09-07-2025 WASHINGTON: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday he wanted peace with Palestinians but described any future independent state as a platform to destroy Israel and for that reason sovereign power of security must remain with Israel. Speaking at the White House, where he met US President Donald …
Read More »Trump delays tariffs on 14 countries until August
09-07-2025 WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump says he has delayed imposing higher tariffs on goods entering the US from 14 countries, including Japan and South Korea. The latest development on global trade by Trump comes as a 90-day pause the White House placed on some of its most aggressive import taxes …
Read More »Oil prices ease as traders assess US tariffs
09-07-2025 VIENNA: Oil prices eased on Tuesday after rising almost 2% in the previous session, as investors assessed new developments on US tariffs and a higher-than-expected OPEC+ output hike for August. Brent crude futures dropped 21 cents at $69.37 a barrel by 0041 GMT. US West Texas Intermediate crude fell …
Read More »Dozens killed in Kenya as protesters clash with police
08-07-2025 NAIROBI: Eleven people have been killed nationwide during antigovernment protests in Kenya on the 35th anniversary of a pro-democracy uprising, the country’s police has said. A statement from the police on Monday added that 52 police officers had been injured. Police fired live rounds and water cannon at protesters …
Read More »Israel-Hamas truce talks ends without progress
08-07-2025 DOHA: The latest round of indirect ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas have ended without a breakthrough, a Palestinian official familiar with the negotiations told media. According to the official, the session lasted for nearly three and a half hours and took place in two separate buildings in Doha. …
Read More »UN rejects Eritrea’s bid to end human rights investigation
08-07-2025 GENEVA: The United Nations Human Rights Council has rejected Eritrea’s attempt to shut down an independent investigation into alleged rights abuses, in a move hailed as vital to preventing impunity. Eritrea’s rare bid to scrap the mandate of the UN special rapporteur on its human rights record was defeated …
Read More »India ready for trade deals with US but not to meet deadlines
08-07-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: India is ready to make trade deals in the national interest, but not just to meet deadlines, Trade Minister Piyush Goyal said on Friday when asked whether a deal could be reached with the US in time for a July 9 deadline set …
Read More »‘Keep your America; Mr Trump and we will keep our Africa’
08-07-2025 NEW YORK: On June 16, The New York Times disclosed that United States President Donald Trump is considering broadening his travel ban list to include as many as 36 additional countries, most of them African including my country, Zimbabwe. Twelve days earlier, Trump had enacted a proclamation barring citizens …
Read More »I hope to live for another 40 years: Dalai Lama
08-07-2025 DHARAMSHALA: The Dalai Lama has said that he hopes to live for another 40 years until he is 130 years old, on the eve of his 90th birthday, days after he sought to assuage rife speculation over his succession by saying he would reincarnate upon his death. The Tibetan …
Read More »Australia vows ‘full force of law’ after arson attack at synagogue
08-07-2025 CANBERRA/ SYDNEY: Australia’s prime minister has promised to take strong action following an apparent arson attack on a synagogue in Melbourne. Police are looking for a man who poured liquid on the synagogue’s front door before setting it on fire on Friday night. Some 20 people having dinner inside …
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