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 to talk with President Vladimir...
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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 social media users. Upon arriving...
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 Ukraine in Istanbul on Thursday...
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 expected to support over 1...
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 AI, defense, energy, infrastructure, and...
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 avoiding a nuclear war in...
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 with a GDP of $3.9...
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 Wealthy Again’ at the White...
Iran puts missiles on alert after Trump’s warning of massive strikes
Hours after US President Donald Trump warned of “unprecedented bombing” if Iran refused to negotiate a new nuclear deal, Tehran has reportedly prepared its missile forces. According to Iran’s military has activated missiles capable of striking US-linked positions worldwide. “A significant number of these launch-ready missiles are located in underground facilities scattered across the country, designed to withstand airstrikes,” the report said. In an...
Trump Unplugged: “Pissed Off” At Putin, Wants To Bomb Iran
US President Donald Trump’s weekend in brief: threatened Iran with bombs and told an American journalist that he was “pissed off” with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the war in Ukraine. Speaking to US news network’s NBC’s Kristen Welker in an early-morning phone call, Mr Trump reportedly said he was “very angry, pissed off” over recent remarks by Mr Putin that...
Russia, Ukraine agree to sea, energy truce; Washington seeks easing of sanctions
The United States reached separate deals on Tuesday with Ukraine and Russia to pause their attacks at sea and against energy targets, with Washington agreeing to push to lift some sanctions against Moscow. While it was not clear when or how the Black Sea maritime security deals would start, the agreements are the first formal commitments by the two warring...
At $4.3 Trillion, India’s GDP Doubles In 10 Years, Outpaces World With 105% Rise
India has been the fastest growing major economy in the world for the last ten years, with the latest data from the International Monetary Fund or IMF showing a staggering 105 per cent growth in the last decade. According to the IMF, India’s GDP currently stands at $4.3 trillion. It was $2.1 trillion in 2015, when Narendra Modi’s first term...