10-08-2025 WASHINGTON/ LONDON: From punishing Brazil to trying to curb imports of fentanyl, US President Donald Trump has wielded the threat of tariffs as an all-purpose foreign policy weapon. With a Friday deadline for Russia to agree to peace in Ukraine or have its oil customers face secondary tariffs, Trump …

10-08-2025 HONG KONG/ TAIPEI: The exercise presented a fraught scenario; China’s military had blockaded Taiwan by air and sea, and Southeast Asian countries were grappling with how to evacuate as many as 1 million of their nationals trapped on the besieged island. Over two days in April at a Singapore …

10-08-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: New Delhi has put on hold its plans to procure new US weapons and aircraft, according to three Indian officials familiar with the matter, in India’s first concrete sign of discontent after tariffs imposed on its exports by President Donald Trump dragged ties to their …

10-08-2025 SEVENOAKS: Britain and the United States may disagree about how to address the crisis in Gaza but they share common goals in the region, US Vice President JD Vance said at the start of a meeting with British Foreign Secretary David Lammy in southern England. Vance, who has previously …

09-08-2025 WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has called on the head of US chipmaker Intel to resign “immediately”, accusing him of having problematic ties to China. In a social media post, Trump said Lip-Bu Tan was “highly conflicted”, apparently referring to his alleged investments in companies that the US says are …

09-08-2025 SYDNEY:  An Australian state lawmaker and convicted rapist, who is in jail awaiting his sentence, quit his seat Friday moments before a vote scheduled by his former colleagues to eject him. Gareth Ward, an independent member of parliament in New South Wales State, earlier refused to resign despite his …

09-08-2025 BERLIN: Germany says it’s suspending military exports to Israel, in response to Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to take over Gaza City. Israel’s security cabinet approved the plan overnight, here’s what we know about it so far. The decision has prompted criticism from international leaders, including Germany, a long-time ally of …

09-08-2025 WASHINGTON: The United States has offered a $50m reward for information leading to the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, doubling an earlier reward of $25m set by the Trump administration in January. The US has accused the Venezuelan leader of being one of the world’s leading narco-traffickers and …

09-08-2025 OTTAWA: On a crisp spring morning in Brampton town of Canada’s Ontario province in May, Harjit Singh Dhadda meticulously tied his traditional sage green turban as he got ready for work. He embraced his daughter Gurleen before leaving for his trucking insurance office in Mississauga near Toronto’s bustling Pearson …

09-08-2025 WASHINGTON: United States President Donald Trump has confirmed that he will host the leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia for a “historic peace summit”. Ilham Aliyev, the president of Azerbaijan and Nikol Pashinyan, the Prime Minister of Armenia, will meet with Trump at the White House on Friday for an …