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Sat, 08 Feb 2025

NKorea dismisses US-Japan talks, stresses commitment to nuclear build-up

US President Donald Trump holds a joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in the East Room at the White House in Washington, US, February 7, 2025.— ReutersSEOUL: North Korea said on Saturday that its nuclear weapons are meant solely for combat use against... ...
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Sat, 08 Feb 2025

Trump demands USAID shutdown, accuses agency of 'unprecedented corruption'

US President Donald Trump walks to board Marine One, as he departs for Palm Beach, Florida from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, US, February 7, 2025. — Reuters WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Friday called for the shutdown of USAID, escalating his... ...
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Fri, 07 Feb 2025

India PM Modi to meet Trump in US visit next week: foreign ministry

US President Donald Trump and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrive for their joint news conference at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, India, February 25, 2020. — ReutersNEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet President Donald Trump during a trip to the United States... ...
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Fri, 07 Feb 2025

Dhaka asks India to restrain Hasina from making 'fabricated statements'

Sheikh Hasina addresses the EU Global Gateway Forum 2023, in Brussels, Belgium October 25, 2023. — ReutersBangladesh has urged India to prevent ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from making "false and fabricated" statements during her stay in the country, the foreign ministry... ...
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Fri, 07 Feb 2025

Argentina canal turns intense red

This aerial view shows an unusual reddish color of the Sarandi Canal seeping into the Rio de la Plata River in Sarandi, Avellaneda in the outskirts of Buenos Aires on February 6, 2025. — AFPA canal in greater Buenos Aires, Argentina, turned a striking red on Thursday, sparking alarm among... ...
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Fri, 07 Feb 2025

Iran slams latest US sanctions as 'illegal', 'unjustified'

A gas flare on an oil production platform is seen alongside an Iranian flag in the Gulf July 25, 2005. — ReutersIran on Friday condemned Washington's move to impose sanctions related to shipping Iranian crude oil to China worth hundreds of millions of dollars, calling them as "illegal" and... ...
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Fri, 07 Feb 2025

US aid cut cripples global hunger relief efforts

A Sudanese woman from a community kitchen, run by local volunteers, prepares meals for people who are affected by conflict and extreme hunger, in Omdurman, Sudan, on September 19, 2024. — ReutersThe Trump administration's measures to cut and restructure American foreign aid is severely... ...
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Thu, 06 Feb 2025

Trump 'shatters dreams' with deportation of Indians ahead of Modi visit

A US military plane deporting Indian immigrants lands in Amritsar, India February 5, 2025. — ReutersSALEMPURA: Struggle of six months and $45,000 brought Daler Singh to the US last month without paperwork. Within three weeks, the immigrant was sent back to India on a military pane... ...
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Thu, 06 Feb 2025

American vessels to sail free through Panama Canal, claims State Dept

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Panama Canal Authority Administrator Ricaurte Vasquez shake hands after touring the Miraflores Locks at the canal in Panama City, Feb 2, 2025. — ReutersWASHINGTON: The United States on Wednesday said that its government vessels would be allowed to sail... ...
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Thu, 06 Feb 2025

January sets 'surprising' heat record

A man carries a bottle of water on a hot summer day in Central Park, Manhattan, New York, US. — Reuters/FileJanuary was the hottest January on record, Europe's climate monitor said Thursday, despite expectations that cooler La Nina conditions might quell a streak of record-breaking global... ...
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Thu, 06 Feb 2025

Protesters set fire to ousted PM Hasina's father's home in Bangladesh

Protesters set fire to the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum, the former residence of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman father of the former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, as they storm the Museum, in Dhaka on February 5, 2025. — AFPThousands of protestors on Wednesday set Bangladesh's founding leader,... ...
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Thu, 06 Feb 2025

Rubio reveals plans to exempt key programmes from USAID shutdown

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks after a tour of a migrant return center and a demonstration of a dog trained to sniff out narcotics, at La Aurora International Airport in Guatemala City, February 5, 2025. — Reuters The Trump administration is working to identify and exempt... ...
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Wed, 05 Feb 2025

Judge blocks Trump's birthright citizenship order nationwide

US President Donald Trump speaks on the day of Pam Bondi's swearing in ceremony as US Attorney General, at the White House in Washington, US, on February 5, 2025. — Reuters GREENBELT: A second federal judge has issued an order blocking Donald Trump's administration from implementing his... ...
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Wed, 05 Feb 2025

Deported illegal Indian immigrants land in Amritsar aboard US military aircraft

A US military plane deporting Indian immigrants lands in Amritsar, India February 5, 2025. — Reuters A United States military plane carrying illegal Indian immigrants landed in Amritsar, India on Wednesday, as part of US President Donald Trump's stringent immigration policies.The... ...
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Wed, 05 Feb 2025

Sweden reels from worst mass shooting in its history

Police technicians enter the Risbergska school following a deadly shooting attack at the adult education center Campus Risbergska school in Orebro, Sweden, February 4, 2025. — ReutersSweden reeled Wednesday from the deadliest mass shooting in its history after 10 people plus the suspected... ...
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Wed, 05 Feb 2025

