Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. | Photo Credit: Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday (March 13, 2025) that he agrees in principle with a U.S. proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine but the terms need to be worked out, and he emphasized that it should pave the way to lasting peace. “So the idea … Read more
Bottles of Chianti wine are displayed at the Vinitaly exposition in Verona. U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to impose 200% tariffs on wine, champagne and other alcoholic products from France and other European Union countries in retaliation against the bloc’s planned levies on US-produced whiskey. | Photo Credit: AFP U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday … Read more
A Russian national tricolor flag flies next to a U.S. national flag sitting on the U.S. embassy building in Moscow on March 13, 2025. U.S. negotiators travelled to Russia on March 13, 2025 to present their plan for a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine, but Moscow warned in advance it would refuse any temporary deal that … Read more
Passengers rescued by security forces from a passenger train attacked by insurgents arrive at a railway station in Much, Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province, on March 13, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was in the restive southwestern Balochistan province on Thursday (March 13, 2025) to meet survivors of a train attack … Read more
Nitrogen tanks, where embryos were stored, lie at Al Basma IVF Centre, Gaza’s largest fertility clinic which was struck by an Israeli shell, in Gaza City, on April 2, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters A United Nations investigation concluded Thursday (March 13, 2025) that Israel carried out “genocidal” acts in Gaza through the systematic destruction … Read more
Ambulances wait for the arrival of the bodies of victims from a passenger train hijacked by militants at a railway station in Much, Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province, on March 13, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday (March 13, 2025) visited the Balochistan province to review the law and order … Read more
Former Pakistan cricketer Danish Kaneria in Washington on March 12, 2025 | Photo Credit: ANI Former Pakistani cricketer Danish Kaneria has alleged that he faced huge discrimination in Pakistan and his career was destroyed. Kaneria, who is a Hindu by faith, said he did not get equal values and respect in Pakistan. He had participated … Read more
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. File | Photo Credit: Reuters United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that “all will lose” when countries get into trade wars, against the backdrop of tariff wars unleashed by the Mr. Trump administration. “I think we live in a global economy. Everything is interlinked. And obviously, one of the … Read more
This handout photo made available by the Iranian Army Office on March 11, 2025 shows the Iranian, Russian, and Chinese Navy vessels during joint military drills in the Gulf of Oman. | Photo Credit: AFP China called on Thursday (March 13, 2025) for a “diplomatic” resolution to the Iran nuclear issue as it prepared to … Read more
Greenland’s likely new Prime Minister on Wednesday (March 12, 2025) rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s effort to take control of the island, saying Greenlanders must be allowed to decide their own future as it moves toward independence from Denmark. Jens-Frederik Nielsen’s Demokraatit, a pro-business party that favours a slow path to independence, won a surprise … Read more