The Trump administration has asked Congress to green-light the transfer of around $1 billion worth of bombs and other weapons to Israel, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. The weapons would include 4,700 1,000-pound bombs, worth more than $700 million, and armored bulldozers built by Caterpillar, worth more than $300 million, the report said, citing…
Yemen’s information minister recently visited the US Central Command (CENTCOM) headquarters in Tampa, Florida, to discuss countering Iran-backed Houthis, according to the US military. “Regional and international interests will remain threatened as long as the Houthi militia possesses military capabilities,” Moammar bin Mutahar Al-Eryani said. CENTCOM said the visit was part of an effort to combat the…
US President Donald Trump will postpone threatened tariffs on Canadian imports for at least 30 days. Trudeau, speaking after his second conversation of the day with Trump, also said Canada had committed to creating the post of a special czar to combat the smuggling of fentanyl and would ensure permanent monitoring of the shared border. Trump had…
A senior Russian diplomat urged a top official of the Palestinian movement Hamas on Monday to keep to its commitment to release a Russian hostage held by the group since its raid on Israel in October 2023. Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov raised the issue in talks in Moscow with Musa Abu Marzuk, a member of Hamas’s Politburo, Russia’s…
US President Donald Trump has invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit the White House next week, a White House official said, hours after a US military plane departed to return deported migrants to the country. Trump spoke with Modi on Jan. 27, when he discussed immigration and stressed the importance of India buying more American-made…
US President Donald Trump is expected on Tuesday to stop US engagement with the United Nations Human Rights Council and continue a halt to funding for the UN Palestinian relief agency UNRWA, a White House official said on Monday. The move coincides with a visit to Washington by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has long…
Elon Musk has begun swinging his wrecking ball at the US government, with concerns growing over the unprecedented power that President Donald Trump has handed to the world’s richest man. The South African-born billionaire has taken control over the US Treasury’s payments system that manages trillions of dollars. He single-handedly announced the demise of the…
Ukraine brought home 12 children forcefully taken by Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s chief of staff Andriy Yermak said late on Monday. “As part of the initiative of the President of Ukraine Bring Kids Back UA, it was possible to return home 12 children who were under the pressure of the Russian occupation,” Yermak said on…
From retaliatory tariffs on US goods like car parts and soybeans to controls on raw minerals essential for American manufacturing, analysts say China has plenty of options if it wants to reply to fresh US levies. US President Donald Trump over the weekend announced 10 percent tariffs on Chinese products, upping the stakes in a…
North Korean soldiers previously fighting alongside Russia’s army on the Kursk front line appear not to have been engaged in combat since mid-January, South Korea’s spy agency told AFP on Tuesday, after Ukraine claimed they had been withdrawn following heavy losses. “Since mid-January, it appears that the North Korean troops deployed to the Kursk region of…
A bus carrying Iraqi Shia Muslim pilgrims collided with a car, killing at least seven people and injuring more than 40 on Friday in the country’s south, officials said. The accident occurred at 3:30 a.m. (0130 GMT) on the road from Diwaniyah province to the holy shrine city of Najaf. Najaf is home to the holy shrine…
China is one of the world’s toughest countries on counternarcotic both in terms of policy and its implementation. China deplores and opposes the US tariffs on imports of Chinese goods, spokesperson for China’s embassy in the US told to Russian News agency, TASS, adding that Beijing will take necessary measures to protect its legal interests….
He said he would like to see the United States of America, Ukraine, the Russians and European Union at the negotiating table. Vladimir Zelensky said again that he expects to start talks on the peaceful settlement of the Ukrainian conflict with participation of Moscow, Brussels, Washington and Kiev. “[After the conversation with US President Donald…
“Russia will do everything needed to protect its interests with reliance on international law,” Vladimir Barbin said. NATO is trying to turn the Baltic Sea into internal waters of the alliance but Russia will do everything to protect its interests, Russian Ambassador to Denmark Vladimir Barbin told to Russian News Agency, TASS, commenting on the…
Prime minister said that Canada will be responding to the US trade action with 25% tariffs against Canadian $155 billion worth of American goods. Canadian authorities will introduce tit-for-tat 25% duties on US goods to the total amount of $155 bln Canadian dollars ($106.5 bln), Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said. “I am announcing Canada will…
