Category: World

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s order for a three-day truce with Ukraine took effect on Thursday, a move the Kremlin said would “test” Kyiv’s readiness for peace but that Ukraine has slammed as a farce. It was not immediately clear whether either side was observing the ceasefire, even with world leaders — including China’s Xi Jinping, Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Serbia’s Aleksandar Vucic — in Moscow for commemorations of the end of World War II. Putin unilaterally ordered the move to coincide with Moscow’s Victory Day parade on…

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US President Donald Trump on Tuesday termed the late-night Indian missile attacks on multiple cities in Pakistan “brazen” and expressed hope that the clash between the nuclear-armed neighbours would end “very quickly,” after Islamabad warned New Delhi of a strong response. “It’s a shame, we just heard about it,” Trump said at the White House, after the Indian government claimed it had hit “terrorist camps” on its western neighbour’s territory following a deadly attack on tourists in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). “I guess people knew something was…

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India attacked the Pakistani cities of Punjab and Azad Kashmir on Wednesday and the Pakistan armed forces, in retaliatory strikes, shot down five Indian Air Force (IAF) jets, a drone and destroyed brigade headquarters following the attack. All Pakistan Air Force jets are safe after engaging Indian jets, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director-General Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry confirmed. Among the destroyed Indian Air Force (IAF) jets are three French-made Rafales, one Su30MKI and one MIG-29 Fulcrum, confirmed a military spokesperson to Reuters. Following the escalating aggression between both the…

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UNITED NATIONS: Long before US President Donald Trump drastically reduced US global aid, humanity witnessed an unexpected and “unsettling” downturn in development in 2024 as the post-pandemic recovery started to wane around the world, the UN warned in a report on Tuesday. According to the UN’s Human Development Index (HDI), which tracks health, education, and living conditions, the world had recovered from the shock of the Coronavirus pandemic by 2023. But that rebound appears to be losing momentum, as per the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)’s annual report, released on…

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BOSTON: A request by US President Donald Trump’s administration to allow it to revoke the temporary legal status of hundreds of thousands of Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans living in the United States was rejected by a federal appeals court on Monday. A judge’s order halting the Department of Homeland Security’s move to cut short a two-year “parole” granted to the migrants under Trump’s Democratic predecessor, Joe Biden was declined by the Boston-based 1st US Circuit Court of Appeals to put on hold. The administration’s action marked an expansion of the…

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WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has come under fire for an AI-generated image showing him dressed as the Pope. He dismissed the criticism, calling the post a harmless joke. The image was later shared on social media by the White House over the weekend. It showed Trump in white papal robes. In another image, he is shown holding a red lightsaber like a Star Wars villain. Dismissing Trump’s assertion, communication experts say they do not see the funny side, asserting that the posts are part of his usual online tactics to…

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WASHINGTON: Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth ordered at least a 20 percent reduction in the number of active-duty four-star generals and admirals in the US military, a memo from the defence secretary said. The move is the latest major shake-up at the Pentagon under President Donald Trump’s administration, which has already dismissed a number of senior officers this year. The memo also calls for an additional 10 percent reduction in the number of general and flag officers, and a 20 percent cut in the number of general officers in the National…

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Donald Trump’s call for 100% tariffs on films produced outside the United States has sparked widespread concern across the global entertainment sector, BBC News reported. In a message posted on his Truth Social account, the president said the move was aimed at reviving a domestic film industry he claims is collapsing. “America’s film industry is dying a very fast death,” he wrote, blaming foreign governments for offering generous tax breaks to lure US productions abroad. Trump has directed the Commerce Department and US Trade Representative to begin work on enforcing the tariffs,…

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United States President Donald Trump has finally addressed speculation surrounding a potential bid for the 2028 presidential election, stating that he will respect the two-term limit established by the Constitution. In an interview with NBC’s Meet the Press, which aired on Sunday, Trump dismissed any suggestion of seeking a third term, despite previously making statements that hinted at the possibility. “I’ll be an eight-year president, I’ll be a two-term president. I always thought that was very important,” said Trump during the interview. He had notably remarked that he was “not…

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US President Donald Trump said Sunday he had directed officials to rebuild and reopen Alcatraz prison, the notorious federal jail based on a small island in California that shuttered six decades ago. The jail will house “America’s most ruthless and violent Offenders,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform, adding that the institution will be “substantially enlarged.” Alcatraz closed in 1963 due to high operating costs after being open for just 29 years, according to the US Bureau of Prisons, and now serves as a tourist attraction. Located two kilometers…

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