02-06-2025 WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court swept away this week another obstacle to one of President Donald Trump’s most aggressively pursued policies, mass deportation again showing its willingness to back his hardline approach to immigration. The justices, though, have signaled some reservations with how he is carrying it out. Since …
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02-06-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ SINGAPORE: India switched tactics after suffering losses in the air on the first day of conflict with Pakistan earlier this month and established a decisive advantage before the neighbors announced a ceasefire three days later, India’s highest ranking general said on Saturday. The heaviest fighting …
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02-06-2025 WASHINGTON: US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has warned of China posing an “imminent” threat to Taiwan, while urging Asian countries to boost defence spending and work with the US to deter war. While the US does not “seek to dominate or strangle China”, it would not be pushed …
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02-06-2025 CAIRO/ GAZA STRIP: Hamas responded to a US ceasefire proposal by saying it is prepared to release 10 living Israeli hostages and 18 dead hostages in exchange for a number of Palestinian prisoners, while requesting some amendments to the plan. The group repeated its demands for a permanent truce, …
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02-06-2025 GAZA STRIP: Crowds of civilians have rushed aid trucks in Gaza, the World Food Program (WFP) has said, as hunger and desperation create chaotic scenes. The humanitarian organization said it had brought 77 trucks loaded with flour into Gaza overnight and early on Saturday. “All trucks were stopped along …
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02-06-2025 BRUSSELS: The EU has said it “strongly” regrets Donald Trump’s surprise plan to double US tariffs on steel and aluminium in a move that risks throwing bilateral trade talks into chaos. The US president told a rally in the steel-making city of Pittsburgh that the tariffs would rise from …
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01-06-2025 WASHINGTON/ TEHRAN: The US has sent Iran a proposal for a nuclear deal between Tehran and Washington, the White House confirmed on Saturday. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said he had been presented with “elements of a US deal” by his Omani counterpart Badr Albusaidi during a short visit …
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01-06-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India has agreed to exempt Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund from a set of foreign portfolio investment rules to attract capital flows and strengthen financial ties between the two nations, two sources said. The rules, which club investments through various sovereign entities together and cap …
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01-06-2025 PARIS/ BERLIN: France could harden its position on Israel if it continues to block humanitarian aid to Gaza, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday, reiterating that Paris was committed to a two-state solution to resolve the Israel-Palestinian conflict. “The humanitarian blockade is creating a situation that is untenable …
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01-06-2025 SINGAPORE: Pakistan and India are close to reducing the troop buildup along their border to levels before conflict erupted between the nuclear-armed neighbors this month, a top Pakistani military official told on Friday, although he warned the crisis had increased the risk of escalation in the future. Both sides …
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