WASHINGTON: NATO will buy 1000 Patriot Missiles to strengthen the air defences amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. US company Raytheon and German company MBDA have been awarded the $ 5.5 billion contract. Commenting on the development NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said: “I welcome Allies’ timely announcement to invest in up to 1,000 new Patriot […]
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BRUSSELS: Following a four-hour-long meeting here on Wednesday (2nd July, 2025) with the Chief of EU Foreign Affairs Kaja Kallas, Chinese FM Wang Yi stated that his country could not accept Ukraine winning the war against Russia. It has been reported that, contrary to Beijing’s public stand of neutrality, Wang Yi privately told Kaja Kallas […]
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WASHINGTON: Initial reports submitted by the spooks here maintain that the US strikes on Irani nuclear sites only set it back by a few weeks, and did not obliterate the installations. US President Donald Trump, taking to his social Media platform Truth retaliated: “Fake news CNN, together with the failed New York Times, have teamed-up […]
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AIR FORCE ONE: For the first time US President Donald Trump admitted Friday (16th May, 2025) that his administration had sent a proposal to Iran, on his way back home after wrapping-up a 4-day trip to the Gulf. It is pertinent to mention here that earlier, Trump’s Envoy for Middle East Steve Witkoff and Iranian […]
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GENEVA: Participants of the high-level Chinese-US huddle here at the end of the second day of the Trump Tariffs’ War parleys Sunday (11th May, 2025) claimed to have made substantial progress. “I’m happy to report that we’ve made substantial progress between the United States and China in the very important trade talks,” Treasury Secretary Scott […]
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KARACHI: US Consul General Scott Urbom recently completed an official visit to Hyderabad, where he met government officials, youth and academic leaders, members of the business community, and alumni of US public diplomacy programs. The visit focused on strengthening the close and enduring people-to-people connections and economic collaboration between our two countries. During his visit […]
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BEIJING: Responding to Donald Trump’s announcement apropos imposition of 54% levies on commodities that China exports to US, the Finance Ministry here has imposed 34 percent additional Tariffs on the imports of American goods. Chinese Commerce Ministry maintained: “The purpose of the Chinese government’s implementation of export controls on relevant items in accordance with the […]
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OTTAWA: Former governor Bank of Canada/Bank of England, 59-year-old Mark Carney, the incoming PM of Canada, has proclaimed in response to Trump’s proposal apropos making Canada the 51st state of USA: “America is not Canada. Canada will never ever be part of America in any way, shape or form…If they succeeded, they would destroy our […]
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TEHRAN: Iran’s mission to UN on Sunday (9th March, 2025), took to the X to state: “If the objective of negotiations is to address concerns vis-a-vis any potential militarisation of Iran’s nuclear program, such discussions may be subject to consideration. “However, should the aim be the dismantlement of Iran’s peaceful nuclear programme to claim that […]
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WASHINGTON: CIA Director John Ratcliffe has informed on Wednesday (5th March, 2025) that his country had severed intelligence-sharing with Kyiv. This will hamper Ukraine’s ability to shoot Russian sorties down. US that donated 69 billion dollars to Ukraine in military aid from 2022 till 2024, has stopped its support from Monday (3rd March, 2025) after […]
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