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  Russia Seeks More Fuel From India As Ukraine Attacks Refineries: Report

  India is the biggest buyer of Russian seaborne crude oil, making Moscow's bid to secure Indian gasoline an unusual reversal in the countries' energy trade relationship.

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  New Port, New Pipelines: Gulf Nations' Billion-Dollar Push To Bypass Hormuz

  The goal is simple, to reduce dependence on one of the world's busiest oil routes and limit Tehran's ability to influence global energy supplies. Before the conflict, around one-fifth of the world's oil passed through the strait.

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  Trump Wanted '20% Hormuz Toll'. How Gulf Leaders Shut It Down In 24 Hours

  According to CNN, US President Donald Trump's sudden announcement of the 20 per cent toll on cargo passing through the Strait of Hormuz prompted a frantic behind-the-scenes push by allies and senior officials to convince the US president to rethink the decision.

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  Majority Of Sailors Killed In Hormuz Attacks Were Indians, Shows Data

  Indians accounted for seven of the 16 seafarers, nearly 44 per cent, killed in attacks on commercial vessels during the Strait of Hormuz crisis between March 1 and July 14, 2026.

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  PoK Neither "Azad" Nor "Disputed" But "Occupied": Local Leader At Rally

  Speaking before thousands gathered at Eidgah Ground, movement leader Sardar Aman Khan declared that the region was neither "Azad" nor "disputed", but an occupied territory.

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  Ukraine Says Will Do Everything Possible To Protect Its Seaports

  The country's main farmers' union UAC said the country had lost about a third of its capacity to export grain via its vital Black Sea ports due to intensifying Russian missile and drone attacks.

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  "Like My Lover": Chinese Users Bid Farewell To AI Companions

  Chinese users of AI-powered companion bots have bid heart-rending farewells to their virtual buddies as national regulations took effect Wednesday aimed at curbing the risk of emotional dependency.

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  Opinion | The Growing Drone Wars In Myanmar

  The junta did not invent Myanmar's drone battlefield. It learned it from its enemies. Now those enemies must learn how to defeat the very system they helped prove.

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  EU Announces "Drone Deal" With Ukraine To Boost Battlefield Technology

  Ukraine has already signed similar deals with some individual EU countries and Gulf nations looking to tap into the expertise Kyiv has developed during more than four years of war with Russia.

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  6 Killed, 20 Injured As Russia Intensifies Strikes Against Ukraine

  Among the dead are a man and a woman, says Sumy regional governor Oleg Grygorov.

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  Where Is Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi? Son Demands Proof Of Life

  Even Aung San Suu Kyi's lawyers have not been allowed to meet her since she was arrested after Myanmar's military overthrew her elected government in a coup in February 2021.

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  Japan Faces Deep Royal Crisis As Rules Block Women From The Throne

  Japan has had eight reigning empresses throughout its history, but a law introduced in 1889 formally barred women from ascending the Chrysanthemum Throne.

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  'Death Row Can Be Revised': Bangladesh 'Welcomes' Sheikh Hasina's Return Plan

  Last week, sources close to Hasina said she was preparing to voluntarily return to Dhaka by the end of this year to revive her Awami League party.

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  Trump Backs Russia Sanctions Bill Posing 500% Tariff Threat To India: Report

  The situation became more complicated after a temporary US Treasury waiver expired on June 17, 2026. The waiver had allowed India's purchase of Russian crude without attracting sanctions. Its expiry has left India's in a legal grey zone.

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  Trump Can't Think 'Strait' On Hormuz. Drops Transit Fee, Wants Deals

  Trump spoke about how factories, plants and equipment will "pour" into the United States at "historic" levels, which will in turn create high-paying jobs.

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  PM Modi Stopped Putin From Nuking Ukraine In 2022: Polish Minister

  Poland's minister referred to developments in late 2022, claiming that PM Modi had played a role in persuading Russia against using tactical nuclear weapons during the war.

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  Bloomberg Ordered To Pay $178,000 In Singapore Ministers' Defamation Case

  Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait said the agency was disappointed by the ruling "but we will of course respect it".

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  6 Civilians Killed After Pakistan Forces Open Fire During Clashes In PoK

  Among those killed in Baloch Sadhunati district were Zahid Mughal, Zafar Mughal and Arsalan Akbar. The latest violence has further intensified tensions in the region, where resentment against Islamabad has been steadily increasing.

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  How Flammable Decor, Lax Rules Turned Bangkok Pub Into A Death Trap

  Bangkok Pub Fire: At least 30 people have died and 24 out of 75 remain critically injured.

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  Goa, Bengaluru, UP: Ex-US Navy Man Spent Months In India Without Passport

  Brown's arrest has triggered fresh security concerns over the growing number of foreign nationals allegedly moving across India under suspicious circumstances.