17-05-2025 TEHRAN: Iran’s political and military leaders are pointing the finger back at Donald Trump after the United States president sharpened his rhetoric during his first major tour of the Middle East. In a speech to a group of teachers gathered for a state ceremony in Tehran on Saturday, Supreme …
Read More »‘UK, US working to ensure enduring Pak-India ceasefire’
17-05-2025 ISLAMABAD: Britain is working with the US to ensure a ceasefire between India and Pakistan endures and that “confidence-building measures” and dialogue take place, foreign minister David Lammy said on Saturday. Pakistan has said Britain and other countries, in addition to the United States, played a major role in …
Read More »UK police charge 3 Iranians with suspected espionage
17-05-2025 LONDON: British police say they have charged three Iranians with suspected espionage for Iran’s intelligence services from August 2024 to February 2025. The police said in a statement on Saturday that the three men were charged with offences under the National Security Act following a major counterterrorism investigation. Mostafa …
Read More »Moody’s strips US government of top credit rating
17-05-2025 HOUSTON: Moody’s Ratings has stripped the United States government of its top credit rating, citing successive governments’ failure to stop a rising tide of debt, a surprise move that could complicate President Donald Trump’s efforts to cut taxes and send ripples through global markets. On Friday, Moody’s lowered the …
Read More »Israel kills 150 more, wound 450 in a day
17-05-2025 GAZA STRIP: Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip intensify, killing some 150 people over the latest 24-hour reporting period, according to the Health Ministry in the besieged and bombarded territory. The war on Gaza dominates an Arab League summit in Baghdad, Iraq. The Red Crescent renews call for Israel …
Read More »‘Indian billionaire Ambani to meet Trump’
16-05-2025 NEW DELHI/ DOHA: Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani will meet US President Donald Trump and the emir of Qatar in Doha on Wednesday, two sources told Reuters, as his company Reliance Industries, opens new tab looks to foster ties with authorities in both nations. Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund, QIA, has …
Read More »Trump’s Syria announcement surprised his own sanctions officials
16-05-2025 NEW YORK/ WASHINGTON: When President Donald Trump announced in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday that he would lift all sanctions on Syria, the decision, which will boost a country devastated by 13 years of war, took many in the region by surprise. It also caught some in his own administration …
Read More »Israeli Gaza attacks show lack of interest in ceasefire: Qatar
16-05-2025 DOHA: Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani has said that a series of recent Israeli attacks on Gaza show that Israel is not interested in ending the war. In an interview with the US news outlet CNN on Wednesday, Al Thani said that he had hoped …
Read More »Iran will ‘not bow’ to bullying from Trump: Pezeshkian
16-05-2025 TEHRAN: Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said his country would not “bow to any bully” in response to United States President Donald Trump’s criticism of Tehran during his ongoing three-day Gulf tour. “He (Trump) thinks he can come here, chant slogans, and scare us. For us, martyrdom is far sweeter …
Read More »India’s ‘new normal’ of perpetual war will damage its democracy
16-05-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: On May 12, two days after the announcement of a ceasefire between India and Pakistan, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi finally addressed the nation. He stated that the Indian army had only “paused” military action and Operation Sindoor, launched in the aftermath of the April …
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