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Taking to socila media platform X, Sherman wrote,“I urged the Pakistani delegation to relay to their government the need to free Dr. Shakil Afridi, who continues to languish in prison for helping the United States kill Osama Bin Laden. Freeing Dr Afridi represents an important step in bringing closure for victims of 9/11.”

At the invitation of Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, and Jens-Frederik Nielsen, prime minister of Greenland's self-government, French President Macron will be the first foreign head of state to visit Greenland since US President Donald Trump's threats of annexation, Xinhua news agency reported quoting Le Monde.

Pooja and Jyothi Yarraji headlined India’s impressive performance, winning six gold medals on the opening day of the Taiwan Open athletics meet

The dramatic rupture between the president and the world's richest man began this week with Musk's public criticism of Trump's “big beautiful bill” pending on Capitol Hill

The Indian men's hockey team squandered a one-goal lead to lose 1-2 to Olympic champions Netherlands in the first match of the European leg of FIH Pro League

The two-day urban fair features sheep-shearing, livestock competitions, food, music and a vegetable sculpture contest that has attracted national renowned for its creativity.

Serving as the mission pilot of the Axiom-4 commercial mission to ISS, he will be joined by mission commander Peggy Whitson and mission specialists Tibor Kapu from Hungary and Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski from Poland. The mission marks India's return to space after 41 years since Rakesh Sharma's historic spaceflight onboard Russia's Soyuz mission in 1984

The United Arab Emirates batter Muhammad Waseem and South African all-rounder Chloe Tryon have been named as the ICC Men’s and Women’s 'Players of the Month' for May 2025

Nattapong Pinta was abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz and was killed in captivity early in the war according to the government.The body of Thai citizen was returned to Israel in a special military operation

The intensity of the Russian attacks on Ukraine over the past weeks has further dampened hopes that the warring sides could reach a peace deal anytime soon — especially after Kyiv recently embarrassed the Kremlin with a surprising drone attack on military airfields deep inside Russia

As tensions between the US and Venezuela grow, 192 deported Venezuelans arrived in Caracas, leading to a strong government response and a travel warning

"We practice a policy of zero tolerance against terrorism and expect our partners to understand it, and we will never countenance perpetrators of evil being put at par with its victims," Jaishankar said to David Lammy, Foreign Secretary of the UK

In one of his posts, Musk floated a poll asking whether a new political party was needed in the United States. He claimed that 80 per cent of respondents supported the idea

About 75.24 million people were living in extreme poverty in India during 2022–23, a massive drop from 344.47 million in 2011–12

President Trump plans to sell his Tesla amid an escalating feud with Elon Musk. The rift risks federal contracts worth billions and space missions reliant on SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft. Musk recently walked back a threat to decommission Dragon amid growing political tensions

Mexico had stepped up efforts to control the spread of the pest last month under pressure from the United States government, which suspended cattle imports from Mexico because of fear of the screwworm

Alcaraz was leading 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-0, 2-0 when the eighth-seeded Italian had to stop playing on Court Philippe-Chatrier

Elon Musk has warned that Donald Trump’s new trade tariffs could trigger a US recession in the second half of the year. The fallout between the two escalated after Musk announced decommissioning SpaceX's Dragon and Tesla stock plummeted 14%.

Elon Musk accused Donald Trump of being named in the Epstein files and called for his impeachment. In retaliation to the threat of cancelled government contracts, Musk announced the decommissioning of SpaceX’s Dragon programme, crucial for NASA missions and cargo return.

This leaves US space agency to use Russia's Soyuz capsules to take crews to the space station

Hollywood icon Tom Cruise has earned a Guinness World Record for performing 16 burning parachute jumps during the filming of Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

Shares of Elon Musk's electric vehicle maker plunged more than 14% in a stunning wipe-out as investors dumped holdings amid a bitter war of words between the President and the world's richest man

Earlier, Harvard had filed a legal challenge asking for the federal judge to block Trump's order, calling it illegal retaliation for Harvard's rejection of White House demands

The Indian delegation led by Tharoor interacted with members of various think-tanks at the US Embassy on Thursday, which emphasised upon India's fight against terrorism and the multi-faceted India-US partnership, the Indian Embassy at the US posted on social media platform X.