region that India and Pakistan have fought three different wars over. But the Kashmir Valley isn’t the only contentious border dispute in South Asia, even if it’s the only one most people have heard […]
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Kim Min-seok speaks at a joint campaign event event for Democratic Party chair and Supreme Council candidates in Naju Sports Park, Naju, South Korea, Aug. 15, 2026. Credit: Democratic Party Former Prime Minister Kim Min-seok was elected as the leader of the ruling Democratic Party (DP), closing out a six-week race that exposed deep rifts […]
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Credit: Eepositphotos On August 23, Kazakh citizens will head to the polls to cast votes for the country’s new legislative body, the 145-seat unicameral Kurultai. The Kurultai – not to be confused with the National Kurultai, a government-civil society consultative body formed by Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in 2022 after the Qandy Qantar events and […]
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Soldiers assigned to the 304th Expeditionary Signal Battalion-Enhanced install and inspect communications equipment in support of Ulchi Freedom Shield at CP Tango in South Korea, Aug. 11, 2026. Credit: U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Shin Haegyeom How can allies using different AI systems on the same battlefield trust one another? While current discussions about military […]
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ListenListen (3 mins) Save Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Tensions between Iran and the US remain high as opposing claims persist over the MoU and shipping control in the Strait of Hormuz (File: EPA) By Al Jazeera Staff and AFP Published On 17 Aug 202617 […]
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Video footage released by police on Sunday shows Slovak bomb disposal experts executing a mine detonation.
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