WASHINGTON, DC (Kashmir English): In a stark warning, Trump said any country trafficking drugs into the United States could be attacked; this is a signal that the United States is prepared to use force against countries complicit in the trade. He repeated that any country trafficking drugs into the US could be attacked, giving an […]
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NEW DELHI (Kashmir English): In a sweeping new measure aimed at tightening digital surveillance, the Indian government has ordered major messaging platforms to block access for all users who do not have an active SIM card linked to their device. According to Kashmir Media Service, the directive has been issued to for WhatsApp, Telegram,
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NEW DELHI (Kashmir English): India’s telecoms ministry has privately directed smartphone makers in the country to preload all new devices with a state-owned cyber security app that cannot be deleted. According to a government order. The move is likely to cause Apple and privacy advocates annoyed. Under the new directions, Apple, Samsung, Vivo, Oppo
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PALEMBAYAN (Reuters): Rescue teams in western Indonesia were battling on Monday to clear roads cut off by cyclone-induced landslides and floods, as improved weather revealed more of the scale of a disaster that has killed close to 700 people in Southeast Asia. Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand have seen large-scale devastation after a rare tropical storm
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LONDON: Oxford University Press has named “rage bait’’ as its word of the year, capturing the internet zeitgeist of 2025. The phrase refers to online content that is “deliberately designed to elicit anger or outrage by being frustrating, provocative or offensive,” to drive traffic to a particular social media account, Oxford said in a statement.
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LONDON (Kashmir English): Pakistani students secured a resounding victory at the prestigious Oxford Union, decisively defeating an Indian panel on India’s Pakistan policy with a two-thirds majority vote. The debate focused on the resolution that India’s policy toward Pakistan inflames public sentiment under the guise of security. Despite being numerically outnumbered, the Pakistani delegation
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WASHINGTON, DC (Kashmir English): The Trump administration has halted all asylum decisions following the shooting of two National Guard soldiers in Washington, DC, the head of the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has said. Joseph Edlow, director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, said in a statement that his agency had “halted all asylum
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MOSCOW (Kashmir English): Russia has said it was considering banning popular messaging app, WhatsApp, accusing it of failing to prevent and suppress crime. The move comes amid government’s efforts to make Russians switch to state-backed digital services. The authorities in Russia had prevented users from making calls on the WhatsApp in August as part
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AUSTIN, USA (Kashmir English): The Texas Department of Public Safety and the FBI arrested Mohammad Dawood Alokozai, another Afghan national, on terrorism charges, American media reported on Saturday. The arrested Afghan citizen claimed in a video message that he was making bombs to target the Fort Worth area of Texas. American media said Mohammad
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WASHINGTON, DC (Kashmir English): The United States on Friday announced the halt of issuing visas and asylum decisions to people traveling on Afghan passports, days after one of the US National Guard soldiers died and another was wounded in a shooting near the White House. One victim, 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, died on Thursday; 24-year-old Andrew
