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MOSCOW: Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Friday cast doubt over the intentions of the United States a day before a second round of nuclear talks with Washington. The new round will come a week after the longtime foes held their highest-level negotiations since US President Donald Trump abandoned a landmark nuclear deal in 2018. “Although we have serious doubts about the intentions and motivations of the American side, in any case we will participate in tomorrow’s negotiations,” Araghchi said during a press conference in Moscow with his Russian counterpart…

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United States President Donald Trump on Thursday hinted at a possible de-escalation in the ongoing tariff conflict between the US and China, which has unsettled global markets, and he signalled that a deal over the fate of social media platform TikTok may have to wait. “I don’t want them to go higher because at a certain point you make it where people don’t buy,” Trump told reporters about tariffs at the White House. “So, I may not want to go higher or I may not want to even go up…

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DUBAI: An 18-year-old Afghan national and US green card holder, Abdullah Haji Zada, has admitted to obtaining weapons and ammunition in a plot to carry out a Daesh-inspired terror attack on election day in Oklahoma, US authorities confirmed on Thursday. According to court documents, Haji Zada and co-conspirator Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, acquired two AK-47-style rifles and 500 rounds of ammunition to carry out a terrorist attack on Election Day in November 2024, on behalf of Daesh, a designated foreign terrorist organisation. Haji Zada was arrested in October 2024 alongside…

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WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has said that China has “reached out a number of times” to the United States in an effort to restart talks on a possible trade deal, which he believes the two major economic powers is possible to defuse trade tensions. “Yeah, we’re talking to China,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “I would say they have reached out a number of times.” Trump confirmed that the talks had taken place since he increased tariffs on China to a staggering 145 percent, after Beijing responded to his…

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WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has said he does not see Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky as responsible for the war with Russia, as he also signalled that a long-awaited minerals deal with Kyiv could be signed next Thursday. Trump has repeatedly made the false claim that Ukraine started the war and this week accused Zelensky of responsibility for “millions” of deaths. “I don’t hold Zelensky responsible but I’m not exactly thrilled with the fact that that war started,” Trump said at the White House alongside visiting Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.…

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MIAMI: A mass shooting allegedly carried out by the son of a local deputy sheriff using her old service weapon left two people dead at a university in Florida, police in the southeastern US state said on Thursday. Five people were hospitalised when the gunman – identified as Phoenix Ikner – rampaged through Florida State University, shooting at students, before he was shot and injured by local law enforcement. The campus was locked down as gunfire erupted, with students ordered to shelter in place as first responders swarmed the site…

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A Berlin-based doctor is facing charges for the murder of 15 palliative care patients in a chilling case prosecutors say was driven purely by a “lust for murder”, The Guardian reported. The 40-year-old, named as Johannes M. by German media, allegedly administered fatal doses of sedatives and muscle relaxants to patients aged between 25 and 94, causing rapid respiratory arrest. The deaths occurred between September 2021 and July 2024. In several cases, prosecutors allege the doctor attempted to destroy evidence by setting fires in victims’ homes. One fire failed to ignite, and…

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WASHINGTON: The Trump administration is weighing penalties that would block China’s DeepSeek from buying US technology and is debating barring Americans’ access to its services, The New York Times reported on Wednesday. The launch of China’s low-cost AI model, DeepSeek, has rattled the AI ecosystem. The US government has since taken steps to crack down on the Chinese start-up and its support from chip maker Nvidia. Nvidia’s AI chips have been a key focus of US export controls, as US officials aim to prevent the most advanced chips from being sold to China…

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The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has threatened to revoke Harvard University’s ability to enroll foreign students if the instituition fails to comply with the President Donald Trump’s administration’s demand for information on some visa holders. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem on Wednesday announced the ultimatum alongside the termination of two grants totalling over $2.7 million. In a letter to Harvard, Noem cited “illegal and violent activities” reportedly linked to its foreign student visa holders, insisting the university provide the requested records by April 30. “And if Harvard cannot…

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Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Wednesday that Iran’s enrichment of uranium as part of its nuclear programme was “non-negotiable” after US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff called for a halt. “Iran’s enrichment is a real, accepted matter. We are ready to build confidence in response to possible concerns, but the issue of enrichment is non-negotiable,” Araghchi told reporters after a cabinet meeting. The remarks came as Araghchi and Witkoff are due to meet again in Oman on Saturday, a week after they held the highest-level talks between the longtime foes since…

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