International

21-07-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: What if launching a satellite was as easy as calling a cab? That’s the vision behind an Indian private rocket company that achieved its first orbital launch on Saturday. Skyroot Aerospace, which recently became India’s first space tech unicorn after reaching $1.1bn valuation, launched Vikram-1 …

21-07-2026 WASHINGTON: The White House has defended the Argentinian football team’s right to free speech after they controversially waved a banner in support of their country’s territorial claim to the Falkland Islands while celebrating their World Cup win against England. Argentina face potential disciplinary action from FIFA over the incident …

21-07-2026 KYIV: “My operation is scheduled for tomorrow,” says the disfigured soldier, still recovering from his terrible injuries. “I hope when I wake up after the anaesthetic, Fedorov will be back at the Ministry of Defence,” the unnamed soldier says in a video posted on Telegram. “Otherwise, everything I was …

21-07-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Police have forcibly removed a prominent activist from a protest site in New Delhi and taken him to hospital, saying his health was deteriorating from a hunger strike over alleged corruption in India’s exam system. Sonam Wangchuk, 59, was removed on Saturday from the protest …

21-07-2026 TEHRAN: Iran’s Health Ministry says US attacks on the country since July 6 have killed at least 50 people and wounded more than 500. Iran’s national water company says some 10,000 people across 20 villages are without water after overnight US attacks. Iran’s army says it has hit US …

21-07-2026 MOSCOW: Eight people have been killed and 62 injured after Ukrainian drones struck two warehouses belonging to Russia’s biggest online retailer, Wildberries, according to Russian officials. Seven deaths and 25 injuries occurred at a warehouse in the city of Tambov, roughly 295 miles (475km) south-east of Moscow. One death …

20-07-2026 NEW YORK: Spain are celebrating their second World Cup victory after defeating and dethroning Argentina 1-0 at New York New Jersey Stadium to cap off a brilliant run in international football. La Roja finally broke the deadlock after dominating Argentina for most of the match in front of 80,000 …

20-07-2026 TEHRAN: Iran has accused the US of hitting civilian infrastructure in the latest wave of air strikes since peace talks collapsed. State media and provincial authorities said bridges, a train station and an airport were hit. BBC Verify has confirmed an attack on one bridge in Hormozgan province. US …

20-07-2026 NAYPYIDAW: Two boats carrying an estimated 530 Rohingya asylum seekers left Myanmar’s Rakhine state on 29 June, and have not been heard from since. The equivalent of a jumbo jet full of people has vanished. It is very likely that they both capsized. The monsoon has started, the seas …

20-07-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI: India’s Shapoorji Pallonji (SP) Group has completed its planned fundraising after accepting bids worth 215 billion rupees ($2.25 billion) for a three-year rupee bond issue, three sources said on Friday. The long-delayed fundraising, ‌aimed at refinancing existing debt, was completed through an investment by …