Financial news is displayed as people work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) | Photo Credit: Seth Wenig Stocks tumbled on Wall Street Tuesday (March 4, 2025) as a trade war between the U.S. and its key trading partners escalated, wiping out … Read more
A Pakistan separatist group claimed on Tuesday (March 4, 2025) an attack that killed one soldier, which officials said was carried out by a woman bomb attacker. The attacker targeted a convoy of paramilitary troops on Monday (March 3, 2025) in southwestern Balochistan province, where security forces have been battling sectarian, ethnic and separatist violence … Read more
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a news conference on imposed U.S. tariffs as Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly, Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc and Public Safety Minister David McGuinty look on in Ottawa on March 4, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday (March 4, 2025) that President Donald Trump imposed tariffs … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Princess Astrid of Belgium, in New Delhi on Tuesday | Photo Credit: ANI Europe needs to develop its own “strategic autonomy”, Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot said on Tuesday (March 4, 2025), speaking about the United States’ decision to change its course on the Ukraine war. As … Read more
Family members stand around a girl injured in the bomb explosion as she receives treatment at a hospital in Bannu, northwest Pakistan, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP “Attackers launched two suicide bombings to breach a wall at a military base in northwestern Pakistan while others stormed the compound and were repelled in … Read more
Two Philippine Air Force FA-50 fighter jets fly during a joint patrol. File. | Photo Credit: AP A Philippine fighter jet with two pilots on board has lost contact during a night combat assault in support of ground forces battling communist insurgents in a southern province, and an extensive search is underway, officials said Tuesday … Read more
Students gather for a rally in support of a protest encampment on campus in support of Palestinians in New York City, U.S., on April 29, 2024. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters The U.S. government said it was considering scrapping more than $50 million in contracts with New York’s Columbia University over allegations it failed to … Read more
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. File | Photo Credit: AP Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday (March 4, 2025) his clash with Donald Trump last week was “regrettable”, that he was ready to work under the U.S. president’s leadership to bring lasting peace, and that it was “time to make things right”. “Our meeting in … Read more
Lebanese official media said an Israeli strike on a vehicle in the south on Tuesday (March 4, 2025) killed one person, the latest deadly raid amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. “An enemy drone launched a strike” targeting a vehicle in Tyre district, killing one person, the National News Agency said. It published an … Read more
Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam, Jaffna MP. Photo: Special Arrangement Political parties representing Tamil people in Sri Lanka’s north and east have no choice but to consolidate their presence in Parliament to effectively challenge the Anura Kumara Dissanayake government and assert the rights of the Tamil people, according to Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam, Jaffna MP and Leader of the Tamil … Read more