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Who is Nazanin Ratcliffe? UK Charity Worker Jailed in Iran Gets '£400 Million' Release?

UK has reportedly agreed to return Iran £400 million linked to a tank deal in the 1970s.

Mar 16, 2022

By Prabhat Ranjan Mishra

Who is Li JinJin? Tiananmen Square Protester and Chinese Dissident Stabbed to Death in NYC Office

Li was arrested just days after the June 4, 1989, massacre, when hundreds of people were killed in the square and surrounding areas by the Chinese army.

Mar 15, 2022

By Manthan C.

India Planning to Buy Crude Oil, Commodities from Russia after Moscow Offers Them at Heavy Discount

Some international traders have avoided Russian oil to abstain from getting embroiled in sanctions.

Mar 15, 2022

By R. Ghosh

North Korea Set to Fire Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile This Week; First ICBM Launch Since 2017

Pyongyang conducted two missile launches over the last two weeks and the Pentagon believes those launches were in preparation for the upcoming ICBM launch.

Mar 14, 2022

By Prabhat Ranjan Mishra

Saudi Arabia Executes Record 81 People, Including Seven Yemenis, One Syrian and 37 Saudis

Some of the executed persons had also traveled to conflict zones to join terror organizations.

Mar 13, 2022

By Prabhat Ranjan Mishra

Iranian-Made Ballistic Missiles Hit US Army Base in Iraq's Erbil

Multiple Iranian-produced ballistic missiles smashed into the US Army Base in Iraq's Erbil but there were no casualties in the attack.

Mar 13, 2022

By Prabhat Ranjan Mishra

Japan denies China's claim of 'dangerous and unprofessional conduct' by fighter jets

China's Military Aircraft Crashes in South China Sea; Beijing Seals Off Area for Search Ops

Chinese Y-8 maritime patrol aircraft reportedly crashed off the coast of Sanya, a city on China's Hainan Island that lies parallel to northern Vietnam.

Mar 11, 2022

By Prabhat Ranjan Mishra

Ukraine War: Foreign Volunteers Fighting Against the Russians Will Be Able to Obtain Ukrainian Citizenship

Foreign volunteers will be given Ukrainian citizenship if they want to avail.

Mar 9, 2022

By Trishna Das

'20th Hijacker' in 9/11 Attack Released from Guantanamo Bay, Sent Back to Saudi Arabia After 20 Years of Torture

Mohammad Ahmad al-Qahtani planned to join the attackers in the Sept. 11, 2001, attack but he was turned away from the US at the Orlando airport by immigration officers.

Mar 8, 2022

By Manthan C.

Global Escalation? China Defense Budget Swells to $230 Billion as Russia's Ukraine War Rages

Last week, Germany said in a dramatic move it would allot more than $100 billion in additional defense spending.

Mar 5, 2022

By Prabhat Ranjan Mishra

Indian News Anchor Yells at Wrong Guest During Live Debate on Russia-Ukraine War After Crew Places Wrong Titles, Video Goes Viral

Times Now anchor Rahul Shivshankar was hosting Bohdan Nahaylo of the Kyiv Post and Daniel McAdams of the Ron Paul Institute for a discussion on Russia's invasion of Ukraine when the "comedy of errors" took place.

Mar 4, 2022

By Manthan C.