U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday (March 5, 2025) threatened further destruction of Gaza if all remaining hostages are not released, and issued an ultimatum to Hamas leaders to flee. Strongly backing Israel as a ceasefire teeters, Mr. Trump said he was “sending Israel everything it needs to finish the job” as his administration expedites … Read more
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar during an interaction at Chatham House on March 5, 2025. Photo: X/@DrSJaishankar London External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has said that Pakistan vacating Pakistan Occupied Kashmir would resolve the Kashmir issue in its entirety. The Minister was responding to a question from a member of the audience at the Chatham … Read more
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar during an interaction at Chatham House on March 5, 2025. Photo: X/@DrSJaishankar Citing the shifting geopolitical order, energy, tech and connectivity initiatives, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said that several priorities of U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration were promising for India. “I think we see a President and an … Read more
President Donald Trump is granting a one-month exemption on his stiff new tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada for U.S. automakers, amid fears that the trade war could harm U.S. manufacturers. The announcement comes after Mr. Trump spoke with leaders of the “big 3” automakers, Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis on Wednesday (March 5, … Read more
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, on March 5, 2025, in Washington. | Photo Credit: AP The White House confirmed Wednesday (March 5, 2025) that a U.S. envoy spoke directly with Hamas to secure American hostages, a break in policy for … Read more
EU Commissioner for Defence and Space Andrius Kubilius sees the partnership between India and the EU as ‘limitless’. File | Photo Credit: Reuters “In Europe, sometimes we are very good in over-regulating and the current European Commission is very strong on the agenda of simplification of regulations,” said Andrius Kubilius, European Commissioner for Defence and … Read more
Lebanese official media said two people were wounded on Wednesday when Israeli drones attacked a vehicle in the south, a day after a deadly raid and despite an Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire. “Israeli drones carried out more than one strike on a vehicle in Ras Naqura, near a rubbish dump” south of a United Nations peacekeeping position, … Read more
The Arakan Army (AA) is battling the military in western Rakhine state. File image. | Photo Credit: AP Fierce fighting between Myanmar’s military junta and ethnic minority rebels closing in on the planned site of a strategic China-backed port has displaced 4,000 people, a local aid worker said on Wednesday (March 5, 2025). The Arakan … Read more
Greenland Prime Minister Mute B. Egede. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Greenland’s Prime Minister declared on Wednesday that “Greenland is ours” and cannot be taken or bought in defiance of a message from U.S. President Donald Trump, who said the United States will acquire the territory “one way or another” even though his administration supports … Read more
People attend the funeral prayers for the victims of the previous day’s suicide bombing in Bannu, northwestern Pakistan, on March 5, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP A city in northwestern Pakistan held funeral prayers and observed a day of mourning on Wednesday (March 5, 2025), after a twin suicide bombing targeted a military base there … Read more