Hamas warned that Israel’s new airstrikes early Tuesday (March 18, 2025) breached their ceasefire and put the fate of hostages in jeopardy. Israel said it launched the wave of airstrikes across the Gaza Strip because of a lack of progress in ongoing talks to extend the ceasefire. It was not immediately clear if the operation … Read more
(This article is part of the View From India newsletter curated by The Hindu’s foreign affairs experts. To get the newsletter in your inbox every Monday, subscribe here.) “Super afraid” – that’s how Columbia University doctoral student Ranjani Srinivasan feels after self-deporting to Canada. U.S. immigration and customs enforcement agents raided her apartment on the campus … Read more
President Donald Trump with Russian President Vladimir Putin during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, June 28, 2019. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Donald Trump will speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday (March 18, 2025) in a possible pivot point in efforts to end the … Read more
U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin “are very good friends” who are focused on ways to strengthen the bonds between the United States and Russia. The two Presidents plan to speak on Tuesday (March … Read more
U.S. President Trump had previously publicly warned using similar words, saying that Hamas should release all hostages in Gaza or “let hell break out.” | Photo Credit: AP The administration of President Donald Trump was consulted on Monday (March 17, 2025) by Israel on its deadly strikes in Gaza, a White House spokesperson told Fox … Read more
The strikes come after nearly two months of a ceasefire to pause the 17-month long war where dozens of hostages were released for nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners | Photo Credit: AP Israel launched new strikes against Hamas and promised ‘increasing military force’ after talks on further hostage releases stalled. Gaza’s ministry of health says at … Read more
Former U.S. President Joe Biden talks with his son Hunter Biden. File. | Photo Credit: AP President Donald Trump said Monday (March 17, 2025) he was ending “immediately” the Secret Service protection details assigned to Democrat Joe Biden’s adult children, which the former President had extended to July shortly before leaving office in January. The … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday (March 17, 2025) explicitly linked the actions of Yemen’s Houthi rebels to the group’s main benefactor, Iran, warning Tehran it would “suffer the consequences” for further attacks by the group. The comments by Mr. Trump on his Truth Social website escalate his administration’s new campaign of airstrikes targeting the … Read more
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. File | Photo Credit: AP The interim government of Professor Muhammad Yunus refuted U.S. National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard’s remarks on the alleged persecution of minority communities in Bangladesh saying her comments were “not based on any evidence or specific allegations”. “They (Gabbard’s comments) paint an entire nation with … Read more
President Donald Trump attends a board meeting at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, Monday, March 17, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Previously withheld documents on the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy will be released on Tuesday (March 18, 2025), current officeholder Donald Trump said, after ordering such … Read more