Former US President Donald Trump is now selling Bibles as he runs to return to the White House. In a video released on his Truth Social platform, Trump, who is the presumptive Republican nominee, has released a video urging supporters to buy what he called “God Bless the USA Bible,” which is inspired by country […]Read More
HEBBARIYE, LEBANON: An Israeli airstrike on a paramedics centre linked to a Lebanese Sunni Muslim group in south Lebanon killed seven of its members on Wednesday and triggered a rocket attack from Lebanon that killed one person in northern Israel, officials said. The strike on the village of Hebbariye came after a day of airstrikes […]Read More
BALTIMORE: It was the middle of the night when a dispatcher’s warning crackled over the radio: A massive cargo ship had lost its steering capabilities and was heading toward the Francis Scott Key Bridge. Within about 90 seconds, police officers responded that they had managed to stop vehicle traffic over the Baltimore bridge in both […]Read More
NEW ORLEANS: A Texas migrant law that allows the state to arrest and deport migrants suspected of illegally entering the US will remain on hold for now, a federal appeals court has ruled. The order from the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals followed a March 20 hearing by a three-judge panel of the court. […]Read More
Japan has green-lighted a plan to sell future next-generation fighter jets to other countries, its latest move from the pacifist principles the country adopted at the end of the Second World War. The decision to allow international arms sales is expected to help secure Japan’s role in a year-old project to develop a new fighter […]Read More
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar stated that India “firmly supported” the Philippines in upholding its national sovereignty. The remarks by the minister came in response to a question during a joint press conference with his Filipino counterpart Secretary for Foreign Affairs of the Philippines Enrique Manalo.Read More
BEIJING: China has filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) against the US over what it says are discriminatory requirements for electric vehicle subsidies. In a statement posted online, the Chinese commerce ministry said that the US formulated discriminatory subsidy policies for new energy vehicles in the name of responding to climate change. […]Read More
MOSCOW: A senior Turkish security official confirmed on Tuesday that two of the assailants involved in the Moscow attack had spent a “short amount of time” in Turkey before travelling together to Russia on March 2. One of the attackers entered Turkey on February 20, checked into a hotel in Istanbul’s Fatih district the next […]Read More
A container ship struck the Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore on Tuesday, causing it to break and plunge into the river below. From 1960 to 2015, there have been 35 major bridge collapses worldwide due to ship or barge collision, with a total of 342 people killed, according to a 2018 report from the […]Read More
Turkish voters will head to polling booths on Sunday to elect representatives to local bodies, which will gauge the popularity of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as his ruling party tries to win back key cities it lost five years agoRead More
All the four perpetrators who were directly involved in the Moscow concert hall attack have been found and apprehended, Russian President Vladimir Putin told the nation in a televised speech on Saturday. “They tried to escape, they were trying to escape towards the border with Ukraine and we have data to suggest that they were […]Read More
On the last leg of his sixth visit to West Asia since the Israel-Hamas war began, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli War Cabinet in Tel Aviv on Friday. Blinken reaffirmed US commitment to Israel’s security and the defeat of Hamas, including in Rafah. He discussed efforts to […]Read More
It is US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s sixth visit to West Asia in less than six months, since the Israel-Hamas war began. A trip to Riyadh, a meeting with Arab foreign ministers, Palestinian officials and of course destination Tel Aviv. The immediate priority is to bring about a ceasefire and release of hostages held […]Read More
On Friday, Narendra Modi became the first Indian prime minister to visit a foreign country in 15 years, after the dates for general elections were announced. On his third trip to Bhutan since he took charge nearly a decade ago, Modi was received by his Bhutanese counterpart Tshering Tobgay at Paro and accorded a ceremonial […]Read More
Not many had expected this announcement from Irish prime minister Leo Varadkar. My reasons for resigning are both personal and political, he said without any further clarification. It comes less than a week after he met President Joe Biden and spoke on the immediate need for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages […]Read More
As the election race hots up in the United States, the issue of illegal immigration is getting even hotter. Over half of Americans aren’t too happy with the Biden administration’s handling of the border issue. Biden is advocating a humane approach compared to the strict norms that were put in place by his predecessor, which […]Read More
For the first time in 15 years, in the middle of an election campaign, an Indian prime minister will embark on a foreign trip. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is off to Bhutan even though his Bhutanese counterpart Dasho Tshering Tobgay has just wound up a five-day India visit. The story is Tshering extended an invitation […]Read More
As voting opened in the Russian presidential election, few had doubts about the outcome. Vladimir Putin, the man who has been in power for over two decades, is set to get another six years, his fifth term. The pitch for the so-called race has been watered well. There has been a heavy crackdown on dissidents, […]Read More
As North Korea unveiled its new battle tank, Kim Jong Un was literally on top. The occasion was a training match involving the tank units of the Korean People’s Army. The match was aimed at strictly inspecting tankmen’s actual combat capabilities and making them familiar with combat methods on different tactical missions, state agency KCNA […]Read More
Ramzan has begun but the much touted ceasefire in Gaza is nowhere in sight. Joe Biden wants it, his top diplomat Antony Blinken has made too many visits to West Asia, speaking to various stakeholders, including the Saudis, the Qataris, the Palestinians and the Egyptians. But Benjamin Netanyahu is holding firm, insisting and explaining that […]Read More