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Moscow Says the Line to Kyiv Is Open. What It Carries Is Prisoner Swaps.

MOSCOW, Aug. 28 -- Every few months a Russian official confirms that the line to Kyiv still works, and every time the confirmation lands the same way: as reassurance about plumbing rather than news ab... Read More


Modi to Meet Putin at SCO Summit in Bishkek as India Pushes to Rebalance Bilateral Trade

New Delhi, Aug. 28 -- For Indian industrialists watching the rupee pile up in accounts they cannot easily repatriate from Russia, the Modi-Putin bilateral scheduled for August 31 on the sidelines of t... Read More


Ninety Americans Are Missing in Nepal, and the Lists Do Not Agree

KATHMANDU, Aug. 28 -- Ninety is a number the State Department arrived at by counting people nobody had heard from. It is not a casualty figure, and the department was careful to say so. Tommy Pigott,... Read More


Ratko Mladic, 'Butcher of Bosnia' Convicted of Genocide, Dies in Hague Prison at 84

New Delhi, Aug. 28 -- THE HAGUE - The tribunal had said no just one day before he died. Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb commander convicted of genocide for ordering the execution of more than 8... Read More


Prime Minister hosts ASEAN ambassadors and charge d'affaires

Hanoi, Aug. 28 -- The Prime Minister promised to continue working with ASEAN leaders to deepen cooperation between Viet Nam and other ASEAN countries towards an effective, substantive and practical ma... Read More


Pakistan has walked tight rope amid Gulf conflict, PM tells Saudi envoyPublished on: August 28, 2026 7:06 AM

Pakistan, Aug. 28 -- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday praised Saudi Arabia for playing a "pivotal role" in promoting regional peace and stability, his office said, as Islamabad intensifies di... Read More


From Gift Nifty to Fed chair speech, crude oil prices: 7 key things that changed for Indian stock market overnight

New Delhi, Aug. 28 -- The Indian stock market benchmark indices, Sensex and Nifty 50, are likely to open on a negative note on Friday, 28 August. Asian markets traded mixed, meanwhile, US stock futur... Read More


China's Great Leap in Artificial Intelligence and RoboticsPublished on: August 28, 2026 6:52 AM

Pakistan, Aug. 28 -- Artificial intelligence and robotics are becoming the defining instruments of economic, scientific and strategic power. Nations leading these fields will shape manufacturing, heal... Read More


Deeper integration opens new opportunities for ties with Vietnam: Mexican ambassador

Hanoi, Aug. 28 -- Mexican Ambassador to Vietnam Alejandro Negrin Munoz has said that relations between the two countries still hold significant potential for further development, underpinned by their ... Read More


Tehran, Doha hold Hormuz talks as US blockade chokes Iran oil importsPublished on: August 28, 2026 6:47 AM

Pakistan, Aug. 28 -- The prime minister of US ally Qatar visited Tehran on Thursday in a bid to revive diplomacy as the US and Iran traded recriminations over Washington's latest sanctions drive, desc... Read More