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US President Donald Trump recently said that the United States and Ukraine had agreed to a draft critical minerals deal that, according to the president, could be worth about $1 trillion. The proposed deal is seen by many analysts as an attempt by Kyiv to win the support of the new US administration...

The US Defense Department, also known as the Pentagon, said Friday that it will slash its civilian waorkforce by at least 5% beginning next week, Deutsche Welle (DW) reported.

At least 15 people were killed and more than 10 others injured in a stampede at a railway station in India's capital, New Delhi, late Saturday as crowds rushed to catch trains to the world's largest religious congregation, the Maha Kumbh Mela, Deutsche Welle reported.

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann has strongly opposed the Centre’s decision to land another flight carrying deported Indians at Amritsar airport, calling it a conspiracy to malign Punjab and Punjabis.

United States Vice President JD Vance has taken aim at European countries during his first international trip, accusing leaders of rollbacks on free speech, lax migration policies, and delinquency in their defence commitments, Al Jazeera reported.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Friday announced a whopping $2.24 million grand prize for the winning team of the Champions Trophy scheduled to begin next week.

Egypt said it would host an emergency Arab summit on February 27 after US President Donald Trump suggested that Washington could take over the Gaza Strip, Deutsche Welle reported.

US President Donald Trump has said he expects his ally Elon Musk to find billions of dollars of fraud and abuse at the Pentagon after he was tasked with leading an audit to slash the size of the US federal workforce, Qatar-based media Al Jazeera reported.

Sri Lanka police said Saturday that they have opened an investigation into the deaths of two female tourists, German media Deutsche Welle reported.

AAP chief and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was defeated in his New Delhi bastion by BJP's Parvesh Verma, the son of another former Chief Minister, by 3,182 votes in a stunning fall for the IAS-turned-politician who rose to prominence with the anti-corruption movement led by Anna Hazar...