Villages marooned after deadly floods in India’s Punjab by AFP Staff Writers Amritsar, India (AFP) Sept 2, 2025 A thousand villages in India’s Punjab state are marooned by deadly floods, with thousands forced to seek shelter in relief camps, government authorities say. Flooding across the northwestern state killed at least 29 people and affected over
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Floods, landslides kill at least 11 in India’s Jammu region by AFP Staff Writers Srinagar, India (AFP) Aug 30, 2025 Floods and landslides triggered by record-breaking rain killed at least 11 people, including four children, in India’s Jammu and Kashmir, officials said Saturday. An intense monsoon rainstorm in the Indian-administered territory since Tuesday has caused
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Xi and Putin round on West at regional summit in China By Isabel KUA Tianjin, China (AFP) Sept 1, 2025 Presidents Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin took turns Monday to swipe at the West during a gathering of Eurasian leaders for a showpiece summit aimed at putting Beijing front and centre of regional relations. The
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Floods, landslides kill at least 30 in India’s Jammu region by AFP Staff Writers Srinagar, India (AFP) Aug 27, 2025 Floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains have killed at least 30 people in India’s Himalayan region of Jammu and Kashmir, officials and local media said Wednesday. An intense monsoon rainstorm in the Indian-administered territory
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Maldives revokes shark fishing ban after decades by AFP Staff Writers Male, Maldives (AFP) Aug 27, 2025 The Maldives, a luxury holiday destination and top diving spot in the Indian Ocean, will lift a decades-old ban on shark fishing, the president’s office said on Wednesday. Sharks were once the second most important catch for the
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Record-breaking rain fuels deadly floods in India’s Jammu region by AFP Staff Writers Srinagar, India (AFP) Aug 27, 2025 Floods and landslides triggered by record-breaking heavy rain have killed more than 30 people in India’s Himalayan region of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Wednesday. A landslide on the route to the famous Hindu shrine
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Pakistan blows up dam embankment as it braces for flood surge by AFP Staff Writers Narowal, Pakistan (AFP) Aug 27, 2025 Pakistan authorities blew up an embankment next to a monsoon-engorged dam on Wednesday as flooding submerged one of the world’s holiest Sikh sites. Three transboundary rivers in the east of the country have swollen
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China to bolster non-Western alliances at summit, parade By Isabel KUA Beijing (AFP) Aug 28, 2025 China’s President Xi Jinping will host world leaders including Russia’s Vladimir Putin and India’s Narendra Modi from Sunday for a summit before a huge military parade as he seeks to showcase a non-Western style of regional collaboration. The Shanghai
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Rain swamps India’s Jammu region with extensive floods by AFP Staff Writers New Delhi (AFP) Aug 26, 2025 Fierce floods swamped the Jammu area of Indian-administrated Kashmir on Tuesday as intense monsoon rainstorms in the Himalayan region caused widespread chaos, sweeping away bridges and swamping homes, Indian media reported. The Press Trust of India (PTI)
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India to develop fighter jet engines with French company by AFP Staff Writers New Delhi (AFP) Aug 23, 2025 India is working with a French company to develop and manufacture fighter jet engines in the country, New Delhi’s defence minister said. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in May approved the prototype of a 5th generation Advanced
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