Trump hikes US global tariff rate to 15%
President Donald Trump raised the global duty on imports into the United States to 15 percent on Saturday, doubling down on his promise to...
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UK police arrest King Charles’ brother Andrew
Reuters : King Charles’ younger brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was on Thursday arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office over allegations he sent confidential...
Iran builds concrete shield at military site amid acute US tensions
Al Jazeera : Newly released satellite images show that Iran has recently built a concrete shield over a new facility at a sensitive military...
Germany moves troops out of Iraq, citing Mideast ‘tensions’
AFP : Germany’s military has “temporarily” moved some troops out of Irbil in northern Iraq because of “escalating tensions in the Middle East,” a...
37 dead after toxic gas leak at Nigeria mine
Agencies : At least 37 people died and 26 others were hospitalized after a toxic gas leak at a mine in north-central Nigeria, police...
Gas explosion kills 16 in Pakistan’s Karachi, collapsing building
Al Jazeera : A gas explosion has torn through an apartment building in Pakistan’s largest port city of Karachi, killing at least 16 people,...
Turkiye fires up coal pollution even as it hosts COP31
Agencies : Kaddafi Polat rarely mentions his own health after decades of breathing the polluted air blanketing his village beneath the towering chimneys of...
US to withdraw all troops from Syria: reports
The United States is planning to withdraw all of its 1,000 troops from Syria over the next two months, according to US media reports....
First Ramadan after truce brings flicker of joy in devastated Gaza
AFP : Little Ramadan lanterns and string lights appeared on streets lined with collapsed buildings and piles of rubble in Gaza City, bringing joy and...
China’s Gu Ailing adds silver in women’s big air of Milan-Cortina
Agency : Chinese freeskier Gu Ailing won her second silver medal at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics in the women’s big air on Monday, while...
Zimbabwe qualify for ‘Super Eight’: Australia out of T20 World Cup
Agency : Rain has sealed Australia’s fate at the T20 World Cup with a washout on Tuesday between Zimbabwe and Ireland knocking Mitch Marsh’s...
US, Iran to hold 2nd round of nuclear talks in Geneva
AP : The United States and Iran are set to convene a second round of negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program on Tuesday in Geneva,...