ISTANBUL (Reuters): Russia and Ukraine said they had agreed at peace talks on Monday to exchange more prisoners of war and return the bodies of 12,000 dead soldiers. The warring sides met for barely an hour in the Turkish city of Istanbul, for only the second such round of negotiations since March 2022. Turkish President
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MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): India’s Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Anil Chauhan, has caused an uproar after openly admitting that Pakistani forces destroyed several Indian jets and people making resignation demands, including advanced Rafale aircraft, during clashes in May 2025. His comments, made during interviews with Bloomberg and Reuters in Singapore, at the Shangri-La Dialogue,
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MUZAFFARABAD (Kashmir English): The World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday urged governments around the world to ban all flavours in tobacco and nicotine products to help protect young people from addiction and health risks. The appeal came on the occasion of World No Tobacco Day. WHO, a United Nations agency based in Geneva, said that
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DHAKA (Kashmir English): Bangladesh has effectively removed the image of the country’s founding father and former president, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, from new banknotes. The move marks the first time in decades that the Bangladeshi notes no longer include portrait of any human figure. The country released a new series of banknotes on Sunday that
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SINGAPORE: An Indian Army General on Saturday confirmed that they lost an unspecified number of fighter jets in clashes with Pakistan last month. In an interview with Bloomberg TV at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Chief of Defense Staff of the Indian Armed Forces, Anil Chauhan, said, “What is important is that, not the jet being down,
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LONDON (Kashmir English): Half the global population faced an extra month of extreme heat over the past year because of man-induced climate change, a new study released on Friday found. The study highlights how the continued burning of fossil fuels is harming health and well-being on every continent, the authors said. “With every barrel
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NEW DELHI (Kashmir English): Senior BJP leader Subramanian Swamy has admitted that Chinese fighter jets outperformed the French-made aircraft used by New Delhi during the recent military escalation between India and Pakistan. In a rare admission, he said Pakistan shot down five Indian Air Force (IAF) jets, including Rafales, during the recent military escalation
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WASHINGTON (Kashmir English): Harvard University has won an initial legal battle against the Trump administration’s decision to block foreign students from attending the university. According to international media reports, a US federal judge has stopped the Trump administration from enforcing its move to ban foreign students at Harvard. The judge said that the temporary restraining
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PARIS (Kashmir English): French military has said that the details of the Rafale jet downing in Pakistan-India conflict remain uncertain and that several aspects still require verification. A spokesperson for the military was responding to reports of a Rafale fighter jet being shot down by the Pakistan Air Force during the recent conflict between
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ISLAMABAD (Kashmir English): The poor performance of the Indian-owned Rafales against Pakistani Air Force (PAF) has led to an altercation between the Pakistan’s arch rival and the French government with both shifting the blame of dismal performance on each other, The National Interest has reported. “India and France Are At Each Other’s Throats Over
