US President Donald Trump arrived in China’s capital and was welcomed with a ceremony replete with pomp and pageantry for the start of a high stakes visit carrying global consequences, as the world’s two largest economies frame their trade relationship. • What’s next: Trump will meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping to discuss a range of thorny issues including tech, trade and Taiwan. Take a look at...
There is “no sign” of a larger hantavirus outbreak after the evacuation of the last passengers from a disease-stricken cruise ship, the head of the UN health agency has said. But the World Health Organization’s (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned “the situation could change” and there could be more confirmed virus cases. The MV...
US President Donald Trump has rejected Iran’s proposal to end the over two-month-long war in the Middle East, claiming Tehran’s terms were “totally unacceptable” and raising the likelihood of renewed conflict after weeks of negotiations. The American commander-in-chief, who is under increasing domestic pressure to end the Iran war, claimed the Islamic republic was “militarily...
The United Arab Emirates’ Ministry of Defence announced on Friday (May 8, 2026) that the country’s air defences are “actively engaging” with a missile and drone attack early in the morning as the Iran war’s shaky ceasefire was again challenged. Hours earlier, the U.S. military said it had intercepted Iranian attacks on three American destroyers in...
US President Donald Trump today congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the BJP’s “historic and decisive” victory in West Bengal, where the party won the recently held assembly elections for the first time since Independence. “The President congratulates Prime Minister Modi on this recent, historic and decisive election victory,” White House spokesperson Kush Desai told a news agency. The...
The United Arab Emirates has come under attack from Iranian missiles and drones for the second day in a row, according to its Defence Ministry, while Iran denied being behind the aggression. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) said late on Tuesday that the country’s forces “have not carried out any missile or drone operations...
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced its decision to leave the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). According to a report, the Gulf nation’s energy minister said the move would give the country greater flexibility in managing its oil production, freeing it from the collective obligations imposed by the group. “This is a...
As hopes for the second round of Islamabad talks between Tehran and Washington seem to be fading, Germany, which has traditionally been a US ally, raised its apprehensions over the direction of the Iran war. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz questioned the Trump administration’s strategy and expressed that Iran appears stronger than previously assessed by Western...
India is likely to receive the fourth unit of the S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile system from Russia early next month, a move expected to further strengthen the Indian Air Force’s air defence capabilities, sources in the security establishment told the news agency PTI on Tuesday (April 28). In October 2018, India had signed a USD 5 billion...
Two and a half centuries after the American colonies declared independence from Britain under King George III, his descendant King Charles III arrived in the United States on Monday (April 27, 2026) with trans-Atlantic ties under strain and security in the spotlight. A shooting at a Washington dinner attended by President Donald Trump on Saturday...