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Israel and the United States are both determined to thwart Iran’s nuclear ambitions and its “aggression” in the Middle East, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday following a meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Speaking after a meeting with Rubio in Jerusalem, Netanyahu said they had held a “very productive discussion”…
At least 48 people were killed in the collapse of an illegally operated gold mine in western Mali on Saturday, authorities and local sources told AFP. Mali is one of Africa’s leading gold producers, and mining sites are regularly the scene of deadly landslides and accidents. Authorities have struggled to control unregulated mining of the…
At least 18 people, including five children, died during a stampede at a railway station in India’s New Delhi late on Saturday when surging crowds scrambled to catch trains to the Kumbh Mela, officials and reports said. The Kumbh Mela, the world’s largest religious gathering, attracts tens of millions of Hindu faithful every 12 years…
US and Russian officials will meet in Saudi Arabia in the coming days to start talks aimed at ending Moscow’s nearly three-year war in Ukraine, a US lawmaker and a source familiar with the planning said on Saturday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who met with US Vice President JD Vance in Germany on Friday, said…
All other German parties see the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) as a threat to democracy, but the anti-immigration party has a powerful friend abroad: Elon Musk, the loudhailer voice of Team Trump. “Let’s go, guys, let’s go — fight for a great future for Germany!” the tech billionaire shouted via video link at a…
“If the stranger hadn’t been there! But he WAS. And Caesar crossed. With such results!” — Mark Twain, The Turning Point of My Life “If Protestantism…came to be identified as the poster religion of capitalism, then US President Donald Trump has always been a convert.” — Professor Joseph Massad, ‘Trump’s Plan to Colonise Gaza Echoes…
LAHORE: The incarcerated president of PTI’s Punjab chapter, Dr Yasmin Rashid, in an open letter sent through her lawyer, has said PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif should have the courage to admit his ‘defeat’ in the 2024 general elections as did his party leaders Rana Sanaullah and Saad Rafique. She said the people were aware who…
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has nominated S. Paul Kapur, a scholar of Indian origin known for his critical views on Pakistan, as the next Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia. Kapur’s nomination was leaked to the media at a pivotal moment, coinciding with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Washington. In…
ISLAMABAD: The prices of all petroleum products are estimated to decrease by Rs2.50 to Rs9 per litre on Saturday for the next fortnight, ending Feb 28, owing to the impact of lower international market prices. Informed sources said the ex-depot petrol price was estimated to go down by Rs2-2.50 per litre depending on final calculation…
WASHINGTON: The US has approved the extradition of a suspect in the 2008 militant attacks in India’s financial capital Mumbai in which over 160 people were killed, President Donald Trump said on Thursday in a press conference with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Trump did not name the individual in the press conference, but a…