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Zelenskyy has expressed high hopes for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's potential role in ending the Ukraine war. In an exclusive interview with The Times of India, Zelenskyy stated, “PM Modi can influence the end of the Ukraine war. This is the huge value of him in any conflict.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. KYIV, Ukraine—Ukraine is widening its dragnet in the search for troops to shore up its creaking front lines, conducting spot checks of men at upscale venues including a concert and a wine store in Kyiv and a street of hip eateries in Odesa. The stepped-up efforts show the difficulties Ukraine faces in raising new soldiers to backfill front-line losses as the war approaches the three-year mark.

h debt and escalating wars topped the official agenda at the International Monetary Fund and World Bank annual meetings, but finance leaders spent much of their energy worrying about the potential impacts of a return of Donald Trump to power in November's U.S. presidential election. Republican candidate Trump's gains in recent polls to erase much of the early advantage of his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, was part of nearly every conversation among finance officials, central bankers and civil society groups attending the meetings in Washington this past week. Among concerns were Trump's potential to upend the global finance system with massive tariff increases, trillions of dollars more in debt issuance and a reversal of work to fight climate change in favor of more fossil fuel energy production.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Another urgent conflict in the Middle East is playing out on the border between Syria and Jordan: a war against captagon, an amphetamine-like drug that’s taken off across the region. The drug cuts across social class and borders.

US Presidential Election 2024 Live Updates: As the US presidential election campaign heats up with less than two weeks until polling day, both candidates, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, exchanged sharp criticisms of one another.Former President Donald Trump, during his campaign in Pennsylvania, lashed out at Vice President Harris, claiming that if elected she would "guarantee" the United States would enter World War III and would be ineffective in dealing with global leaders like Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin, The Hill reported."To make her president would be to gamble with the lives of millions of people. She would get us into a World War III guaranteed because she is too grossly incompetent to do the job," Trump stated.The former first lady highlighted the attack on abortion rights as a sign of potentially harmful restrictions on women’s healthcare.

Vice President Kamala Harris largely offers a continuation of President Joe Biden's agenda, although she has sought more nuance on the Middle East in particular, while a return of Donald Trump would likely mean a sharp rupture from current US foreign policy. — Ukraine -

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has ignited debate over who could govern war-ravaged Gaza as Israel presses its war in the Palestinian territory, vowing to eliminate the militants. Palestinians insist Gaza's future should be theirs to decide, rejecting any foreign intervention. But many in the international community are signalling a readiness to shape the territory's post-war future, even as a ceasefire remains elusive.

It is up 4 percent over the March-end levels in volume. The outstanding stock of RBI's gold is 853.6 metric tonnes as of end September 2024. Incremental value of gold in reserves on account of new purchases and valuation of existing stock is about $12.7 billion or almost one third of the $39 billion added to reserves this fiscal.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. TEL AVIV—Shortly before 2 a.m. on Saturday in Israel, airmen and women wearing bomber jackets bearing the Star of David climbed into the cockpits of about 100 jet fighters, spy planes and refueling aircraft at an Israeli military base.

The Israeli military said its aircraft targeted facilities that Iran used to make the missiles fired at Israel as well as surface-to-air missile sites. Crucially, there was no indication that Iran’s oil or nuclear sites were struck. Iran insisted the strikes caused only «limited damage», and Iranian state-run media downplayed them. Taken together, the moves suggested at least for now that both countries are trying to avoid a more serious escalation.

Benjamin Netanyahu's vow to retaliate for a missile barrage three weeks ago that fanned fears of a region-wide war. Iranian media said four army soldiers will killed, but there were no reports of major damage and the Opec member's oil and nuclear facilities — which the US had urged Israel to avoid — appear to have been untouched. Iran didn't immediately vow to respond. Instead, it played down the scale and effectiveness of the attack and suggested its warnings in recent weeks against an aggressive strike had worked to deter Israel. Israel said its fighter jets hit missile-making facilities and that its operation was «completed,» suggesting it planned no more strikes. Numerous explosions were reported around Tehran, the city of Shiraz and the western provinces of Khuzestan and Ilam.

