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BRICS Summit in his country, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday asserted that the grouping is not «anti-West», but is just «non-West», also recalling that this is member state India's stand. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Russia on October 22-23 to attend the 16th BRICS Summit in Kazan. At an interaction with a group of foreign journalists here, Putin said the doors of BRICS were not closed to new members. He said as the grouping develops even the non-member countries will benefit economically. He accused the United States of trying to stem development in China. «It's like telling the sun not to rise,» he said.

Vladimir Putin said he was grateful for the concern expressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the war in Ukraine. Asked at a media interaction here whether he saw a role for India in negotiating peace between Russia and Ukraine, he referred to his interactions with Modi, whom he described as a «friend», and said his country was grateful for this. Putin said it was difficult to specify a timeline on ending the war, and setting one will be difficult and counterproductive. The Russian leader blamed America and NATO for pushing Russia into the war, and said his country will prevail.

Sinwar spent nearly two decades in custody whose 'high tolerance for suffering' vision shaped his role as Hamas leader. On Thursday, Israel said troops in Gaza had killed Sinwar. The secretive figure feared on both sides of the battle lines engineered the surprise October 7, 2023, attack into southern Israel, along with the even more shadowy Mohammed Deif, head of Hamas’ armed wing. Israel said that it killed Deif in a July airstrike in southern Gaza that killed more than 70 Palestinians.

Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar. The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) on Thursday evening announced that it had eliminated Yahya Sinwar, the mastermind of deadly October 7 attack, in a targeted ground operation in Rafah in southern Gaza. The Israeli military said that «after a year-long pursuit», troops «eliminated Yahya Sinwar, the leader of the Hamas terrorist organisation, in an operation in the southern Gaza Strip» on Wednesday. According to Israeli media reports, after a year-long manhunt, Yahya Sinwar, a prime target for Israel, was killed «by chance» by regular IDF soldiers. The IDF also released drone footage of what it said were the «last moments» of Yahya Sinwar, showing him sitting on a couch, surrounded by rubble, inside a dilapidated apartment. In his final moments, Yahya Sinwar is seen throwing an object at the drone.

intercontinental ballistic missiles in a region northwest of Moscow, news agencies quoted the defence ministry as saying on Friday. The Yars, which can be deployed in silos or mounted on mobile launchers, has a range of up to 11,000 km (6,835 miles) and is capable of delivering multiple nuclear warheads. Russia has carried out a series of nuclear drills this year in what security analysts say are signals intended to deter the West from intervening more deeply in the war in Ukraine.

Yahya Sinwar, the Palestinian militant leader who helped in plotting the deadliest assault on Israel in its history, released a drone footage where the leader was seen throwing a stick as what appeared to be his last restort while his right arm seemed to be severely wounded. As per the footage released by IDF International Spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Nadav, the militant leader was seen alone in a ruined Gaza apartment with the walls blown out from shelling, sitting in a chair covered by dust, with his head and face obscured by a scarf.

Joe Biden on Friday commended Israel for 'eliminating' Hamas' Gaza leader Yahya Sinwar, often termed as the mastermind of the October 7, 2023 attaks on Israel. Taking to his official account on X, Biden said that right after Israel suffered what he called the 'deadliest attack on Jews since the Holocaust', he ordered American intelligence officials to work 'side by side' with Israeli officials. «Shortly after the October 7 massacres, I directed Special Operations personnel and our intelligence professionals to work side-by side with their Israeli counterparts to help locate and track Sinwar and other Hamas leaders hiding in Gaza», read Biden's statement.

