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The investigation into the Red Fort car bomb attack that killed 13 people on November 10 has revealed a white-collar, transnational terror network led by radicalised doctors, with digital trails linking the plot to Turkiye, Kashmir, and Haryana . Image Source: PM NaMo Key accused Dr Umar Un Nabi , a Kashmiri medical graduate, drove the explosive-laden Hyundai i20 that detonated near the Red Fort Metro station. His co-conspirators --  Dr Muzammil Ganaie , Dr Shaheen Shahid , and others -- allegedly operated from a covert cell at Al-Falah University in Faridabad, dubbed “ Room 13 ,” according to security officials. Authorities say the module was inspired and coordinated via encrypted apps like Threema and Signal, with instructions allegedly emanating from a Turkish-based handler codenamed ‘Ukasa’. CCTV footage and seized “Room 13 Diaries” revealed detailed plans for serial IED attacks in at least four Indian cities, including Ayodhya and Delhi, using modified vehicles and ammoni...

Chinese President Xi Jinping met King Felipe VI of Spain in Beijing on Tuesday in a high-level bilateral engagement that reaffirmed the two countries’ strategic partnership and produced a suite of new agreements spanning trade, tech, education and green energy. Image Source: Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Meeting at the Great Hall of the People during King Felipe VI’s state visit to mark 20 years of the China-Spain Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, President Xi said the relationship between the two countries "sets a model" for cooperation across different systems and cultures.  He noted the visit comes at a time of “global turbulence” and called for deeper collaboration to uphold multilateralism and economic order. The two sides signed 10 bilateral cooperation agreements , including deals in trade, science and technology, and education, aimed at building momentum in shared development goals.  China also announced it would extend visa-free access to Spanish citizens, ...

In a move to deepen India's engagement with Latin America and the Caribbean, India's Minister of State for External Affairs and Textiles, Pabitra Margherita, concluded a seven-day diplomatic tour across Ecuador, Bolivia and Cuba from November 4 to 10.  The visit marked a new phase in South-South cooperation, with the inauguration of Indian embassies in Ecuador and Bolivia, renewed strategic commitments with Cuba, and outreach across sectors ranging from health and digital to critical minerals and culture. MoS inaugurating the new Chancery building of the Embassy of India in La Paz, Bolivia In Ecuador, MoS Margherita called on President Daniel Noboa Azin and held bilateral talks with Foreign Minister Maria Gabriela Sommerfeld Rosero, announcing the formal opening of India’s Embassy in Quito.  The visit saw the signing of an MoU between the two nations' diplomatic training institutes and discussion on strengthening cooperation in agriculture, technology, and digital transform...

India and Bhutan have restated their time-tested friendship and strategic cooperation during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day state visit to the Himalayan kingdom from November 11 to 12.  The visit coincided with the 70th birth anniversary of Bhutan’s Fourth King Jigme Singye Wangchuck and featured high-level engagements, religious observances, and key bilateral milestones. Image Via: MEA India As guest of honour at the national celebration in Thimphu, Prime Minister Modi joined Bhutan’s royal family and citizens in commemorating the legacy of the Fourth Druk Gyalpo.  Speaking at the Changlimithang Stadium, Modi praised the monarch’s role in guiding Bhutan’s transformation into a democratic constitutional monarchy and his introduction of the globally noted concept of Gross National Happiness.  He thanked both the Fourth King and current King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck for their stewardship of India-Bhutan ties and conveyed warm wishes from the Indian people. PM ...

U.S. President Donald Trump has declared Nigeria a “ country of particular concern ,” citing what he described as a genocidal wave of killings targeting Christians in the West African nation.  File Photo: Bola Ahmed Tinubu Trump’s statement, made in a public video released Thursday, paints a dire picture of the country’s deteriorating religious freedoms and urges immediate U.S. intervention.  “ Thousands and thousands of Christians are being killed. Radical Islamists are responsible for this mass slaughter ,” Trump said, referencing what he called a global crisis of religious persecution. According to Trump, 3,100 Christians have been killed in Nigeria this year alone, a figure he contrasted against a global death toll of 4,476, underscoring the country's outlier status in religious violence. While independent figures vary, multiple human rights watchdogs, including Open Doors USA and the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety), have pr...

In what is being described as the most sweeping state intervention in the UK’s education architecture in a generation, the British government has announced a structural redesign of how children and young adults will be taught, assessed, and socially moulded from primary years through to university and vocational streams. Education Secretary: Bridget Phillipson; Via: ChamberVoice This is a reassertion of the state’s ideological vision over what constitutes knowledge, which futures matter, and which lives are worth preparing for. Behind the polished language of “modernisation” and “skills for a changing world” lies a deeper attempt to engineer social outcomes through education, a sector already grappling with austerity, inequalities, and policy fatigue.  From the compulsory teaching of citizenship starting at age 5, to reworked pathways that steer 16-year-olds toward employment routes, the new roadmap formalises an old premise that education is also about sorting. 🚨🎥 WATCH: K...