Olaf Scholz on Saturday said borders should not be changed by «war or force», and Russia's invasion of Ukraine poses the biggest threat to international peace today as «it is about changing borders». Inviolability of national borders is the basis for peace, he said, interacting with the students of Birla Institute of Technology And Science (BITS) Pilani at Vasco during a visit to Goa during which he also visited the German Naval ship FGS Baden-Wurttemberg docked at Mormugao Port. The chancellor, on a three-day visit to India, referred to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war while replying to a question.

Microsoft has fired two employees who organized an unauthorized vigil at the company’s headquarters for Palestinians killed in Gaza during Israel’s yearlong war with Hamas

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Several times over the past three months, swarms of as many as 150 Ukrainian drones flew hundreds of miles into Russia, slamming into missile storage facilities, strategic fuel reservoirs, military airfields and defense plants. Once considered exceptional, these deep strikes now barely register in the news.

National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval on Friday stressed the critical role of the nation's will in securing lasting peace post-conflict and questioned the core objectives of warfare. He said that the way to achieve military objectives is by breaking the will of the nation and defeating their Army breaks the nation's will. «Why do we fight the wars? Is it for some vicarious pleasure in killing the adversary's human resources? What are our military objectives and how do we achieve them? We achieve it by breaking the will of the nation and defeating their army breaks the nation's will. When you defeat them on the battleground, the nation is prepared to have peace with you on your terms,» Doval said at the launch of Indian Strategic Culture by Maj Gen (Retired) Dr GD Bakshi.

Volodymyr Zelenskiy's chief of staff said on Friday that a full withdrawal of Russian troops, and not just peace talks, were essential to ending his country's more than 2-1/2-year-old war against Moscow. The chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, was addressing an international meeting devoted to implementing a peace plan, one of several gatherings staged as a follow-up to last June's world «peace summit» hosted by Switzerland. «Don't expect this war to end when the warring sides begin to talk to each other,» Yermak told the gathering, according to the president's website. «Don't be deceived. This war will end when the last soldier of the occupying army returns home.»

Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). “The regime in Iran and its proxies in the region have been relentlessly attacking Israel since Oct. 7 – on seven fronts – including direct attacks from Iranian soil,” the IDF stated, further emphasizing that Israel reserves “the right and the duty to respond” to protect its sovereignty and people.

North Korean troops are poised to be deployed by Russia on the battlefield in Ukraine as early as this weekend, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed on Friday. Western officials have warned that North Korean units joining the fight would stoke the almost three-year war and bring geopolitical consequences as far away as the Indo-Pacific region. The possibility has alarmed leaders and deepened diplomatic tensions around the war. A senior official in the Ukrainian presidential office told The Associated Press on Friday that Zelenskyy had cancelled a planned visit to Kyiv by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to speak publicly about the matter, said the visit was supposed to come after this week's summit in the Russian city of Kazan of the BRICS bloc of developing economies, which Guterres attended.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. U.S., Arab and Israeli officials are planning to meet this weekend in Qatar to renew talks over a cease-fire in the war in Gaza, with mediators proposing a short-term pause in fighting that could build toward a permanent agreement. Negotiators are skeptical of a breakthrough in the talks, which are scheduled for Sunday in Doha.

Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday said the separatist amalgam is ready to engage with the BJP-led Centre for the resolution of the "Kashmir issue". «When the APHC (All Parties Hurriyat Conference) was formed by the leadership in 1993, the situation was entirely different with militancy at its peak (in Jammu and Kashmir). »Even at that time, the APHC, in its proclamation, had clearly stated that it advocates for a peaceful resolution of the Kashmir conflict by engagement and even after 30 years, this outlook remains the same," the mirwaiz said here. He was addressing the Friday congregation at the Jamia Masjid in the city's Nowhatta area.

Mia Khalifa is going viral on social media in which she can be heard mocking US military and sarcastically «wishing» they return with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Mia mocked US service members in a social media video, saying she hoped they’d get “their little brain[s] all scrambled up” for fighting wars overseas. «Good morning to everyone who is not in the US military,» Khalifa starts the video posted to her X account. «Good morning to everyone who is sitting at home and not on soil that doesn't belong to them, fighting a war for a country that doesn't care about them.» ALSO READ: Sean Diddy's shocking video: When the US rapper invited the 12-year-old actress Daveigh Chase to MTV afterparty