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Diplomatic Solution To Israel-Hezbollah Conflict “Achievable”: Biden

US President Joe Biden believes there can still be a diplomatic resolution to escalating tensions between Israel and Hezbollah following a series of pager and walkie-talkie bombings, his spokeswoman said Thursday. “He believes it’s achievable,” Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told a briefing. “The president continues to believe that we have to be optimistic and a diplomatic resolution is the best way.”

Four Members Of Family Found Dead In Maharashtra: Cops

Four members of a family, including two children, were found dead in their house in the Pramod Nagar area of Dhule on Thursday, police said. The deceased were identified as agricultural fertilizer seller Praveen Mansingh Girase, his wife Geeta Praveen Girase, who worked as a teacher, and their two children, Mitesh Praveen Girase and Soham Praveen Girase. Their bodies were found in their house in the Pramod Nagar area of the Samarth Colony under the Deopur police station area in the Dhule district, police said. Police said that they must have died about three to four days ago, as a very foul smell was coming from the house. It is suspected that Praveen Girase died… Read More »Four Members Of Family Found Dead In Maharashtra: Cops

In Pics: Newlyweds Aditi Rao Hydari And Siddharth Pose Holding Hands At Airport

Newlyweds Aditi Rao Hydari and Siddharth made their first public appearance together after their hush-hush wedding earlier this week. The couple were pictured at the airport. Aditi wore a pink salwar suit while Siddharth was dressed in blue. The couple were pictured holding hands. They posed for the shutterbugs. The paparazzi congratulated them at the airport. A paparazzo can be heard saying, “Mithai nehi laye hamare liye (Haven’t you brought sweets for us)?” Aditi replies, “Kal (Tomorrow I will bring).” Take a look at the pictures here: The couple announced their wedding on Monday. Aditi and Siddharth kept their wedding outfits simple and elegant. Aditi wore a golden saree in a traditional South-Indian way. She… Read More »In Pics: Newlyweds Aditi Rao Hydari And Siddharth Pose Holding Hands At Airport

Sheikh Hasina’s Party’s Student Leader Beaten To Death On Campus

A Bangladeshi student leader was beaten to death at his university campus in an apparent reprisal for attacks on protesters during the uprising that ousted ex-premier Sheikh Hasina last month. Shamim Ahmed was enrolled at Jahangirnagar University in the capital Dhaka, and was a top member of the student wing of Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League party, police officer Abu Bakkar told AFP. Bakkar said Ahmed was beaten by unknown assailants on Wednesday night for leading an attack on student demonstrators at the campus in mid-July, when protests demanding Sheikh Hasina’s removal from office were gaining momentum. “We took him to the Gonoshasthaya Hospital, where he later died,” the officer added. Staff at the hospital confirmed… Read More »Sheikh Hasina’s Party’s Student Leader Beaten To Death On Campus

10-Year-Old Japanese Schoolboy Stabbed To Death In China

A child enrolled in a Japanese school in the Chinese city of Shenzhen has died after being stabbed on Wednesday, officials confirmed on Thursday, the second such attack near Japanese educational centres in China in recent months. Chinese authorities said the 10-year-old boy was a Japanese national born to a Japanese father and a Chinese mother, and he had been stabbed on his way to school at about 8 a.m. (0000 GMT) on Wednesday by a 44-year-old assailant surnamed Zhong. He died in the early hours of Thursday, Japanese foreign minister Yoko Kamikawa told reporters in Tokyo. “Medical experts made every effort to save his life, and the Chinese side will provide the necessary assistance… Read More »10-Year-Old Japanese Schoolboy Stabbed To Death In China