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Tanker With 17 Indian Crew Hit Near Strait of Hormuz, 11 Indians Injured; Houthi Missiles Land Near Aden Airport Runway
A projectile set the Panama-flagged tanker On Peace on fire off Oman’s Musandam coast, injuring 12 of its 19 crew, 11 of them Indian. India condemned the attack. A day later, Houthi missiles struck near the runway at Aden airport minutes before a flight was due to land.
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Myanmar’s Min Aung Hlaing Arrives in Malaysia for Talks With Anwar as Repatriation of Myanmar Nationals Draws UN Objections
Myanmar’s President Min Aung Hlaing landed in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday for a two-day visit. He meets Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Thursday. Malaysia says the return of Myanmar nationals will lead the agenda; the UN refugee agency and rights groups oppose the returns.
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Tanker With 17 Indian Crew Hit Near Strait of Hormuz, 11 Indians Injured; Houthi Missiles Land Near Aden Airport Runway
A projectile set the Panama-flagged tanker On Peace on fire off Oman’s Musandam coast, injuring 12 of its 19 crew, 11 of them Indian. India condemned the attack. A day later, Houthi missiles struck near the runway at Aden airport minutes before a flight was due to land.
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Myanmar’s Min Aung Hlaing Arrives in Malaysia for Talks With Anwar as Repatriation of Myanmar Nationals Draws UN Objections
Myanmar’s President Min Aung Hlaing landed in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday for a two-day visit. He meets Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Thursday. Malaysia says the return of Myanmar nationals will lead the agenda; the UN refugee agency and rights groups oppose the returns.
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PTI Long March, Day 4: Convoy Turns to Khyber as Containers Block the Bridge Into Punjab and Islamabad Rejects Demands ‘Through Pressure’
The march led by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi left Mattani for Khyber on its fourth day. Sand-filled containers block the Khairabad bridge into Punjab, Dawn reported, and the government says it will not accept demands made under pressure.
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2026 Goes to Henri Kagan and Japan’s Kenso Soai for Showing How Molecules Become One-Handed
France’s Henri Kagan and Japan’s Kenso Soai share the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for reactions that amplify one mirror-image form of a molecule over the other. The work bears on how medicines are made and on why life uses molecules of a single handedness.