Israel carried out an air strike on militants in northern Gaza. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images Israel carried out an air strike on militants in northern Gaza on Sunday (March 9, 2025), rattling an already fragile ceasefire as it prepared for fresh talks in Doha on the future of its truce with Hamas. Despite … Read more
The U.S. Secret Service shot an armed man outside the White House. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The U.S. Secret Service shot an armed man outside the White House early on Sunday (March 9, 2025) after a confrontation, and the man is now in an area hospital, it said in a statement. President Donald Trump … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Trade tensions between the world’s two leading economies are set to escalate on Monday (March 10, 2025), as Beijing begins levying tariffs on certain U.S. agricultural goods in retaliation for President Donald Trump’s latest hike on Chinese imports. Since returning to … Read more
People stand at the site of an apartment building hit by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in the town of Dobropillia, Donetsk region, Ukraine March 8, 2025 | Photo Credit: Reuters Russian special forces walked kilometers inside of a gas pipeline to strike Ukrainian units from the rear in the Kursk … Read more
Israel said that it would send a delegation to Qatar on Monday (March 10, 2025) “in an effort to advance the negotiations” around the ceasefire in Gaza, while Hamas reported “positive signals” in talks with Egyptian and Qatari mediators on starting negotiations on the truce’s delayed second phase. The statement from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin … Read more
BAPS on Saturday (March 8, 2025) said that Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Chino Hills faced desecration | Photo Credit: BAPS website India on Sunday (March 9, 2025) strongly condemned an incident of vandalism at a Hindu temple in California’s Chino Hills and demanded “stringent action” against those involved. New Delhi also called for adequate security … Read more
Mir was targeted in the Turbat town of Kech on Friday, March 6, 2025, when he was leaving a mosque after night prayers, the Dawn newspaper said | Photo Credit: Reuters Mufti Shah Mir, a prominent Pakistani scholar, was shot dead by unknown gunmen in Balochistan province, according to a media report. Mir was targeted … Read more
The story so far: India committed to procure more oil and natural gas from the U.S. when Prime Minister Narendra Modi met U.S. President Donald Trump in February in Washington amid tariff threats. Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said India’s energy purchases from the U.S. could increase from last year’s $15 billion to $25 billion in … Read more
Border Security Force (BSF) and Pakistan Rangers personnel during the Beating Retreat ceremony at the Attari-Wagah border. File. | Photo Credit: PTI The U.S. has issued an advisory cautioning against travel to the immediate vicinity of the India-Pakistan border and the Line of Control due to terrorism and the potential for armed conflict and to … Read more
People stand as waves crash against the shore next to a lifeguard tower during winds caused by Cyclone Alfred, on the Gold Coast, March 8, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Flooding rains will continue for days to lash a region of the Australian east coast even though it avoided the destructive winds of its first … Read more