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People wave the national flags of Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) NEW DELHI: Iran’s participation in the 2026 FIFA World Cup is uncertain due to rising tensions in the Middle East. The country’s football officials are now trying to move their matches out of the United States, citing safety concerns and political issues, even though the...

NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Monday granted 11-day police custody to six Ukrainians and a US citizen arrested for illegally entering Myanmar via India and contacting ethnic war groups.This comes after the National Investigation Agency arrested three Ukrainians from Delhi, three from Lucknow, and one US citizen from Kolkata.According to the investigative agency, the...

Cameron Jordan’s Saints future is suddenly shaky, and the Lions are now part of the conversation. (Image via Getty) Cameron Jordan has not closed the door on the New Orleans Saints. He has done the opposite. He has made it clear he would love to stay. But he also made one thing painfully obvious this...

US President Donald Trump aide and top counterterrorism official Joe Kent on Tuesday resigned over the ongoing US-Iran conflict, stating that Tehran posed “no imminent threat to our nation.” Kent, who served as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, announced his decision in a post on X, saying, “after much reflection, I have decided to...

Former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, with Karamvir Singh Boudh, who was elected as Rajya Sabha MP from Haryana NEW DELHI: The Congress on Tuesday accused the BJP of attempting “vote chori” and “murdering democracy” in the Haryana Rajya Sabha elections, even as the party asserted that it would take the “strictest possible action”...

NEW DELHI: The stage is set for Round 2 of Mamata Banerjee vs Suvendu Adhikari electoral rivalry in West Bengal. The West Bengal chief minister and the leader of the opposition in the state assembly are ready for another face off, this time in Bhabanipur seat, in the assembly elections to be held next month.The...

J.J. McCarthy trade rumors (Getty Images) J.J. McCarthy trade rumors are starting to feel less like idle chatter and more like a real subplot inside the Minnesota Vikings’ offseason. The team’s decision to bring in Kyler Murray on a one-year deal has quietly reshaped the quarterback room, and not in a way that guarantees stability....

Meta’s potential workforce reduction of up to 20% is viewed by analysts not as a setback, but as a strategic move to become an AI-first organization. This restructuring aims to leverage AI for significant cost and performance advantages, potentially creating an insurmountable competitive edge. The company’s substantial AI investments and previous successes in efficiency suggest...

Zerodha co-founder and CEO Nithin Kamath has revealed that he does not use internet banking apps on his smartphone. The reason is a criticism on how Indian banks approach mobile security. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Kamath said the mandatory permissions demanded by most banking apps simply do not make sense to him.“I...

AB de Villiers, MS Dhoni Former South Africa batter AB de Villiers has said MS Dhoni should bat higher in the order for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the upcoming IPL, saying that his current position lower down does not maximise his role.Dhoni, 44, will play for CSK when the season begins on March 28....