President Droupadi Murmu was conferred the Grand-Collar of the Order of Timor-Leste, the country's highest civilian award, from President Jose Ramos-Horta on Saturday, in recognition of her achievements in public service and dedication to education, social welfare and empowerment of women. ....

Israel intelligence is gathering maximum information from its network in Gaza on Yahya Sinwar, the newly anointed political head of the militant group, Hamas. ....

Amid the ongoing unrest in Bangladesh, the bodies of 29 people, including 20 Awami League leaders, were found across the country, local media reported on Wednesday. ....

A Russian Pacific Fleet submarine destroyed a simulated enemy vessel during exercises in the Sea of Japan, Pacific Fleet Command was quoted by Russia's RIA Novosti news agency as saying on Tuesday. ....

President Droupadi Murmu addressed the Fijian Parliament on Tuesday, emphasising the "close ties" and "shared values" between India and Fiji. ....

The UK government called for a United Nations-led probe into the unrest that led to the resignation of former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. ....

Union Minister of External Affairs S. Jaishankar addressed the Quad Foreign Ministers' meeting in Tokyo as he opened it in the presence of his counterparts and dignitaries from Australia, Japan and the US on Monday. ....

About 200 people have found themselves in a flood zone near Karabash in Russia's west-central region of Chelyabinsk following a dam burst at the Kialimskoye Reservoir, local authorities said. ....

US President Joe Biden intends to present a significant proposal aimed at reforming the Supreme Court on Monday, the media reported. ....

About 236,000 lives every year, which can be 350 per day or 26 every hour, are lost due to drowning worldwide, said Saima Wazed, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Director for South East Asia on Thursday. ....