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Army man, Javaid Ahmad Wani, went missing from his native village Asthal in Kulgam district of southern Kashmir on Saturday evening. Wani is part of the 3-JAKLI and is posted in Ladakh. He was on leave for over a month since June 29 to celebrate Eid ul Azha with his family, and was scheduled to fly back to Leh on Sunday and join the duty on Monday.

The defender headed in to settle a thrilling game and put her country on the brink of advancing to the knockout stage. Alexandra Popp had scored an 89th-minute penalty and seemed to have earned Germany a 1-1 draw after 18-year-old Linda Caicedo had struck a stunning opener for Colombia. But Vanegas came up with a late twist to huge celebrations among Colombia fans who dominated the Sydney Football Stadium crowd.

Al-Qaeda is shaping its Indian subcontinent offshoot to spread its operations to Jammu and Kashmir, as well as to Bangladesh and Myanmar. The Al-Qaida core in Afghanistan remains stable at 30-60 members, while the number of Al-Qaeda fighters in that country is estimated to be 400, reaching 2,000 with family members and supporters included, according to the report prepared by the UN Security Council 1267 Sanctions & Associated Committee that deals with the ISIS and Al Qaeda. Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS, which is not listed by the UN) has about 200 fighters, with Osama Mehmood being the emir, according to the report.

BEIRUT (Reuters) -At least six people were killed in two days of clashes in a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, where the mainstream faction Fatah fought against rival groups that support Islamists, security sources said.

New coin 'BALD' launched this weekend on Coinbase's new chain, Base - and exploded to as high as a $70 million market cap in less than 24 hours, on LeetSwap decentralized exchange.

At least 20 people died and nearly 50 were wounded after a bomb blast went off at a Jamiat Ulema Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) convention. The bomb blast was reported in the Khar tehsil of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bajaur district during a political convention.

Bigg Boss OTT has taken the Indian reality show scene by storm, captivating audiences with its gripping format, intense conflicts, and engaging tasks. The show's drama reached new heights during the sixth Weekend Ka Vaar episode when host Salman Khan confronted Elvish Yadav over his offensive language towards Bebika Dhurve. During the episode, viewers witnessed a whirlwind of emotions, with heated exchanges and emotional moments unfolding among the contestants.

Koppal and Belgavi — have emerged as hubs for contract manufacturing of toys and aircraft components over the past decade.Aequs, a contract manufacturer of aerospace components, toys and consumer durable goods, is now venturing into the aircraft interiors sector — so far the domain of China. «Till now, it has been happening mostly out of China, and today we have an opportunity to start doing it out of India because we are able to compete on a high volume,» Aequs Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Aravind Melligeri told PTI in an interview. «It is a whole another opportunity.

A shocking incident happened in Kerala's Kochi wherein a five-year-old girl was brutally raped and strangled to death after she was abducted by a migrant worker from her house on Friday. After recovering the body of the girl, dumped in a sack in a marshy area behind a local market in the nearby Aluva today, they sent it for autopsy. The autopsy report confirmed that the minor girl was brutally raped and strangled to death The girl went missing on Friday and the man was arrested later in the day.

News Corp Australia is pitching its special coverage of the Indigenous Voice to parliament as an “educational series” that will “empower our readers” and explain the causes of disadvantage, according to leaked material outlining how much the company’s mastheads will charge for advertising.

A large explosion at a fireworks warehouse in southern Thailand has killed at least 10 people and wounded scores

Lawmakers broke for their August recess this week with many worried about whether they can avoid a partial government shutdown upon their return

A federal judge in Miami is criticizing prosecutors for an apparent attempt to undercut a court order and try to take control of an oceanside condo belonging to a former Republican congressman ahead of a high-profile trial connected to a $50 million co...

Kanye West, on Saturday, after it was suspended nearly eight months ago because the rapper had violated the platform's rules prohibiting incitement to violence. Ye's account now shows his last post from Dec. 1, a day prior to when his account was suspended on platform X, the new name owner Elon Musk has given Twitter.

China has hidden deep inside the networks controlling power grids, communications systems and water supplies that feed military bases in the United States and around the world, according to U.S. military, intelligence and national security officials. The discovery of the malware has raised fears that Chinese hackers, probably working for the People’s Liberation Army, have inserted code designed to disrupt U.S.

It is now being overrun, though, by an avalanche of demand for equities that has unleashed a furious rally across the globe and, in a sign the gains are likely far from over, made investors more optimistic about stocks relative to bonds than at any point since SentimenTrader models began comparing them 24 years ago. “As sentiment, technicals and risk of the recession got pushed further out we moved from being underweight stocks to overweight,” said Nathan Thooft, global head of asset allocation at Manulife Asset Management in Boston, who’s reduced his credit exposure in favor of an equity overweight. 2023 had all the makings of a breakout year for fixed income.

Amarnath Yatra on the 29th day as another batch of 1,974 Yatris left Jammu for the Valley on Sunday, officials said. Officials added that around 6,000 had 'darshan' inside the holy cave on the 29th day of the ongoing Amarnath Yatra on Saturday, as another batch of 1,974 pilgrims left Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in Jammu in an escorted convoy for the Valley on Sunday. «These 1,974 Yatris include 1,546 male, 363 female, four children, 45 Sadhus and 16 Sadhvis,» officials said.

X on Saturday decided to reinstate the account of Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, which had been suspended for nearly eight months due to violations of the platform's rules against incitement to violence. As reported by Reuters, the decision came after Elon Musk, the new owner of platform X (previously Twitter), took charge. Ye's account now displays his last post from December 1, which was made just a day before his suspension on the platform.

World Cup, an inspection team from the International Cricket Council is checking the readiness of venues that will host the quadrennial extravaganza in October-November this year. The ICC team, which is currently at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, has paid a visit to three venues in South — Bengaluru, Chennai and Thiruvananthapuram, where practice matches will be held — and the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The reconnaissance unit dropped in at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium here on July 28, and expressed their satisfaction over the facilities.

By Moussa Aksar and Boureima Balima

Congress high command has convened two meetings with the party leaders in Karnataka in New Delhi on August 2, apparently to quell the dissidence brewing for some time now, top party sources said. According to sources in the Congress, the first meeting will take place between the party high command and the top Congress leaders in Karnataka. «In that meeting, party president Mallikarjun Kharge, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Deputy Chief Minister and state Congress president D K Shivakumar, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H K Patil, general secretaries K C Venugopal and Randeep Singh Surjewala, who is also the Karnataka in-charge and some other top functionaries will take part,» a Congress office-bearer told PTI.