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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. | Photo Credit: REUTERS I Representatives of China, Russia and Iran called Friday (March 14, 2025) for an end to U.S. sanctions on Iran over its rapidly advancing nuclear program and a restart to multinational talks on the issue. The talks are the latest attempt to broach the matter … Read more
New York Police officers arrest a demonstrator from the group, Jewish Voice for Peace, who protested inside Trump Tower in support of Columbia graduate student Mahmoud Khalil, Thursday, March 13, 2025, in New York. | Photo Credit: AP Columbia University on Thursday (March 13, 2025) said it had doled out a range of punishments to … Read more
Prime Minister-designate Mark Carney arrives for a swearing in ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Friday, March 14, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Former central banker Mark Carney was sworn in as Canada’s new Prime Minister on Friday (March 14, 2025), and will now try to steer his country through a trade war brought … Read more
This week, we look at the situation in Afghanistan, where it would seem the Taliban regime has consolidated its position since it took over Kabul in 2021. As a result, India is looking for whether it should draw the Taliban closer in a number of ways, a series of measures that have followed after a … Read more
Two Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) have written to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio seeking details of the alleged $21 million spent by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on “voter turnout” in India. | Photo Credit: Reuters Two Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and U.S. President Donald Trump. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday (March 14, 2025) there is a “very good chance” the war between Russia and Ukraine can end after productive discussions with President Vladimir Putin of Russia on Thursday (March 13, 2025). “We had very … Read more
A view shows a damaged site, after Israel carried out an air strike on the Syrian capital Damascus on Thursday (March 13, 2025), as reported by Syria’s state news agency, in Damascus, Syria. | Photo Credit: REUTERS The story so far: Syria has entered a three-month period of political and military uncertainty following the fall of … Read more
Foreign Ministers of leading Western democracies warned on Thursday (March 13, 2025) of the threat from Iran’s growing use of arbitrary detention and foreign assassination attempts as a tool of coercion, a final draft statement seen by Reuters showed. The G7 nations, comprising Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States, said in … Read more
Relatives and supporters of Israeli hostages kidnapped during the deadly October 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Hamas block one of the entrances to Israel’s Ministry of Defense during a protest demanding the release of all hostages, in Tel Aviv, Israel. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Hamas said on Friday (March 14, 2025) it has … Read more
Russian President Putin said at a news conference that he supported a truce in principle but set out a host of details that need to be clarified before it is agreed. | Photo Credit: AP Russian President Vladimir Putin met with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff to discuss details of the American proposal for a 30-day … Read more