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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
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
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
TEHRAN: Iran has opened the door to compromise on its nuclear programme, saying it is ready to move towards a deal with the US, but only if Washington is prepared to lift sanctions, in a high-stakes diplomatic moment shadowed by military threats and regional tension. In an interview with the BBC, Iran’s deputy foreign minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi said the ball was “in America’s court to prove that they want to do a deal”....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
NEW DELHI: Defence Acquisition Council has cleared a proposal to buy 114 Rafale fighter jets from France’s Dassault Aviation. The clearance comes days before French President Emmanuel Macron’s scheduled visit to India for the Artificial Intelligence Summit. Around 18 aircraft are likely to be acquired in fly-away condition to meet the Indian Air Force’s immediate operational requirements, while the remaining jets would be manufactured in India, according to an official....more
MUNICH: The exiled son of Iran's last shah called on U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday to help the Iranian people and said it was "time to end the Islamic republic". "To President Trump... The Iranian people heard you say help is on the way, and they have faith in you. Help them," the U.S.-based Reza Pahlavi told reporters at the Munich Security Conference....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
NEW DELHI: French President Emmanuel Macron will visit India from February 17 to 19 and will discuss bilateral cooperation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Ministry of External Affairs announced the visit in a statement on Tuesday. The French president's visit comes after Modi's visit to France last year in February....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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