German federal police will soon be allowed to shoot down unmanned aerial vehicles, Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said Wednesday, after a spate of drone sightings believed to be Russian efforts to spy and intimidate.

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday called for jailing Chicago’s mayor and the governor of Illinois, both Democrats, as his administration prepared to deploy military troops to the streets of the third-largest US city.

The global economy is doing better than expected, even as it faces prolonged uncertainty and underwhelming medium-term growth prospects, the head of the IMF said yesterday.

Talks to end the war in Gaza were taken up a notch yesterday with the arrival of senior figures from Israel, the US and regional counties, after Hamas handed over its lists of hostages and Palestinian prisoners to be freed in a swap.

Three scientists won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry yesterday for their work developing metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), whose multiple uses include capturing carbon dioxide and harvesting water from desert air.

Another Gaza-bound aid flotilla, this one carrying Bangladeshi photographer and writer Shahidul Alam and over 140 journalists, doctors and activists from all over the world, was intercepted by Israeli forces in international waters yesterday.

Former FBI director James Comey pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to felony charges in a case widely seen as an escalation of President Donald Trump’s campaign of retribution against political opponents.

Russia yesterday said that momentum towards reaching a peace deal in Ukraine had largely vanished following Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump’s summit in Alaska, dimming hopes for a quick end to the three-and-a-half year war.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer touted “unparalleled” opportunities opening up in India as he made his inaugural visit to the country yesterday, seeking to promote a trade deal signed this summer.

France’s far-right leader Marine Le Pen yesterday said she would thwart all action by any new government, throwing into doubt Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu’s ability to solve the country’s deepening political crisis with a coalition cabinet.

Govt did not disclose which country they reached out to

Will hold talks with Indian FM Jaishankar and other officials

Says, global growth to slow "only slightly this year and next"

BNS Abu Ubaidah welcomes USS Fitzgerald

Nestle did not say why it was pulling out of the alliance

Here are some of the most prominent Palestinian prisoners held by Israel. It is not yet clear if any of them will be released.

2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi

Starmer begins a two-day trip to India on Wednesday

He urged his 'comrades' to carry on struggle for Palestine’s freedom, while Israeli foreign ministry confirmed intercepting Gaza-bound boats

The Israeli military was jamming signals with at least two boats being boarded, the flotilla said on Instagram