Andrew Rothin Washington After oil prices surged on Monday the US president sought – and failed – to offer a clear vision for when the largest US intervention in the Middle East in years will end At one of the most consequential moments of his two terms in office, wartime president Donald Trump on Monday delivered a…
Lebanon has been “dragged back into a state of turmoil and violence”, the UN’s top envoy in the country warned on Saturday, after the latest round of regional strikes triggered a fast‑escalating crisis along the Blue Line. What had been fragile but real momentum, she said, has now collapsed in a matter of days. Just…
US president leaves open possibility of US troop deployment in Iran, while ruling out having Kurdish forces in Iraq mount an invasion US-Israel war on Iran – follow live Hugo Lowell aboard Air Force One Donald Trump on Saturday offered only a vague description of what he meant by his demand for an unconditional surrender by Iran’s…
Restart of operations will be a relief to those stranded but may not dispel doubts raised by past week about key transit hub Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent After nearly a week of uncertainty, airspace closures and very limited flights, news that hundreds of thousands of passengers around the world were hanging on for emerged: the Gulf-based…
Among the 3,000 delegates is former athlete who sits as an independent on the National People’s Congress Amy Hawkins Senior China correspondent Among the generally drab lineup of mostly middle-aged men in suits who make up the nearly 3,000 delegates to the National People’s Congress (NPC), China’s parliament, a few stand out. There are delegates from…
As the violent escalation in the Middle East entered a third day on Monday sparked by the bombing of Iran by Israel and the United States, the head of the UN atomic energy agency urged a return to diplomacy, given the “increasing risk to nuclear safety” in the region. Speaking in Vienna, the Director General…
Trump cited debunked claims in video address that Iran was on verge of nuclear weapons to justify US casualties Edward Helmore Donald Trump recorded a new video address on Sunday, vowing to avenge three American deaths after the joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran and accusing the Iranian regime of “waging war against civilization itself”. The US president addressed…
KOHIMA, MARCH 2: The Governor of Nagaland, Ajay Kumar Bhalla, on Monday highlighted the February 5 signing of the Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) between the State Government, the Centre and the Eastern Nagaland Peoples’ Organisation for the creation of the Frontier Nagaland Territorial Authority (FNTA), terming it a major step toward inclusive and equitable development…
KOHIMA, Feb 28 (NEPS): The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, addressed a massive public gathering in Ajmer today, marking what he described as a significant milestone in Rajasthan’s development journey. Paying homage to the region’s rich cultural and heroic legacy, the Prime Minister referred to Tejaji Dham of Sursura and recalled the bravery of Major Dalpat…
Critics claim the operations are geared at social media, but police say they have enabled real arrests Rebecca Ratcliffe in Bangkok Police officers from Bangkok’s metropolitan bureau had less than 24 hours to prepare for their latest undercover operation. They would be starring as performers of a lion dance at a temple fair held for the…