Washington: President Donald Trump's sweeping new tariffs went into full effect just after midnight Wednesday. When Trump announced the latest round of tariffs April 2, he declared that the US would now tax nearly all of America's trading partners at a minimum of 10 per...
Jerusalem: Israel's High Court of Justice issued an interim order, ruling that Ronen Bar, chief of the internal security service Shin Bet, would remain in his position until another court decision. The order followed an over 10-hour hearing on petitions filed by opposition factions and...
New York: President Donald Trump has launched tariff wars with nearly all of America's trading partners. And there's no end in sight. A number of sweeping new taxes on goods from other countries are already here, with more set to take effect as soon as...
Sanaa: At least six people were killed and 15 others injured in multiple US airstrikes across Yemen Tuesday, according to Houthi-run al-Masirah TV and local health authorities. Of the casualties, six deaths and 13 injuries took place in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah...
Singapore: Ten cyborg cockroaches developed in Singapore have been deployed to Myanmar to assist in search-and-rescue operations following a deadly 7.7-magnitude earthquake March 28 that has claimed more than 3,000 lives. The insect-hybrid robots, a first in global humanitarian operations, were sent alongside the Singapore...
Washington/Beijing: In a sharp escalation of trade tensions, the Trump administration has imposed a 104 per cent tariff on goods imported from China, delivering a major blow to Beijing amid an ongoing trade war between the two economic giants. The White House announced that the...
New Delhi: India and the UAE have signed key agreements to strengthen the bilateral economic partnership during the visit of Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of the UAE. It has...
Santo Domingo: At least 15 people died and more than 100 were injured after a roof fell at a nightclub in the capital of the Dominican Republic early Tuesday, authorities said. Crews were searching for potential survivors in the rubble at Jet Set in Santo...
Seoul: Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok said here Tuesday that the government would implement the best possible measures to mitigate the impact of US tariffs partly by closely monitoring the responses of other major countries. Choi made the remarks during a meeting with experts aimed at...
Kathmandu: Nepal's pro-monarchist Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) is set to stage a protest Tuesday at Balkhu in Kathmandu, demanding the reinstatement of the monarchy and the release of party leaders and cadres in police custody. Police were on high alert Tuesday as the pro-monarchy protest...
The demonstration by scores of policemen and officers outside the Delhi Police headquarters on 2 November to protest against some...
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More than three years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, there is no let-up in the spiral of killings, displacement,...
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The BJP appears to be clueless as to how to handle the people’s fury and the Opposition’s mega rally at...
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By Aakar Patel My thesis is that the Indian state under Hindutva is incompletely communal. I have written about this...
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