Iranian media releases image of Gen Ahmad Vahidi sitting alongside Khamenei’s casket in a mourning hall (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP) General Ahmad Vahidi, a senior commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), has reappeared in public in Tehran ahead of the state funeral for former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,…
Algeria’s Riyad Mahrez (7) during a World Cup match. (AP Photo) Algeria captain Riyad Mahrez has announced his retirement from international football following his country’s elimination from the FIFA World Cup 2026, bringing the curtain down on one of the finest international careers in Algerian football history.The 35-year-old confirmed his decision after Algeria’s 2-0 defeat…
Big Tech has found a new obsession, and it isn’t another chatbot. Over the past few months, five of the world’s most powerful technology companies have quietly reached the same conclusion: selling AI software isn’t enough anymore. Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, OpenAI and Anthropic have all announced plans to physically send thousands of their own engineers…
Indian dignitaries pay tribute to late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (Embassy of Iran in India- right) The Embassy of Iran in India announced on X that an Indian delegation paid tribute to the late Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, as Tehran began formal state funeral ceremonies attended by foreign dignitaries, religious leaders…
The hair that you comb out every day and throw in the dustbin might as well be worth millions. There was a time when this was all that was supposed to be. But now, selling your hair in the market is an option that yields a return based on the amount you sell.This entire operation…
DMK’s Anitha R. Radhakrishnan arrested (File Photo). CHENNAI: Former DMK minister and MLA Anitha R. Radhakrishnan was arrested by the police on Friday after the Madras High Court dismissed his anticipatory bail petition in connection with a case registered over his remarks against TVK president and Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay.According to the police, the…
At least 40 killed in a bus tragedy in Balochistan (Representative image) At least 40 people were killed and eight others injured after an overcrowded passenger bus plunged into a deep roadside ravine in Pakistan‘s southwestern Balochistan province early Friday, officials said.The bus, carrying 48 passengers, was travelling from the provincial capital Quetta to the…
Two applications linked to reports of remotely disabling e-rickshaws have been removed from app stores The government on Friday said two smartphone applications linked to reports of remotely disabling e-rickshaws have been removed from app stores after they came to the authorities’ notice.Speaking on the sidelines of a CII Cybersecurity Summit, IT secretary S Krishnan…
Indian Army’s Pinaka multi-barrel rocket launcher fires a round during an exercise. representative image. Image credit: Indian Army Within months of Pakistan’s inability to counter India during Operation Sindoor, the Pakistani armed forces launched the Army Rocket Force Command (ARFC). The move highlighted Pakistan’s understanding of the new normal, in which the Indian armed forces…
Rescue workers attend to Hernán Alberto Gil Flores after he was pulled from the rubble eight days after he was trapped by twin earthquakes that struck Catia La Mar, Venezuela (AP photo) After being trapped for eight days beneath the rubble of a collapsed shopping centre, 43-year-old security guard Hernan Alberto Gil Flores was pulled…