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Over the past two days, Prigozhin assailed the rationale for Putin’s so-called special military operation in Ukraine, sent his forces to seize the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, a military hub, and began to move Wagner convoys toward Moscow.

This memorial commemorates the memory of 3,727 Indian soldiers who died fighting in various campaigns in Egypt and Palestine in the First World War.

As part of revamping its laws relating to sex crimes, Japan has raised the age of sexual consent from 13 to 16 years. The limit had remained unchanged for over a century and faced flak for being one of the lowest in the world. This is the first time that Japan has changed its age […]

From being in a Leningrad prison for a decade to becoming “Putin’s chef” and one of the most powerful men in Russia, the rise of Yevgeny Prigozhin has been nothing short of meteoric. Now he is on a warpath against his long time friend and backer.

The Russian president's recorded statement came hours after Russian generals called for the arrest of Prigozhin, accusing him of attempting a coup. Russian authorities have also opened an investigation into Prigozhin for “organising an armed rebellion.”

In his speech, Putin said that “excessive ambitions and vested interests have led to treason", and called the Wagner Group’s rebellion a "stab in the back".

PM Modi, in his address to the joint session of the US Congress, spoke on themes ranging from the Ukraine war to terrorism to women's empowerment to environment concerns.

For those living in the Northern Hemisphere, June 21 marks the summer solstice, the longest day of the year

While all passengers signed liability waivers prior to making the journey to the bottom of the ocean, these waivers are seldom ironclad, leaving room for the victims’ families to OceanGate, the company which operated the submersible.

“Samosa Caucus” is the name given to an informal grouping of Indian-origin Americans in the US Congress.