23-06-2025 The US Department of Commerce is considering revoking authorizations granted in recent years to global chipmakers Samsung, opens new tab, SK Hynix, opens new tab and TSMC, opens new tab, making it more difficult for them to receive US goods and technology at their plants in China, according to …
Read More »‘Whole of Ukraine is ours’: Putin
23-06-2025 MOSCOW/ ST. PETERSBURG: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that in his view the whole of Ukraine was “ours” and cautioned that advancing Russian forces could take the Ukrainian city of Sumy as part of a bid to carve out a buffer zone along the border. Ukraine’s foreign …
Read More »US bombs Iranian nuclear sites
22-06-2025 TEHRAN/ WASHINGTON TEL AVIV: The US has bombed Fordo and other nuclear sites in Iran. In a national address from the White House, Trump warns Iran must make peace or future attacks will be “far greater”. He calls the strikes on Fordo and two other nuclear sites a “spectacular …
Read More »‘Tehran is in shock & we have fled with heavy hearts’
22-06-2025 TEHRAN/ GILAN: The prospect of war seemed to creep nearer to reality with each passing day, but perhaps few of the millions who have been forced to abandon their homes across Iran in the past week including myself, could have known this new reality would impose itself so harshly …
Read More »European proposals in Geneva unrealistic: Iran
22-06-2025 ISTANBUL: A senior Iranian official said on Saturday that proposals put forward by European powers at talks in Geneva about his country’s nuclear program were “unrealistic”, suggesting that if they stuck to them it would be difficult to reach an accord. There were few signs of progress on Friday …
Read More »‘India will never restore Indus water treaty with Pakistan’
22-06-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India will never restore the Indus Waters Treaty with Islamabad, and the water flowing to Pakistan will be diverted for internal use, Home Minister Amit Shah said in an interview with Times of India on Saturday. India put into “abeyance” its participation in the 1960 …
Read More »Taiwan detects dozens of Chinese aircraft near island
22-06-2025 BANGKOK: Taiwan’s defence ministry says that it has detected more than 70 Chinese military aircraft around the island in the last 24 hours, just days after a British naval vessel sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait. The latest sightings reported on Friday come as Beijing continues to ramp up …
Read More »Pakistan to nominate Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
22-06-2025 Bureau Report ISLAMABAD: Pakistan says it would recommend United States President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, an accolade that he has said he craves. In May, a surprise announcement by Trump of a ceasefire brought an abrupt end to a four-day conflict between nuclear-armed foes India and …
Read More »Iran rules out new nuclear talks until attacks stop
22-06-2025 GENEVA: Iran has said it will not resume talks over its nuclear program while under attack, hours after Israel’s defence minister warned of a “prolonged” conflict with the Islamic Republic. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Friday met European diplomats in Geneva who urged him to revive diplomatic efforts with …
Read More »UK Parliament approves assisted dying bill
22-06-2025 LONDON: The British parliament has narrowly voted in favor of a bill to legalize assisted dying for terminally ill people, marking a landmark moment of social reform in the country’s history. The legislation passed by a vote of 314-291 in the House of Commons on Friday, clearing its biggest …
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