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16-03-2025 LONDON: UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer says a “huge amount” has happened since his “coalition of the willing” idea first surfaced at his Lancaster House summit a fortnight ago. He is not wrong; US-Ukrainian relations have been on a rollercoaster since then, culminating in the meeting in Riyadh …

16-03-2025 NEW YORK: A Columbia University student detained over his pro-Palestinian activism is not a flight risk and should be allowed to return home for the birth of his first child, his lawyers argued in a motion for bail on Saturday. Mahmoud Khalil, a 30-year-old permanent US resident of Palestinian …

16-03-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ BENGALURU: India’s bid to host the 2036 Olympic Games is a massive opportunity to “turbo-charge” investment in its infrastructure but it must ensure the benefits are shared across local communities, a sports governance expert said. The world’s most populous nation has never hosted the Olympics, …

16-03-2025 TOPEKA: At least 34 people have died in the US including 12 in Missouri alone after deadly tornadoes tore through several southeastern states, flipping cars and flattening homes. In Kansas, at least eight people died after more than 55 vehicles were involved in a crash due to a dust …

16-03-2025 GAZA STRIP: At least nine people, including three journalists, have been killed and several others wounded in an Israeli drone attack on Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza, according to Palestinian media. The attack on Saturday reportedly targeted a relief team that was accompanied by journalists and photographers. At least …

16-03-2025 WASHINGTON/ DAMASCUS: The US has launched a “decisive and powerful” wave of air strikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen, President Donald Trump has said, citing the armed group’s attacks on shipping in the Red Sea as the reason. “Funded by Iran, the Houthi thugs have fired missiles at US …

15-03-2025 BEIJING: China and Russia stood by Iran on Friday after the United States demanded nuclear talks with Tehran, with senior Chinese and Russian diplomats saying dialogue should only resume based on “mutual respect” and all sanctions ought to be lifted. In a joint statement issued after talks with Iran …

15-03-2025 BERLIN: German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz said on Friday he had secured the crucial backing of the Greens for a massive increase in state borrowing, clearing the way for the outgoing parliament to approve it next week. Merz’s conservatives and the Social Democrats, who are in negotiations to form a …

15-03-2025 LONDON: Two British diplomats expelled in a spying row. A blistering statement from Russia’s foreign intelligence service calling Britain “a warmonger.” And a threat from a top ally of Vladimir Putin to seize UK assets inside Russia. As the US under Donald Trump seeks to reset ties with Moscow …

15-03-2025 MOGADISHU/ KHARTOUM: The United States and Israel have discussed with three East African governments the forced displacement of Palestinians from Gaza to Sudan, Somalia and its breakaway region of Somaliland, according to US and Israeli officials quoted by media. Friday’s report said officials from Sudan claimed to have rejected …