Ukraine targets Russian oil refinery (X) Ukrainian drone strikes sparked a major fire at one of southern Russia’s largest oil refineries overnight, as Kyiv continued its campaign targeting Russia’s energy infrastructure.According to Krasnodar region governor Veniamin Kondratyev, debris from downed Ukrainian drones ignited a blaze at the refinery in Slavyansk-na-Kubani, east of Russian-occupied Crimea.The attack…

Congess leader Rahul Gandhi NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi on Friday led the opposition charge and uproar over the tabling of the Women’s Reservation Bill. During his speech in the lower house, he repeatedly referred to the “number 16” in a cryptic manner, without clearly explaining its meaning.Amid frequent interruptions from…

The Lahore high court on Wednesday upheld the death sentences of two men convicted of raping a French woman at gunpoint in front of her children on the Lahore-Sialkot Motorway in Pakistan’s Punjab province in 2020, rejecting their appeals against the trial court’s verdict.The case had triggered outrage across Pakistan after the woman was assaulted…

A United Airlines flight bound for Spain was forced to make a mid-air U-turn over the weekend after the discovery of a suspiciously named Bluetooth device sparked a major security scare. Flight tracking data reveals that the plane, which departed from Newark, New Jersey, for a scheduled eight-hour journey to Palma de Mallorca, instead returned…

United States Vice President JD Vance on Saturday said that President Donald Trump called “a dozen times” as he and his team were engaged in peace talks with Iran in Pakistan’s Islamabad.While speaking to reporters, Vance said, “We were talking to the President consistently. I don’t know how many times we talked to him —…

JD Vance defends US strikes on Iran after cargo ship attack, says ‘violence will be met with violence’ (AP image) US Vice President JD Vance has defended American strikes on Iranian military targets, warning that “violence will be met with violence” after Washington launched retaliatory attacks in response to an Iranian drone strike on a…