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The Democratic Party dealt a major blow to President Donald Trump in the 2026 US midterm elections, flipping the Georgia gubernatorial mansion with Keisha Lance Bottoms’ historic win and flipping key Senate seats in North Carolina and South Carolina. While Indian-Americans Pia Dandiya and Suhas Subramanyam captured US House seats and Aruna Miller retained Maryland’s lieutenant governorship, Trump-endorsed Vivek Ramaswamy lost Ohio’s gubernatorial race, pushing Democrats to the edge of retaking the House.
Celebrated British actor Sir Patrick Stewart has passed away at the age of 86. Rising from a childhood marked by domestic hardship and going completely bald by age 19, Stewart built a formidable career with the Royal Shakespeare Company before capturing global stardom as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek and Professor X in the X-Men franchise. Knighted in 2010, the Yorkshire-born legend proved that classical discipline and character can redefine modern popular culture.
At least 14 people were killed and over a dozen wounded when a Russian drone struck a busy railway platform in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Thursday, part of a wider wave of air strikes that killed at least 19 people nationwide. The attack on Ukraine’s transport infrastructure followed an overnight barrage of more than 600 Ukrainian drones directed at the Moscow region while the Russian capital hosted an African leaders’ summit, highlighting intensifying long-range strikes ahead of planned US-mediated talks.
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin moved quickly this week to signal support for Iran’s new Supreme…
The United States has issued a 30 day waiver allowing Indian refiners to purchase Russian…
Nepal woke up on March 7 to an election result few had seriously predicted. Balendra…
Nepal’s 2026 elections have delivered a shock to the political system, with the youth-backed Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) sweeping the polls. Early results show rapper-turned-mayor Balen Shah decisively leading against veteran KP Sharma Oli, marking a potential end to the old guard’s dominance and the beginning of a new chapter for the nation.
The Middle East has spiraled into a multi-front war following a week of unprecedented military escalation between the United States, Israel, and Iran. After a joint operation targeted Iran’s Supreme Leader, the conflict has expanded into direct confrontations, with Israeli jets pounding Tehran and Beirut while Iran launches retaliatory missile swarms at US bases in the UAE and Kuwait. With over 27,000 flights canceled and death tolls rising across Lebanon and Iran, the crisis has paralyzed global travel and pushed the region toward a total security collapse.
The conflict involving the United States, Israel, and Iran is beginning to reshape global oil…
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