In a move that has sharpened international focus on nuclear posturing, the United States Air Force’s Global Strike Command launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, just days after President Donald Trump publicly declared his administration’s intent to resume nuclear weapons testing. US Tests Minuteman III Missile; Via: Nexta The missile, which carried no warhead, was launched as part of what the Air Force has termed a “routine reliability test” and landed near the Marshall Islands in the Pacific.  The launch was confirmed by Fox News correspondent Lucas Tomlinson via social media, though no formal statement had been issued at the time by Vandenberg Space Force Base or Global Strike Command, the U.S. military authority that oversees both strategic bombers and silo-based nuclear missiles. ‼️‼️🇺🇲🚀 BIG NEWS - The United States is preparing for a nuclear weapons test: Washington plans to conduct a tes...

Amid rising strategic uncertainty, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday instructed his top security, intelligence, and defence leadership to begin formal consultations on the potential resumption of nuclear weapons testing. This is a dramatic signal that Moscow is prepared to mirror any similar moves by the United States. File Photo: Russian President Vladimir Putin; Via: Visegrad24 Putin’s remarks came during a high-level operational meeting with the permanent members of the Security Council , including Defence Minister Andrei Belousov , FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov , Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Chief Sergei Naryshkin , and Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov , among others. At the centre of the meeting was an interjection from State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, who pressed Putin for clarity on the Kremlin’s position following Donald Trump’s public call for renewed U.S. nuclear weapons testing.  Trump, currently leading the 2026 presidential race, had e...

Brussels is preparing to invoke Article 4 of the NATO treaty, a rarely used but symbolically powerful clause, after a series of drone incursions raised serious concerns over airspace security and national defense.  The country’s Defense Minister, Theo Franken, confirmed that consultations with NATO allies are under consideration in the "coming hours and days" as Belgium grapples with escalating unmanned aerial activity over sensitive civilian and military zones. Theo Franken; Via: PutinPulse on X The immediate trigger: Brussels International Airport was temporarily shut down on the night of November 4 following confirmed sightings of unidentified drones.  Air traffic was halted for hours, causing widespread chaos. At least 41 flights were canceled and 24 diverted, according to Skeyes, Belgium’s air traffic control authority.  Seven remaining flights were cleared to depart shortly before the airport’s scheduled midnight closure.  But the incident at Brussels Airport w...

Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old Democratic socialist and first-term state assemblyman, has been elected the next mayor of New York City in a historic and polarising victory. He will become the city’s youngest mayor in over 130 years, its first Muslim mayor, and the first mayor born in Africa. Image Source: Zohran Mamdani Mamdani's campaign, fuelled by grassroots energy, sharp social media tactics, and a progressive economic agenda, upended the city's political landscape by defeating former Governor Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary and Republican Curtis Sliwa in the general election. Zohran Mamdani arrives in Fort Greene where he’s greeted by supporters, embracing Public Advocate Jumanne Williams. Attorney General Letitia James and Congress member Nydia Velázquez also just arrived and other electeds are funneling in. pic.twitter.com/aQGtXqlpw7 — Sahalie Donaldson (@SahalieD) November 4, 2025 A self-described democratic socialist, Mamdani ran on promises of rent freezes, fr...

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has wrapped up his first official tour of the Indo-Pacific with a pointed message: Canada is done playing small. In a world fractured by geopolitical rivalries and global trade shocks, Carney unveiled a suite of new security, economic and technology partnerships -- signalling Ottawa’s strategic pivot away from its long-standing overdependence on U.S. trade. Image Source: CanadaPM During high-stakes talks on the sidelines of the APEC summit in South Korea, Carney announced Canada’s intent to double non-U.S. exports within a decade, laying the groundwork for expanded defence and commercial cooperation across the Indo-Pacific.  From energy to submarines to cybersecurity, Carney’s new strategy repositions Canada in a fast-changing region defined by both economic ambition and military competition. The marquee announcement came alongside South Korean President Lee Jae-myung: the launch of the Canada–Republic of Korea Security and Defence Cooperation P...

