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Key quotes from Iran's supreme leader's first public statement

New Delhi, March 13 -- Iran's new supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei issued his first statement on the war Thursday, though he did not appear on camera and the speech was read by a news anchor.... Read More


Cuba will release 51 people from prison in an unexpected move

New Delhi, March 13 -- Cuba's government said Thursday night that it would release 51 people from the island's prisons in an unexpected move. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the release in the u... Read More


South Korean lawmakers pass law to manage Seoul's pledge of $350 billion in US investments

New Delhi, March 13 -- South Korean lawmakers on Thursday passed a law to implement a pledge of $350 billion in U.S. investments Seoul made last year to avoid the Trump administration's highest tariff... Read More


Hungary to declassify security report as Orban claims Ukraine is illegally funding his opponent

New Delhi, March 13 -- Hungary's government will declassify a national security report that the populist prime minister says will prove his main political challenger received illegal financing from Uk... Read More


Senegal becomes latest African country to toughen punishment for homosexual acts

New Delhi, March 13 -- Senegal 's parliament has approved a new bill that toughens punishment for homosexuality in the largely Muslim West African nation, the latest African country to impose harsh pe... Read More


Thiel brings his Antichrist lectures to the Vatican's doorstep, and Catholic institutions back away

New Delhi, March 13 -- One of the hottest tickets in the Vatican's backyard these days is for a four-lecture series on the Antichrist being given by Silicon Valley tech billionaire Peter Thiel. The i... Read More


The islands off Iran's southern coast are key to its economy and security. What to know about them

New Delhi, March 13 -- Iran's parliament speaker warned on Thursday that attacks on the Persian Gulf islands that form Iran's southern maritime frontier would provoke a new level of retaliation, under... Read More


Russian court convicts 19 people over deadly 2024 Moscow concert hall attack

New Delhi, March 13 -- A court in Moscow on Thursday convicted 19 people of involvement in the 2024 shooting rampage at a Moscow concert hall that killed 149 people and wounded over 600 in one of the ... Read More


Landslides in southern Ethiopia leave at least 50 people dead and 125 missing

New Delhi, March 13 -- Disastrous landslides that struck southern Ethiopia following a week of heavy rains have killed at least 50 people and left 125 others missing, an official said Thursday. The l... Read More


US defends Israel against South Africa's allegation of genocide filed to top UN court

New Delhi, March 13 -- The United States will intervene in the genocide case against Israel brought at the United Nations' highest court by South Africa, arguing that the accusations are false and war... Read More