05-04-2026 United States President Donald Trump has announced that Pam Bondi is out as US attorney general, in his second major cabinet-level shake-up in less than a month. Trump confirmed the decision in a post on Truth Social on Thursday, after a slate of media reports suggested he was considering …
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05-04-2026 MOSCOW/ HAVANA: Russia plans to send a second ship carrying oil to Cuba, the Russian energy minister has said, as the Caribbean nation struggles under a crippling United States blockade. Energy Minister Sergei Tsivilev said on Thursday that the cargo was being loaded and would be brought to Cuba. …
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04-04-2026 BAGHDAD: A US freelance journalist has been kidnapped in the Iraqi capital Baghdad and one of the suspects is linked to an Iran-backed militia, Iraqi and US officials say. Shelly Kittleson was abducted on Tuesday evening, said Al-Monitor, a news outlet for which she has contributed articles. The Iraqi …
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04-04-2026 WASHINGTON/ JERUSALEM/ CAIRO: The United States will end its war on Iran fairly soon and could return for “spot hits” if needed, President Donald Trump told media on Wednesday, hours before he was scheduled to make a primetime address to the nation. Trump also said he would state in …
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04-04-2026 ACCRA/ BLANTYRE/ LAGOS: African governments have imposed sharp fuel price increases as the Iran war sends global oil prices surging and threatens to spark inflation across the continent. African countries import most of their petroleum products, leaving many highly vulnerable to supply disruptions. South Africa, one of the continent’s …
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04-04-2026 BEIRUT: Israel has intensified its attacks on Lebanon this week, hitting areas outside of Hezbollah’s control on Tuesday. Strikes without warning hit a vehicle north of Beirut and the Jnah neighborhood in the heart of the capital. Attacks also continued in the city’s southern suburbs and the country’s south, …
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04-04-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Indian fuel retailers raised jet fuel and commercial liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) prices on Wednesday, following a sharp spike in global prices due to the US-Israeli war on Iran. India, the world’s second-largest LPG importer, is battling its worst gas crisis in decades, with the …
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04-04-2026 DUBAI/ MANAMA: Iran’s drones have hit fuel tanks at Kuwait’s international airport, causing a large blaze and authorities in Bahrain have reported a fire at an undisclosed company facility, as the United States-Israel war on Iran continues for a fifth week. Abdullah al-Rajhi, a spokesman for the General Directorate …
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04-04-2026 WASHINGTON: If you are born on United States soil, are you automatically a citizen of the country? This is the question that will be put before the US Supreme Court on Wednesday, a response to President Donald Trump’s extraordinary effort to change longstanding interpretations of the country’s constitution amid …
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03-04-2026 PARIS/ ROME: France and Italy have pushed back against some US-Israeli military operations, sources said on Tuesday, as US President Donald Trump criticized NATO allies in Europe as unhelpful in the month-long war in Iran, highlighting divisions. The decisions came against a backdrop of tensions between Washington and key …
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