Assam Accord, sets the framework for granting citizenship to certain migrants in Assam. Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, along with Justices Surya Kant, MM Sundresh, and Manoj Misra, supported the decision, while Justice JB Pardiwala dissented. The Assam Accord, signed in 1985 between the Indian government and the representatives of the Assam Movement, was a response to the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War, which resulted in a large influx of migrants into Assam. Section 6A was enacted as a humanitarian measure and allows individuals who migrated between January 1, 1966, and March 25, 1971, to obtain Indian citizenship under certain conditions.

underground bunkers used by Yemen's Houthi rebels, officials said. It wasn't immediately clear what damage was done in the strikes. However, it is incredibly rare for the B-2 Spirit to be used in the strikes targeting the Houthis, who have been attacking ships for months in the Red Sea corridor over the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. HARROWING FOOTAGE of limbs attached to intravenous drips inside burning hospital tents in Deir al-Balah in Gaza on October 14th was a reminder that the war there—one of several fronts Israel has been fighting on since Hamas massacred 1,200 people a year ago—is far from over. Although the world’s focus is on Lebanon and a possible Israeli retaliation against Iran, the horror in Gaza continues.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The U.S. election and war in the Middle East are dominating the headlines, but don’t sleep on events in the Pacific.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Modern protectionists are desperate to find historical examples of tariffs promoting industrialization and economic growth. To this end, they increasingly argue that 19th-century America’s extraordinary economic success was fueled by high tariffs.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Bengaluru/Mumbai: Startup and e-commerce companies may rescue the hiring season for the batches of 2025 at India’s top engineering and business schools by ramping up campus placement targets when the jobs market is still tepid. “For the upcoming placement season, we have set an ambitious target of hiring over 230 recruits across multiple roles—a 55% increase from last year," said Manmeet Sandhu, head of human resources, for fintech platform PhonePe.

North Korea is providing military help to Russia, such as ammunition and weapons, to stand against Ukraine with the utmost strength, as per a report. The United States is in deep concern regarding the military support that North Korea is providing increasing military support to Russia in the ongoing war. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell expressed on Wednesday that the nuclear threat of Pyongyang has warned Washington and its allies. Evidence has also come that North Korea is providing materials to help Moscow, including artillery and missiles. Following Campbell's words with the officials of South Korea and Japan based on renewing international pressure on North Korea, he has also had words with the reporters, as per Newsweek. Also Read :Taylor Swift spends a whopping amount of money to treat her boyfriend Travis Kelce; this is how much she shelled out

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Louis Vuitton’s owner seems surprised at how quickly Chinese consumers have closed their wallets and abandoned its brands. It has no obvious place to turn to next for growth.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The heart of Donald Trump’s proposed economic policies are big new tariffs on all goods imported into the United States. The former United States president [who is now the candidate from the Republican Party for the presidential elections to be held in the country next month] claims that tariffs will protect jobs, increase wages and usher in a new era of American prosperity.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Israel’s military is ordering civilians to leave large parts of northern Gaza as it conducts an offensive against Hamas militants in Jabalia refugee camp. But many Palestinians are staying put, because they are trapped by fighting around them, exhausted by a year of repeated evacuations or fearful that nowhere in the Gaza Strip is safe.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Thirteen years have passed since al-Qaeda’s last big plot against America, a botched effort to blow up New York’s subway in 2009. The war in Afghanistan is over.

Taiwan's defence ministry on Tuesday detailed the surge in Chinese warplane activity around the island during war games the previous day, saying it had detected a record 153 Chinese military aircraft. China held a single day of what it called "Joint Sword-2024B" drills on Monday as a warning to «separatist acts», following last week's national day speech by Taiwan President Lai Ching-te that Beijing denounced. In its daily update on Chinese military activity around the island in the previous 24 hours, Taiwan's defence ministry said it spotted 153 Chinese military aircraft, updating a figure given on Monday evening of 125 which it had already said was a record high for a single day.

Republican Donald Trump and said that Washington would view any attempt on his life as an act of war, a U.S. official said on Monday. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said U.S. President Joe Biden has been briefed regularly on the threats and directed his team to address Iranian plots against Americans. At Biden's direction, top U.S. officials have sent messages to the highest levels of the Iranian government warning Tehran to cease all plotting against Trump and former U.S. officials, the official said.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Shaktikanta Das has consistently underlined the policy pursuit of low inflation on a durable basis. Government data released on Monday shows just how challenging that task is.