By Eric Tucker, David Klepper and Stephen Groves Washington, March 18 Top Trump administration national security officials facing back-to-back congressional hearings starting Wednesday are expected to be pressed on the war in Iran, including a deadly strike on a school, as well as the FBI’s capacity to prevent terror attacks inside the United States. The […]
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By Sagar Kulkarni Washington, March 18 The US Department of Homeland Security has released posters offering to fly illegal immigrants, including from India, to their home countries for free with an exit bonus of USD 2,600. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) used an image of the Taj Mahal and prominent landmarks of Colombia and […]
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Washington, March 18 China won’t help the United States reopen the Strait of Hormuz as requested by President Donald Trump, but it is probably welcoming the delay in Trump’s highly anticipated trip to Beijing as the US risks getting bogged down in the Middle East, analysts say. The latest developments are unfolding as Trump’s Iran […]
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By K J M Varma Beijing, March 17 China on Tuesday said it will provide emergency humanitarian assistance to Iran, Lebanon and two other West Asian countries hit hard by the ongoing conflict in the region. Speaking at a media briefing, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said that Beijing has decided to provide emergency […]
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Jerusalem, March 17 The Israeli defence minister said on Tuesday that the Israeli military killed top Iranian security official Ali Larijani in an overnight strike. Israel Katz made the announcement. The Israeli military also announced it killed Gholam Reza Soleimani, the head of the Revolutionary Guard’s all-volunteer Basij force. The killings again strip away top […]
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By By JON GAMBRELL, DAVID RISING and BASSEM MROUE Dubai, March 17 Residents of Dubai and Doha, Qatar, awoke to the sound of explosions Tuesday as air defences worked to intercept new waves of incoming Iranian fire, and Israel launched new strikes on Iran and Lebanon, as the war in the Middle East showed no […]
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By Amit Anand and Himank Negi New Delhi, March 17 India’s top-order batter Pratika Rawal, who scored a fighting half-century on her Test debut in Australia earlier this month, has advocated for more women’s Tests, saying the traditional format remains the “most beautiful” and the ultimate test of a cricketer’s character. Pratika played a crucial […]
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Dubai, March 17 A drone attack in the United Arab Emirates sparked a fire at an oil tank farm Tuesday in Fujairah, an emirate on the country’s east coast with the Gulf of Oman that has been repeatedly targeted, the state-run WAM news agency reported. It said no one had been injured in the blast. […]
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Dubai, March 17 US President Donald Trump said Monday he has demanded that about seven countries send warships to keep the Strait of Hormuz open as fears of a global energy crisis persist. Iranian strikes on commercial ships in and around the strait, and even just the threat of attacks, have slowed shipping there to […]
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By K J M Varma Beijing, March 16 China’s Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU) has added the Punjabi language to its list of foreign and Indian languages. BFSU has appointed Prof. Zameerpal Kaur Sandhu Bajwa, former dean and professor, School of Language, Literature and Culture, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, to teach the Punjabi language. […]
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