Fri 18 April 2025: The United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday, denied media reports they were involved in talks with the US over a possible land offensive by military factions in Yemen against the Houthi group that controls much of the country, Anadolu Agency reports. A senior UAE official dismissed the reports, calling them unsubstantiated, […]
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Thu 17 April 2025: Saudi Arabia’s Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman met with Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran on Thursday, delivering a letter from King Salman, Saudi and Iranian state media reported. During the meeting, Khamenei expressed support for closer ties between the two countries. “We believe that relations between the […]
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Thu 17 April 2025: More than 120,000 people in Israel have signed 43 petitions demanding an end to the war on Gaza and a prisoner exchange, according to the “Restart Israel” website. The platform allows Israelis to review and sign petitions electronically. As of Thursday, 120,522 people had signed calls urging the return of hostages […]
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Thu 17 April 2025: Russia’s Supreme Court on Thursday suspended the country’s ban on the activities of the Taliban movement, the court’s press service announced. The Taliban has been designated a terrorist organization by Russia, but the ruling effectively suspends that label, though it remains under international UN sanctions. A representative of the Taliban was […]
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Thu 17 April 2025: Canadian academics are being advised against all non-essential travel to the United States, the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) said in a travel advisory to its members on Tuesday. Given the rapidly evolving political landscape in the United States and reports of individuals encountering difficulties crossing the border, CAUT strongly […]
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Thu 17 April 2025: Millions flooded Kozhikode Beach in Kerala on Wednesday evening to protest the Union government’s newly passed Waqf Amendment Act, 2025. Organised by the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), the rally saw a sea of people from across the state, with organisers claiming a turnout of over two hundred thousand calling it […]
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Thu 17 April 2025: The Chinese president has been continuing a tour of Southeast Asia, as he seeks to court countries hit hard by Trump’s tariff threats. Malaysia, Southeast Asia’s third-largest economy, was targeted with a 24 percent tariff by the Trump administration, while Vietnam, a manufacturing powerhouse, was slapped with 46 percent tariffs and Cambodia, a […]
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Thu 17 April 2025: Russian President Vladimir Putin has told university students that the world’s richest man was a pioneer comparable to legendary rocket engineer Sergei Korolev, a hero of the Soviet communist era. The comments came as Russia and the United States forged closer ties under Trump’s administration, of which billionaire SpaceX founder Elon […]
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Thu 17 April 2025: Anger has mounted in Tel Aviv as the United States informed Israel of its decision to begin a gradual withdrawal from Syria in the coming period, according to Israeli media reports yesterday. The Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported that American security officials notified the Israeli occupation army that the withdrawal is set to commence within […]
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Thu 17 April 2025: Iran confirmed, on Wednesday, that the second round of talks with the US over its nuclear program, originally planned for Oman on Saturday, will now take place in Rome, Anadolu Agency reports. According to Iranian state television, Oman will continue its role as mediator during the negotiations. The talks follow a letter sent […]
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