CIA offers buyouts to entire workforce to align with Trump's priorities: sources

The logo of the US Central Intelligence Agency is shown in the lobby of the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, March 3, 2005. — ReutersThe Central Intelligence Agency on Tuesday offered buyouts to its entire workforce, citing an aim to bring the agency in line with US President Donald... ...
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Wed, 05 Feb 2025

Musk's reform team granted read-only access to Treasury's payment system

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaks during a rally on the inauguration day of U.S. President Donald Trump's second Presidential term, inside Capital One, in Washington, U.S. January 20, 2025. — ReutersWASHINGTON: After Democratic lawmakers raised concerns and called for an investigation, the US... ...
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Wed, 05 Feb 2025

Prince Karim Aga Khan passes away in Lisbon

Prince Karim Aga Khan IV, the spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims. — AKDN website/FileThe Aga Khan, imam of the Ismailis and head of a major development aid foundation, died Tuesday in Lisbon at the age of 88, his foundation announced.He was the founder and president of the Aga Khan... ...
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Tue, 04 Feb 2025

Some 10 people killed in attack at Swedish school, gunman believed among dead

Police special forces are seen leaving the scene of the Risbergska School in Orebro, Sweden, on February 4, 2025, following reports of a serious violent crime. — AFPAround 10 people have been killed in a shooting at an adult education centre, Swedish police said, the deadliest attack to take... ...
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Tue, 04 Feb 2025

Trump extends invitation to Modi for White House meeting next week

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi hugs US President Donald Trump as they give joint statements in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, US. — ReutersUS President Donald Trump has extended an invitation to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a White House visit next week, a... ...
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Tue, 04 Feb 2025

China slaps tariffs on US energy, vehicles in trade war sparring

Cargo shipping containers sit on the Evergreen Ever Fame container ship docked at a container terminal at the Port of Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California on February 3, 2025. — AFPChina on Tuesday imposed tariffs on imports of coal and liquefied natural gas from the United States, in... ...
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Tue, 04 Feb 2025

US judge extends pause on Trump's plan to freeze federal grants, loans

US President Donald Trump hosts the 2024 Stanley Cup Champions, the Florida Panthers in the East Room at the White House in Washington, US February 3, 2025. — ReutersA United States district judge on Monday expanded a temporary injunction on President Donald Trump's freeze of federal funding... ...
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Tue, 04 Feb 2025

Explainer: What's behind Trump's push to overhaul USAID?

People hold placards outside the USAID building, after billionaire Elon Musk, who is heading U.S. President Donald Trump's drive to shrink the federal government, said work is underway to shut down the U.S. foreign aid agency USAID, in Washington, U.S., February 3, 2025. —... ...
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Mon, 03 Feb 2025

Swedish court convicts man for desecrating Holy Quran

Police officers intervene after people's reaction as demonstrators burn the Holy Quran outside Stockholm's central mosque in Stockholm, Sweden June 28, 2023. — ReutersA Swedish man has been convicted on charges of hate crimes for publicly desecrating Holy Quran in a ruling handed down five... ...
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Mon, 03 Feb 2025

Elon Musk working to shut down USAID

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaks during a rally on the inauguration day of US President Donald Trump's second Presidential term, inside Capital One, in Washington, US January 20, 2025. — ReutersTech billionaire Elon Musk, appointed by United States President Donald Trump to lead efforts... ...
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Sun, 02 Feb 2025

Taliban eye Afghanistan's mineral wealth for revenue boost

This photograph taken on January 18, 2025 shows Afghan workers standing beside an excavator at a Nephrite mine in the mountains of Goshta district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. — AFPA miner in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan poured water over a block of jade, exposing the green... ...
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Sun, 02 Feb 2025

'Fentanyl is America's problem': China denounces Trump tariff

The US and China flags are seen at the People’s Bank of China prior to the arrival of US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to the central bank’s headquarters in Beijing on April 8, 2024. — AFPChina said Sunday it "firmly opposes" new tariffs imposed on Beijing by US President... ...
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Sun, 02 Feb 2025

At least 56 people killed in Sudan market attack

An aerial view of the black smoke and flames at a market in Omdurman, Khartoum North, Sudan, May 17, 2023 in this screengrab obtained from a handout video. — ReutersPORT SUDAN: At least 56 people across greater Khartoum were killed by artillery shelling and air strikes on Saturday, according... ...
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Sun, 02 Feb 2025

Trump launches trade war with tariffs on Mexico, Canada, China

The Port of Oakland is seen at 12.01pm EST as US President-elect Donald Trump is inaugurated for a second term, in Oakland, California, US, January 20, 2025. — ReutersUS President Donald Trump on Saturday ordered sweeping tariffs on goods from Mexico, Canada and China, demanding they stanch... ...
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Sat, 01 Feb 2025

DC plane crash: Black Hawk helicopter was on a 'continuity of government' drill

A partially submerged object is seen near the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, in the aftermath of the collision of American Eagle flight 5342 and the helicopter that crashed into the Potomac River, in Arlington, Virginia, US, January 31, 2025. — Reuters Top US officials have... ...
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