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US President Donald Trump US President Donald Trump said Thursday he plans to leave on Sunday to visit the Middle East following successful negotiations on the first phase of a Gaza peace plan, which includes a ceasefire and the release of hostages.“The hostages will be coming back Monday or Tuesday. I’ll probably be there. I…
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that a peace deal between Israel and Hamas in Gaza is ‘very close’ and that he may travel to the Middle East toward the end of the week – possibly on Sunday.“I was just dealing with people from the Middle East … on the potential peace deal for…
US President Donald Trump (Pic credit: AP) US President Donald Trump on Sunday suggested a “major development” could be imminent in the Middle East, declaring there is “something special” in the works. “We have a real chance for GREATNESS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. ALL ARE ON BOARD FOR SOMETHING SPECIAL, FIRST TIME EVER. WE WILL…
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Saturday that lookout notices have been issued against North East India Festival organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta and Zubeen Garg‘s manager Siddharth Sharma in the singer’s death case.In a Facebook live, Sarma said both must come to Guwahati and make their statements on October 6, failing which the police…
MUMBAI: Standard Chartered India CEO P D Singh sees the India-Middle East trade corridor as a promising one for adoption of rupee invoicing, even though it’s a gradual shift. “It is picking up in Middle Eastern corridors and could expand in future, much like how Chinese yuan invoicing became common in solar equipment trade,” he…
The Atlantic Ocean may witness one of meteorology’s rarest and most intriguing phenomena this week as Tropical Storm Humberto and a nearby developing system, Invest 94L, move closer together. These storms could interact through the Fujiwhara Effect, a complex dynamic where two cyclonic systems orbit around a shared center. While more common in the western…
Crowds gathered across the West Bank on Tuesday to celebrate a wave of recognitions of a Palestinian state by major Western powers, even as Israeli leaders threatened harsh countermeasures.But as most of the world, including major first-world countries, now recognises a Palestinian state, the question remains whether these nations, acting as a global institution, can…
The European Union on Wednesday unveiled its strongest plan so far to pressurise Israel to end the war in Gaza, which has now dragged on for 23 months. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has called on the bloc’s 27 countries to raise tariffs on some Israeli goods and place sanctions on Israeli settlers, as…
US secretary of state Marco Rubio on Monday backed Qatar’s role in mediating the Gaza conflict, a week after Israeli strikes on the Gulf nation targeting Hamas. Rubio, who discussed Qatar with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, is set to visit Qatar on Tuesday, on his way to London where he will join…
