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A convoy of oil tanker trucks crosses into Syria at the Rabia–Yarubiyah border crossing in Rabia, northwest Iraq. File | Photo Credit: AP The United States on Thursday (May 7, 2026) imposed sanctions on Iraq’s deputy Oil Minister over support to Iran, as Washington puts intense pressure on the incoming government to sever links. The…
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The United States is not looking at imminent military action against Havana despite President Donald Trump’s repeated threats that “Cuba is next” and that American warships deployed in the West Asia for the Iran conflict could return by way of the island, US officials say. The officials involved in preliminary discussions with Cuban authorities also…
he present papal coat of arms bears the Latin motto “In Illo uno unum.” The meaning of this is “In the One, we are one”. Photo: Public Domain Published – May 08, 2026 05:11 pm IST Read Comments Copy link Email Facebook Twitter Telegram LinkedIn WhatsApp Reddit Source link
U.S. President Donald Trump said the ceasefire with Iran was still in place Thursday, despite exchanges of fire with Iranian forces in the Strait of Hormuz. “They trifled with us today. We blew them away,” he told reporters in Washington, insisting that talks were “going very well.” -AFP Source link
The U.S. military said it carried out strikes on Iranian military targets on Thursday (May 7, 2026) after an attack on three American destroyers in the Strait of Hormuz, while Tehran accused Washington of striking first. The violence threatened to unravel a fragile truce in effect since April 8 that brought an end to weeks…
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U.S. President Donald Trump. | Photo Credit: Reuters A U.S. trade court on Thursday (May 7, 2026) dealt President Donald Trump a fresh setback, ruling against the 10% global tariffs he instituted after the Supreme Court struck down many earlier duties. The 2-1 ruling by the U.S. Court of International Trade, for now, blocks the…
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Kirsty Coventry, IOC president, attends an Executive Board meeting at the Olympic House in Lausanne, Switzerland, on May 6, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters The International Olympic Committee on Thursday lifted all restrictions on Belarusian athletes, clearing the way for their return to international competitions, including qualifiers for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics, it said…
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Recent statements from Washington show how global politics is being increasingly framed along civilisational terms. The U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has referred to the idea of a shared “Western civilisation,” describing the U.S. and Europe as bound by common history, cultural heritage, and institutional traditions. At the same time, U.S. President Donald Trump…
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U.S. President Donald Trump said he had good talks with his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at the White House on Thursday (May 7, 2026), hailing the “very dynamic” leader despite previous tensions with his ideological opposite. Leftist Mr. Lula, 80, and right-winger Mr. Trump, 79, have clashed before over everything from tariffs…
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Nepal Prime Minister Balendra Shah’s first month in office has been marked by speed, with concerns rising over a democratic stress test. Mr. Shah’s Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) won a whopping 182 seats — just two shy of a two-thirds majority — in the March elections, triggered by last September’s Gen Z protests. Analysts and…
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