Israeli strikes over the past 24 hours killed at least 38 people in Gaza, including children, local health officials said Sunday, with no data available for a second straight day from now-inaccessible hospitals in the north. Further details emerged of the Palestinian doctor who lost nine of her 10 children in an Israeli strike on Friday. Gaza’s Health Ministry said...
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China, Russia object to Donald Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ missile shield push
China and Russia have voiced strong objections to US President Donald Trump’s announcement of a $175-billion “Golden Dome” missile defence shield, expressing deep concerns over its implications for global strategic stability and nuclear arms control. Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said Beijing is “seriously concerned” about the missile defence shield, warning that it carries...
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Russia Unleashes One of Its Largest Drone Barrages on Ukraine
The bombardment, which Ukrainian officials said mostly targeted Kyiv, came just a day before President Trump was expected to talk with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia. Russia targeted Ukraine on Sunday with one of its largest drone bombardments of the war, an apparent show of force only a day before President Trump is expected...
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Hair-Flipping Dancers Welcome Trump To UAE. All About The Cultural Performance
US President Donald Trump arrived in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Thursday, after visiting Qatar, in the final leg of his Middle East trip. He was received by UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and welcomed in Abu Dhabi with a unique cultural performance, a video of which has caught the attention of...
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Putin to skip Ukraine Russia peace talks in Turkey
Russia President Vladimir Putin will not attend the direct peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv that he proposed on May 11. This could have been the first direct peace talks between the Russian president and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy since 2022, shortly after Russia’s full-scale invasion of its neighbour. On Sunday, Putin had proposed direct negotiations with...
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US-Qatar ink $243 billion in deals, sets stage for $1.2 trillion future investments
The White House said President Donald Trump secured deals totaling more than $243.5 billion with Qatar, setting the stage for a larger $1.2 trillion economic agreement with the Gulf nation. The deals include aviation and energy to defence and quantum technology. There has been a Boeing-GE Aerospace sale to Qatar Airways, Boeing’s largest-ever widebody order, and it is...
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Trump brings home $600 bn. investments from Saudi Arabia: $20B for AI centers, $142B in defense, $80B in tech
US President Donald Trump, in an announcement from Riyadh, unveiled a historic $600 billion economic partnership with Saudi Arabia, declaring it a cornerstone of his “America First” trade and investment strategy. The deal, described by the White House as “transformative,” cements a new era of strategic cooperation between Washington and Riyadh across critical sectors such as...
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Indian govt rejects claims by Trump about US role in brokering India-Pakistan ceasefire
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government on Tuesday not only specifically dismissed all claims made by President Donald Trump and his administration about the United States brokering a ‘ceasefire’ between India and Pakistan and pre-empting a nuclear..conflict, but also categorically rejected his offer to mediate on the issue of Kashmir. To dismiss Trump’s repeated claims about...
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With A GDP Of $4.187 Trillion, India Officially Overtakes Japan To Become Fourth Largest Economy Of The World
India rises to the fourth spot in the global economic rankings, overtaking Japan, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). As per the April 2025 World Economic Outlook, India’s nominal GDP hits $4.187 trillion, slightly ahead of Japan’s $4.186 trillion. This shift marks a historic milestone in India’s economic journey. In 2024, India ranks fifth...
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Trump announces 26% tariffs on imports from India in ‘kind reciprocal’ move
US President Donald Trump on Thursday (IST) announced reciprocal tariffs on all imports from India and other nations, calling the move “kind reciprocal.” Calling India’s tariffs “very, very tough,” Trump said he was imposing 27 per cent tariffs on all imports from India — half of what India imposes on US products. In his address titled ‘Make America...