Tue 11 March 2025: A new YouGov survey has revealed a sharp decline in the number of Britons who consider the US a “friend and ally,” with just one-third of respondents identifying America in this way. This marks a significant drop from the 42% recorded at the end of 2024 and highlights the growing strain in the so-called “special […]
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Tue 11 March 2025: The Syrian government has reached an agreement with the residents and elders of Suweida to fully integrate the predominantly Druze province into the institutions of the state, according to reports. The agreement will see Suweida’s security services put under the authority of the Syrian ministry of interior with the police force manned with members of the local population, Al Jazeera reports, which follows […]
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Tue 11 March 2025: Bangladesh’s primary anti-corruption agency approved charge sheets on Monday against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her family members for allegedly misusing power to allocate residential plots in an upscale area of the capital, Dhaka. Hasina has been in exile in India since her 15-year rule was brought to an end […]
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Tue 11 March 2025: Tibetan spiritual leader says in a new book that his people’s aspiration for freedom cannot be indefinitely delayed. The Dalai Lama has said that his successor will be born in the “free world” outside of China. In a new book released on Tuesday, the 89-year-old spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism says […]
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Tue 11 March 2025: A gun battle is underway between security forces and heavily armed militants who have claimed to have taken 100 passengers hostage after attacking a train in southwestern Pakistan on Tuesday. Reports of firing at a Peshawar-bound passenger train near Balochistan’s Bolan district emerged on Tuesday, but the specifics regarding casualties have […]
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Tue 11 March 2025: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday called Canada a “tariff abuser” and said Washington would no longer be “subsidizing Canada” following Ontario’s decision to impose a 25% electricity surcharge on three US states. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said: “Despite the fact that Canada is charging the USA from […]
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Tue 11 March 2025: Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was arrested Tuesday in Manila after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a warrant accusing him of crimes against humanity in his war on drugs. According to the Philippine government, Duterte was taken into custody at the airport in the capital after returning from a trip […]
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Tue 11 March 2025: US and Ukrainian delegations began talks in the Saudi city of Jeddah on Tuesday to discuss prospects for a possible peace deal with Russia. According to the Saudi television channel Al Arabiya, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha attended the talks, in the presence of […]
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Mon 10 March 2025: Ontario Premier Doug Ford has followed through with his promise and slapped a 25 percent surcharge on electricity the province provides to 1.5 million American homes. The surcharge imposed on Monday is a retaliatory measure for US President Donald Trump’s tariffs and will affect New York State, Minnesota and Michigan. The […]
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Mon 10 March 2025: The Kurdish-led and US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which controls much of Syria’s oil-rich northeast, has signed a deal agreeing to integrate into Syria’s new state institutions, the Syrian presidency said on Monday. The deal, which included a complete cessation of hostilities, was signed by interim Syrian president Ahmed al-Sharaa and the […]
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