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Indian Navy To Commission INAS 335 (OSPREYS)

New Delhi, Dec. 15 -- The Indian Navy will commission its second MH 60R helicopter squadron, INAS 335 (Ospreys) on 17 Dec 2025 at INS Hansa, Goa, in the presence of Adm Dinesh K Tripathi, the Chief of... Read More


Myanmar military claims armed opposition groups used hospital hit by airstrike as base

New Delhi, Dec. 15 -- Myanmar's military on Saturday acknowledged there was an airstrike on a hospital in the western state of Rakhine, which a local rescuer and media reports said killed more than 30... Read More


Haruki Murakami honored with awards and a jazzy tribute in New York

New Delhi, Dec. 15 -- Haruki Murakami was in town last week to hear his words set to music and his praises literally sung. The 76-year-old Tokyo resident and perennial Nobel Prize candidate received ... Read More


Prosecutors detain suspects accused of sexually harassing young interns at Turkish parliament

New Delhi, Dec. 14 -- Five people have been detained in Turkey over a sex harassment scandal that has hit the country's parliament, prosecutors in the capital Ankara said Friday. Allegations that you... Read More


Before megalodon, researchers say a monstrous shark ruled ancient Australian seas

New Delhi, Dec. 14 -- In the age of dinosaurs - before whales, great whites or the bus-sized megalodon - a monstrous shark prowled the waters off what's now northern Australia, among the sea monsters ... Read More


Rare fresco of Jesus as the 'Good Shepherd' uncovered in Turkish town visited by the pope

New Delhi, Dec. 14 -- Archaeologists in Turkey have uncovered one of the most important finds from Anatolia's early Christian era: a fresco of a Roman-looking Jesus as the "Good Shepherd." The painti... Read More


Belarus leader hosts US envoy as he seeks to improve his country's ties with the West

New Delhi, Dec. 14 -- Authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko on Friday hosted a U.S. envoy for talks in the Belarus capital of Minsk, the latest step in the isolated leader's effort to improve t... Read More


South Africa eases affirmative action regulations on Starlink and others that Musk said were racist

New Delhi, Dec. 13 -- South Africa's communications minister ordered a policy change Friday that allows Elon Musk's Starlink and other foreign-owned satellite internet providers to operate in the coun... Read More


Iran arrests Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, supporters say

New Delhi, Dec. 13 -- Iran has arrested Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, her supporters said Friday. A foundation in her name said she was detained in Mashhad, some 680 kilometers (420 mi... Read More


Hunger and makeshift shelters persist in north Caribbean nearly 2 months after Hurricane Melissa

New Delhi, Dec. 13 -- Amizia Renotte sat on a broken piece of concrete and pointed to a large pile of dirt where her house once stood before the outer bands of Hurricane Melissa crumpled it as the sto... Read More