Tehran. Public anger in Iran has reached a boiling point amid severe economic hardship and runaway inflation. Anti-government protests that have continued for the past 10 days have now spread to 27 of the country’s 31 provinces. Violent clashes between protesters and security forces have reportedly claimed at least 35 lives so far, including demonstrators, […]
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Moscow. Suspected drone attacks near the residence of Russian President Vladimir Putin have further intensified the flames of conflict in Eastern Europe. Amid this serious security situation, Russia’s closest ally, Belarus, has confirmed the deployment on its territory of Russia’s most lethal, nuclear-capable hypersonic “Oreshnik” missile system. An official video released by Belarus shows the […]
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Beijing. Is Chinese President Xi Jinping, following in the footsteps of former U.S. President Donald Trump, also aspiring to the Nobel Peace Prize? This question has begun to resonate in international diplomatic circles after China, following the United States, claimed that it played a mediating role between India and Pakistan during the recent period of […]
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Washington, 22 December (H.S.): The Trump administration defended its partial disclosure of Jeffrey Epstein’s files on Sunday, insisting that safeguarding survivors of the financier’s sex trafficking network necessitated the measured approach, even as Democrats decried it as a blatant obstruction of congressional mandates.
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Washington: The US Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared on Monday to side with the Trump administration in a pivotal case that could reshape the independence of America’s federal agencies. The case, Trump v. Slaughter, challenges a long-standing precedent that protects members of independent commissions from being removed by the president without cause. The dispute began […]
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Washington: During a recent appearance at the Kennedy Center Honors, U.S. President Donald Trump expressed his disappointment with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for not actively engaging with or reviewing the American peace proposal aimed at resolving the ongoing conflict with Russia.
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Washington: Former Pentagon official Michael Rubin has credited US President Donald Trump for deepening the strategic partnership between India and Russia, asserting that the 79-year-old American leader “deserves a Nobel Prize” for fostering their united front. His remark followed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s warmly received state visit to India this week — his first in […]
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Moscow: Marathon talks at the Kremlin between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US envoy Steve Witkoff ended late Tuesday with both sides calling the meeting “constructive” and “productive,” but admitting that no compromise has yet been reached on the most explosive issue in the proposed Ukraine peace plan: territorial concessions.
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Portsmouth: The Royal Navy’s flagship, HMS Prince of Wales, docked early at Portsmouth Naval Base on Sunday, culminating an eight-month global odyssey under Operation Highmast and sparking joyous family reunions just in time for the Christmas season. This £3 billion aircraft carrier, which traversed 40,000 nautical miles since departing in April, returned ahead of schedule […]
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Washington: President Donald Trump held a clandestine telephone conversation last week with Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro, exploring the prospect of a groundbreaking face-to-face summit on American soil, according to sources cited by The New York Times. The unexpected dialogue, which included Secretary of State Marco Rubio and unfolded against a backdrop of U.S. airstrikes on […]
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