Farooq Abdullah urges India and Pakistan to pursue dialogue before tensions escalate further

Ambekar Meetei wins boxing gold at Dakar Youth Olympics, ending a 16-year drought

Lairenlakpam Ambekar Meetei won the men's 50kg boxing gold at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games. He beat Ireland's Kristian Jubani 3-2 in a closely contested final. Earlier in the tournament, he had defeated Colombia's Izzon Jeffrey Galea Arevalo 5-0. The result marks the first time in 16 years that an Indian boxer has reached a Youth Olympic final.

Singapore bars Alice Huang over alleged misleading statements in Megaspeed probe

Singapore authorities have barred Chinese entrepreneur Alice Huang from re-entering the country while an investigation continues. She is accused of giving deceptive information in connection with Megaspeed, a data center company. Officials have not yet presented evidence against her, and inquiries involving several other individuals are still ongoing. Her reported links to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang have drawn considerable public attention to the matter. The case has also raised concerns about her business dealings.

Texas appeals court upholds ending of biological mother's rights to foster-raised boy

A Texas appeals court has upheld a lower court's decision to terminate the biological mother's parental rights over a young boy. The child has lived only with his foster parents for more than four years, since being placed in state care as an infant. The Texas Fourteenth Court of Appeals affirmed that the foster parents may proceed with adopting him. The court also ruled that newly updated affidavit stipulations do not change the outcome in this case.

For a week, he changed cities. Then his phone gave the Odisha murder suspect away