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Iran summons Britain’s envoy over ‘anti-Tehran’ positions
Tehran: The Iranian Foreign Ministry summoned British Ambassador to Tehran Hugo Shorter over the anti-Iran positions recently adopted by his country’s senior officials. In a statement released on Friday, the ministry said…
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UN personnel, soldiers killed in evacuation mission in South Sudan
Juba: At least one United Nations (UN) personnel and several government soldiers were killed on Friday when a UN helicopter came under heavy gunfire in Nasir County, Upper Nile State, South Sudan,…
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Trump writes to Iran’s Khamenei inviting him to ‘negotiate a deal’
Washington: US President Donald Trump has said he wrote a letter to Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei inviting him to negotiate a deal. He did not divulge more. Trump divulged the communication…
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FS Misri holds talks with Russian counterpart in Moscow
New Delhi: Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on Friday held talks with his Russian counterpart Andrey Rudenko in Moscow, focusing on the entire gamut of bilateral ties and sharing perspectives on pressing regional…
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Maldives discussing with China installation of devices for research in Maldivian waters
Male: Discussions are underway between the Maldives and China to install devices on fish aggregating devices (FADs) placed in the ocean to collect chemical and physical information of the sea in addition…
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UAE dismisses Sudan’s claims of ‘complicity in genocide’ at ICJ
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has condemned the case brought against it by Sudan at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), dismissing it as “a cynical publicity stunt” and vowing to seek…
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US Supreme Court rejects Tahawwur Rana’s extradition stay request
New Delhi: The US Supreme Court has rejected a plea by 26/11 Mumbai terror attack accused Tahawwur Rana, seeking a stay on his extradition to India to face trial Rana, a Canadian…
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SpaceX loses contact with spacecraft during latest Starship mega rocket test flight
Texas: Nearly two months after an explosion sent flaming debris raining down on the Turks and Caicos, SpaceX launched another mammoth Starship rocket on Thursday, but lost contact minutes into the test…
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Canada to halt second wave of tariffs on US goods until April 2
Ottawa: Canadian Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc has said that Canada will halt the second wave of tariffs on US goods until April 2. “The United States has agreed to suspend tariffs on…
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Judge orders Trump admin to pay nearly $2 bn in USAID & State Dept
Washington: A federal judge on Thursday gave the Trump administration until Monday to pay nearly $2 billion owed to partners of the U.S. Agency for International Development and the State Department, thawing…
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Trump changes course and delays some tariffs on Mexico & Canada
Washington: President Donald Trump on Thursday postponed 25 per cent tariffs on many imports from Mexico and some imports from Canada for a month amid widespread fears of the economic fallout from…
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US, Ukraine to hold peace talks in Saudi Arabia next week, Zelensky says
Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that he would travel to Saudi Arabia on Monday for a meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman ahead of diplomatic-level talks later in the…
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Sudan files genocide case against UAE at ICJ
The Hague: Sudan filed a case at the top United Nations court accusing the United Arab Emirates of breaching the genocide convention by arming and funding the rebel paramilitary group Rapid Support…
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Fear of Western hegemony withering away grips Europe
As you sow, so shall you reap. The crisis the West is facing in Ukraine is of one’s own making. There is absolutely no denying the fact that the United States, along…
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Security breach during Jaishankar’s UK visit: India issues statement
New Delhi: India deplored a security breach incident on Thursday during External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar’s trip to the UK. “We have seen the footage of a security breach during the visit…
