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As part of talks to end the Ukraine war, the Trump administration has proposed that Ukraine will not join NATO, but may pursue membership of the European Union. US President Donald Trump, in an interview with Time magazine, stated that the occupied Crimean Peninsula of Ukraine “will stay” with Russia, as efforts to end the war in Ukraine intensify. Trump blamed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for starting the war and for being responsible for “millions of deaths.” He also criticised Zelensky for refusing to cede Crimea as a way to resolve the conflict with Russia. “With that being said, will…

Andrew Flintoff, a key member of England’s 2005 Ashes-winning side against Australia, admitted he feared the crash had damaged him beyond repair. Former England captain Andrew Flintoff said it would have been “much easier” for him had he been “killed” in the near-fatal car accident close to three years ago. Flintoff revealed he thought his “face had come off during the horrific car crash that left him with serious injuries and broken ribs while filming for the television programme Top Gear in 2022. The 47-year-old has spoken at length about the sickening crash in a new Disney documentary ‘Flintoff’, which…

N Ramachandran, who was visiting Kashmir with his wife, daughter, and grandkids, lost his life in the Pahalgam attack. A woman who lost her father in the deadly Pahalgam attack, which claimed at least 26 lives, recalled the horror moment when speaking with the media. Arathi was with her father when the attack started, which led to the killing of dozens of tourists, including her father – 65-year-old N Ramachandran from Kerala. “On hearing a gunshot, I asked my father what that sound was. He said he wasn’t sure. As we heard more gunshots, we started to run. We saw…

India suspended the Indus Waters Treaty following the Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26. Pakistan condemns the move as water warfare. India’s decision to suspend the Indus Waters Treaty in the wake of the recent Pahalgam terror attack, which claimed 26 lives, has drawn sharp reaction from Islamabad, with a senior Pakistani minister calling the move an act of “water warfare”. “India’s reckless suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty is an act of water warfare; a cowardly, illegal move,” Pakistan’s power minister Awais Lekhari said in a post on X late on Wednesday night. The decades-old treaty, brokered by the…

Pakistan also suspended all trade with India, including goods passing through Pakistan to or from third countries. Pakistan on Thursday announced the immediate closure of its airspace to all Indian-owned and Indian-operated airlines. It also suspended all trade with India, including goods passing through Pakistan to or from third countries and objected to India’s decision to hold the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance. The Pakistan government has said that any move to obstruct or redirect the flow of water allocated to Pakistan, or any violation of its rights as a lower riparian state, will be treated as “an act of…

Pahalgam terror attack: The government has asked all Indians in Pakistan to return immediately. The Central government on Thursday suspended visa services to Pakistani nationals with immediate effect in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack. The Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement that all Pakistani nationals are required to leave India as their visas stand revoked with effect from April 27. The MEA has also advised Indians not to travel to Pakistan. “In continuation of the decisions made by the Cabinet Committee on Security in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack, the Government of India has…

Intel Corp. is poised to announce plans this week to cut more than 20% of its staff, aiming to eliminate bureaucracy, as per a person with knowledge of matter. The move is part of a bid to streamline management and rebuild an engineering-driven culture, according to the person, who asked not to be identified because the plans are private. It would be the first major restructuring under new Chief Executive Officer Lip-Bu Tan, who took the helm last month. The cutbacks follow an effort last year to slash about 15,000 jobs — a round of layoffs announced in August. Intel…

Ravi Shastri is still unsure about Shreyas Iyer’s chances in Test cricket. An improved return in white-ball cricket, which included the Champions Trophy performance earlier this month and in the ongoing IPL 2025, saw Shreyas Iyer being awarded a BCCI central contract a year after he was removed from the list. Effusive in his praise for the India star, former head coach Ravi Shastri reckoned he has made himself an “absolute certainty” in limited-overs cricket. However, Shastri is still unsure about Iyer’s chances in Test cricket. Iyer will be among the names discussed when the Ajit Agarkar-led selection committee selects…

Navy lieutenant Vinay Narwal, killed in the terror attack on Tuesday, and his wife had got married on April 16. A delay in Swiss visa led them to Pahalgam. Navy lieutenant Vinay Narwal and his wife, Himanshi, a school teacher, are the couple shown in the photo that illustrated the tragedy at a picturesque meadow in Kashmir after 26 tourists were killed in a terrorist attack on Tuesday, relatives of the couple and navy officials said. The couple were wed six days ago and were in Baisaran, near Pahalgam town in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district, as part of their…

Security forces are on high alert after Tuesday’s deadly Pahalgam attack, which killed 26 people, mostly tourists. A day after 26 people were killed in a terror attack in South Kashmir’s Pahalgam, a gunfight broke out between terrorists and security forces in the Kulgam district on Wednesday. The encounter began during a cordon and search operation (CASO) launched by security forces in Tangmarg area of Kulgam, following inputs about the presence of terrorists. Police officials said the exchange of fire started after the terrorists opened fire on the personnel. No casualties have been reported so far, and more details are…