U.S. President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: Reuters A federal judge on Tuesday (March 18, 2025) blocked the Trump administration from terminating $14 billion in grants awarded to three climate groups by the Biden administration, saying the government’s “vague and unsubstantiated assertions of fraud are insufficient.” The order by U.S. District Judge Tonya Chutkan … Read more
President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin. File. | Photo Credit: AP The White House says a lengthy phone call between Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin had achieved “movement to peace” in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But while Tuesday’s call ended with Mr. Putin and Mr. Trump agreeing on an … Read more
Pakistan Army chief General Asim Munir on Tuesday (March 18, 2025) emphasised the need to turn Pakistan into a “hard state,” asserting that the struggle against militancy was “a battle” for the country’s “survival”. Gen. Munir made the remarks at a high-level meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security convened days after Baloch militants … Read more
The wave of Israeli strikes that killed hundreds of Palestinians across the Gaza Strip early on Tuesday (March 18, 2025) was the culmination of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s efforts to get out of the ceasefire with Hamas that he agreed to in January. Since the start of the war, Mr. Netanyahu has faced dueling, possibly … Read more
As Europe attempts to build a “coalition of the willing” to support Ukraine, it is eyeing the outcome of the Trump-Putin talks held on Tuesday (March 18, 2025) nervously. Speaking to The Hindu on the side-lines of the Raisina Dialogue in Delhi, Estonian Foreign Ministry’s Secretary-General Jonatan Vseviov says for countries in Europe, especially those … Read more
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon addresses the India-New Zealand CEOs Roundtable and Economic Forum, in New Delhi on March 18, 2025 | Photo Credit: ANI New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon on Tuesday (March 18, 2025) said he looks forward to signing a free trade agreement with India in 60 days, a move which … Read more
President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: AP A federal judge on Tuesday (March 18, 2025) temporarily blocked the U.S. military from enforcing President Donald Trump’s executive order barring transgender people from military service while a lawsuit by 20 current and would-be service members challenging the measure goes forward. U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes in … Read more
In this image taken from video provided by NASA, a SpaceX capsule floats in the Gulf of Mexico, Tuesday, March 18, 2025, after landing off the coast of Florida with NASA astronauts Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore and Nick Hague, and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Gorbunov. | Photo Credit: AP Stuck in space no more, NASA astronauts … Read more
Elon Musk. File | Photo Credit: Reuters A federal judge on Tuesday (March 18, 2025) blocked billionaire Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency from taking any more steps to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development, saying their efforts to close the agency likely violated the U.S. Constitution. Also Read | Federal … Read more
