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Watch: ‘Open war’: Pakistan launches airstrikes on Kabul, Kandahar

Pakistan launched airstrikes on Kabul and Kandahar, sharply escalating tensions with Afghanistan’s Taliban government. The Taliban confirmed the strikes but denied casualties, even as border clashes intensified. Pakistan’s Defence Minister called it “open war”, drawing strong regional reactions from Iran and China. from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/JKODode

CEO of World Economic Forum Borge Brende quits after Epstein ties scrutinised

The co-chairs said the WEF’s Alois Zwinggi will serve as interim president and CEO, ‌and that the forum’s Board of Trustees will oversee the leadership transition, including a plan ​to drive a process to identify a permanent successor. from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/cSQCikN

EU seeks to cut Russia dependence; Hungary, Slovakia have other plans

Hungary and Slovakia remain heavily reliant on Russian oil, with reports arguing this dependence is a political choice rather than a necessity; as EU reduces Russian gas, oil imports, the stand-off shows the political and economic hurdles complicating the bloc’s roadmap to energy independence from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/XniNJe6

Watch: Mexico airport passengers recall chilling moments during cartel shooting

Tourists and residents described scenes of panic at airports and on the streets of western Mexico on Monday (February 23), after violence erupted across Jalisco state following the death of cartel leader Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera. from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/UWHvSxK

Hungary says it will block key E.U. loan to Ukraine until Russian oil shipments resume

Russian oil shipments to Hungary and Slovakia have been interrupted since January 27, after Ukrainian officials said a Russian drone attack damaged the Druzhba pipeline, which carries Russian crude across Ukrainian territory and into Central Europe from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/lrUI8iw

Five European nations pledge millions to produce low-cost air defence systems & drones using Ukrainian expertise

Friday's initiative of the E5 nations — France, Poland, Germany, the United Kingdom and Italy — comes as one of many European efforts to bolster defence along their borders, like a “drone wall” with Russia and Ukraine to better detect, track and intercept drones violating Europe's airspace from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/Xj3bCRI

Hasina’s presence in India will not be a ‘deterrent’ to broader India-Bangladesh relation: BNP’s Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir

Bangladesh under the interim government has repeatedly urged India to hand over Sheikh Hasina and some of the other senior members of the Awami League who fled after the 2024 uprising from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/6Ey5esX

Reza Pahlavi urges world to stand with people of Iran as more than 2.5 lakh people rally in Munich

“Change, change, regime change”, the huge crowd chanted, waving green-white-and-red flags with lion and sun emblems. Iran used that flag before its 1979 Islamic Revolution that toppled the Pahlavi dynasty from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/zNMobJC

With a second aircraft carrier deployment, Trump raises the stakes with Iran

The U.S. has already deployed USS Abraham Lincoln to the Arabian Sea, some 500 km off Iran’s Persian Gulf coast; on February 13, officials told U.S. media that the second carrier going to the region would be USS Gerald R. Ford, the world’s largest aircraft carrier from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/mYBoZ0v

Trump ends immigration crackdown in Minnesota

Campaigning against illegal immigration helped Mr. Trump get elected in 2024, but daily videos from Minnesota of violent masked agents and multiple reports of people being targeted on flimsy evidence helped send the president’s approval ratings plummeting from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/YephwJH

Ensuring energy security for 1.4 billion people India's top priority: MEA after U.S. claim on Russian oil purchase

"Diversifying our energy sourcing in keeping with objective market conditions and evolving international dynamics is at the core of our strategy to ensure this," External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said from World News Today: International News Headlines - The Hindu | The Hindu https://ift.tt/uiHKXoe