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US revokes visa of several foreigners for abusing Charlie Kirk and celebrating his assassination on social media

OpIndia Staff - 15 October, 2025

In a stark escalation of immigration enforcement tied to online rhetoric, the U.S. State Department announced on Tuesday the revocation of visas for six...

Crime

US and UK bust massive investment scam run by a big corporation using “phone farms” in Cambodia, record $15 billion in bitcoin seized

OpIndia Staff - 15 October, 2025

The scammers used "phone farms" with 1,250 mobile phones that controlled more than 76,000 fake social media accounts to attract victims.

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Russia and China sign Northern Sea Route deal: Millions of tons of Chinese cargo to be carried across the Arctic Ocean with nuclear ice-breakers....

Rukma Rathore - 15 October, 2025

Russia also seeks a greater geopolitical presence from India in the Northern Sea Route and the plan is in motion.

OpIndia Explains

Who is Ashley Tellis, US State Department adviser accused of removing classified US govt documents and meeting with Chinese officials. Read the charges against...

Shraddha Pandey - 15 October, 2025

On 14th October, the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia informed that Ashley Tellis has been arrested on charge of “unlawfully retaining classified national defence information”. Tellis was arrested on 11th October after the US authorities searched his residence in Vienna, Virginia.

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Pakistan names Baloch rebel groups and TTP as ‘Indian proxies’ to shift blame and fool its citizens, after decades of funding anti-India terror groups...

Rukma Rathore - 14 October, 2025

After nurturing terror outfits in the name of Islam, Pakistan is blaming India for the consequences of its actions.

Crime

Cough syrup deaths in India: WHO raises alarm over three syrups, including Coldrif, seeks info from CDSCO

OpIndia Staff - 14 October, 2025

Coldrif was produced by Tamil Nadu-based Sresan Pharmaceuticals, whose license was recently revoked by the state government.

Body of Nepali student Bipin Joshi, who was abducted by Hamas in 2023, handed over to Israel, transported to forensic facility

OpIndia Staff - 14 October, 2025

Bodies of Bipin Joshi, Guy Ilouz, Yoshi Sharabi and Daniel Perez were sent to Israel through the Red Cross.

Opinions

Regimes are temporary, geography is permanent: Why India needs to play the Great Game, and engage with Taliban, or whoever holds power in Afghanistan

Sanghamitra - 13 October, 2025

By maintaining a pragmatic relationship with Kabul, India preserves a foothold in a region whose geography, not its government, will determine its long-term strategic value. In essence, India’s Afghanistan policy must be rooted not in who sits in the offices of Kabul today, but in the immutable fact of where that land sits on the map of the world.

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