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New York: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov backed India's bid for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council during his address to the United Nations General Assembly, while strongly opposing any expansion of permanent membership for Western countries. Addressing world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Saturday (local time), Lavrov said reforms to the UN Security Council should not dilute the prerogatives of the Council or its existing permanent members. He also said the reforms should not include additional permanent seats for Western nations, particularly Germany and Japan, while advocating greater representation for the Global South.…

Washington: US President Donald Trump claimed Iran was seeking the 'immediate reopening' of the Strait of Hormuz because it is facing financial pressure after the waterway was closed. Trump claimed that Iran had 'outsmarted themselves' by closing the strategic strait in an attempt to create problems for the world. It is pertinent to mention that Iran effectively closed the strait after the US and Israel attacked the Islamic Republic in late February, and the number of ships passing through has dropped significantly because of Iranian threats and attacks on vessels in the waterway.   'They are dying': Trump  "And what they…

Tehran: After US President Donald Trump rejected Tehran's proposal for a seven-day ceasefire aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz, Iran on Sunday (September 27) reiterated that diplomacy is the only way to resolve its conflict with the United States and Israel. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran had taken note of Trump's response to its seven-day roadmap aimed at reopening the strategic waterway and ending the war, but had yet to receive an official response through a mediator, Al Jazeera reported. The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump had rejected Iran's proposal for a seven-day ceasefire. 'Only a…

Kinshasa : At least 17 people, including two senior military officials, were killed after a Congolese army aircraft crashed in Kenge in Kwango province in the southwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to Al Jazeera. The aircraft was travelling from Kikwit to the capital Kinshasa on Friday when it developed a technical fault and attempted to land in Kenge. According to Kwango Deputy Governor Remy Saki Bokinda, the aircraft crashed into a residential area after there was no landing strip available. The plane caught fire after hitting the ground. Death toll rises to 17 The initial death toll…

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday launched a sharp attack on Pakistan at the UN General Assembly, accusing the nation of misrepresenting facts and attempting to justify terrorism. Reaffirming India's right to defend itself against terrorism, Jaishankar said those responsible for terror must "mend its ways". Rebuking Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif's address on the same stage, Jaishankar called Islamabad a "serial practitioner of terrorism" which misrepresented facts before the UN and attempted to justify terrorism. "Yesterday, a serial practitioner of terrorism misrepresented facts before this assembly. Arguments were invoked to normalise terrorism and claim immunity from its consequences. That will not…

The body of a 50-year-old jewellery shop owner, who had been missing since September 20, was found stuffed inside a drum floating near a sluice gate in Bangladesh's Mymensingh, police said. The body was recovered on Wednesday after local residents spotted the drum floating in the water near the sluice gate in the Begunbari area. Police found the body of an unidentified man wrapped in cloth inside the drum, local media reported. How body was identified A token belonging to the Mymensingh Hindu Cooperative Credit Union Limited was found in the man's trouser pocket. Police contacted the organisation using the…