This shift is largely thanks to absolute primogeniture -- a system of hereditary succession where the firstborn child inherits the throne, regardless of their gender.
Narendra Modi Israel Visit LIVE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is travelling to Israel on a two-day high-profile visit on Wednesday, marking his second trip to Tel Aviv after the historic 2017 visit.
Indian businessman Prateek Gupta was refused permission by London's High Court on Thursday to appeal against a ruling that he defrauded commodities trader Trafigura over fake nickel cargoes.
Months after an Indian-origin doctor was charged with killing her four-year-old daughter by drowning her in a pool at a short-term rental home in Florida, US authorities have released her eerie 911 call reporting the incident in June 2025.
Israel's Ambassador to India, Reuven Azar, said that the first round of the negotiations on the free trade agreement with India was concluded two days ago and that the deal could be wrapped by 2026.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu, addressed a joint press conference on Thursday during the second day of PM Modi's state visit.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he owes India "a great personal debt" because he met his wife Sara in an Indian restaurant in Israel's Tel Aviv. He said the "food was unbelievable".
People in Japan are seeking refuge inside coffins, not for funerals but as a form of meditation. It began as a simple, unusual idea by a funeral home in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, and has now turned into a popular wellness trend.
India and Israel agree there is 'no place for terrorism in the world', Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Thursday in a strong joint statement with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The CEO of the World Economic Forum, Borge Brende, said on Thursday that he was stepping down after an investigation was launched into his relationship with late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
A 26-year-old man from Andhra Pradesh lost his life after a tragic house fire in the United Kingdom.
A 22-metre robot arm will help remove a third sample of radioactive debris from inside Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant, its operator said, as it unveiled the snake-like device.
Sex-slave manuals, computers, video tapes and photographs of naked women were among the contents of a secret storage locker rented by disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
During Trump's State of the Union address, Ilhan Omar, a Somali American, slammed him as he touted his administration's hard-line immigration crackdown.
Mexican drug cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, better known as 'El Mencho', spent his final days at a two-story villa in the exclusive, gated Tapalpa Country Club with one of his lovers.
The latest photo, captured by the James Webb Space Telescope, shows a vast cloud of gas and dust.
Relatives of Russian soldiers say they have started using publicly available satellite imagery to search areas where soldiers were last deployed.
Two bikini-clad women were seen on either side of late physicist Stephen Hawking in photographs from the Jeffrey Epstein files.
Zohran Mamdani has said that city-owned grocery stores would not pay property taxes or rent, a strategy he argues would help keep prices low for consumers.
Shafiqur Rahman, leader of Bangladesh's radical Jamaat-e-Islami party, has launched a scathing attack on the country's President, days after Mohammed Shahabuddin talked about the mistreatment he received under the previous regime.
Scandal individualises corruption, creating a spectacle that redirects anger away from structural power.
A mother from Gaza says she recognised her missing son listed as ‘for sale’ in a post shared by Israeli soldiers.
Recent US and Israeli comments on 'Greater Israel' trigger regional concerns over sovereignty and territorial expansion.
Kim Jong Un oversaw a massive military parade in Pyongyang to wrap up the once every-five-years Workers' Party congress.
The World Economic Forum boss, a former Norwegian foreign minister, had dinners and exchanged messages with Epstein.
A Supreme Court setback on tariffs challenges Trump's protectionist trade strategy.
Rights group slams international failure to deter Israel’s escalating annexation, apartheid policies in the West Bank.
Not even all Hindus and Jews find safety in the countries supposedly built to protect them.
During his Knesset speech in Jerusalem, Modi mentioned multilateral projects on which India and Israel collaborate.
From restoring speech to deepfakes, Mati Staniszewski talks about where voice AI crosses the line.
Echoes of 2003: How Trump is using conflicting intel and homeland threats to justify a new escalation with Iran.
The campaign aims to pressure local authorities to divest from Israeli weapons manufacturers.
Cartels, Chaos & the 2026 World Cup
A new report found that Israeli soldiers fired over 900 bullets at Palestinian aid workers in March 2025, killing 15.
Announcement comes as Frederiksen aims to build on rising support for her stance against US efforts to seize Greenland.
Ahmed Abu Naji is one of millions of Palestinians in Gaza who are clinging onto the traditions of Ramadan.
Almeria, relegated from La Liga in 2023-24, had been under the control of Saudi owners for more than six years.
Health workers and their patients are still reeling from the impact from last year.
Two Greeks and two Israelis found guilty of 'breaching the confidentiality of telephone communications'.
Emails reveal how Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's royal home was site of financial meetings on which Epstein advised.
Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton are to testify over Epstein.
Arrest in Ethiopian border town follows Kenyan intelligence report of more than 1,000 citizens trafficked for war.
Negotiators from Iran and the United States are holding a third round of indirect nuclear talks in Geneva, Switzerland.
Game already overshadowed by alleged racial abuse aimed at Vinicius Jr by Benfica's Gianluca Prestianni in first leg.
As hatred is increasingly normalised and assaults rise, ethnic minorities are becoming hypervigilant.