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WASHINGTON: The United States could be closer to launching a full-scale attack in the Middle East than most Americans think. A report on Axios citing sources mentions that a US military operation in Iran would be a "massive, weeks-long campaign" and not a short, targeted one like the one in Venezuela. A Trump advisor told the publication that there is a 90 per cent chance of a military action being launched in the next few weeks....more
GENEVA: Talks between Russia, Ukraine and the US aimed at ending Moscow's war in Ukraine have concluded without a breakthrough. The trilateral meetings, held in Geneva, went on late on Tuesday but only lasted two hours on Wednesday. Although US envoy Steve Witkoff had expressed optimism over the talks, both the chief Russian negotiator and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky indicated they had been "difficult"....more
By Eric Farnsworth and Daniel Twining
WASHINGTON, Feb 15: The stunningly successful U.S. action to capture indicted drug trafficker Nicolas Maduro in the early hours of January 3 was not just the start of a new year. It was also the opening act of the Trump administration’s new national security strategy, a framework for advancing the Americas First Trump doctrine. But beyond the raid itself, ultimate policy success in Venezuela and across the region requires meaningful steps toward democratic restoration....more
DHAKA: Five days after the parliamentary elections in Bangladesh, Tarique Rahman, chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), was sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Bangladesh on Tuesday. The swearing-in of the new Prime Minister and his ministerial colleagues came hours after Chief Election Commissioner A.M.M Nasir Uddin administered the oath of parliament to the newly elected members of BNP in the parliament of Bangladesh – Jatiyo Sansad....more
NEW DELHI: Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday alleged that the government has “sold Bharat Mata” through the India-U.S. interim trade deal and that it was a “wholesale surrender” with India’s energy security handed over to America and farmers’ interests compromised. Participating in the debate on the Union Budget, he said that had an INDIA Bloc government negotiated the trade agreement with the U.S., it would have told U.S. President Donald Trump that he should treat India as an equal....more
LONDON: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was killed using a poison developed from a dart frog toxin, the UK and European allies have said. Two years on from the death of Navalny at a Siberian penal colony, Britain and its allies have blamed the Kremlin following analysis of material samples found on his body....more
WASHINGTON: U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday said member states of the so-called Board of Peace, which he heads, have pledged more than $5 billion for Gaza humanitarian relief and reconstruction efforts, and committed thousands of personnel to a proposed force that would assume security responsibilities in the war-ravaged Palestinian enclave....more
MUMBAI: At a time of global uncertainty, the Indo-French partnership is a force for stability, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in Mumbai on Tuesday, adding that the bilateral relationship was “very special”. In fact, the relationship has been officially elevated to the status of a ‘Special Global Strategic Partnership’....more
TOKYO: Japanese stocks surged to a record high on Monday, as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) basked in a historic election victory. The LDP secured 316 out of 465 seats in Sunday's election, the first time a single party has won a two-thirds lower house majority since Japan's parliament was established in its current form in 1947....more
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump has upped his pressure against Israel’s President Isaac Herzog as he seeks a pardon for his ally, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is facing bribery charges. The United States president told reporters on Thursday that the Israeli prime minister has been an “extraordinary” wartime leader. He then condemned Herzog for failing to offer Netanyahu presidential clemency....more
WASHINGTON: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has outlined the conditions he considers necessary for any prospective deal between the United States and Iran, including the dismantling of all of Tehran’s nuclear infrastructure. His comments on Sunday came as Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Abbas Araghchi headed to Switzerland for a second round of nuclear talks with the US....more
By Deepak Arora
NEW DELHI: The Embassy of France in India and the French Institute in India, in partnership with Reliance Industries Limited, the United Nations in India and the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode, are pleased to announce a special Indo-French edition of the R|Elan Circular Design Challenge to be held in 2026, as part of the India-France Year of Innovation....more
WASHINGTON, Feb 1: The United States will send the world's largest aircraft carrier to the West Asia to back up another already there, a person familiar with the plans said on Friday, putting more American firepower behind President Donald Trump's efforts to coerce Iran into a deal over its nuclear program....more
SEOUL: Imagine a life-saving spray that instantly stops severe bleeding. That’s exactly what researchers in South Korea have developed — and it could change how wounds are treated on the battlefield, and in ambulances and emergency rooms. The next-generation hemostatic agent is being developed primarily for use by military and emergency medical professionals, though its simplicity suggests it may become more widespread in the future, allowing at-home usage....more |
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