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13-03-2025 TEHRAN:  President Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran would not negotiate with the US while being threatened, telling President Donald Trump to “do whatever the hell you want”, Iranian state media reported on Tuesday. “It is unacceptable for us that they (the US) give orders and make threats. I won’t even …

13-03-2025 NEW YORK/ NEW DELHI: Elon Musk’s Starlink has signed a deal with India’s No. 2 telecoms company Airtel to bring Starlink’s internet services to the world’s most populous country, intensifying rivalry with fellow billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s telecom firm Reliance Jio. The pact will allow the US satellite internet giant …

13-03-2025 WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump ‘s threat Tuesday to double his planned tariffs on steel and aluminum from 25% to 50% for Canada led the provincial government of Ontario to suspend its planned surcharges on electricity sold to the United States. As a result, White House trade adviser Peter Navarro …

13-03-2025 MANILA: A plane carrying the former president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, has left Manila after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a warrant accusing him of crimes against humanity over his deadly “war on drugs”. He was taken into police custody shortly after his arrival at the capital’s …

13-03-2025 BUENOS AIRES: The long-awaited trial of medical staff who treated the late Argentine football legend Diego Maradona has started in the capital, Buenos Aires. Maradona was convalescing when he died of a heart attack at his home in 2020, aged 60. He had been recovering at home from surgery …

13-03-2025 DAMASCUS: Entire families, including women and children, were killed during the recent violence in Syria’s coastal region, the UN human rights office says. A spokesman told reporters that the UN had so far verified the killing of 111 civilians since last Thursday, but that the actual figure was believed …

13-03-2025 KYIV: Ukraine has said it is ready to accept an immediate 30-day ceasefire with Russia proposed by the US, after a day of US-Ukraine talks in Saudi Arabia. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he would present the offer to Russia and that “the ball is in their …

12-03-2025 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report BOLAN PASS, BALOCHISTAN: Terrorists launched an attack on the Jaffar Express, a passenger train travelling through the Bolan Pass in Balochistan, holding several passengers hostage inside a tunnel, security sources reported on Tuesday. Security forces have successfully rescued 104 passengers from terrorists, including …

12-03-2025 NEW DELHI: India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Mauritius on Tuesday for talks on upgrading strategic ties, days after U.S. President Donald Trump signaled support for a deal between Mauritius and Britain over the future of a US-British military base. Modi will be the chief guest at …

12-03-2025 AWRA AMBA, ETHIOPIA: Aregash Nuru pointed at the rolling green landscape in Ethiopia’s central Amhara region. “We used to watch sunset from the hills,” she said with a sigh, “but no more.” These days, it is too dangerous to risk leaving the safety of the village, according to Nuru, …