U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to begin planning potential military action in Nigeria, warning that the West African nation could face immediate suspension of all U.S. aid and a possible armed intervention if it “continues to allow the killing of Christians.” Image Source: Official ABAT “If the Nigerian Government continues to allow the killing of Christians, the U.S.A. will immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria, and may very well go into that now disgraced country, ‘guns-a-blazing,’ to completely wipe out the Islamic Terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities,” Trump declared in a post on his social media platform.  “I am hereby instructing our Department of War to prepare for possible action. If we attack, it will be fast, vicious, and sweet, just like the terrorist thugs attack our CHERISHED Christians!” Nigeria stands firmly as a democracy governed by constitutional guarantees of religious liberty. Since 2023, our administration h...

A violent stabbing incident aboard a passenger train near Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire has left multiple people hospitalised and prompted the closure of one of Britain’s busiest rail arteries. British Transport Police (BTP) confirmed that two individuals have been arrested in connection with the attack. Image Via: JournoJones05 Emergency services responded swiftly to reports of a mass stabbing on board a train bound for Huntingdon. The incident occurred on the East Coast Main Line, a critical route connecting London King’s Cross to Edinburgh, and caused major disruption across the national network. We were called at 7.39pm with reports that multiple people had been stabbed on a train. Armed officers attended and the train was stopped at Huntingdon, where two men were arrested. A number of people have been taken to hospital. (1/2) — Cambs Police 💙 (@CambsCops) November 1, 2025 “We are currently responding to an incident on a train to Huntingdon where multiple people have been st...

India scripted history on Thursday with the highest successful run-chase in women’s One Day International (ODI) cricket, eliminating reigning champions Australia from the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup in a high-stakes semi-final clash at Navi Mumbai’s DY Patil Stadium. Chasing a daunting 339 for victory, India pulled off a five-wicket win with nine balls to spare, led by a career-defining unbeaten 127 from Jemimah Rodrigues. The win sends the hosts into their first World Cup final since 2017, where they will face South Africa on Sunday at the same venue. Jemimah Rodrigues soaks in emotions. Via: ICC Rodrigues, who was dropped three times on 52, 83, and 106, anchored the chase through a series of nerveless partnerships -- most notably a 167-run stand with captain Harmanpreet Kaur, who made a fluent 89 before falling in the 36th over. Despite India losing both openers cheaply in the powerplay and suffering a wobble in the final overs, Rodrigues remained composed.  Supported late in...

When the sitting Vice President of the United States, JD Vance, tells a cheering crowd of conservatives that he hopes his Hindu wife will one day convert to Christianity, it is a statement that reveals the deep fault lines between public posturing, private faith, and the growing anxieties of an increasingly pluralistic America. File Photo Source: JD Vance At a Turning Point USA event in Mississippi, Vance, responding to a question about his wife Usha’s religion, spoke of her Hindu background, their shared early atheism, and how they now raise their three children in the Christian tradition. “Do I hope, eventually, that she is somehow moved by the same thing that I was moved by in church? Yeah, I honestly do,” he said.  “But if she doesn’t, God gives everyone free will.” For many, it was a diplomatic answer -- respectful, restrained, and seemingly tolerant. But for millions watching, particularly Indian-Americans and interfaith families, it struck a very different chord: coercion w...

Fresh from a closed-door meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Busan, U.S. President Donald J. Trump declared a raft of wins for American agriculture and energy in a late-night post that read more like a campaign rally than a diplomatic communique.  “Farmers should immediately go out and buy more land and larger tractors,” Trump urged, crediting Xi for greenlighting “massive amounts” of soybean and sorghum purchases, and praising China’s vow to help curb fentanyl trafficking. Image Source: MFA China But across the table, Beijing was reading from a different script emphasizing long-term engagement, economic stability, and strategic restraint. According to a statement by China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, President Xi told Trump the U.S. and China should be “partners and friends,” and cautioned against “falling into a vicious cycle of mutual retaliation.”  He framed China’s economic trajectory as “a vast ocean, big, resilient and promising,” pointing to 5.2 percent GDP ...

U.S. President Donald J. Trump has announced a resumption of American nuclear weapons testing, triggering an immediate international backlash. The declaration follows Russia’s confirmed test of Burevestnik, a nuclear-powered cruise missile capable of intercontinental range and prolonged flight time -- a move many see as reigniting the global arms race. Representational Image Source: Nobel Prize In a post on social media platform Truth Social, Trump claimed the United States possesses “more Nuclear Weapons than any other country,” asserting that his previous administration had undertaken a “complete update and renovation” of the U.S. arsenal.  Citing ongoing weapons development by adversaries, Trump stated he had instructed the “Department of War” to begin renewed testing of nuclear weapons, a shift in nomenclature that drew immediate condemnation. “I HATED to do it, but had no choice!” Trump wrote, asserting that Russia is second in nuclear capabilities and China a “distant third....