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Amaran’, starring Sivakarthikeyan in the lead role, is making waves at the box office with a phenomenal start. In just four days, Amaran has grossed over Rs 150 crore, establishing it as a major hit, while anticipation for its OTT release continues to build among streaming fans. Netflix has acquired the rights as the film's official digital partner. South Indian films that perform well in theaters typically premiere on Netflix within a month of their theatrical release, suggesting Amaran will follow this trend and be available for streaming by late November. The film’s OTT rights were reportedly purchased for an impressive Rs 60 crore, as per Filmibeat. Given its strong box office performance, Amaran is likely to emerge as one of the most profitable Tamil films this year, solidifying Sivakarthikeyan’s position as a leading actor. The story of Amaran revolves around Major Mukund Varadharajan, an army officer who heroically sacrifices his life in the fight against terrorism to protect his country.

The United Arab Emirates has opened its annual oil-and-gas summit as it pledges to increase energy output even as global prices have fallen

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. National defence is crucial to the security of a sovereign state. While wars of conquest and territorial defence have been fought for ages, the modern notion of national defence is a Westphalian idea.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. ON THE EVE of America’s presidential election, many people around the world are waiting on edge. Although non-Americans do not get a vote, the outcome of the election will have ramifications far beyond America’s borders on issues such as international trade, the credibility of Western defence alliances and the rise of China.

Saudi Arabia and allied oil producing countries say they will postpone a plan to gradually increase oil output until the end of the year

Kamala Harris campaigns in Michigan on Sunday while her Republican rival Donald Trump will stop in three eastern battleground states just two days before Tuesday's US presidential election. Opinion polls show a historically close race, and a New York Times/Siena College poll published on Sunday showed Vice President Harris and former President Trump neck-and-neck in the seven states that are likely to determine the outcome on Tuesday. A poll showing Harris leading in Iowa-a state Trump won easily in the past two elections-raised the possibility of an unexpected outcome, though another poll showed her trailing in that state.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Officials from China have avoided direct comment on North Korea’s despatch of thousands of troops to Russia, where they might help in a conflict that all three countries see as a contest against overweening American might. China itself is a crucial if undeclared backer of Russia’s war effort in Ukraine, providing technological support for Russia’s defence industries.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The four-year-long Galwan phase of India-China relations has come to an end. The two countries struck an agreement last week to disengage militarily and resolve “the issues in these areas." If the deal is implemented seriously, it could be the first step of a slow and wary movement towards better ties in the next phase of the relationship.

United States flew a long-range bomber in a trilateral drill with South Korea and Japan on Sunday in response to North Korea's recent test-firing of a new intercontinental ballistic missile designed to strike the U.S. mainland, South Korea's military said. North Korea on Thursday tested the newly developed Hwasong-19 ICBM, which flew higher and stayed in the air longer than any other missile it has fired. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called it «an appropriate military action» to cope with external security threats posed by its rivals.

Donald Trump, escalating the violent language he’s been using to target his political opponents, suggested guns be turned on former representative Liz Cheney, one of his more prominent intra-party critics.

ceasefire between Israel and its foes Hamas and Hezbollah ran aground on Friday as Israeli airstrikes killed at least 68 people in the Gaza Strip, according to medics in the Palestinian enclave, and bombed Beirut's southern suburbs. The Israeli military said it killed senior Hamas official Izz al-Din Kassab in an airstrike in the southern Gaza town of Khan Younis and described him as one of the last surviving high-ranking members of Hamas responsible for coordinating with other groups in Gaza. U.S. envoys had been working to secure ceasefires on both fronts ahead of the U.S. presidential election next Tuesday.

United Nations, Nov 02, 2024 -Yemen's Huthi rebels are transforming themselves into a «powerful military organization» due to «unprecedented» military support from outside sources, particularly Iran and Hezbollah, according to a UN report published Friday. Since the beginning of the war in Gaza last year, the Huthis, who have controlled large swaths of war-torn Yemen for a decade, have «exploited the regional situation and enhanced cooperation with the 'axis of resistance,'» which includes Iran, Hamas and Hezbollah, the UN experts said. The panel noted «the transformation of the Huthis from a localized armed group with limited capabilities to a powerful military organization, extending their operational capabilities well beyond the territories under their control.»

Basel Adra, a Palestinian, and Yuval Abraham, an Israeli, spent five years making a movie that depicts daily life in Adra’s village under Israeli occupation

North Korea will back Russia until it achieves victory in the Ukraine war, Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui said on Friday at talks in Moscow with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. «Our traditional, historically friendly relations, which have travelled the tested path of history, today… are rising to a new level of relations of invincible military comradeship,» she told Lavrov, praising the role played in this by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin. She said Pyongyang had no doubt that under Putin's «wise leadership» the Russian army and people would «achieve a great victory in their sacred struggle to protect the sovereign rights and security interests of their state.»

Choe Son Hui, in a Moscow meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, accused the United States and South Korea of plotting a nuclear strike against her country. She did not provide evidence to back her assertion, but spoke of regular consultations between Washington and Seoul at which she alleged such plotting took place. Choe, who said the situation on the Korean Peninsula could become «explosive» any moment, told Lavrov that North Korea needed to strengthen its nuclear arsenal and perfect its readiness to deliver a retaliatory nuclear strike if necessary.

GoI also plays a crucial role in policy design and financing. This shared responsibility often leads to conflicts with states, intensified by political turf wars.

Donald Trump is suggesting that former Rep. Liz Cheney, one of his most prominent Republican critics, should have rifles «shooting at her» to see how she feels about sending troops to fight. Cheney responded by branding the GOP presidential nominee a «cruel, unstable man who wants to be a tyrant.» The Republican presidential candidate has been using increasingly threatening rhetoric against his adversaries and talked of "enemies from within" undermining the country. Some of his former senior aides and Vice President Kamala Harris have labeled him a fascist in response. Trump has also long blamed Cheney and her father, former Republican Vice President Dick Cheney, for promoting U.S. military interventions abroad — including the war in Iraq — and argued that he started no foreign wars during his presidency.

Department of Treasury said in a statement on Thursday. In addition to disrupting global evasion networks, this action also targets domestic Russian importers and producers of key inputs and other material for Russia's military-industrial base, the statement said. «The United States and our allies will continue to take decisive action across the globe to stop the flow of critical tools and technologies that Russia needs to wage its illegal and immoral war against Ukraine,» Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo said.

Kamala Harris will be the third US vice president in history to become president after a single term. We are just a few days away from the 2024 US Presidential election. Donald Trump, the former President, and Kamala Harris, the Democratic Presidential candidate, are locked in a tough fight for the top post.

Pierre Poilievre says Canada is broken. Polls say 70 per cent of Canadians agree. But what does that claim really mean?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. WHEN THE Bank for International Settlements (BIS) launched mBridge in 2021, a project aimed at revolutionising cross-border payments, it did so with much fanfare and, among some people, high expectations. The new system, which it was developing with China and others, would harness the power of digital currencies and the trustworthiness of central banks to make international financial flows faster, simpler and cheaper, it said.